Wow. A little, one might say, strident. Last time I heard of this guy, he was having some problems with the drinky-drinky. I think he got arrested up in Nova Scotia back in the late 90s on a drunk and disorderly charge.

Anyway, there's more about his beef with Janet Reno if you click here.

Is it possible that brother Michael missed the part about Kerry losing the election? Or is he just trying to whip us up into an anti-Hilary frenzy?

As for Obama; he is a rising star in the Democrat party who happens to be intelligent, handsome, young, and, um, black. Makes him an easy target if you are in the business of whipping up either support or opposition.

Cripes, I read the column about Barak and Hillary and the Red Chinese invasion of America's shores and found myself thinking, "Interesting, though I'd like to hear what a contemplative, restrained columnist like Ann Coulter would say on the subject."

Part me cannot believe Moriarity is being anything other than sarcastic; he's obviously parodying conservatives.

But then I remember that Jane Fonda was DEAD SERIOUS when she wrote her Vagina Day Manifesto, so maybe the guy really is conservative, and off the hook, at that.

Why O Why can't actors stick to acting?

You're right to be confused, Ace. And no, it's not parody, bass. He doesn't comment because he thinks he has a right to as an actor. Moriarity is a very strict, religiously conservative Catholic, so on some issues he can sound fairly liberal as he preaches peace and justice. But to us Catholics, Kerry was damn near the anti-Christ. Watching a pro-baby-killing Marxist receive Holy Communion is enough to fry our cookies real good. In addition, Moriarity seems to have overcome the Just War issue by rationalizing it the way a new majority of Catholics are: when the heathen is trying to kill you, war isn't such a bad thing. Look at him as a Catholic Ron Silver and you might begin to understand him better.

Whoa. I would truly love to see Mike and Barbra Streisand duke it out in Thunderdome. "Two men enter, one man leaves..."

On a side note, I always preferred Catholic school boy Ben Stone to pragmatist Jack McCoy. There's something about a man fighting for principles that's just so dang sexy.

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Yeah Mike sure spooked my horses! On the other hand, as a consevative Catholic, I can say that they don't come any more hard core reactionary than conservative Catholics. But he left out the three Gods of the French revoloution: the State, Nature, and "Reason." Funny how the Left still has the same Gods.

Oh, come on. You didn't know that Moriarty was whack? His Catholicism my ass. He's bipolar and periodically shows what it looks like without the meds.

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Conservative catholic?

Sure he's a whack. But if you read the history of the Catholic Church, it becomes clear that the church has always been very right wing. There are many very good reasons for it, primarily, the church stood as against the anarchy of the Left. And it also functioned as the voice of conscience to temper the excesses of Kings by standing for a higher moral authority. Some examples of conservative Catholics include: William F. Buckley, Pat Buchanan, Sean Hannity, George Patton, and a pair of guys who were raised Catholic took over Italy and Germany once upon a time. No shortage of right-wing whacks here.

Again, that's just goofy. There's no framework to explain Moriarty's strangeness and make it more rational. He's nutty. He goes way off the reservation periodically, then goes back on his meds and makes a few movies. Rinse and repeat.

Loved him in Q: The Winged Serpent.

No one is trying to explain his wackieness, but the direction of it is historically typical. Though the MSM has long ignored the right in the church (except when they were busy ridiculing it) and trumpted the left in the church, it is a false image fostered by Leftists. The Catholic Church has always been deeply conservative and remains so today.

Actually its better to say that the Catholic Church has remained consistant while the political world occilates around it. You don't exist for 2004 years by sticking your finger in the wind.
And with around a billion Catholics worldwide its pretty easy for the faithful to cover the entire political spectrum.
When I go to Europe I have alot of fun dissecting Catholics who claim to be Communists. They can't understand the disconnect.

They should make a Law & Order with Stone and Gorn. Law & Order Crossfire

"The Catholic Church has remained consistent while the political world occilates around it," good phrase that. Even I was surprised to learn how consistently conservative the church has always been. But reading two conservative Catholic authors, Paul Johnson and H.W. Crocker opened my eyes, and made me realize how the Catholic Church has always stood and still stands as a bulwark against anarchy.

PS to Iblis: A particularly proud moment for the Catholic Church was when Pope John Paul II conspired with Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher to bring down the Soviet Union and was shot for his trouble. What other religion can boast that their spiritual leader was shot by the KGB for being so effective against the Soviet Union?

In the US, the Catholic Church was one of the primary centers of agitation for social revolution against capitalists. The Wobblies, IIRC, had their mission statement written by a priest. Communists were often rather at home in Catholic churches in the early part of the 20th century.

I'm not trying to disparage Catholicism (I reserve the self-hatred for my stupid wop dago heritage), but that history is an important component of the church's that needs to be remembered.

Yes there has been history of infiltration of Leftists in the church in same way they metastisized into everything else. But on the whole, the direction of the church has always been clearly conservative and it still is. And the Leftist influence has been far less than the Leftist media would have us all believe.

Clinton as UN Sec-Gen? They aren't that desperate. Besides, no First Worlder will ever get the gig no matter how lefty they are.

I don't want to run down an actor I admire and a fellow, um, conservative, but I heard him on the Stern show explaining his firing from L&O, and I thought he sounded a little batty then.

I don't like calling people nuts, but he's got a touch of something. I just don't think it's normal to invent words while writing essays with the enthusiasm he does. It's a little strange.

We view the Church as Conservative, but the Romans viewed it as a radical organization. (To say nothing of the Sovs and Chicoms)How times change.
Libs and Lefties are always drawn to the church because of the "Peace and Love" message. Unfortunately for them, the church's idea of love isn't Sullivanesque. Its "I'm gonna take the cross for you worthless lot."

Ace,

He is nuts. Legitimately bi-polar. He's a hell of an actor. But he's also nuts, and that's what's going on in those columns.

Cal,

Well, you may or may not be right. I lean towards "may."

I just don't like calling people I sorta like nuts.

But yeah, that column is, I hate to say it, sort of the thing that schizophrenics write. The made-up words, the grand conspiracies, the urgent, even crazed tone.

I had seen his columns previously and noted that they read just like a Ben Stone closing argument from L&O. If you insert the pauses, the "sirs"...they sound pretty much like his regular delivery.

Not that that proves or disproves anyhting about his mental state; I just think it's interesting that he thinks like he talks.

Isn't it strange how many conservatives show up on Law and Order? Moriarity, Fred Dalton Thompson, and then Angie Harmon addressed the convention this summer. What other show has that many right wing actors?

72V- "the Catholic Church has always stood and still stands as a bulwark against anarchy. " Amen. I'm Protestant and I know darn well that the Catholic Church is keeping the world in order, and has been for a long time.

SeeDubya: It is gratifying to hear that you and others are that objective and well informed. (PS My Jewish sister-in-law just converted to Catholicism.)

Speaking of schizophrenia, everyone MUST read Timecube for a good laugh. It could replace the DSM description of schizophrenia.

I agree with Cal. He appears to be bi-polar and self-medicating with alcohol. I am sorry he is so ill in public.

Ben's grandmother was Jewish, which explains his being confused, bi-polar, and completely whacky. Just look at Hitler.

Hey, you leave Hitler out of this. He was just misunderstood, just like me. ~Dubya