So… I was tag surfing today, and I found this article called Atheism: An Irrational Worldview. The gist of the argument was that Atheists only believe in material things (not necessarily true), the Laws of Logic are immaterial, therefore, Atheists can’t believe in the laws of logic without being self-contradictory. It doesn’t take a philosopher [...]
Sorry to Burst Your MacBubble…
Well… I am a PC enthusiast through and through–won’t even buy an iPod or use iTunes. In fact, I have the firm opinion that Macs are no better than PCs for general computing, something that I like to bring up with self-righteous Apple-philes, even though Apples cost much more than PCs. When arguing, they will [...]
More Reasons Why I Hate Republicans
Apparently, Henry Waxman (D-CA) has been sniffing around the Bush Administration again–this time about an Environmental Protection Agency decision to reject California’s efforts to reduce Greenhouse Emissions within its borders and override scientific recommendations pertaining to ozone standards. The involved officials suddenly forgot everything they ever did in their job… and the House promptly issued [...]
Good Bye to a Legend
Well, at 71, a legend of comedy passed of heart failure. I was first introduced to George Carlin as the Cardinal in the View Askew film, Dogma, and now I have several quotes of his (by way of a day-by-day calendar) on the bulletin board over my desk in my bedroom. He hosted the first [...]
Splintering of the Base?
Reuters has an interesting piece up about young, white evangelicals–not my favorite group, but I read on. Apparently, these voters are less two-dimensional than their elders, looking beyond the issues of Abortion and Gay Marriage and looking towards issues like the War in Iraq, Global Warming and Environmental Issues, and Social Justice. These [...]
Softening the Image of Atheists
Well… I found a new facebook application complete with polls and debate… so I’ve been playing around that as well as surfing around teh interwebs looking for news stories. Well, being me, I wound up arguing about things such as Intelligent Design and religion and came to the conclusion that people don’t [...]
More Idiocy from Pat Buchanan…
At Townhall.com (to which I am loathe to link), Pat Buchanan wrote an idiotic piece defending his equally idiotic (based on his summary of his arguments in the article) book about World War II and the Holocaust. Essentially, he argues that Hitler wasn’t going to do that Holocaust or really do that much of a [...]
Why I’m not Watching the Olympics
Unless your head has been under a rock for the last few months, you know that the Olympics are being held in China this year, and you probably know the controversy surrounding that. Personally, I am no fan of the Chinese Government (being the secretive, authoritarian regime that it is), though I do like [...]
The Need for Objectivity
Well, I am sitting here in the Quito Airport, waiting to board my flight, so I thought that I would write a response to some of the comments that were made on my previous post on my experiences in Ecuador. For all of you TLDR (too long, didn’t read) people, a brief synopsis…
I wrote [...]
Notes from Ecuador
It turns out that being a student at a major university can get a little hectic when Spring Rolls around. With papers, reading, powerpoints, and finals, I have little time for blogging on the side. To top it all off, within a week of finishing my finals, I was on a plane to [...]
