We have to prune the registries
Of enemies of note—
What sort of country would we have
If everyone could vote? [Read more…]
The Digital Cuttlefish
Since the music plays so briefly... Can you blame me if I dance?
We have to prune the registries
Of enemies of note—
What sort of country would we have
If everyone could vote? [Read more…]
You can pry my pistol from me when my hands are cold and dead
And my bigotry is sacred, as the first amendment said
All infringements on our liberty are bad, it’s understood—
But the slaves who built the White House? Well, they had it pretty good. [Read more…]
I am saddened by what I see in Cleveland today. And, frankly, I’m a Browns fan, so it takes something for Cleveland to make me sad. The GOP convention has done it. [Read more…]
Long, long ago, Man’s primal sins
Were washed out in The Flood
Our modern sins are washed away
In Jesus’ precious blood.
The rainbow was God’s Promise
That He would not let us drown—
The waters here are rising…
But I’m sure He’ll bring them down. [Read more…]
Cos I’ll tell you before you ask: This video would never have been on my radar at all, except that Cuttledaughter shared a stage with one of the actors (more than once, actually) many years ago. But because of that, I was shown this video a couple of years ago… and recent political events (both in the positive and in the negative) have put this song in my head in recent days. After the fold (and, seriously, some major trigger warnings for all sorts of bigotry): [Read more…]
For those readers unfamiliar with Australia (“a large island of the coast of New Zealand”), The Australian Sex Party is a minor political party with major concerns over the influence of religion in politics. Good people. Their latest ad makes us militant FtB atheist types look like lightweights. [Read more…]
The senators all mobilized (by “mobilized”, I mean
They were “praying for Orlando”, and they wanted to be seen)
Yes, the dead were “in my thoughts and prayers”—the right response, because
Doing anything about it would require changing laws. [Read more…]
They’re gonna count the Aussies
It’s a census, by design—
First they’ll write it up in English
Then translate it into ‘Strine [Read more…]
My faithful friends were wondering,
And I was wondering, too,
When atheists get together—
Just what all do they do?
They have no common purpose,
And so I find it odd,
To think they join together
And talk about “no god”. [Read more…]
