Issues

Today I learned: Thomas Jefferson was atheist

September 12, 2011

Today I learned that Thomas Jefferson was a reputed atheist– not a deist. I’m not sure it’s true, but it’s a fact that Alexander Hamilton attempted to fix the 1800 election because of it. From the Gazette of the United States, October 1800: THE GRAND QUESTION STATED At the present solemn and momentous epoch, the [...]

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Texas Constitution: It is illegal for atheists to hold public office

September 9, 2011

Fun Fact: It is against the law to run for office in Texas if you do not believe in a “Supreme Being.” From the Texas Constitution, Article 1, Section 4: THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION ARTICLE 1. BILL OF RIGHTS www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us Sec. 4. RELIGIOUS TESTS. No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any [...]

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City Buys Land for $1.2MM, Sells to Catholic Church for $1

September 9, 2011

City buys land for $1.2MM, sells it to Catholic Church for $1, judge strikes it down. Thank god (hehe) for the First Amendment. Unlike the church, I can’t afford to be paying for stimulus packages AND church real estate. How many of these shady deals are going unnoticed by taxpayers? Here’s the story.

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Founding Fathers: United States Not Christian

September 7, 2011

From the 1797 Treaty of Tripoli: “…the government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian Religion.” Whoa! I guess Fox News got it wrong. A rare miss…

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That’ll be $112,259. Cash, check, or charge?

September 1, 2010

I stopped by the national debt clock in Manhattan a couple weeks ago. I think the IRS may want to consider doing some debt restructuring… since they never declared Chapter 7 Bankruptcy when I recommended it in 2008. Ok, seriously. All joking aside, this photo reminds me of a must-watch documentary called I.O.U.S.A. (Available to [...]

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School’s Out

August 3, 2010

Holy cow! This is so true. School is more like a robot factory than a place of inspiration. Here’s a neat story from her speech that we’d do well to remember: There is a story of a young, but earnest Zen student who approached his teacher, and asked the Master, “If I work very hard [...]

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Things I care about

July 25, 2010

There should be an unlimited party system in the United States. The two party system presents a false choice. The problem is not broken campaign promises; It is that I am relieved when they are broken. Nuclear energy is the key to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It is clean, it is abundant (or could be), [...]

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