Saturday, December 25, 2010

Meanwhile in Britain...

Every year, researchers from the British Social Attitudes survey ask a representative sample of British people whether they regard themselves as belonging to any particular religion and, if so, to which one? When the survey first asked these questions in 1985, 63% of the respondents answered that they were Christians, compared with 34% who said they had no religion (the rest belonged to non-Christian religions).

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/dec/24/religion-respecting-the-minority?CMP=EMCGT_241210

Sunday, December 19, 2010

4 in 10 Americans believe in strict creationism

http://www.gallup.com/poll/145286/four-americans-believe-strict-creationism.aspx

The spirit of American revolution is now officially and irrevocably dead

People WANT to be duped by the government. Passionately so.

"The American public is highly critical of the recent release of confidential U.S. diplomatic cables on the WikiLeaks Web site and would support the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange by U.S. authorities, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds.
Most of those polled - 68 percent - say the WikiLeaks' exposure of government documents about the State Department and U.S. diplomacy harms the public interest. Nearly as many - 59 percent - say the U.S. government should arrest Assange and charge him with a crime for releasing the diplomatic cables."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/14/AR2010121401650.html

Vladimir Putin, we are finally ready for your leadership...




Saturday, December 18, 2010

If you ever doubted that GOP specifically targets morons for its electoral base...

...there should be no doubts now: the first target of the new Republican majority is... National Science Foundation.

http://scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=476

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Obama's record

http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/ei2ka/olbermann_still_has_it_calls_obama_sellout/c18aby5

Obama was a sellout when he backed off on closing Guantanamo.
Obama was a sellout when he backed off of his promise to keep lobbyists out of his administration.
Obama was a sellout when he protected the Bush administration from prosecution for torture.
Obama was a sellout when he authorized the assassination of U.S. citizens abroad.
Obama was a sellout when he rescinded on his promise to not prosecute marijuana users in states where it is legal, and pushed for a 5 year prison term for a California-legal medical marijuana dispensary operator.
Obama was a sellout when he prosecuted child-soldier Omar Khadr using evidence gained through torture.
Obama was a sellout when he granted 27 waivers to oil companies drilling in the weeks following the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
Obama was a sellout when he fought for, and won, the right to deny habeas corpus to detainees.
He was a sellout when he blocked UN human rights investigations at Guantanamo.
He dropped charges against the CIA for destroying videotapes documenting torture of detainees.
He deported record number of undocumented immigrants.
He continued rendition of alleged terrorists to countries where they could be tortured.
He continued indefinitely detaining alleged terrorists, WITHOUT TRIAL.
He extended the PATRIOT Act, with no reforms.
He dramatically increased government secrecy, denying more Freedom of Information Act requests in 2009 than Bush did in 2008. So much for open government.
He cut a secret deal to kill the public option, while still campaigning on its behalf.
He defended Don't Ask Don't Tell from legal challenges.
He reaffirmed his opposition to same-sex marriage.
He granted waivers to 30 companies, including McDonalds, exempting them from health care reform.
He announced the single largest arms deal in history, of $60bil worth of arms, to Saudi Arabian dictatorship.
He gave permits to BP and other oil companies, exempting them from environmental protection laws.
He appointed Monsanto executive Michael Taylor to the FDA.
He appointed a former Monsanto lobbyist as Chief Agriculture Negotiator.

But NOW, he's a sellout, when he extends Bush's tax cuts? Oh no.

Obama has been a sellout since day one.

Monday, December 6, 2010