Evidence the Founding Fathers Were Not Christian

"Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man."
- Thomas Jefferson

"The Christian god can easily be pictured as virtually the same god as the many ancient gods of past civilizations. The Christian god is a three headed monster; cruel, vengeful and capricious. If one wishes to know more of this raging, three headed beast-like god, one only needs to look at the caliber of people who say they serve him. They are always of two classes: fools and hypocrites."
- Ibid

"As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquillity, of Mussulmen; and, as the said States never entered into any war, or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties, that no pretext arising from religious opinions, shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries."
- Treaty of Tripoli (signed by John Adams)

Let the Right-Wing Shrieking Begin

Pathetic

Well it looks like after a lot of sound and fury signifying nothing, Bush will get his war funding, no questions asked.

Whether you like Democrats or not, you can't escape the fact that they are all a bunch of sackless jerk-offs.

Divide and Conquer

It was only a mater of time. Finally it's happening, the Republican party is turning against itself.

There are basically two kinds of Republicans, those who put capitalism above everything, and those who put capitalism second to things like "heritage," "morality" and "tradition." The former are in favour of Bush's immigration plan, the latter are strongly against it.

I'm hoping that the traditionalist Republicans break away from the rest and start their own party. Such a party will inevitably become overrun with bigots and never gain any popular, mainstream support. Once they're out of the picture, opposition to gay marriage, opposition to abortion rights, and asinine censorship laws will gradually go extinct.

Malkin and Her Sadistic Catch-22

Does she not realize that abortion providers are medical personnel who put medical confidentiality first, and should do so? What if a 13 year old girl had gone to her doctor instead of Planned Parenthood and told her doctor that her boyfriend was in his twenties? Forcing doctors to violate doctor-patient confidentiality would lead to thousands of girls not even bothering to go to doctors.

Of course Malkin and the rest of the fetus fuckers would love to see these girls kept out of doctors offices and "protected" from candid, comprehensive medical advice.

Should a Girl Have to Sabotage Her Boyfriend's Future to Save Her Own?

Michelle Malkin doesn't like how the MSM are ignoring investigative reporter Lila Rose. Rose posed as a 15 year old girl (in a state whose age of consent is 16) who had been impregnated by a 23 year old boyfriend, and went to Planned Parenthood to get an abortion. PP told her that if she filled out the application for an abortion and said she was 15, they would have to report it, meaning that her "boyfriend" would be arrested, but that if she lied on her application and said she was 16, she could get an abortion and PP would keep quiet about her being underage. This was all caught on camera and Planned Parenthood is threatening to sue.

Of course The Crazy People are going bat-shit because of this. They're upset that this isn't getting much mainstream attention and would much rather a young girl have to choose between destroying her life by giving birth to an unwanted child, which would mean fuck knows what kind of treatment at the hands of her parents, and destroying her boyfriend's life by subjecting him to a statutory rape charge. This is the kind of sadism that Jerry Falwell would be advocating if her were still choking back fifty Ding Dongs a day.

Still Crazy

Lawrence Auster thinks it's time for a military junta.

Another Thing the Dutch Do Better

Today's New York Times is saying what should have been obvious. Killing the people you're supposed to be "liberating" isn't going to win their affection. The Dutch approach is common sense and should be pursued more broadly.

I'll Be Very Impressed

If Giuliani wins in the Republican primary after your average Joe Six-Pack Bible Banger here's about this. I'll also be very amused at the idea of Republicans promoting a candidate that the Religious Right absolutely despises.

So far, Rudy's still ahead of the other candidates and the hardcore conservatives are predicting that people are going to catch on to his pro-choice, pro-gay, pro gun control, cross-dressing ways any minute now, and will soon turn away from him. This stuff isn't exactly a secret, however, and hasn't been for some time, yet he's still in the lead. Hopefully this is a sign that the Christofascists are starting to lose their influence.

Chocolate City Vs. Latka Town

Not long after hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and the reconstruction efforts began, the town's mayor, Ray Nagin referred to the place as "Chocolate City" and said that it would be "a majority African American city." What was the MSM's reaction? Well, they, for lack of a better term, went apeshit. And of course all the righties denounced him as a racist, and to be frank, it was a racist thing to believe. It is racist to claim a city for a certain race and think, "Hey wouldn't it be great if this or that race were the majority here?"

The irony, of course, is that most of the people who screamed "racist" at Nagin were The Crazy People on the right who have absolutely no problem with Israel calling itself a "Jewish State." If Israel establishing a Jewish State isn't racist, why is Ray Nagin being favour of a "Chocolate City," racist?

Sarko's in, How Will France Deal?

Sarkozy is not Jean-Marie LePen, but he is "tough on crime" as they say in the states, and generally critical of the current state of France's immigration policies (despite being the son of a Hungarian immigrant). The largely immigrant suburbs have already said how they plan to respond. It's clear that things will likely get worse in France before they get better, but the reason why Sarkozy is not as loved by the right as LePen was has to do with his involvement with the formation of the Conseil français du culte musulman, an organization founded to give French Muslims a political voice.

As I've said before, the level of violence and unrest in France, while the result of deeper causes that need to be addressed, must be dealt with on the surface as well. I'm open minded about Sarkozy, and hopeful that he will bring the hammer down on the riots and violence, but worried that his attitude and inflammatory talk of "racaille" will undermine more cool-headed efforts to deal with the social problems that have caused these riots in the first place. He has made efforts to reach out to the Muslim community, and if there is ever a hope if assimilating Muslims into France, he will need there help.

Clearly My Knowledge of the Legislative Process Is Sorely Lacking

An interesting article in the New York Times, outlines the various proposals Democrats are now mulling over to get the troops out of Iraq. Looks like they have a few interesting options.

Hillary Clinton and Robert Byrd are proposing to "repeal President Bush’s war authorization" that "would require the president to seek new authority from Congress to extend the conflict beyond Oct. 11, 2007." The article doesn't explain, exactly how this could be done. Would they do it in the form of a bill? If so how could they keep bush from vetoing it like he did the last bill, and if not, how could this be done?

Even Horowtiz Is Sick of Auster's Lunacy

Thanks to an article on The Huffington Post, David Horowitz is no longer allowing Lawrence Auster's openly segregationist and sometimes outright racist rants on FrontPage.

This isn't the first time Auster's browbeating has gotten him in trouble with his fellow right-wing crazies. Michelle Malkin used to have him on her list of blogs, but took him off a few months ago and refused to explain why. If you read his stuff, though, it becomes pretty clear.

Now if only people would realize what a creep this guy is.

Can't Wait to See the Polls After This

Rudy Giuliani has long been the front-runner on the Republican side of the presidential race. I'll be watching to see how much they like him after the bible-bangers see this.

Woops

I had forgotten that the President's veto can be overriden if two-thirds of the Congress vote in favour of troop withdrawal. That would mean that the Democrats need to rally another 15 or so votes to get the bill through. That sounds tricky, but I think this is what they should be fighting for right now. If they keep sending the same bill to be vetoed while the troops go without funding, I don't think Americans' confidence in the Democrats will stay as high as it is.