Mel Gibson may be a pretty good actor and director, but it is more and more evident that he's also a nutjob. Gibson's hit the news a few days ago after being arrested for drunk driving in Malibu, California. But let's face it, given their entitlement mentalities, things like drunk driving, drug use, or creating a public nuisance are nothing rare among Hollywood celebrities.

What has gotten Mel into real hot water are the expletive-laced outbursts he allegedly had while being arrested and detained. According to a web site that obtained what it says are pages from the original police report, the rants included threatening, misogynistic, and anti-Semitic remarks.

The report says Gibson told the deputy, "You mother f****r. I'm going to f*** you." The report also says "Gibson almost continually [sic] threatened me saying he 'owns Malibu' and will spend all of his money to 'get even' with me."

The report says Gibson then launched into a barrage of anti-Semitic statements: "F*****g Jews... The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world."" Gibson then asked the deputy, "Are you a Jew?"

The deputy became alarmed as Gibson's tirade escalated, and called ahead for a sergeant to meet them when they arrived at the station. When they arrived, a sergeant began videotaping Gibson, who noticed the camera and then said, "What the f*** do you think you're doing?"

A law enforcement source says Gibson then noticed another female sergeant and yelled, "What do you think you're looking at, sugar tits?"

This isn't the first time Gibson has been accused of anti-Semitism. Most of the controversy surrounding his film, The Passion of the Christ, centered around accusations that Gibson used the film to blame Jews for the crucifixion of Jesus. Even among Catholics, which Gibson claims to be, there is controversy about the brand of Catholicism to which he adheres. Many years ago, I read in an entertainment magazine that he had left the Roman Catholic church because he thought it was too liberal.

So with this latest news, Gibson seems to illustrate that it isn't just cranky Muslims, white supremacists, and far-left idealogues who think the Jews are to blame for everything wrong in the world. Perhaps we should put all these various groups on a big island together and let them sort it out amongst themselves.

I have long supported the idea of the ordination of women in the Roman Catholic church. I support FutureChurch and Women's Ordination Conference. So it was with absolute delight that I read about one of those women, an employee of the Archdiocese of Boston, who has revealed her own ordination.

Marchant said she had attended the 2001 ordination of Mary Ramerman of Spiritus Christi Church, a breakaway Catholic congregation in Rochester, N.Y., and was moved to think seriously about her own sense of calling. Marchant chose to be ordained last year by female bishops associated with Roman Catholic Womenpriests, which says its ordinations are valid because its bishops have been ordained, in secret, by valid Roman Catholic bishops.

Marchant isn't exactly the best spokesperson for women's ordination; her talk of having an altar at home when she was a child is odd, if not downright irreverent. But her coming-out brings to the fore the occurrence of renegade ordinations that will become more prevalent until the heirarchy of the church takes its collective head out of the sand and starts discussing this issue. The time for such a discussion is long overdue.

For more information about one group coordinating ordinations of women, including those taking place this month, visit Roman Catholic Womenpriests.

Did you hear about the Tennessee Republican gubernatorial candidate who was arrested for public intoxication? Apparently Mark Albertini got tanked at a political rally and was seen afterward acting "unsteady on his feet"—oh, and he had a firearm alongside the wine bottle in his car. Cars, booze, and guns. Great combo there, skipper. He denies he was drunk, of course. How much do you want to bet the local police failed to give him a breathalyzer test, just like the U.S. Capitol Police didn't with Patrick Kennedy?

The best part of the story is that Albertini, according to Fox News' Brit Hume, is "running on a platform of Christian values." I'm pretty sure that in the south, "Christian values" include moderation and sobriety. You'd think that someone who makes a point of touting his moral character would be a little more careful in his behavior. But then again, you're probably smarter than the average politician.

First, Cindy Sheehan and other anti-Bushers were going on a hunger strike until the United States pulled troops out of Iraq. Then they were going on a "rolling hunger strike", which apparently meant that a bunch of people were going to have a one-day hunger strike (something that doesn't come close to the five days I went without eating anything the last time I had the flu, but I digress).

Now it turns out that Ms. Sheehan is just cutting back a bit.

I find traveling out of the country very challenging ... being on a fast. When I was on a layover in Madrid on my way to Venice, Italy yesterday, the closest thing I could find to a smoothie to get a little protein was a coffee with vanilla ice cream in it.

I've heard of a water fast (undertaken by Mohandes Gandhi a couple times), a bread and water fast (a common religious fast throughout history), and a juice fast (done primarily for health reasons). But I must admit that I've never heard of a protein smoothie and ice cream fast. What a joke.

I'm sure that Cindy Sheehan and her merry band of malcontents are convinced they aren't getting any media attention because the Bush apologists in the mainstream media want to censor their brave and noble efforts to return Iraq to an iron-fisted dictatorship. Perhaps they should consider that they might be taken more seriously when they do something serious.