Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Florida Flim-Flam: ‘Inspirational Message’ Bill Is Attack On Church-State Separation « The Wall of Separation – Why folks feel it is a religious necessity to “solemnize” a high school football game is beyond me — and I really don’t see how they justify it biblically, let alone Constitutionally.
- Open Left:: He Took My Lunch Money, Or, Why Women Need Full Health Care – Whatever you believe about health insurance reform and abortion, this is worth reading.
- Tea Party protesters reportedly spit on one lawmaker, call others ‘faggot’ and the n-word.: Amanda Terkel
- Lesbian Bishops Get Africans Killed – So … we should tailor our Christianity to what will not offend radical Muslims? If someone from the Left said that, they’d be lambasted by the Right. Coming from someone on the right, it comes across as a convenient excuse to condemn elements in Christianity they disagree with.
- Colorado’s Religious Right Seeks Extra First Amendment Protections – This strikes me as either utterly unnecessary, or a way to get extra protection for folks claiming that their otherwise illegal acts are protected because they were motivated by “sincerely held religious beliefs.” I’d want to hear some solid examples of what sorts of “infringements” these folks are claiming before passing this sort of open-ended extended “right.”
- “Kinder, Gentler” Rick Scarborough Accuses Obama of Trying to “De-Christianize America” – So, despite being surrounded by Christian mottos, Christian anthems, and plenty of Christian monuments, we can only be secure in our Christianity if the President is openly, intentionally, and constantly saying Christian stuff? Wow … talk about a fragile faith.
- Tea Party sign threatens gun violence if health care passes.: Think Progress
- GOP Lawmakers Use Christian Hate Radio To Concoct Conspiracies, Build Opposition To Health Reform – These guys are freaking nuts.
- Gays Are More Dangerous Than Guns In Florida – At least as far as kids are concerned (in the eyes of the state legislature).
- It’s enough to make a citizen belligerent – In other words, “If we think you’re a bad guy, we can lock you away for as long as we want — no charges, no trial, no appeal.” And people worry about Obama taking over the country when yahoos like McCain and Lieberman are openly pursuing this sort of crap?
- Hyperrealistic Sculptures by Jamie Salmon (6 pics) – These are remarkable.
- Google Wave Is No Tsunami – I suspect something will come of it, or its technology, sooner or later Right now it’s a set of solutions in search of a problem.
- Bluefin Tuna Is Still on the Menu: Trade Ban Fails at International Summit | 80beats – Hopefully there will be enough of all of these species to recover after human civilization collapses. It seems their only hope at this point.
- Five Ways You Probably Wouldn’t Die In a Vacuum, and One Way You Probably Would [Mad Science] – Making notes for future writing endeavors …
- Scaremongering against health legislation is nothing new . . . – Hopefully people of 2065 will find the rhetoric from today as appallingly laughable.
- The Mystery of the Tea Party Ghost – Ruh-roh!
- Invitation from a screwball – Money graf: “The beauty of the moment has to do with the forceful statement by churches across a wide spectrum that social justice is at the heart of their identity and mission, not to mention Jesus’s message. Not judgment. Not fear. Not the enforcement of social categories or rules about who we can love or what seafood we can eat. Not the demonization of doubt or the prohibition of thought. They say that the desire for social justice is, and should be, at the heart of who they are.”
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