Mandatory Reading

This article regarding an Illinois state senator caught my attention today.  Apparently she became irate during the testimony of an outspoken atheist and began browbeating him:
Davis: I don’t know what you have against God, but some of us don’t have much against him. We look forward to him and his blessings. And it’s really a [...]

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Tragedy by the Numbers

As I write this, the top story on CNN.com, Yahoo News!, FoxNews.com, and just about every other news website is the release of a video emailed by the Virginia Tech gunman to NBC. This is breaking information, about a tragedy involving 33 deaths that happened two days ago. And if you browse through [...]

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I’m a Bad, Bad Man

Sorry for the lack of posting lately. I’ve had a couple political/philisophical-style rants I’ve been wanting to get down on paper, but this weekend I was swamped with getting my car fixed and shopping for my pool party next weekend (you think Socrates or Gautama ever had to deal with auto mechanics? No!). [...]

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A Good Day to Be a Democrat

The top headlines from the Yahoo! News Poltics category are as follows:

Bush Stung As Miers Withdraws Nomination
White House Waits Another Day in CIA Probe
Major Republican Donor Indicted in Ohio
Grand Jury Issues New Subpoenas for DeLay

Like my dad always says, the nice thing about the Republicans is that they when they get enough rope, they always [...]

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Booked Worm

Judging from the photo, I think DeLay is almost as happy about his arrest as I am. Man, he is so not fooling anyone with that smile.
I think with the possible exception of Karl Rove (who may be in one of these photos any day now), this guy best represents the pure scummy-ness of [...]

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