A Republican legislator is trying to give religion yet another special privilege. He wants to insert a provision into a defense bill that says the federal government can ignore the first amendment when it comes to putting up monuments. “This provision creates a foundation in federal law for emblems of belief on war memorials and …
Category Archive: Pointless Poll
Jun 06 2013
Shark murder, and a poll
Hey, I was only joking when I said fishing rule breakers ought to be chopped up for shark chum, but some days…this story about fisherman bragging about killing a record 1300 lb mako shark gives me second thoughts. There’s nothing praiseworthy about exterminating a top predator, especially one that doesn’t threaten your terrestrial butt at …
Jun 01 2013
Weird, twisted anti-choice poll
It’s from Jill Stanek, so of course it’s twisted. She’s upset that people might consider Jimmy Connors, ex-tennis champ, to be a bit of a sleazebag for writing an autobiography that shames ex-girlfriend Chris Everett for getting an abortion. It seems to me that it was Everett’s private decision, and that Connors needs some greater …
May 30 2013
Climate Change blame poll
The UK needs some help from us. One of their ministers has got some weird ideas about climate change. The chairman of the Commons Energy and Climate Change committee said he accepts the earth’s temperature is increasing but said “natural phases” may be to blame. Such a suggestion sits at odds with the scientific consensus. …
May 09 2013
Ja, we shall invade this Austrian poll
Hey, I thought Europe was more secular…so why is this poll going the wrong way? Oh, because it’s in Catholic Austria. In German: Sollen Kruzifixe aus den Klassenzimmern verbannt werden? 17,68% – Ja, denn Religion soll Privatsache bleiben. 77,04% – Nein, denn das Christentum hat in Österreich jahrhundertelange Tradition. 5,28% – Egal, es liegt sowieso …
Apr 17 2013
Malkin’s stupidity is seeping into Iowa soil!
Once again, ignorant people are whining about science. Michelle Malkin’s outrage that the NSF funded research into snail sex is now the subject of a poll in Iowa newspapers. Is spending $877,000 to help fund a UI study using snails to study the advantages of sexual vs. asexual reproduction a waste of federal money? Yes. …
Apr 15 2013
Kentucky poll could use your help
It’s very oddly phrased. It’s about educators trying to improve the quality of science teaching, and one choice is to agree, because they need improving…and the other is to disagree, because of this “teach all sides” nonsense they get from organizations like the Discovery Institute. But that’s irrelevant; teaching about evolution and climate change is …
Mar 26 2013
Poll on gay marriage—not on our supreme court case, but in New Zealand
Wait, it’s our Supreme Court that is considering arguments on gay marriage. I guess New Zealanders can also consider it an important issue, but why are they getting is so wrong? Which of the following best fits your view about marriage law? It should remain only between a man and a woman. 56%It should be …
Mar 20 2013
Prayer poll
Not another one of these — all over the country, towns open their council meetings with pointless prayers, and when someone points out that that is unconstitutional and stupid, they go whining to their local paper or radio station and make an appeal to the Christian sheep in their region. So this is just one …
Mar 10 2013
A punishment poll
The Magdalene Laundries were a horrible blot on Irish history — thousands of young women and girls were basically enslaved by the Catholic church and abused and exploited. The Irish government is taking steps to make amends and be open about this unsavory taint, and one of the things proposed is to pay compensation to …
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