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And with this latest filiguster of your caller, you've lost me. I'll be back in a couple of weeks to see if you've returned to REASON!
I think public education's goal is not to make people more intelligent; just the opposite, to make us better consumers.
"Prosecutor Releases Probe Into Undersheriff" - headline from leftwingwacko.com
Not all holidays are about worship. Do we worship veterans on Veteran's Day? Do we worship labor on Labor Day? Holidays are often about giving special recognition. I have no problem giving special recognition to reason (over superstition).
@Maxrot, yeah it should be Los Sols, but there's probably some NBA uniform rule involved.
I think it was '52 when Ike added "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance." I suspect he was pressured to do so by the McCarthyite commie hunter. I've heard that Ike led the effort, but i cant say for sure, I was only 3.
It is one of myriad ways in which the mainstream kulture rubs the seculars' noses in the fact that they're a numerical minority. It's naked majoritarianism, as usual, because they can.
Shouldn't it be Los Sols?
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@MAxrot well, there would be a few dead fish floating on top.
@Maxrot; soon to be a major motion picture!
Judge Crabb's hate mail & rewriting history
“You mam [sic] are a disgrace to America,” wrote Michael Yeager. “Only an Anti-Christ individual would deny a national day of prayer. . . . Basically, you have committed treason against God who established our nation.”
http://progressive.org/wx050510.html
BP behind Exxon-Valdez spill.
Greg Palast asserts that although Exxon owned the ship, BP was responsible for safety. See http://www.gregpalast.com/slick-operator-the-bp-ive-known-too-well/
Judge Crabb’s Hate Mail on National Day of Prayer
By Matthew Rothschild, May 5, 2010
http://progressive.org/wx050510.html
@harry, what a wonderful Aquarium concept, just put a model Oil Rig at the top with a pipe down to the gravel. Peridoically the oil rig can spill oil. No need for fish or filters.
Luv it.
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It seems to me that the religious right wants to rewrite history. "The National Day of Prayer" is just one of many steps in the pursuit of establishing our government as a Theocracy.
Yeah, BP paid me big $$ to drill in my 60- gallon aquarium. But I faked 'em out...I planted fish oil capsules in the gravel.
"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."
- Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949
@maxrot, aww..and I didn't get you anything!
I'll use the $5 to buy some dispersant for my aquarium. ;)
Thom, Why do you have to keep beating this drum about whether or not atheism is or is not a religion? As an atheist I don't believe that I subscribe to a religion. You do. But when it's boiled down, it's simply a question of sementics. In other words, every few months you decide to waste your time on a question of definition within the living language of English. That just seems foolish to me. Let's agree to disagree on the definition of the word 'atheism' and move on with our progressive agenda, what say? I'd love to; how about you?
@Staggerlee; genuflecting is good for the soul, but hard on the knees.
@harry, of course Holidays are made for Hallmark, would you rather disasters be made for Hallmark.
Sorry I forgot about your Oil Spill, here's $5 get yourself something special.
Hugs and Kisses,
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Personally, I care not one whit about National Days of Prayer, Reason, or any damn thing - as long as nobody tries to enforce any of them. You wanna pray today - go ahead & pray ... ya don't, then don't. Celebrating reason is also a cool idea - do it if it appeals to you. Just don't bother ME with any of it.
Yesterday was Cinquo De Mayo - did it affect my life? - NO! Earlier this year we had St. Patrick's Day, and later we'll have Pulaski day - neither does anything for me. So you wanna call today the National Day of Prayer? Go right ahead - just don't expect me to drop to my knees.
BTW - What do you suppose would happen if the Government took steps to FORBID a National Day of Prayer? That wouldn't look pretty either, would it?
What we have here is a classic non-issue, and the very best policy is simply - HANDS OFF!
re #37: nahh.. that won't work 'cause of rising sea levels. Nature will move into a beach condo in Nepal.
Nature will move into a beach condo in Costa Rica.
Yeah lets Nationlize Halloween as an official Holiday. I propose two days off for it, since the festivities take place at night.
(OK, so I'm a Halloween nut, so what.)
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If Thom's hollidays bring us closer to nature, nature will just move away.
@Drichards, hollidays are made by and for Hallmark.