Wish I could be there, instead of grading seventeen stacks of stuff here. I hear there is a lot of good stuff going on, and a vocal handful trying to deny that. Anyway, I don’t have time for more, but this one from not that long ago seems all too appropriate again: There was poison …
Category Archive: Pinheads
May 05 2013
Christian Bigots Claim Oppressed Minority Status
Pity the Christians who dare to speak out— Who defer to the bible’s authority— Three-fourths of the nation, we’ve lost all our clout, And become the most hated minority In our great country’s past—in our halcyon days— When our Christian beliefs were shown deference, Why, we Christians could say what we like about gays, And …
Mar 14 2013
Well, Dammit.
I had quite a different post ready to share with you today. You see, I had very recently googled “cuttlefish” (yes, ego-surfing. Sue me.) and found that, miracle of miracles, I was listed ahead of Answers in Genesis. (For context, see this early post where I first noticed how high AiG is on the list …
Feb 27 2013
Comfort: Calling All Christians!
It’s a target-rich environment, with atheists galore! So it’s onward Christian soldiers, we’ll be marching as to war! There are lots of you on Facebook, but I’m asking now for more, Cos my comment threads are being overrun. I’ve got godless by the thousands—it’s an atheist attack, Every time I post a message, there are …
Feb 14 2013
Snake-Handlers? In 2013?
For goodness sakes I need my snakes Or God won’t know I love Him! I have to show Or He won’t know There’s no one else above Him! I know my sect Is more correct (As well as more exciting); Among my clues, We fill the pews When rattlesnakes are biting! Though some have died …
Feb 08 2013
My Favorite Sins
Putting off problems to worry ‘bout later Spending my days as an internet hater Gorging on chicken with crispy fried skins These are a few of my favorite sins Fighting temptation with no hope of winning Glad that just thoughts, and not actions, are sinning Not what I do, but what’s buried within These are …
Feb 05 2013
When The Fetus Took The Stand To Testify…
… Because Bill O’Reilly has a short memory, he must have forgotten that Congress already tried to take testimony from a fetus. Republican Congressmen sat in committeeAnd called, as their witness, young Tommy.His presence was purely an act to draw pity;The lad was still stuck in his mommy. Their witness, unable to swear or affirm, …
Jan 04 2013
The Problem With The VAWA
A woman lies battered and bleeding and bruised, As so often, reports CNN And as always, a clamor—a group much abused— Won’t somebody think of the men? In a CNN opinion piece, Senator Patty Murray writes of yet another example of the failure of the Republican leadership to do the right thing: This week, just …
Dec 09 2012
Billy Joel Takes On Ray Comfort
Ed tells us of Ray Comfort’s new series, in which he takes on prominent atheists. My title is a nod to Ed’s “Ray Comfort takes on Billy Joel”. The following was written a few years ago at the old place (click through for context), but it seems appropriate now. It’s an afternoon post on Pharyngula, …
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Apr 04 2013
The Joys Of A Level Playing Field
Pinheads, social commentary
by Cuttlefish
“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich and the poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.”–Anatole France Freedoms and rights are not delicate things Cos inalienably, they exist— They’re the rights of all men, whether peasants or kings And I’m setting them down in a …
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