Category Archives: Comments and Observations
Bill Moyers Essay: The United States of Inequality | Moyers & Company | BillMoyers.com
Moyers spells out the data, but in essence, the concept at some level is just un-American.
Richie Incognito, Jonathan Martin, and the Miami Dolphins bullying scandal – Grantland
A little late to posting this, but a nice response to football’s latest bullying scandal.
In short, this is why I watch baseball. John Rocker is a joke, not a paragon of his former sport’s ideals. Case closed.
Yellowstone Shooting Death: 3-Year-Old Girl Allegedly Shot Herself With Handgun
As sad as this is, the one thing I am glad of is that it took this long for such a horrible thing to happen.
National parks for enjoying the beauty of creation, not to “git yer gun hard on on”.
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor: Maybe Bush v. Gore Wasn’t the Best Decision | Alternet
It is going to be hard to top this “No shit!” moment.
David Ortiz Gives NSFW Speech at Boston Red Sox’s Fenway Park Return | Bleacher Report
Big Papi returned to the lineup earlier this week and, well, this happened. Which, frankly, is just what that city needed.
Of course, you can already buy the t-shirt.
As profile of bombing suspects emerges, uncle says: ‘We’re ashamed’ – U.S. News
I mean this with all sincerity, if I ever do something so monumentally evil as stupid as these brothers, I insist a family member would get in front of a camera and call me a loser. Not to mention he makes the best case for America I’ve heard in a long, long time.
Singer Morrissey’s Scathing Letter to the Public About Margaret Thatcher: “A Terror Without an Atom of Humanity” | Alternet
I was raised not to speak ill of the dead.
So, here’s Morrissey.
Atheism Should End Religion, Not Replace It – Penn Jillette
Actually, as anyone who has spoken with me on this subject knows, I am likely not an atheist in any form. That said, I have very, very little use for most organized religion given how it exists today.
Just in the Protestant camp, the hateful things so-called religious leaders promote strikes me as anathema to anything in the Bible. As for the Catholic Church? A Hitler Youth leading a pack of unprosecuted pedophiles with the rest of them looking the other way? Nah, I may be baptized in the Church, but I’m not signing up for that.
Other religions? Honestly not much better.
So while I feel more comfortable in the camp that just chooses to do away with religion as it exists, it is nice to have hope for an afterlife. Just not with most of those currently making the case for it.