A Beat Poem about the Insanity of Alternative Medicine (and Other Things)

This beat poem is too funny. It is by Tim Minchin in which he describes a dinner party where he confronts a hippie -- recorded live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London in December 08.

Sadly NSFW and audio only. Check it out beneath the fold:

My favorite quotes:

"You know what they call alternative medicine that has been proved to work: medicine."

"I am like a rabbit suddenly trapped in the blinding headlights of vacuous c*&$."

"Science adjusts its views based on what's observed. Faith is the denial of observation so that faith can be preserved."

More like this

Due to work stuff, I'm very busy this week, and I don't have time to write a detailed pathological language post, so I chose something that doesn't take a lot of explanation, but
While browser over at programming.reddit.com, I came across something simultaneously hideous and amazing.
I saw it at Julie's.
"American Music," the Violent Femmes "California Stars," Billy Bragg and Wilco "The City of New Orleans," Arlo Guthrie "Song to Woody," Bob Dylan "The Body of an American," the Pogues

Can i write letter for you? THANK.