Nope, not voting

Suffrage is a right not a privilege. This isn’t debatable as it’s enshrined into the U.S. Constitution. The right to vote, however, is also the right not to vote. As a citizen, I’m entitled to abstain if the candidates for office don’t meet my personal requirements as a citizen, regardless if they meet the requirement [...]

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Ghosts you say?

A close friend of mine sent me this link to a video on ghosts, and since Halloween is only a few days away I thought I would share it. Some of you will find it fascinating and others will be skeptical. Either way, enjoy!

technorati tags:ghosts, halloween, atheism, paranormal

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Don’t Judge an Article by its Title

I don’t think there’s anyway Justin escapes the wrath of the Jewish community abroad and those in Israeli proper after titling his new article “A Jewish Hitler – The rise of Avigdor Lieberman.” Justin presents a sound argument (as always) against such an unlikeable member joining the Israeli government, but also illustrates the similarities [...]

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You can’t handle the truth

Over the last week or so, I have observed the tendency of individuals to hold on to beliefs, superstitions, and ideas as if they were a frightened child clinging to their mother. Desperate for security, the possibility of being wrong or changing their perspectives is more horrifying than any terrorist threat or mythological hell-being. No [...]

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Forget 2006; it’s 1984

Do not forget this day, Tuesday, October 24, 2006. Tattoo it into your mind. For today is the day that the President of the United States of America, George W. Bush, signed into law the Military Commissions Act. And today is the day that America has forsaken any sense of decency, liberty, and human rights. [...]

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The mother of all heists

All conservatives love to talk about the corrupt U.N. Oil for Food program, and how only the United States is righteous enough to take care of international matters. Granted, the United Nations is corrupt, but the current United States government (Republicans and Democrats alike) is not only as corrupt, it is also negligent. From the [...]

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Wrong move

The greatest mistake of the Iraq war is the fact that we’re fighting it. A trap was set on 9/11 and we fell for it hook, line , and sinker. Al Qaeda had stated repeatedly that its goal was to draw U.S. troops into the Middle East where it would bleed the United States [...]

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Is Clinton still relevant?

Personally, rather than see Republicans trying to consistently make the case that liberals are evil (and more evil than Al Qaeda given as much as they talk about them) it would make better sense if the GOP tried to make the case that they are a viable option as a party, and then list positive [...]

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Bring the troops home now

(I’ve been extremely busy today, but I’ll post one of my responses in a forum regarding the allegation that millions of Iraqis want us in Iraq.)
We can’t just assume that “millions” of Iraqis believe in us. That’s a complete assumption whereas I could just as safely say that millions of Iraqis don’t want us there. [...]

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What is beauty?

I had an Italian girlfriend in high school who once posed the question, “What makes people beautiful?” She meant it in the physical sense and referred to angles and symmetry of the cheekbones, brow lines, lips, and other facial features.
It’s a difficult question to answer because we’re dealing with visual perception. Even though the visual [...]

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