tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63845116851526564502024-02-07T20:30:15.817-06:00The Serenity of ReasonWhere reasonable people discuss reason using methods both reasonable and unreasonable...csmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14196500927690180464noreply@blogger.comBlogger589125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384511685152656450.post-16601771448672100232012-09-05T17:03:00.002-05:002012-09-05T17:03:55.599-05:00Lying v. MendacityThe Republican convention is over and the Democratic convention is happening this week. And the talk has turned to lying. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/sep/05/paul-ryan-middling-mendacity-media">Paul Ryan's speech</a> last week at the RNC was just loaded up with lies. And there is no way he did not know it. He accused the president of being the cause for a plant shut down when the plant closed BEFORE the president took office (during GWB's tenure). And now he is trying to claim that <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/09/04/paul-ryan-claims-obama-makes-carter-looks-like-the-good-old-days-not-so-much/">(President) Obama makes (President) Carter looks like the ‘good old days.’</a> And doing it by lying.
And that, my friends, is the difference between lying and mendacity. The lies are part of the campaign strategy and the facts be damned. Neil Newhouse, a Romney pollster said, and I quote: "Fact checkers come to this with their own sets of thoughts and beliefs, and we’re not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers.” Or facts, evidently.
We all know politicians lie. We don't like it, but it probably is not going to change. But the Republicans have turned lying into an art form. They boldly lie and do not care whether they are called out for the lies or not. Because they know that their base does not care whether it is the truth or not. They just want it to feel good. The error I think they are making is that moderate, undecided voters do care.
I think much of it probably stems from Romney's who-cares-what-I-have-to-say attitude... he'll say anything at all to get elected. Anything. <a href="http://voice4america.com/articles/2012/09/04/why-romney-should-and-will-lose.html">Mitt Romney has basically changed his position on every issue since he was governor of Massachusetts</a>. Is he even the same person? Watch <a href="http://samuel-warde.com/2012/09/mccain-ad-a-tale-of-two-romneys/">the campaign ad put together by John McCain in the 2008 election for Romney changing positions in his own words</a>!
The scary thing is, that at least as of today (9/5/2012), most polls show the election being close. There must still be a lot of rampant stupidity, jingoism, and racism in this country for that to be the case.
csmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14196500927690180464noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384511685152656450.post-50091051687991718002012-04-12T16:08:00.000-05:002012-04-12T16:09:18.247-05:00Ronald Reagan Could Not Win the Republican Nomination in 2012<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nRuWMoEWE1E" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>csmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14196500927690180464noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384511685152656450.post-60847336561863891342012-03-08T15:56:00.001-06:002012-03-08T15:57:30.558-06:00Mittner Burns<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzpJVKl-cYaioKfuY_jELFPckbgrSDH-lY-lsS4yMjWw6yQMeSfqcojP_ebysMMZ6KnzpiCiVS2zUdjenglNssF4fGNqp0O7kHCuu1e2PhszRZp_NG4k84_2Xh67SKz6byKy9IOJw8kEKR/s1600/Mittner+Burns.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 317px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzpJVKl-cYaioKfuY_jELFPckbgrSDH-lY-lsS4yMjWw6yQMeSfqcojP_ebysMMZ6KnzpiCiVS2zUdjenglNssF4fGNqp0O7kHCuu1e2PhszRZp_NG4k84_2Xh67SKz6byKy9IOJw8kEKR/s400/Mittner+Burns.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717648765498605090" /></a>csmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14196500927690180464noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384511685152656450.post-87217694692230121682012-02-24T14:47:00.002-06:002012-02-24T14:47:44.461-06:00A Simple Flowchart<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXCXv_mK9dti8FHZ_nADzU-a5k0ns3mvnopO-6oGvDsuGrE6sNUADDZutz-fjCz0Kz9wVJpaN5qRKdrIsR52_OKcnhh5Ei2vbgbShDyznSnwBSkFM6FdF0GGWfMkeFnH-tD6jCoSPT_ruF/s1600/reps-care.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 399px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXCXv_mK9dti8FHZ_nADzU-a5k0ns3mvnopO-6oGvDsuGrE6sNUADDZutz-fjCz0Kz9wVJpaN5qRKdrIsR52_OKcnhh5Ei2vbgbShDyznSnwBSkFM6FdF0GGWfMkeFnH-tD6jCoSPT_ruF/s400/reps-care.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712806662131320674" /></a>csmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14196500927690180464noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384511685152656450.post-57324803822392540722012-02-22T15:19:00.002-06:002012-02-22T15:21:25.642-06:00Some Questions for Rick Santorum<div class="dsq-comment-text" id="dsq-comment-text-445607630" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto; ">To: Rick Santorum</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; "><div class="dsq-comment-text" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br /></div></div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I have learned a great deal from you, and I try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind him that Leviticus 16:22 clearly states it is to be an abomination. End of debate.</span><div><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; "><div class="dsq-comment-text" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto; ">I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some of the specific laws and how to best follow them.<br /><br />a) When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord (Lev 1:9). The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?<br /><br />b) I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?<br /><br />c) I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness (Lev 15:19-24). The problem is, how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.<br /><br />d) Lev. 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can't I own Canadians?<br /><br />e) I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself?<br /><br />f) A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination (Lev 11:10), it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don't agree. Can you settle this?<br /><br />g) Lev 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here?<br /><br />h) Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev 19:27. How should they die?<br /><br />i) I know from Lev 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?<br /><br />j) My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev 19: 19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it realty necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them? (Lev 24: 10-16) Couldn't we just burn them to death at a private family affair like we do with people who sleep with their in- laws? (Lev. 20:14)<br /><br />I know you have studied these things extensively, so I am confident you can help. Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and unchanging. </div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; "><div class="dsq-comment-text" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span ><span style="line-height: 19px;">Sincerely,</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; "><div class="dsq-comment-text" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto; ">Your devoted fan.</div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> </span></div></div>csmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14196500927690180464noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384511685152656450.post-46966613553140717092012-02-22T09:56:00.001-06:002012-02-22T09:57:58.721-06:00Just a Theory?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg6-u1OOeAq2tgfJUdpQnAilwXITEpbSijm1u0T5_InWCiLiUkRm94nyc3KnlwirsRFAJuUM8Nt7rqjUQMFZrzF4ks7TbtuOimc79AkPa1aXrpJ53TmiM5-GLQNLrwaMBQnG_KVZRr6NyK/s1600/evolution.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg6-u1OOeAq2tgfJUdpQnAilwXITEpbSijm1u0T5_InWCiLiUkRm94nyc3KnlwirsRFAJuUM8Nt7rqjUQMFZrzF4ks7TbtuOimc79AkPa1aXrpJ53TmiM5-GLQNLrwaMBQnG_KVZRr6NyK/s400/evolution.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711989641539100434" /></a><br /><div>Actually, it isn't even a hypothesis because it cannot be proven or disproven by testing...</div>csmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14196500927690180464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384511685152656450.post-17719363367437458762012-01-04T10:16:00.003-06:002012-01-04T10:22:47.921-06:00Rick Santorum: Hypocritical ShitbagRick Santorum, somehow now a leading candidate for the Republican nomination, is a hypocritical shitbag of the highest order. Watch <a href="http://youtu.be/HtHkDDqexHs">this video</a> first.<br /><div><br /></div><div>Now, of course, if you have been following the parade of idiots clamoring for the Republican nod, this statement of Santorum's against all abortions even in the case of rape and incest is probably not surprising.</div><div><br /></div><div>But, did you know his wife had an abortion?</div><div><br /></div><div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 24px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><a href="http://oursilverribbon.org/blog/?p=188">In October, 1996, his wife Karen had a second trimester abortion. They don’t like to describe it that way. In his 2004 interview with Terry Gross, Santorum characterizes the fetus, who must be treated as an autonomous person, as a practically a gunslinging threat, whom the mother must murder in self-defense. Karen has had to justify her decision to save her own life by explaining that if she died her other children would have lost a mother.</a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 24px; text-align: -webkit-auto; ">This hairball is the second worst (Michelle Bachmann ranks number one) of the fools running on the Republican side... and his ascent needs to be slapped down hard and fast. I'd rather Newt win than this troglodyte (which is saying something, because I despise Gingrich, too).</p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div>csmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14196500927690180464noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384511685152656450.post-6025196417419154492011-12-17T00:08:00.002-06:002011-12-17T00:11:22.093-06:0033 Quotes About ConservativesI enjoyed reading through <a href="http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/12/16/33-quotes-about-conservativesrepublicans-that-liberals-should-know-about/">this list of quotes about conservatives and Republicans</a> (although the two are NOT synonymous).csmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14196500927690180464noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384511685152656450.post-77917953796200704872011-10-21T11:40:00.002-05:002011-10-21T11:44:01.474-05:00We're All Still HereAnother group of foolish Christians has proclaimed today as the date of the "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapture">rapture</a>." 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unhidewhenused="false" qformat="true" name="Book Title"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="37" name="Bibliography"> <w:lsdexception locked="false" priority="39" qformat="true" name="TOC Heading"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The Corvallis Secular Society has placed a king-sized exterior bus sign designed by the Freedom From Religion Foundation on a bus in Corvallis, Ore., stating: "The United States is not founded on the Christian religion."</span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The advertisement quotes the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Tripoli">Treaty of Tripoli</a>, 1797, which was negotiated under the administration of President George Washington, and signed by President John Adams.</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The sign excerpts the exact quote: "The Government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion."</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">A lot of folks really need to see this sign...<br /></span></p>csmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14196500927690180464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384511685152656450.post-60849146219173450262011-09-07T16:18:00.000-05:002011-09-07T16:19:19.875-05:00A Do Nothing Congress Would be Better Than This One<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ujg533O76A88Vthyphenhyphendld3jFyfRwA5RFzyr6e79F4lnzI7Qnv3aZTpC0tKecUPH-vyV1caZTPkPFXjb-MZ9QGB9DAMsVP2CMGfJDFiKVRXZ58w95vzExfGr9X7JJB9Vl-CxiGtCJSzyBN9/s1600/Do-Nothing-Congress-front.jpeg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 281px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ujg533O76A88Vthyphenhyphendld3jFyfRwA5RFzyr6e79F4lnzI7Qnv3aZTpC0tKecUPH-vyV1caZTPkPFXjb-MZ9QGB9DAMsVP2CMGfJDFiKVRXZ58w95vzExfGr9X7JJB9Vl-CxiGtCJSzyBN9/s400/Do-Nothing-Congress-front.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649730331859391746" border="0" /></a><br />For Bawdyscot...csmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14196500927690180464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384511685152656450.post-50046665054158816082011-09-01T12:54:00.003-05:002011-09-01T12:59:05.637-05:00The Immoral Christian Hall of ShameKudos to <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/06541458916641472505">Mojoey </a>for posting this <a href="http://mojoey.blogspot.com/p/bad-pastors.html">alphabetical list of clergy and associates accused of crimes and misdeeds </a>he calls it the Morally Corrupt.
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<br />And the truly sad part is that this is but a small slice of morally corrupt horde of believers in positions of power in a church... I could easily double or treble it with a little work... I might some day.
<br />csmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14196500927690180464noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384511685152656450.post-81232505538837416062011-09-01T12:34:00.001-05:002011-09-01T12:35:57.695-05:00Hypocritical Christian Church<a href="http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/30/7532123-headline-church-closes-food-bank-because-it-attracts-poor-people">A busy church food bank, known for offering warm drinks and snacks to its regulars, has announced it’s closing because it is attracting too many poor people.</a>
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<br />And lord knows, you don't want those smelly poor people hanging around a church!
<br />csmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14196500927690180464noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384511685152656450.post-17775011832928423732011-08-30T14:05:00.000-05:002011-08-30T14:06:09.740-05:00Presidential Candidate Checklist<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRVewZG9S6R-iabpbwN-4P5bwC4wp_vAuCSjTNYoo-xSU8rGHOMnaKjHni8ohLvCfavC99jM4drcis_PWisisOBSPyfFNAh3adr9fkSlsnkn-LBXiJPNQrm4fJRXF6w5NE3GFG0kLj7F4T/s1600/20-2012PresidentialScorecard-480.jpeg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 242px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRVewZG9S6R-iabpbwN-4P5bwC4wp_vAuCSjTNYoo-xSU8rGHOMnaKjHni8ohLvCfavC99jM4drcis_PWisisOBSPyfFNAh3adr9fkSlsnkn-LBXiJPNQrm4fJRXF6w5NE3GFG0kLj7F4T/s400/20-2012PresidentialScorecard-480.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646727288402593186" /></a>
<br />csmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14196500927690180464noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384511685152656450.post-77814689450245051462011-08-17T15:00:00.002-05:002011-08-17T15:04:44.986-05:00A Few Wise QuotesKill one man and you are a murderer. Kill millions and you
<br />are a conqueror. Kill everyone and you are a God.
<br /> --Jean Rostand-
<br />
<br />It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't under-
<br />stand that bother me, it's the parts that I do
<br />understand.
<br /> --Mark Twain--
<br />
<br />So far as I can remember, there is not one word
<br />in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.
<br /> --Bertrand Russell--
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<br />Scriptures....The sacred books of our holy religion,
<br />as distinguished from the false and profane writings
<br />on which all other faiths are based.
<br /> --Ambrose Bierce--
<br />
<br />The inspiration of the Bible depends on the ignorance
<br />of the person who reads it.
<br /> --Robert G. Ingersoll--
<br />
<br />The trouble with born-again Christians is that they
<br />are an even bigger pain the second time around.
<br /> --Herb Caen--
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<br />Christ died for our sins. Dare we make his
<br />martyrdom meaningless by not committing them?
<br /> --Jules Feiffer--
<br />
<br />If Christ were here now there is one thing he
<br />would not be -- A Christian.
<br /> --Mark Twain--
<br />
<br />Organized Christianity has probably done more to
<br />retard the ideals that were its founder's than
<br />any other agency in the world.
<br /> --Richard LeGallienne--
<br />
<br />Of learned men, the clergy show the lowest development
<br />of professional ethics. Any pastor is free to steal
<br />customers from the divines of rival sects, and to
<br />denounce the divines themselves as theological quacks.
<br /> --H. L. Mencken--
<br />
<br />A clergyman is one who feels himself called upon to
<br />live without working at the expense of the rascals
<br />who work to live. --Voltaire--
<br />
<br />Faith.....Belief without evidence in what is told by
<br /> one who speaks without knowledge, of things
<br /> without parallel. --Ambrose Bierce--
<br />
<br />Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief
<br />in the occurrence of the improbable.
<br /> --H. L. Mencken--
<br />
<br />A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows
<br />that faith does not prove anything.
<br /> --Nietzsche--
<br />
<br />The most common of all follies is to believe passionately
<br />in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of
<br />mankind. --H. L. Mencken--csmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14196500927690180464noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384511685152656450.post-871962312595267192011-08-01T15:46:00.001-05:002011-08-01T15:48:11.707-05:00On Morality<iframe width="470" height="309" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hSS-88ShJfo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>csmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14196500927690180464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384511685152656450.post-3991864834147189162011-07-31T12:07:00.000-05:002011-07-31T12:08:21.041-05:00You're a What?!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnvGBrzBVBgGIApTbFXtFf69YjlriCqSUYoT8emf71qS8SkTw62ncFfDvwBdtcRlIXEr0dH27Ca0I04wuvJRTtrp5DGznUtw7dumKdUoHm71uFzfhKPZDOrH_mwGOr1ExQV3S4sk424Cl-/s1600/atheist.jpeg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 358px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnvGBrzBVBgGIApTbFXtFf69YjlriCqSUYoT8emf71qS8SkTw62ncFfDvwBdtcRlIXEr0dH27Ca0I04wuvJRTtrp5DGznUtw7dumKdUoHm71uFzfhKPZDOrH_mwGOr1ExQV3S4sk424Cl-/s400/atheist.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635564378433069074" /></a>csmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14196500927690180464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384511685152656450.post-61688049794969570602011-07-28T13:37:00.001-05:002011-07-28T13:39:06.250-05:00Impeach Clarence Thomas<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qsx6ot4I1iQ" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="560"></iframe><br /><br />A Supreme Court Justice may be impeached by the House of Representatives and removed from office if convicted in a Senate trial, but only for the same types of offenses that would trigger impeachment proceedings for any other government official under Articles I and II of the Constitution.csmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14196500927690180464noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384511685152656450.post-27853334350633088202011-07-27T16:49:00.003-05:002011-07-27T16:50:44.936-05:00The Truth... Ain't It a Bitch?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7lZdK9eTy5tNcOgZiDu6jGpipjGkmRY4v44oe7JBJ9usJKR0-ZWQ-ikLDUfesMUp8LNo1WMQjAwAhMP3_3e-iqkxrgHKdbz5ocIAEkbIFX_b8ase_nb78IrQPZJVizkhOtydRIF7xKCp1/s1600/24editorial_graph2-popup-thumb-560x622-58477.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 359px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7lZdK9eTy5tNcOgZiDu6jGpipjGkmRY4v44oe7JBJ9usJKR0-ZWQ-ikLDUfesMUp8LNo1WMQjAwAhMP3_3e-iqkxrgHKdbz5ocIAEkbIFX_b8ase_nb78IrQPZJVizkhOtydRIF7xKCp1/s400/24editorial_graph2-popup-thumb-560x622-58477.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634152685959392658" border="0" /></a>csmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14196500927690180464noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384511685152656450.post-77699692463282206222011-07-25T18:37:00.003-05:002011-07-25T18:43:46.038-05:00The 400 Richest...<span class="story-item-teaser" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://blogs.forbes.com/robertlenzner/2011/07/25/the-400-richest-americans-pay-an-18-tax-rate/">The 400 richest Americans used to pay 30% of their income on the average to Uncle Sam. Today, they pay 18% on the average</a>, according to Steve Rattner, a Wall Street financier.<br /><br /></span>And those tax cuts have been in effect for over a decade now. And we were promised that these cuts would cause the "job creators" to create job and that prosperity would abound. Didn't happen.<br /><br />Now the chorus is singing that if we roll back those tax breaks, we'll lose jobs and prosperity.<br /><br />Crazy. And many fools believe it.csmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14196500927690180464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384511685152656450.post-14567618904260531792011-07-10T17:26:00.001-05:002011-07-10T17:28:05.632-05:00Ten Jesus MythsJust a short post on Sunday to point you to a very nicely written document outlining <a href="http://www.nazarethmyth.info/Fitzgerald2010HM.pdf">10 myths about Jesus Christ</a>.csmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14196500927690180464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384511685152656450.post-35854550805304273092011-07-08T12:15:00.004-05:002011-07-08T12:17:12.371-05:00Hey Fools, the Constitution Trumps Your AssininityThe Fourteenth Amendment, Section 4:<br /><br />The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.<br /><br />So Democrats, listen up, don't cave to the right and just continue to pay the debt. This debt ceiling nonsense is not Constitutional!csmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14196500927690180464noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384511685152656450.post-90359728756453619062011-06-03T22:30:00.001-05:002011-06-03T22:32:15.131-05:00The Republican Strategy for Resolving Disagreements<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaLbYoBvhttWEpQOots7A3459KsXtGA4zTIAz8kR4C3Nz1nthPW31ElYpjTFq6ajdRaIMTiOw2fiMRSzAW_2eNGuaASYjrD5DPgXV209UnYAhF8I3nNw4d87dp1loXOTKQj4jQkukq6En5/s1600/argument.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 374px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaLbYoBvhttWEpQOots7A3459KsXtGA4zTIAz8kR4C3Nz1nthPW31ElYpjTFq6ajdRaIMTiOw2fiMRSzAW_2eNGuaASYjrD5DPgXV209UnYAhF8I3nNw4d87dp1loXOTKQj4jQkukq6En5/s400/argument.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614202136948660482" border="0" /></a>csmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14196500927690180464noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384511685152656450.post-69122524469809679902011-05-31T11:27:00.002-05:002011-05-31T11:32:56.602-05:00On The Superiority of Western Civilization vs. the Middle East<a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/05/30/egypt.virginity.tests/index.html">A senior Egyptian general admits that "virginity checks" were performed on women arrested at a demonstration this spring, the first such admission after previous denials by military authorities.</a> <p><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/05/30/egypt.virginity.tests/index.html">The allegations arose in an Amnesty International report, published weeks after the March 9 protest. It claimed female demonstrators were beaten, given electric shocks, strip-searched, threatened with prostitution charges and forced to submit to virginity checks.</a></p> <p><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/05/30/egypt.virginity.tests/index.html">At that time, Maj. Amr Imam said 17 women had been arrested but denied allegations of torture or "virginity tests."</a></p> <p><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/05/30/egypt.virginity.tests/index.html">But now a senior general who asked not to be identified said the virginity tests were conducted and defended the practice.</a></p> <p><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/05/30/egypt.virginity.tests/index.html">"The girls who were detained were not like your daughter or mine," the general said. "These were girls who had camped out in tents with male protesters in Tahrir Square, and we found in the tents Molotov cocktails and (drugs)."</a></p><p>And yes, this probably has a lot to do with religion. Religion is the primary reason that Middle Eastern women, for the most part, are treated as second class citizens.<br /></p><p>Sometimes people will say to me that I have to understand that there are cultural differences that I cannot possibly comprehend, and that culture makes it "OK" -- or at least makes it beyond the ability of those not within that culture to judge. I disagree. And I judge it foul and unfair. The Middle Eastern culture will continue to be inferior to Western culture until the fair treatment of women is a regular practice and scum like this general are prosecuted for such horrible treatment of women.<a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/05/30/egypt.virginity.tests/index.html"><br /></a></p>csmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14196500927690180464noreply@blogger.com2