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vlyons's JournalThomas Paine's "The Age of Reason"
OK kids, your homework is to read Thomas Paine's "The Age of Reason." A more cogent argument for freedom of, and freedom from, religion I have not found. Here's a link to a free PDF.
https://thefederalistpapers.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/The-Age-of-Reason-by-Thomas-Paine.pdf
Tx gov Abbot wants to ban books with sexual material
Good grief! When I was a kid, I went to the downtown Dallas library and read on book on how babies were made, because my mother neglected to tell me how babies got in mommy's tummy in the first place.
What you want to bet that Abbot and all those other self-righteous assholes watch porno -- at the very least! What man on this planet doesn't watch porno? No man, that's who. Hell, I'm a woman and I watch porno. It's a billion $$$ business. Pigs will fly before the porno purveyers standby and let porno get outlawed.
What ya wanna bet that Hawley watches porno?
What man on this planet has never watched porno? No man, that's who. Hell I'm a female, and I watch porno.
Damn the Republicans
McConnell has ordered them to vote no on contempt charges against Bannon. I'm not surprised. Their hatefulness and degenerate duplicity is beyond the beyond. It's so apparent that they are neo-fascists, who will do anything to retain and maintain power for themselves and their super-rich backers.
They obstruct everything that would actually be beneficial for the American people, because they cannot afford to let Biden succeed at anything. They are hell bent to label Biden as a failed, weak presidednt.
God forbid that they would vote to spend money on the social safety net. But there are never any obstacles to voting more and more money for the war machine. How many trillions were wasted propping up Afghanistan, and Vietnam before that? They get filled with joy funding yet another new weapons system.
We live in degenerate times.
All contaminated things are of the nature of suffering.
The pro-Fascist Criminal party
That's what the Republican party has become. It's been on journey to reach this point for 40 years. Republicans love Trump because they too are plenty OK with the corruption, thievery, scams, lies of a mob boss. In fact they admire him for getting away with his grifts. Change the tax laws to have plenty of ways to hide money, Great! Cut the IRS budget so severely that it no longer does audits, Super. Legalize PACs that get dark money, Why not? Hey, those Russians have lots of money.
We have a plethora of guns, because of selfish people, greedy manufacturers, & spineless politicians
Selfish people screaming about their 2nd amendment rights that are more important than our right to live. Selfish people, who fear people of color, demonize them, and only feel safe owning their own personal arsenal of military grade guns. Greedy manufacturers, who don't give a damn about safety and security of people, and are interested only selling as many guns as possible for profit. And then there's the spineless politicians, who want the campaign contributions of gun manufacturers and the votes of people, who they fear-monger about being replaced by people of color.
Chauvin won't take the stand
if he does, I think the prosecution could ask him about his previous disciplinary actions. Ask him if he heard people telling him to let up on Floyd. Ask him why he did it. If he were smart, he would ask to just plead guilty to one of the lesser murder charges, B4 the jury goes into deliberation. But he ain't that smart. If he were smart, he never would have kneeled on Floyd's neck in the 1st place. But noooooooooooooo, Chauvin, the bully, just couldn't resist the aggressive impulse to put a black man in his place, subordinate to a white cop.
What I don't understand is why Rethugs are so full of hatred
They cultivate hatred 24 x 7. They hate liberals, Dems, government, gun laws, business & industry regulations, public schools, equal pay for women, EPA, poor people, non-whites.
I think that basically they hate life in general, because life ain't fair. Life is difficult and full of disappointments, and they are filled with envy for others, who they see as better off, luckier. There is little, if any, loving kindness and empathy for others in them. It seems the worship of the almighty dollar and the power to get it is all that matters to them.
Ted Cruz cracks me up
Every time he opens his mouth, my response is Oh God. He's questioning Vanita Gupta for Asso AG and starts out complaining that the Obama admin was the worst offender at politizing the DOJ. Cruz accuses her of being a prejudiced liberal, and radical opposition to school choice.
What isn't said about raising the minimum wage to $15/hr
All I hear from Reps is that small businesses can't afford a payroll based on $15/hr. What's not being said is that when workers get more money per hour, they have more money to spend on groceries, clothing, transportation, haircuts, car repair entertainment, home repair, hobbies, etc. That means more customers able to spend more money at small businesses.
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