A new study from out of Israel says that Moses (a historic figure important to Xtian mythos) was probably high on psychedelic drugs when he heard "g*d" deliver the Ten commandments (the ten principal tenants of the Xtian religion).

Orlly? You think...??!!?!?

Lol.

~ J

Your Blogging Type is Pensive and Philosophical

You blog like no one else is reading... You tend to use your blog to explore ideas - often in long winded prose. Easy going and flexible, you tend to befriend other bloggers easily. But if they disagree with once too much, you'll pull them from your blogroll!

What's Your Blogging Personality?

the good news is... I am not as bad off 'x-tian soul-wise' as the Dante's Inferno Test results I posted over at Bri's blog would have you think. The inferno's results are something I have never posted over here becuase I thought it's scoring was a bit over the top. According to that test, I am an extremely violent, lustful, and downright gloomy sinner. While one out of three isn't bad for accuracy, I feel this one is a much better test (in an inane cutsey blog toy way).

This great video from comedy central says so much that the media, and many, many, many red voters just cannot remember. remember folks: those pesky facts are just filters... George Whoosh says so.

All I can say is watch and enjoy.

No post, just listing some links today. This guy's site is an interesting read. not sure if it's a fun waste of time or he's really on to something. I especially admire his free and creative usage of the word Fucktard. La, you'd be proud.

Another writer and an interesting read. (used Fucktard too). His blog title is a familiar theme - an exile from the Northcoast.

Serenity is a great film. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in either sci-fi flicks or action films. With a believable cast of characters and plot line, as well as the old-fashioned classic good-guy- with-a-heart-of-gold-gone-bad-but-eventually-does-good,-saves-the-world-and-gets-the-girl type of theme, it was every bit as good as the hype said it would be. Ds and I really enjoyed the film.

We frequently go see films during the day. Sometimes waiting several weeks after they are first featured specifically to avoid over-crowded conditions or rude people ruining our show, but today it seemed there was no avoiding the kind of self-entitled wads that get a thrill out of being anti-social and boorish.

So, in the interest of public safety from your fellow theatre goers who want to get full value for their tickets, are a bit antagonistic, don’t have any hesitation confronting rude folks, and wish to exercise their rights to enjoy the show, I am publishing the following set of Theater Etiquette Rules.

Theatre Etiquette Rules:

#1 - It should be obvious from the two or three theatre ads about this subject during the previews, but please do not TALK during the film. If you must, please whisper and keep it to a minimum. Laughing loudly is okay. Especially if everyone else is too, but be aware if you or your group are the only ones loudly hee hawing at every line in the film, the other people in the theatre probably think you are asshats.

#2 - In the same vein, please do not engage in behavior that creates distracting amounts of noise. Activities such as rubbing your cellophane candy wrapper excessively so as to make a loud, repeated crinkling noise, or chewing popcorn loudly during quiet scenes, or rummaging around in your bags and possessions.

#3 - Cell phones should be off. If you must, set them to vibrate and exit as quickly as possible to the lobby to conduct important calls.

#4 - This is a BIG one folks: If there is any possible way to do so, do not sit directly in front of, or directly behind another person or group. Especially if the theatre is empty or nearly empty. Try to stagger your seating choice so as to ensure you have enough privacy surrounding your group. The general rule of thumb is to leave empty every other row and at least two to three seats on either side of your party unless the theatre is crowded.

#5 - Please arrive before the film starts so you can sit where you like and avoid disturbing others as you enter and get seated. If you must arrive late, do not talk as you sit, verbally direct children or other folks in your party to their chairs, or discuss anything at all. Decide on the seating order BEFORE you enter the row – preferably, while you are still in the theatre lobby. Further, upon finding your seat, do not excessively arrange yourselves and your belongings. Just find your seat, sit down promptly and be as quiet as possible so the other people in the theatre can get back to watching the show.

#6 - If you have to leave the theatre during the film, wait until a loud or non-dialog moment in the film, and get up and out of the row as quickly as possible. Exit the theatre quietly and follow the above rules for re-entry. Before you leave the theatre, turn to look at where you are sitting so you remember where you sat and can get back to your seat quietly and easily.

#7 - You child is your greatest asset. Please protect them from strangers, cherish them and make sure they know the rules before they see their first film - and each one after that. DO NOT let them roam like free-range chickens through the rows. Even if it is a kid's film. Keep your little ones with you as you enter and exit the theatre to ensure they do not disturb others. Remember, people do not always have nice things to say or show little kids who squeeze past them in the dark. If a nice person has thought something nasty about an out of control child, and trust me, they have, a mean person has said it or done it. Do not victimize your children by exposing them to, or inflicting them on, others.

Remember folks, a polite society doesn't beat the crap out of people in movie theaters. But not everyone in a movie theatre is polite. Which brings me to the question that supafine posed and answered, "Does violence in movies promote violence? No. Assholes in movie [theatres] promote violence."

I couldn't have said it better.

in Tamps Florida, apparently hostage victims don't have much hope of making it out alive. On the wire today is a story of how Police officers shot and killed a man and the woman he was holding hostage after he fired a shotgun at them. In their firing zeal, they wounded her little dog too.

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another type of MEME
1) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, liposuction and air conditioning.

2) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

3) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

4) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.

5) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Brittany Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.

6) Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.

7) Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.

8) Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.

9) Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.

10) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans...
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Re-post this if you believe in legalizing gay marriage

according to The Times:

Societies worse off 'when they have God on their side'
By Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent

RELIGIOUS belief can cause damage to a society, contributing towards high murder rates, abortion, sexual promiscuity and suicide, according to research published today.

According to the study, belief in and worship of God are not only unnecessary for a healthy society but may actually contribute to social problems.

The study counters the view of believers that religion is necessary to provide the moral and ethical foundations of a healthy society.

It compares the social peformance of relatively secular countries, such as Britain, with the US, where the majority believes in a creator rather than the theory of evolution.


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article excerpt gleaned from Britain, UK news from The Times and The Sunday Times - Times Online

On his morning radio show he asserted that if there were more abortions for black people it would lower crime. He went on and on, clarifying his remarks by stoutly advocating abortions for all black Americans as a way to stop crime in America. William Bennett has clearly shown that not all racist pigs in today's society feel the urge to don white sheets or bear swastikas on their arms.

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Hat tip to evil mommy for this fun and meaningful meme

As a free-wheeling, radical liberal homeschooling kind of mommy, I have had my homeschooler read a lot of the books on this list - and have plans for him to read many more befoer we are done with it all. But for the sake of the meme, I will only list the ones i have read. Gleaned from the list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books from 1990-2000. The listed books are ones that I've read.
Full list can be found here.

5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
6. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
7. Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
8. Forever by Judy Blume
12. My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
13. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
16. Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
18. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
19. Sex by Madonna
22. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
23. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
32. Blubber by Judy Blume
40. What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Girls:
A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters by Lynda Madaras
41. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
46. Deenie by Judy Blume
51. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
55. Cujo by Stephen King
56. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
57. The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
61. What’s Happening to my Body? Book for
Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons by Lynda Madaras
62. Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
69. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
70. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
77. Carrie by Stephen King
83. The Dead Zone by Stephen King
84. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
85. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
87. Private Parts by Howard Stern
90. Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
96. How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell

Bigotry In The Name Of Jesus H. Christ...

check out Cheney's Blogcast: A Bedside Radio Address over on Reality Based Nation. Your funny bone will be glad you did.

The Xtian's religous book says: "He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God"

Apparently they also get cash refunds from the goverment.

FEMA Plans to Reimburse Faith Groups for Aid

This decision raises a lot of questions for me.

What I wonder most is, would folks have given so much money to their local church if they knew it was going to be reimbursed by the Government anyway? Moreover, how will people feel about this cash windfall when it gets back into their church or temple’s hands? Most Xtians I know were asked to dig deep into their budgets to help the folks in need. They gave money that they do not have simply lying around to save people’s lives, not fill the coffers of their church. If they want it back, will the money find it's way back into their pocket's (or kid's college savings accounts, etc.) now that the Katrina refugees can't have it?

Isn’t charity supposed to be a key part of what social organizations (like religious groupings) are all about? A community of people coming together to worship their gods, supporting each other and making a positive difference in the world, for at least themselves, if not others? For what ethical reason could they want their charitable funds and volunteer services earmarked for Katrina back?

And for that matter, how the blazes are we supposed to pay for all of this and still rebuild the Gulf? I thought there was a proposal called "operation offset" out there right now to cut government services to the most needy in our society in order to preserve the tax cuts for the rich while America scrapes to restore the hurricane disaster zone?

Ack. The Compassionate (and apparently fully refunded) Conservatives are rolling forward with their twisted agenda. Next stop, the razing of the southland and it's democratic roots.

Silly rabbits. when will they ever learn that voting for a Republican means letting the fox loose in the henhouse?

in 2002 the President passed out choking on a pretzel during a football game.

::splutter::: choke. WHAT?!?!?

King George passed out on the couch drinking beer? white House sources say he "choked on a pretzel", passed out and was found the next morning sleeping and "just fine"?

Now folks are finding out about this?

see what the Angry Liberal had to say about it back then, and decide for yourself.