Hypocrites R’Us
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Decision Eh, Hip Waders Required, Religious Confusion
I confess I could only make it through the first “bit” before the nausea set in. This revolting piece of slime says that unless we wish to give up the benefits of the slave trade perpetrated by our ancestors, then we are indeed still responsible. Ok, I will stop wearing cotton immediately. And Trinity Church’s [...]
Tags: 2008 election, AL&Ms, hype-no-tized
Trow You a Beatin’
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Religious Confusion
I can see where it’s a bit of a sticky wicket for a country founded on the concept of religious freedom to come down against one religion in particular, but when its precepts are as violent and destructive as those espoused by Islam, well, can’t we make an exception? The state Education Department on Monday [...]
Tags: quel surprise
Ignorance, Bigotry and Racism, Oh My!
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Religious Confusion, The Constitution
I am going to need a new desk. This one has a head-shaped dent in it. A mural meant to bring people together is causing a rift in the Bastrop community. The painting in question, a student project completed in 2003, adorns a wall in the corridor leading to the Bastrop High School gym. It [...]
Tags: death of common sense, high-school
Both Sides
Posted by Ted Bronson | Filed under Liberating Liberty, Religious Confusion, The Constitution
The LA Times actually did a good bit of reporting here. What bothers me is that I can actually see both sides of the argument. One the one hand, I took an oath to defend this country against all enemies foreign and domestic. That oath ended with “I do so affirm” rather than “So help [...]
Tags: only in california
The Argument for Religion
Posted by Ted Bronson | Filed under Hip Waders Required, Religious Confusion
Religion makes people feel safe. Religion makes people feel that there is someone who loves them. Religion makes people feel like someone, somewhere has a plan for them in the cosmos. Religion makes people feel like there is someone they can count on when things get tough. Religion makes people feel that there is someone [...]
Tags: religion, self-reliance
You’re Right, But Only if You Agree With Me
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Religious Confusion
I’m a bit conflicted… Canon Michael Ainsworth, 57, was set upon by three Asian youths shouting anti-Christian abuse when he confronted them for rowdy behaviour outside St George-in-the-East church in Shadwell, leaving him with two black eyes and cuts and bruises. On the one hand, those “Asians” need to be acknowledged for what they really [...]
Tags: (formerly) great britain, appeasement, yeah I'd be going to hell if I actually believed in it
