Observations and inanities by a second-shift assistant supervisor in the Puppy-Grinding division of the Evil Atheist Conspiracy® (our motto: "Sure it's cruel, but think of the jobs!"), your host, Brent Rasmussen.
Unsconstitutional And Wrong
Retired Navy officer Keith Taylor does not suffer fools gladly. His latest op-ed piece in the Voice Of San Deigo newspaper makes this abundantly clear with his support spelled out for San Diego's Judge Gordon Thompson and his decision to fine the city five thousand dollars per day unless the gigantic Christian cross at Mount Soledad is not removed from public land. He also throws his weight behind plantiff Phillip Paulson, and Paulson's lawyer, Jim McElroy.
[link] You will never hear a word as loaded with venom as "atheist" if you dare suggest that prayer, or symbols, don't work. Ask Phil Paulson or his lawyer, Jim McElroy. Just don't call them on their phones. They have been kept busy by people sending death threats.
And don't look for much help from the media. It is good business to report stories of miraculous sightings of the Virgin Mary, even in a sandwich, while ignoring the number of deaths that could be prevented by condoms.
All of that is tied up in the same belief that causes folks to become frantic over a symbol on a mountain. Being frantic without a scintilla of evidence is bad policy no matter how loud it's shouted.
When was the last time you read an article out of San Deigo that supports the judge's decision, and calls the city's shameful reaction what it really is - unconstitutional and wrong?
Mr. Taylor makes me proud to have served in the same Navy that he did. He is a member of the San Deigo Association For Rational Inquiry. Check out their website at http://www.sdari.org/.
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Go Keith Taylor!
Why don't these godbots who are forever insisting that their symobls (and nobody else's) be plastered over every square inch of public space, remember the words of Ben Franklin:
- No More Mr. Nice Guy!
I just can't get behind this one
I't's a war memorial. OK, not what I would have chosen but they should have let the city sell the land to private owner and problem solved. This isn't doing the cause of rationality any favors, a very poor example of picking our battles.
reply to decrepid old fool
You are so correct. The children who are doing the crying only wish they were atheists, because a true atheist would not give creedance to something that is not suppose to exsist. So when all the children grow up get some true knowledge and facts on how to be an atheist then and only then will you be an atheist, no matter what any of you fools say to disagree, you are wrong. KNOWLEDGE is the key, SUCCESS is to the quiet.
It's part of our plan
We cunning atheists have, of course, conspired to see that only Christians were killed in those wars. This is how we plan to TAKE OVER THE WORLD.
Cue E-veel Laugh
Muah-ha-ha-ha-ha!
*whips cape around and disappears in a puff of brimstone*
Picking Our Battles
I would agree with you if we had a choice. Unfortunately, this particular "battle" was started more than 17 years ago, won by Paulson, and has been kept on appeal by the city, not by Paulson. If the city would have simply, oh, I don't know, obeyed the law 17 years ago, this would not even be an issue.
We can only fight the battles we have - and Paulson needs the rational community's help and support on this one.
Salute
As a former Marine, it use to be considered a dig to be reminded that we were a department of the navy. Today I Salute Kieth and wear that designation proudly.