Oops.

The greatest tragedy ever perpetrated by a television entertainment executive was the canceling of Josh Joss Whedon’s series “Firefly.” But Whedon sold them another series, “Dollhouse,” which turned out to be smart and entertaining. It was also one of the few dramatic series on television today that was not a clone of “ER,” “Law and Order” or “CSI.” And now Fox has canceled “Dollhouse.” There will be a couple more episodes produced, and then it’s over. In a just world, Joss Whedon would have his own channel.

Here’s a blogger definitely living in an alternative universe, and her commenters likewise. I started to leave a comment, then decided it was futile.

Why should my tax dollars pay for some geezer’s Viagra prescription? Digby writes,

I realize that many people disagree with my moral objections to men getting erections which God clearly doesn’t want them to get, but my principles on this are more important to me than theirs are to them. So too bad. If you want a boner, pay for it yourself.

One could argue that paying for contraceptives and abortions is cost effective, since pregnancy and childbirth are much more expensive. But you can’t say the same thing about erectile dysfunction medicine or devices.

So, no abortion funding, no ED remedy funding. Strip EDs out of Medicare, too.