Category: Rants

DeVos wants Intelligent Design in Michigan schools

Detroit Free Press 09/20/06: DeVos: Science teachers should be allowed to present intelligent design DeVos said exposing students to the concept of intelligent design -- viewed by most scientists as a non-scientific, religion-based belief -- would help t… more »

How I got banned from debbieschlussel.com

http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2006/09/exclusive_musli.html Comments To correct a factual inaccuracy, Hamtramck isn't the only city to have an amplified call to prayer (Adhan). Mosques in Detroit have been broadcasting since the 70s and continu… more »

Effective Propaganda

I found this list posted by rogerl at October 1, 2004 08:48 PM on the Official Kerry-Edwards Blog. It's obviously slanted toward the Dems but interesting enough to post. Who knew that Charley Rangel was Staff Sgt in the Army and was awarded a Bronze S… more »

Killer, Coward, Con-man

Greg Palast On Reagan:I remember as a student in Berkeley the words screeching out of the bullhorn, "The Governor of the State of California, Ronald Reagan, hereby orders this demonstration to disperse" and then came the teargas and the truncheons. ---… more »

Have you really tried?

I thought it would be clever to post a list of 2004 model-year vehicles that get worse gas mileage than a 1924 Model T. "How many could there be?", I thought. I crunched some data from the EPA site and found Two Hundred Thirty-Six. The 20 worst in d… more »

Remember LaRouche?

"The two official U.S. government agencies most directly responsible for the Symbionese Liberation Army and the Jones Peoples Temple cult are the U.S. Air Force Intelligence and the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI). Until the massive BritishZionist con… more »

Resistance = Death

If I haven't yet made it abundantly clear, I'm thoroughly disgusted by direction of the American Empire, disenfranchised by nearly every political movement, shocked by the apathy, and outraged at the lack of action. I fail to understand the ruthless in… more »

Dirty words: pretty mouths

Check out This BBC's Channel 4 ad. I urge you to savor every nasty syllable. I hear people that watch a lot of TV will recognize these folks. Enjoy. (via jessica) more »

Race is a Myth

Race doesn't need to exist for there to be racism. Many believe in a god which doesn't exist. Some believe in magic. I believe in science. Racism has no basis in fact. It's all cultural. The only way to end racism is to get this point across. This… more »

Fuck the American Decency Association: Breed for Representation

At some point in the history of American government language, the word "people" was replaced with the word "families". Instead of policies that benefit the good of the people they specifically benefit families. This is divisive, religiously motivated,… more »

Respect out of Fear

I had the most absurd clown-service from Ameritech before I gave them the boot. I made maybe 20 calls per month and got less than 10. I was paying $70-75 per month. I tried to switch to online billing and that's when the trouble started. October 8, 2… more »

Ignorance is Strength

"Winston was listening to the telescreen. At present only music was coming out of it, but there was a possibility that at any moment there might be a special bulletin from the Ministry of Peace." 1 I don't trust anyone who hasn't read Orwell. Dennis… more »