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More Shithead Quotes 2008-02-11 06:50:00 "He must be killed. The Qur'an makes it clear - if someone defames the prophet, then he must die.""In Islam there is a line between let's say freedom and the line which is then transgressed into immorality and irresponsibility and I think as far as this writer is concerned, unfortunately, he has been irresponsible with his freedom of speech. Salman Rushdie or indeed any writer who abuses the prophet, or indeed any prophet, under Islamic law, the sentence for that is actually death. It's got to be seen as a deterrent, so that other people should not commit the same mistake again."Robertson: You don't think that this man deserves to die?Y. Islam: Who, Salman Rushdie?Robertson: Yes.Y. Islam: Yes, yes.Robertson: And do you have a duty to be his executioner?Y. Islam: Uh, no, not necessarily, unless we were in an Islamic state and I was ordered by a judge or by the authority to carry out such an act - perhaps, yes.- Cat Stevens, otherwise known as Yusef IslamSorry, I know this is old new ...

Who did Ellen Johnson vote for? 2008-02-11 03:23:00 ...

Another Shithead Quote 2008-02-10 19:20:00 “Well I didn’t major in math, I majored in miracles. And I still believe in those, too."- Mike Huckabee after being confronted with the statistical disadvantage of overcoming John McCain for the Republican nomination.You go little trooper! Onward Christian soldiers!Source: CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Huckabee says he’s looking for a ‘miracle’ « - Blogs from CNN.com ...

What're you reading... 2008-01-31 11:46:00 Let me begin by saying that the person who asked me this is one of the sweetest, nicest people I've met."Well, this one is Atheism: a Reader," I say."You're an atheist?""Yep.""Oh no, but you're such a nice person," almost disparagingly."...atheists can't be nice people?"That was the end of the conversation, by which we moved on to discuss the weather.What does this say to how misunderstood atheism is? I also wonder how and where she comes by information to suggest that atheists are bad people to begin with.When a set of people are vilified and demonized; it's no wonder they get outraged and angry. ...

Shithead Quotes 2008-01-30 09:53:00 “If I order a book from Amazon.com, it seems to me from the time I place the order, Amazon can tell me exactly where that book is…” Huckabee said. “I’ve determined that when I become president if the people in the federal government continue to make excuses that they can’t figure out how to find people they let in, we will outsource it to FedEx and UPS.” ...

Rowan Atkinson 2008-01-27 20:35:00 This is just great! I love Rowan Atkinson. ...

What the Devout Faithful are Really Worried About 2008-01-24 17:22:00 Okay, I hear (read) quite a bit in the blogosphere about how evolution is a fraud and such nonsense. Fine, if people want to believe it's a fraud so be it (it's a side issue really). Those of the faith have a conviction that there "good" book is the one and only truth to go by and lambaste atheists/agnostics/secularists/humanists/"evolutionists" as being in the same category as their dogmatic counterparts. I find this hard to reconcile and agree with. To a degree it could be said that the camp on the opposite side of the divide does hold such hard as nails convictions, but I would hope my fellow freethinkers would hold true to the freethought principles implied. Are atheists dogmatic? I don't think so. As the saying goes, "...it's like herding cats." A dogma implies that there are rules and codes to live by a certain ideology. I don't think atheists have such rules...ideas about how the world works and passions about how these ideas can be made real for the betterment of humanity, ...

I voted 2008-01-15 17:19:00 ...

Shining 2008-01-04 17:01:00 A romantic comedy. ...

3F 2008-01-03 06:09:00 Yep, that's how cold it is here right now. ...

News of the Weird: Catholic high school principal arrested on prostitution charges 2008-01-03 05:47:00 Dr. Paul Schum, 50, the principal of the Catholic Bethlehem High School in Bardstown, Ky., was arrested in October on prostitution-related charges after he was discovered loitering in an alley, dressed as a woman, in leather and fishnet stockings and with fake breasts. A local priest, presumably intending to help Dr. Schum, said dressing as a woman didn't sound like something Schum would be involved in, "But again, we're in the Halloween season." (Dr. Schum eventually resigned, and the prosecutor chose to drop the charge.)Paul Schum - Google News ...

New Drawing 2007-12-23 20:01:00 Well, this is my latest drawing. I started it this morning about 10 or 11 a.m. and just finished it off with some intermittent running around I had to do today. Thanks to scaryreasoner for inspiring me to draw again.The Cavar alien species is a benevolent race despite it's appearance.Click for larger image.SlideshowThe first few drawings date back to between 9th thru 10th grade (about 20 years ago...1986...damn I'm feeling old!). They are all in chronological order (as best as I can remember). The drawing of the "city rising from the oceans" begins the set of drawings when I began attending the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale and ends with "lizardman with yin & yang orb". ...

Old Drawings of Mine 2007-12-23 08:05:00 Click on images for original sizeDemon(pencil)Alien Flora(pencil)A Blind Wizard (pencil)A Naturalist/Scholar (ink & pencil)A Priest (ink)A Warrior(pencil)Lizard Man w/yin & yang orb(pencil)Kla'dren(ink)Dramadine(pencil)An Archon(pencil)Banjir crucified on a tree(ink, pencil, color pencil, marker?)Moog-al-Gur (a Black Spiral Dancer)(pencil)(Photo Impression. Before I had GIMP.)Vampire woman(pencil) ...

Chaplain Badges Lose Crosses 2007-12-19 17:35:00 Wash. chaplain badges lose crosses12/5/2007, 12:18 p.m. ESTThe Associated PressSPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The city's Police Department will remove crosses from its chaplain badges to settle a lawsuit filed by a Lutheran pastor-turned-atheist."It's a milestone," said Ray Ideus, 75, who volunteers eight hours a week for the department, and filed the lawsuit in 2006."It's very important that they'll have to take that cross off. It's not a Christian police department. The chaplains have to minister to all faiths and non-faiths."Ideus was a Lutheran pastor for 30 years before he became an atheist. His volunteer duties do not including work as a chaplain.Chaplains' badges up to now have included the city seal and a Christian-Latin cross. Chaplains may still wear lapel pins with crosses or other insignia showing personal religious preferences, said Police Chief Anne E. Kirkpatrick. She announced the settlement to the City Council Monday night.According to Ideus' lawsuit, putting the cross ...

The Four Horsemen 2007-12-16 17:53:00 Dawkins, Dennett, Harris, Hitchens (1/12) ...