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Sunday, May 02, 2004

Morons in the News: Christians will be let into capitol during rain while atheists won't. If rain occurs during a protest in Alabama on May 6th, the National Day of Prayer, the religious will be let into the capitol, and the godless atheists will be left out in the cold... Alabama is still reeling from its little 10 commandments problem, but that still is no right to torment people who aren't christians. According to Fox News, Atheist Law Center President Larry Derby will not be allowed into the capitol should it rain... [morons.org headlines] 8:25:55 PM  Permalink  comment []

Scams, Lies, Deceit and Offshoring. John Dvorak unloads on the offshoring proponents calling industry titans deceitful liars. A must read. [Edward Mitchell: Common Sense Technology] [Bear Flag Republic Radio Weblog] 8:24:31 PM  Permalink  comment []

Lowering the Bar. It's a point that a lot of folks have made, but Matthew Yglesias makes it especially well: Why do I keep hearing people point out that what went on at Abu Ghraib under U.S. command wasn't as bad as what Saddam did? Not that it was as bad, but to even raise the comparison bespeaks a very telling insecurity. Gerhard Schroder doesn't respond to criticisms of his policies by replying: "Look at what Hitler did!" This is moral relativism of a very strange sort. Where have our standards gone off to? There are many, many, many people sitting in jail in the United States for conduct that doesn't even begin to approach Saddam Hussein levels of badness. And yet I don't see George W. Bush commuting peoples' death sentences to the words, "hey, it was just murder, not genocide." When you look long into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you. [Hit & Run] 8:08:28 PM  Permalink  comment []

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