What the hell is going on?

So I step away for one short month (moving btw) and holy crapstick.... how many interesting things can possibly try to sneak by me in the mean time.

There was a super hot gay priest scandal at the Vatican.

 The oil well was sealed (don't uncross your fingers just yet).

Blagojevich gets off scott free?!

And now all this craziness about the "Ground Zero Mosque". First off  I'd like to see less religious construction all around. I would greatly prefer a new university or science lab go up. Beyond that personal bias I don't know what everyone is arguing about.  This isn't even a mosque, its a community center. Even if it were a mosque what the hell are we arguing about? Isn't this is America? The center is being built on private land soooooo that should be the end of the story.  And what the hell is the deal with calling this the "Ground Zero Mosque"?  It is not a mosque. It is a community center with a prayer room and it is not at nor directly adjacent to ground zero. Suddenly we are implying that anything built on Manhattan Island = GZ?  GZ is not and should not be treated as holy ground (that kind of thinking is what got us into this mess in the first place.)  With that said how close to GZ would it be OK to build according to the people protesting this?  10 blocks? A mile?  New Jersey?  Now wer are even trying to demonize anyone involved with the mosque. The funny thing about the guy trying to build it is that apparently he is as patriotic, pro-American as an Muslim can get. Bush regularly sent him to the Islamic world as an envoy.
Unfortunately there are some in this country that seem to continuously reinforce that we (America) is no longer the shining light of goodness and freedom that it used to be.  We used to have the highest standards. We didn't torture, everyone got a fair-ish trial, we followed the Geneva convention, we were generally a live and let live kind of place. Even when we do make mistakes (see Native Americans and Japanese internment camps) we try make it up for it (see casinos and Nintendo sales figures). Unfortunately it seems like the collective stupid is really taking off. Its cool to be uneducated, hyper religious and violently angry about everything you don't understand. Hopefully we can turn things around but even if we do we are going to be making up for this mess of shit forever.......

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Carl Sagan: A Universe Not Made For Us

I know that many of us desperately want the universe to not be so seemingly cold and uncaring. Talking about our world from a scientific point of view can, for some, make things seem pointless but as Mr. Sagan points out it doesn't need to be that way. Why can't we find awe and wonder in the vastness of the reality that we actually live in?
 
Personally I think that the true world (the world that science strives to describe) is much more fantastic and comforting than any religious myth that has ever been told to me.  Why?  Because a universe that isn't custom built for just us seems much more challenging and interesting.  In the religious version of the universe we were supposed to just shut up, stay stupid and live in our ignorant bliss.... kind of like a house cat. In addition because we are not the end all be all reason for the universe so much more is possible.  It breaks the bubble and expands the realm of the possible out infinitely.

So don't shy away from viewing the world with an empirical eye. Embrace it!

We must destroy Iran.

First off, we are going to turn a blind eye to the fact that we created the current hot mess that is the incredibly, religiously, bat shit crazy nation of Iran. We don't have time for that discussion here but we need to act against Iran for another reason. NOW!  

 They have finally done it. No I'm not talking about the crushing theocracy, or the nuclear program, or their support of terrorism, or the way they suppress the freedoms of the people. What they have just done is so abhorrent that I can barely bring myself to type about it.  They.... the Islamic Republic of Iran..... have outlawed...... the mullet.

 (These are all ok)

As reported by CNN Iran has issued guidelines for proper male grooming and the biggest casualty is the greatest doo of all.  Soon our redneck wannabe rebel brothers in Iran will no longer to rock  these type of mega awesome quaffs.

This can not stand. What is next?  The kid and play?  The Avalon?  We must destroy Iran before they can spread their anti-mullet mantra in the same way they spread their religious (and therefore automatically retarded and hateful) BS.