I am writing in response to the pro-authoritarian endorsement of police “sobriety” check-points by reader Charles Bruan in yesterday’s letters to the editor. “Very Tough Issue Seen From All Sides” (Feb 6th 2008) Mr. Bruan writes that he’ll gladly give up his constitutional protection from unlawful search and seizure and wouldn’t mind being pulled ( Read more... )

Of course humans like many other animals are extremely territorial, but I forget which day it was that God made private property.

"Our action today should serve as a reminder to all broadcasters that Congress and American families continue to be concerned about protecting children from harmful material and that the FCC will enforce the laws of the land vigilantly." - Deborah Taylor Tate

I just wanted to thank the FCC personally for protecting me from seeing a woman's naked ( Read more... )

Government is only legitimate with the consent of the governed ( Read more... )

Father Abraham had many sons... who culturally isolated and subjugated women to second class status. Silenced their voices. Destroyed female deities. Hid women away from the world, restricted their movement and kept them uneducated. Removed parts of their genitalia so sexual intercourse would not be pleasurable for them. Sold them like cattle or ( Read more... )

Support our troops, poor pawns of imperialism ( Read more... )

Ode to America -

Built on the backs of slaves and the bodies of indigenous people,

No cross large enough to atone this nation of it's sins,

Forgive the complacent for we know not what we do.

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I have a conflict of conscious. Basically I work for an evil corporation. A certain big-box retailer, not Wal-Mart mind you, but one that has definitely adopted specific parts of their business platform. Which I am positive includes buying televisions from manufacturing plants in totalitarian human-rights-abuse-is-what-we-do-at-fifty-cents-an-hour ( Read more... )

I believe in the possibility of higher cosmic forces.
Not gods necessarily, gods were created in the minds of humans, but perhaps there's something to a supernova.
There wouldn't have to be anything cognitive or decisive about it.
We are infinitely small in the scale of the universe, but to pass everything off as "chemistry" feels unimaginative.