Tag: voting

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – “I’m shocked, shocked…..”

(addendum: unsurprisingly, we have some of those "shocked" people now insisting that Trump is perfectly fine now, including a number of pastors.  Thanks folks, nothing like showing the religious right is simply cowards and hypocrites) “I’m shocked, shocked that gambling is going on in here.” “Your winnings, sir.” Just finished watching CBS Sunday Morning, where … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – “I’m shocked, shocked…..” →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – beating back the theocrats again, Pennsylvania

Here, in my lovely home state of Pennsylvania, the PA House of Representatives has been sued by some residents for not allowing a secular e.g. non-theist based invocation before the body. The suit, brought by Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, American Atheists, and members of various local groups here in PA, is … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – beating back the theocrats again, Pennsylvania →

What the Boss Likes – My own set of predictions

Hey, we have prophets from all sides, so why not an atheist.  My predictions:  Obama will win. Barely.   The evangelical, aka Protestant-type, Christians will take a fit and declare that they were “Duped, duped!” by a Mormon and a Roman Catholic.  There will be much made about 2012 and the end of the world. We'll … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – My own set of predictions →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Billy Graham, political shill

Blog posts about this are a dime a dozen, but I wanted to document that the Harrisburg paper has hopefully the last screed by a scared old man who  wants to play pretend that he and only he knows what his imaginary friend wants.  Billy Graham, anti-semite and self-annointed prophet (he was sure that by … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Billy Graham, political shill →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Corbett still desperately looking for voter fraud, recruiting citizens to report on their neighbors

And when you don't think that politicians in Pennsylvania could get any worse, they suprise you again. Now, we have a website, courtsey of Governor Corbett and Secretary Aichele, that encourages you to report your neighbors if you think that they are committing voter fraud. Yes, since Corbett has been shown wrong repeatedly in his support of … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Corbett still desperately looking for voter fraud, recruiting citizens to report on their neighbors →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – TANSTAAFL, FDR and poltics today

Sometimes it's rather disturbing to see just how accurate George Santayana was when he said "Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When change is absolute there remains no being to improve and no direction is set for possible improvement: and when experience is not retained, as among savages, infancy is perpetual. Those … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – TANSTAAFL, FDR and poltics today →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Ann, Ann, why do you think other women are idiots?

Ann Romney is doing her best to help her husband with his problem with women voters.  It’s nice that she’s trying to help him but it’s not nice when she evidently thinks women are idiots and that she can lie to them with every intention of trying to take their right to a informed decision … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Ann, Ann, why do you think other women are idiots? →