Truth About Repubs is Funny

The following articles from The Onion are funny because they are so close to the truth. Republicans, however, might not find them very amusing.  - – -  Embarrassed Republicans Admit They’ve Been Thinking Of Eisenhower Whole Time They’ve Been Praising Reagan WASHINGTON—At a press conference Monday, visibly embarrassed leaders of the Republican National Committee acknowledged [...]

Back to Our Future: David Sirota on the 80s

I just noticed a reference to David Sirota’s recent book, Back to Our Future. It looks interesting. After reading some reviews and hearing some interviews, I decided to purchase the book on my Kindle. So far, I’ve only read the beginning and skimmed later sections. This post is more about my initial response, but it’s [...]

Battle In Seattle: A Personal Response

I just watched the film Battle In Seattle. I don’t have any grand opinion about it’s quality as entertainment. It isn’t great art, but it did hold my attention. More importantly, it’s about as close as Hollywood usually ever comes to even slightly grasping the reality of a major grassroots protest… which isn’t necessarily saying [...]

Kill and Eat the Rich

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Poverty Rate Jumps (The Onion)

Poverty Rate Jumps The U.S. Census Bureau found that during 2009 the number of Americans living in poverty increased from 39.8 million to 43.6 million. What do you think? Rick McKenzie Account Executive “Yeah, that seems about right. Over the past year, I guess there have been a few hundred thousand more street people that I [...]

Glenn Beck is Lewis Prothero from V for Vendetta

Humble Like Jesus

Rational Christianity… just kidding!

“I’m going to create man and woman with original sin. Then I’m going to impregnate a woman with myself as her child, so that I can be born in human form. Once alive, I will kill myself as a sacrifice to myself. To save you from the sin I originally condemned you to. Ta dah!” [...]