Comments on: Bad Caretakers

By: SEY MOUR BUTZ

SEY MOUR BUTZ — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:09:01 +0000

HELL YEAH BUSH IS AN IDIOT. I TOTALY AGREE! I THINK THAT HE SHOULD GO SUCK A TOE! HE IS SO MEAN. BIG MEANY PANTZ!! I JUST WISHED HE GOT OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE, I THE GIRL PRES OR THE BLACK PRES WOULD DO MUCH BETTER THAN HIM. GO HILARY CLINTON!!!

By: Emma

Emma — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 03:24:04 +0000

Not only were women not intended to be included in the original “created equal,” but they weren’t even supposed to be included in the 1964 Civil Rights Act. White southern male senators added gender to the Act in order to make the whole civil rights movement look so ludicrous that it would be defeated. I’ve always loved that. But seriously, I think you’re right that we flaming liberals do forget, sometimes, how amazing our government has been, and can be. We’re quick to point out that the founding fathers owned slaves, started the revolution over taxes, etc., but forget that Jefferson wrote bills for his state of Virginia protecting “the Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and the Mahometan, the Hindu, and infidel of every denomination.”

By: Cathy B

Cathy B — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:04:17 +0000

When the framers of the Constitution said all men are created equal whispering “except black people” they likely included women in that same breath. It took an amendment to the Constitution to allow women the vote about 150 years later. That’s why strict constructionists have it all wrong – the Constitution should be a living, breathing document with guiding tenets to steer the republic as circumstances present. After all, the framers’ ideas evolved from the Age of Enlightment in Europe – new ideas for a new era. We could use another one of those soon.

By: Kater

Kater — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 05:53:25 +0000

I just read today’s (October 2nd) comic at http://www.somethingpositive.net/ and it reminded me of this post, because I’m currently reading Hitchens’ book. If you have a sense of humor about religion, and/or you’ve ever been to a con, you should check it out.

By: Keyan

Keyan — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:02:50 +0000

Yes…the nice thing about self-critical democracies is that they’re self-critical. The bad thing is that sometimes they don’t recognize how amazing they are. It’s natural for the most powerful elements in any society to want things their way, to run it the way they believe is right. Democracy is a fragile thing, built on a balance of forces that all would subvert it if they could.

By: lapsed.cannibal

lapsed.cannibal — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:04:42 +0000

Yikes … thanks for the heads-up, Carlo. I’ve updated the post.

By: Carlo Zottmann

Carlo Zottmann — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:52:28 +0000

Being from Germany, I can tell you that the statement "in Germany, you have to pay a tithe to a church, whether you want to or not" is actually untrue.

Only if you're religious in an official way (i.e. if you are officially a Christian) you have to pay a tithe. If you're not, than you don't.