A little off today...

I awoke this morning with a strange sense of nausea and trepidation. The reason has been oddly vague. My last meal consisted of nothing so spicy or memorable. My sleep was neither fitful nor my dreams remarkable. Why do I have this sense of impending doom? Is this a premonition of some other worldly threat? Some foreboding caused by the approach of forces demonic and or angelic finally arrived to wreak vengeance upon my soul for my mocking denial of their existence? Nah! But, nonetheless, so it is that the feelings doth persist. What could it be?

Oh yes! Now I remember! Excuse me... I feel an overwhelming urge to kneel before a toilet...

R.

Meccan Mean Time?

Sometimes I get the feeling that many of my Christian friends think that I 'pick on' Christianity too much and I am not leveling my wit and sarcasm at other religions that might actually be engaging in activities that might be light-years more ludicrous. To a point they are right and I tend to focus my energies in mocking some of the more asinine practices of my Christian brethren.

In my defense I focus on the followers of Christianity because two reasons:

1. Generally that's who I'm surrounded by.

And more importantly...

2. Because most other religons are so ridiculous and ludicrous that it feels like I'd be going after so much 'low hanging fruit'.


But you know what? That ends now. I will start going after the whack-o's of Islam. To that end...

A group of Muslim scientists (the irony is not lost on me) and clerics have come to a conclusion recently. This esteemed group has "called for the adoption of Mecca time to replace GMT, arguing that the Saudi city is the true center of the Earth".

Is this truly the biggest problem Muslims have to deal with today?

OK! I'll tell you what Mohammed you get your kids to stop strapping high explosives to their bodies and setting them off amongst other people you deem infidels, and we'll gladly make Mecca the new GMT. If that's all it would take I think we could get the rest of the civilized world on-board.

Though somehow, I think that would be just the first of the demands to come out of the Caliphate!

Lighten up Mohammed, you lost...deal with it!

R.

And ye shall know them by their SMELL!!!

Seems our old pal Donald Wildmon is in a tizzy again! This time his target is Proctor & Gamble for its sponsorship of "As The World Turns". Tellingly, Ol' Donny is willing to look past the heterosexual promiscuity all too evident in ALL soap operas, but "open mouth' homosexual kissing", well he's having NONE of that! To show his commitment to stamping out this "unhealthy and immoral lifestyle" he's suggesting that those who agree with his position contact P&G and make their feelings known. I find it interesting that he hasn't called for a boycott as he has in the past. Might it have something to do with the ubiquity of P&G products in the American Home? Look at these brand names: Crest, Tide, Ivory Soap, Secret, Pampers, Scope! Can you imagine the combined effect on pleasant society if the millions of Bible adhering citizens in this country decided to stop using these products!? Pee yew! It'd be like Paris in high summer!

As a public service to all of us, I am begging my Christian brothers and sisters to NOT engage in anything so rash as to suspend using modern toiletries in lieu of showing your distaste for homosexuality. All of us will thank you for it!

R.

Will the real Mr. Stein please stand....

Mr. Stein says "Science = killing people"

Ben.

See Ben?

See Ben Lie!

Lie, Ben LIE!!

Bye Ben!

Every time Ben lies God kills a kitten!!!

R.

The one in which I support the Christians...

So evidently Florida is looking to make a available a vanity plate to those wanting to make a statement of belief AND who would also spend the extra cash for the privilege. Apparently the ACLU has got its proverbial knickers all in a twist over the idea.

Here's my view over this whole brouhaha. In and of itself this plate doesn't bother me in the slightest because it is optional and you have to pay for the damned thing. If the state were compelling all motorists to have this plate then we'd have a BIG problem. The simple fact is Christians do make up a large portion of the population and if the state wants to sucker a few of them into buying this preposterous thing and use the money to state projects, so be it.

Where Florida needs to be be careful is what they are going to do with the money they will reap from this thing. They ARE supposed to be neutral in matters of religion so using said funds to support some sort of religiously based program... well then we have a problem.

Most human matters are not black and white and this situation is very much in the gray as it were. If my home state of Massachusetts were to make available some sort of plate extolling the virtues of free-thought I don't think I'd acquire one. I can see through it as nothing more than the State trying to fleece a little bit more of my ever dwindling supply of cash.

Additionally my thoughts are generally more complex than anything than can fit on a license plate anyway...

R.

Yes Alex the question is 'What is disingenuous'...

Check mate...

Some may note that I have been extremely quiet about the release of Expelled over the past weekend. I had felt that I'd commented enough about my feelings regarding this little piece of creationist drivel in my past postings. Admittedly those postings were based upon the observations of those who had attended private screenings of the celluloid mess before its official release. Perhaps, as some have indicated, it was unfair of me to make such judgments before I had personally seen the film. Fair enough. But what to do? In no way did I want to risk contributing to the coffers of the 'Disco' Institute or any one else who MIGHT make the ludicrous argument that Darwinism begets Holocausts. Oh the consternation...

All I will say is that using a little ingenuity and a bit of intrepid legerdemain I have indeed seen this piece of dishonest propaganda.

I saw this disingenuous piece of filth over the weekend and it is even worse than I imagined! Words can't describe the anger this sorry piece of shit* evoked in me. Ben Stein has absolutely no clue what Darwin's theory says or how it is understood today. Any thinking person with a modicum of critical thinking skills upon seeing this film would should blush at the idiotic arguments that are made. Such a person as one who would buy fall for these arguments is at the very least desperately in need of a remedial course in 'critical thinking'. Blaming Darwin for holocausts is akin to blaming Newton for airplane crashes!

I have neither the time nor the inclination to waste any more of my precious time further reducing to charred waste this film that is nothing more than a testament to the duplicitous nature of the people responsible for making said film. I consider it beneath me to further honor it with the privilege of my attention. Besides that plenty of reviewers have done just that in ways far beyond my limited means. My personal favorite is located at MSNBC. So in short if you are looking for a serious well thought out indictment of Darwin's theory that you can use against those who accept Darwin's insight... you won't find it at the few theaters dumb enough to be showing this film.

R.

*As a general rule I try not to be overtly profane in my posts but sometimes my emotions get the better of me and in this case I feel I am justified.