“The Mermaid”
Hamburg Germany’s Alster Lake
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Daily Archives: 08.08.2011
Video: “If Atheists Ruled the World”
Quote: Luther Burbank
If my words have awakened thought in narrow bigots and petrified hypocrites, they will have done their appointed work.
Quote: Clarence Darrow
The best that we can do is to be kindly and helpful toward our friends and fellow passengers who are clinging to the same speck of dirt while we are drifting side by side to our common doom.
Aphorism: On Taxes, Regulations, and Government
By Madison S. Hughes (08.08.2011)
In the U.S. specifically (Republicans/Teabaggees), and around the world generally (Right-wing), some show an insatiable desire to rid the nations of taxes, regulations, and if utopia were to exist, the government as a whole. If that is their desire, I know of a place that fits that bill already. The place is called Somalia, and I support them in their relocation. Additionally, I fully support their taking religion with them.
Article: “Why Atheism Will Replace Religion: New Evidence”
… [T]he more educated countries have higher levels of non belief and there are strong correlations between atheism and intelligence. Atheists are more likely to be college-educated people who live in cities and they are highly concentrated in the social democracies of Europe. Atheism thus blossoms amid affluence where most people feel economically secure.
Article: “How Good is American Health Care?”
Look at that: we don’t just win, we win big, leaving our closest competitor, Germany, in the dust. We spend 125% of the money Germany does per person. Does it feel good, America? We are tossing bigger buckets of money into health care than anyone else.
Article: “Catholics Fake Outrage Over Census Data on Same-sex Marriage”
Strawman ? Slippery slope fallacy ? Take your pick, but this assertion has nothing to do with the current Census, or the fact that civil unions will be counted for the first time… Let the Catholic bigots yell and scream all they like, while we as a society move forward towards equality.
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