Monthly Archive:: May 2008

30 May 2008

Might as well report that the sky is blue

Can someone tell me why it’s news that the Catholic church is still a bigoted institution? For example, a day or so after California declared that it was unconstitutional to ban homosexuals from legally marrying, it was
29 May 2008

Christian Marines evangelizing Iraqi Muslims

As if the situation in Iraq wasn’t bad enough it appears that American marines are contributing to the problem by attempting to convert the Muslim residents of Fallujah to Christianity. According to this report, unidentified Marines are
29 May 2008

Kieffe & Sons issue apology for bigoted ad

The owners of Kieffe & Sons Ford dealership out in Mojave that I recently wrote a post about have issued an apology for the bigoted ad they aired on a local radio station: “For 15 years, Kieffe
28 May 2008

Michigan Democrats pass abortion legislation

One of the arguments for supporting the democratic nominee this fall is that a failure to put a democrat in office will result in the further erosion of reproductive freedom. This argument annoys and angers me because
27 May 2008

Pat Condell: God is not Enough

Here’s a new video from Pat Condell who apparently has his own site now as well as a collection of his videos out on DVD.
27 May 2008

Ford Dealership to Non-Christians: STFU

Kieffe & Sons, a Ford dealership in California, has been running a radio ad since approximately February telling people who support the separation of church(es) and state and atheists to “sit down and shut up” . The
26 May 2008

Can we vote her off the island?

Here’s a little gem of a story. A kindergarten teacher in Florida had one of her charges stand up in front of the class and then preceded to have his classmates vote him out of the class.
22 May 2008

The Rules in Florida & Michigan

One of the things that’s baffled me this election season is how so many don’t seem to grasp the fact that Hillary Clinton did not break the rules by not removing her name from the ballots in
14 May 2008

Bush gives up golf for troops

It is said that whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness – great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy. Our esteemed president is not on the path to greatness
7 May 2008

Wizard sacked by Muggles

Jim Piculas of Florida has been fired as a substitute teacher for practicing wizardry for a toothpick disappear, then reappear. Substitute teacher Jim Piculas does a 30-second magic trick where a toothpick disappears then reappears. But after