Thought of the day

The biggest issues for the Tea Party:

  • Breaking up unions (without helping any budgets)
  • Restricting abortions
  • Expanding gun ‘rights’
  • Questioning the President’s place of birth
  • Defunding public radio
  • Restricting civil rights for gays
  • Replacing Jewish lawmakers with “true Christian” leaders
  • Pretending the U.S. is a Christian nation
  • Pretending the U.S. was even founded on Christian ‘principles’
  • Abusing the already weak concept of libertarianism

Oh, and most don’t want to see cuts to Medicare and Medicaid. So remind me again why so much of the nation believes this movement has anything to do with spending and taxes?

Thought of the day

Game 7? Really, Bruins? Get your shit together. It’s the frickin’ Canadiens.

Thought of the day

I don’t understand all these Facebook status updates I’m seeing about Easter. Come on, people. Let’s show some respect and at least get the name of the day and our well wishes correct.

Thought of the day

Isn’t it interesting how the Tea Party claims to be about economic issues, yet all their biggest moves so far have been on social issues.

Thought of the day

Why are horror movies always so terrible? It isn’t like there is another genre which is this consistently bad.

Granted I just watched a Paranormal Activity ripoff, but the point still stands.

Thought of the day

This is a two-fer.

First, it is ridiculously expensive to climb Mt. McKinley. Not counting personal equipment expenditures and airfare, most services come in around $6500, not to mention the 21 days of not working while on the mountain (plus buffer days for travel and rest). Between airfare, visa and passport expenses, vaccines, personal equipment, and the guide service itself, I spent significantly less on my Kilimanjaro trip.

Second,

Thought of the day

I don’t think the Republican party is even remotely serious when they talk about the economy.

I want this in video game form. Now.

What have we had our fellow primates do in video games so far? Throw barrels? Run around on an island so boring that only the most devoted video game fans will understand this reference? Come on. Let’s give them some real fire power.

The only problem is that if we let them snipe, then every asshole is going to grab that weapon and ruin everyone else’s good time.

Thought of the day

It isn’t merely that theists have no evidence for their particular, cultural god(s). It’s that most of them don’t even seem to understand what evidence is.

Thought of the day

Kids deserve respect.