Two Things I Don’t Discuss Here
Religion and abortion. Â I hesitate to even bring either of them up. Â There’s not much anyone can say to change anyone else’s mind about either, and I’d rather just avoid those topics altogether. Knowing that I’m not trying to persuade anyone to believe anything, please enjoy this excerpt based purely on its cleverness. Â You can [...]
Irony–Labor Day Nixed By a Union
The blogosphere is abuzz about Tyson Chicken’s new contract with its labor union that eliminates Labor Day as a paid holiday and replaces it with a Muslim holiday, Eid al-Fitr for the plant in Shelbyville, TN. How ironic that a union eliminated a union holiday! On one hand, I have to cheer the fact that [...]
Homeschooling Ruled Illegal in California–Seriously
Last month I posted about a proposal in Nebraska that would mandate testing to homeschooling families. Today, thanks to Reason, I read an article in the LA Times stating that homeschooling has been ruled illegal by a California appellate court. “Parents do not have a constitutional right to home school their children,” wrote Justice H. [...]
Sooner Or Later They Catch On
A little over two weeks ago, Ron Paul made a morning appearance on Fox and Friends and made a slightly controversial statement that was talked about (a little bit) in the blogosphere well into the next evening. Pretty sticky story, huh? Now, as far as newspapers go, our local New Sentinel is pretty forward thinking [...]
Why Mitt’s Religion Speech is Shortsighted
Mitt Romney has painted himself into a little bit of a corner by hyping up the “religion speech” and creating a buildup.  I only see a few possible outcomes… 1) The speech sucks. All the buildup was for nothing. No one cares, and everyone walks away saying, “that’s it?” 2) The speech effectively conveys the point that [...]
America’s Next Top Televangelist
Why doesn’t this reality show exist? It would be perfect for CBS Sunday nights, right after 60 Minutes. Of course, you’d have to wait until football season is over. Let the competitors give both prepared and spontaneous sermons on a variety of subjects. Instead of competing for dollars, they could compete for souls. Seriously, why [...]
You Mighta Heard By Now, We’re Doin’ a Little Survey
There were some pretty interesting results from my last poll–at least I thought they were interesting. I asked readers to choose (one) between free markets, free religion, free speech, and free beer. With 50% of the vote, speech won pretty handily. I’d assume that the 29% who voted for beer were being funny. It’s easy [...]
What is America Really Full Of?
Q. What do you get when you mix illegal immigration, the Tom Tancredo cheerleading squad, and a really disturbing description of a little girl’s funeral as overseen by Jehovah’s Witnesses? A. One of the funniest, and in some ways scariest, posts I’ve read in a long time. It seems that America, much like heaven, is [...]
Why We Fight Wars, At Least Why I Would
I was talking to some guys at work this morning about the reasons for war. There are several answers I’ve heard throughout the years–land, money, religion, etc. One guy actually stumbled onto what I believe is the true answer when he said that animals don’t have war because all they do is eat, poop, and [...]
Education and Money Produce Terrorists
At least it produces more successful ones. There is enough moral, psychological and sometimes financial payoff from the act of killing many people to offset the economic loss of their death. Therefore, the terrorist manager assigns the most deadly tasks to the highest-caliber people; otherwise, they will not bother. In an awful way, it makes [...]
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