Living in Memphis, it is impossible to avoid religion. More specifically, it is impossible to avoid a flavor of conservative religion that I find completely and utterly alien to the Bible as I understand it. Living here is like being a fish swimming in a water that is filled with an odd tasting algae that [...]
Archive for July 26th, 2010
Because Tuesdays Deserve Something Better Than Morrie*
Posted in An Agnostic Reads the Bible, Religion on July 26, 2010 | 17 Comments »
Does Wamp Believe Any Democratic Government Is Legitimate
Posted in Culture, Legal Issues, Politics, Uncategorized on July 26, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I ask because things like this do not make it seem so: Rep. Zach Wamp (R-03) suggested TN and other states may have to consider seceding from the union if the federal government does not change its ways regarding mandates. “I hope that the American people will go to the ballot box in 2010 and [...]
Yes, We Hate You, But Not For The Reason You Think
Posted in Energy, Environment on July 26, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Dear BP. We do not hate you because you are British, as this article seems to imply. We hate you because your history of shoddy maintenance, ignoring safety requirements and hostility to regulation has finally caught up to you and RUINED THE GULF OF MEXICO!! The WHOLE GULF! Not some little bit of it, but [...]
The Problem With The Country In A Nutshell
Posted in Economics, How Capitalism Will Ruin You, Politics on July 26, 2010 | 2 Comments »
It is this: DETROIT — Among workers building the Jeep Grand Cherokee here, there are few obvious distinctions. Clutching lunch sacks and mini-coolers, they trudge together through the turnstiles at the plant’s main gate each day to tinker with the same vehicles, along the same assembly line, performing the same tasks. Yet they fall into [...]