Today, I think that I did one of the most helpful things I have ever done with respect to greater acceptance of atheists in broader society, and it happened on a conservative, Republican blog. I won’t link or mention the particular blog (I don’t really want to give them the traffic), but this moment was [...]
A Different Take on Gay Marriage
Today, I was reading this story in the Washington Post about gay, lesbian, transsexual, etc people coming out of the closet at earlier ages than previous generations. This wound up triggering some thoughts about gayness in our public sphere.
To be perfectly honest, it’s pretty hard for me to get worked up about lgbt issues. [...]
Liberal Media?
Well… I was trolling around the internet when I came to the conclusion that the supposedly liberal media was routinely, seemingly willfully, giving John McCain a pass on his flip flops while eagerly attacking Barack Obama for his (even though a lot of them aren’t actually flip flops). So, given their tacit support [...]
Jesse Helms: Another Instance of Conservatives’ Selective Memory…
Well… Jesse Helms died earlier today… much earlier, as it was at a quarter after 1 this morning. I first heard about it on, my favorite Right-Wing Retardation blog, Blogs for Victory (which I refuse to link). I’ll admit that I didn’t know too much about Mr. Helms before today, but [...]
Does Military Service Qualify One to be President?
Wesley Clark’s comments have gotten a lot of media attention recently. For those of you who haven’t heard, Clark said that despite his service, McCain hasn’t had any executive experience. He went on to note that getting “shot down in a plane” is not a qualification for office. As could be expected, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Dr. Ron Paul: A Snake in the Grass
I’ve been pretty hard on Dr. Paul recently, and today will be no different. Before people erroneously label me as a “hater,” it should be known that I am actually a former Ron Paul supporter, and then a friend of mine pointed me to some of his writings. Then, upon looking further into [...]
Another Reason Why I Won’t Vote for Ron Paul
Yep… that video is of Ron Paul rejecting evolution… That is another thing that I will never vote for, rejection of Evolution.
This isn’t an anti-religion thing, though I have been known to have that streak in my comments. No, it has to do with knowing what terms actually mean in context [...]
