The new chaplain will he paid $178,000 annually, most of which, Conroy says, will be turned over to the Jesuits. […] Americans United and other organizations have argued that the chaplain’s position is a violation of church-state separation and have pushed to have it abolished.
On August 5, 1981, President Ronald Reagan fired every member of the air traffic controllers union (PATCO) who’d defied his order to return to work and declared their union illegal. They had been on strike for just two days.
When unions were stronger in the middle part of the last century, American workers wages rose as they became increasingly more productive. But today, as union strength has decreased, this link has broken down: even though American workers grow increasingly more productive, their wages have stagnated.
Stop using Jesus as an excuse for being a narrow-minded, bigoted asshole!
Morality is doing what is right no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told no matter what is right.
It would be difficult to think of anyone who would be better able to succeed the late, great Carl Sagan. The folks working on it are going to take their time and do it right — it’s not scheduled to air until sometime in 2013.
Always Question Authority 