Christopher Morley (May 5, 1890 – March 28, 1957)
American Journalist, Novelist, Essayist, and Poet
Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity.
Too bad there really isn’t a hell, few are more deserving of its residency than this charlatan. Pat Robertson tells a woman who can’t pay her mortgage or bills that she’s just not managing her money properly and must keep tithing if she wants God’s blessing.
This purveyor of bigotry is an idiot!
This man is an idiot!
If a proposition associated with truth value . . . is not backed by reason, argument, and evidence, stating “I have the right to my opinion” does not contribute to any progress in a discussion, lead persons to the truth, or really say anything other than “this is what I believe” and perhaps, curiously more . . . If, after some debate and tackling the fundamental falsehoods of creationism, a creationist happens to say “I have a right to my own opinion,” this says nothing about the truth-value of creationism and perhaps admits that the creationist is not concerned with truth. A proposition about reality is either backed by evidence, reason, and argument and it should be believed . . . or it is not . . . When faced with contradictory evidence for one’s belief, the belief should be relinquished instead of claiming that one has “the right to an opinion.” We should care about holding justified true beliefs and take wondrous delight in challenging falsehoods when the situation calls for it.
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The document was released days after the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced they had created a new watchdog committee to challenge what they considered an “assault” on religious liberty from Obama administration policies . . . [T]he document does emphasize statements by Pope Benedict XVI on the duty of lawmakers to serve as a “public witness to our faith.”
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These men are idiots!
Any military leader can tell you that each person in their unit responds differently to various leadership styles. It’s certainly the case that individual patients will respond differently to various forms of treatment. So what’s up with the VA and DoD ignoring the possibility that medical marijuana might actually help some of their patients? Looks political to me. But the point isn’t just about medical marijuana; it’s about finding individual treatment regimens for individual patients. Read more . . .
Always Question Authority 