Pushy Evangelicals, Gay Marriage, Condoms, and other prosaic topics.

By Grey

I’m really getting tired of these pushy Evangelical Christians shoving their version of Christianity down the throats of Americans. Every day I hear about how Government needs to start taking moral stances against television, movies, music, culture, etc.; how we need to put prayer back in schools; how we need statues of the Ten Commandments…

Liberal and Proud

By Grey

Anymore, it’s taboo to refer to someone by whatever racial/ethnic/religious/etc. category, as it can be construed as offensive or pejorative, except when it comes to the political term “Liberal”. The Republican party has managed to turn the word “liberal” into a dirty word, a word of slander, and quite frankly, I’m sick of it. Anymore…

Post-Debate Poll Results

By Grey

Complete debate transcript, via the Washington Post. This list will grow as I get more links. These are all linking directly to the results, by the way. CNN.com CBS News MSNBC Fox News Yahoo News Kerry Takes Lead Over Bush in AP Poll

So now we retcon wars…

By Grey

<Jack> Iraq was an immediate threat. Did Saddam Hussein not try to have a President assassinated? <Jack> I’d say that’s reason enough for going to war. <blake> Jack: that is NOT the reason we went to war with iraq. <jesus_X> Iraq wasn’t an immeidate threat to ANYONE! <Jack> blake – not the reason given, no,…

Iraq as the center of the War on Terror…

By Grey

Last night was the first of three Presidential debates in this electoral cycle. For my non-US readers, these are rather big deals in politics here, and have in the past changed the flow of the election. I watched it, and I agree heartily with the polls and focus groups that Kerry pretty much dominated the…

I never cease to be astounded by the stupidity of my own government.

By Grey

Read this article. Yes, it’s several pages long, but it’s well worth the read even if you have to crazy glue your ADD butt to the chair. Why exactly is it not racial profiling when witnesses say that it was a [white/black/other] guy that shot this guy on the street, but it’s racial profiling when…