Protection from our own Government: The Ridiculous Pretense for Gun Ownership
guest post by Kavan Wolfe
As far as I have seen, detractors of gun control advance three basic arguments:
People need guns to defend themselves and their families against other people
People need guns to defend their country during an invasion
People need guns to defend themselves against a [...]
What is it with the religious nuts this week?! From a completely apolitical, secular barter/trade email list being bombarded by the forces of righteousness, to a troll on an old post who took the 'debate' to email, all of a sudden the bizarro arguments are everywhere.
In response to the email list Bible Humpers who emailed [...]
OK, about a half-dozen posts ago, I said I was writing a more detailed post about America's status as a Christian Nation. Then real life smacked me upside the head, and long, involved posts got put on hold for a while. Finally, here we are.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS NOT A FUCKING CHRISTIAN NATION*. [...]
A true genius, in my book. A man who had his head on straight, and his priorities well sorted. The world needs more people like George Carlin: People who are willing to tell it like it is, other people's sacred cows be damned.
Take some time to watch some of his stand-up routines, and make a [...]
… if public schools taught anything resembling history—Or, American Exceptionalism is a crock of shit.
American schools are shit at teaching anything resembling an in-depth study of history. Of course, to a certain extent, any nation's schools are going to teach history from their own bias and perspective, but after meeting and talking with people of [...]
