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Aphorisms Untruth: Best-selling means high-quality.

Terms like “best-selling” and “most-watched” are used in place of “high-quality,” but it is simply a marketing trick intended to play into hype. While it is true that quality things…

Oct 2, 2009
Aphorisms Untruth: Barack Obama is a Muslim.

Barack Obama has never been a Muslim, and is a committed Christian. There are numerous examples of people debunking this untruth. Some people have accepted that he is currently a…

Sep 30, 2009
Shared Ted Turner Interviews Carl Sagan

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2zMa3unSN8 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acBqqe61WjQ httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj_MZ6i5Dr0 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35EROe20kWI httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pqO1KFV0S8

Sep 30, 2009
Shared An Open Letter to My Republican Friends

It is time you publicly denounced the anger and racism that’s being intentionally stoked in hopes of defeating health care reform and building GOP turnout for the 2010 elections. I know from speaking privately with GOP consultants, lobbyists and politicians that many are alarmed and even ashamed about Joe Wilson, about the death threats, about the incendiary, racist tone of the teabaggers, about hate-radio. Do something about it.

Sep 16, 2009
Shared 8 Common Myths about Health Insurance Reform

1. Reform will stop “rationing” – not increase it: It’s a myth that reform will mean a “government takeover” of health care or lead to “rationing.” To the contrary, reform…

Aug 13, 2009
Blog The Iranian Toolkit

I’ve put together a cluster of links, videos, and other things that will help people begin to understand what is happening in Iran. Of course, the best way to learn…

Jun 18, 2009
Articles Indict Dick Cheney

The next time you hear Cheney say that America wasn't attacked after 9/11, ask an Iraq War veteran about roadside bombs.

May 28, 2009
Blog Incomprehensible Spam

I get a lot of spam. Who doesn’t? Fortunately, I have Gmail and less than 0.01% gets through to me. Most of the time I just report it and go…

May 21, 2009
Images MC Frontalot’s “Final Boss”

What would happen if Eminem took himself less seriously, had a sense of humor, and loved to play World of Warcraft? The answer: MC Frontalot‘s “Final Boss” /cheer

May 18, 2009
Blog May the 4th

May the 4th be with you! nyuk, nyuk That’s all. (Thanks Jennifer.)

May 4, 2009
Blog Is change necessary?

During his campaign, President Obama [giggle] associated himself with the idea of change. Given the previous eight years, changing the way Americans did things was an obvious choice. I mean,…

Mar 8, 2009
Articles Opinions and Beliefs

Everyone has the right to their opinions and no one can have a wrong opinion, but anyone can have beliefs that are simply wrong.

Mar 4, 2009
Blog I Love WordPress

Just upgraded all of my sites to the latest version of WordPress before I realized there was another, slightly newer version available. Normally this would drive me crazy because it…

Feb 18, 2009