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Spitfire of ATJ

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25. It's not just science vs religion in the classical sense,...
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 11:09 PM
Sep 2012

....it's Reaganism which has become a belief system rivalling any religion. It's a religion that government is to blame for your misery. A religion that states that your boss would give you a raise if he could afford it but he can't because government is overtaxing him and forcing him to purchase expensive and unnecessary, often silly things to comply with liberal ideas of worker safety (assuming the worker is an idiot) or pollution requirements for things that don't pollute. It's a religion that says our greatest American President was a senile ex B movie actor who ate jelly beans. ("smart pills" as they were called at the time).

Carl Sagan the prophet. [View all] Whovian Sep 2012 OP
Whoa, that was prophetic. nt valerief Sep 2012 #1
Whoa. That was my thought, too. nt Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #15
Not so much prophetic as just observant... harmonicon Sep 2012 #69
Well, I didn't mean prophetic in a religious way. valerief Sep 2012 #70
Brilliant Man.... CherokeeDem Sep 2012 #2
Demon-haunted World is the greatest non-fiction book of all time scheming daemons Sep 2012 #3
I must check it out. nt awoke_in_2003 Sep 2012 #11
One of my favorite books. Aldo Leopold Sep 2012 #20
yip a keeper on my bookshelf Johonny Sep 2012 #57
We're pretty much already at that point ck4829 Sep 2012 #4
"holding conferences about how Galileo and heliocentrism is wrong"... awoke_in_2003 Sep 2012 #12
Link here ck4829 Sep 2012 #14
I had to look up the heliocentric thing out of sheer disbelief. Kindly Refrain Sep 2012 #45
It's not just science vs religion in the classical sense,... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #25
that was his last book nadinbrzezinski Sep 2012 #5
Nailed it! Raster Sep 2012 #6
One of my intellectual heroes. hifiguy Sep 2012 #7
the loss of Sagan is immeasurable... Moostache Sep 2012 #8
just wanted a few more eyes. Whovian Sep 2012 #9
Awesome book, brilliant human being. nt BootinUp Sep 2012 #10
Sagan is a prime example of the kind of mind and guiding philosophy we should have long ago TheKentuckian Sep 2012 #13
A man who will be sadly missed. Whovian Sep 2012 #34
You are absolutely correct, and it just as absolutely not going to happen for many Egalitarian Thug Sep 2012 #71
K&R for Karl! David Zephyr Sep 2012 #16
Great man. Smickey Sep 2012 #17
Sad K&R. Overseas Sep 2012 #18
One of my favorite books. The reason, though, that he was able to predict it so well is NYC Liberal Sep 2012 #19
So totally stealing that Canuckistanian Sep 2012 #21
1997 pokerfan Sep 2012 #66
Thank you Canuckistanian Oct 2012 #76
After I read that book... donqpublic Sep 2012 #22
One of my greatest heroes... defacto7 Sep 2012 #23
A great book book by a great man. drm604 Sep 2012 #24
Funny that you posted this Shankapotomus Sep 2012 #26
There are a suprising number of people who believe swearing can cause a lightning strike. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #27
Well, that's just fucked up as all.... <<<<ZZZZZZAAAAPPPP>>>>> JHB Sep 2012 #43
1487 Views. GeorgeGist Sep 2012 #28
I think Sagan would take apart your post in short order muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #38
Sagan was a pothead. Jackpine Radical Sep 2012 #29
I smoked a lot in the 70's but it didn't have the same effect on me. Whovian Sep 2012 #41
It did on me. hifiguy Sep 2012 #74
K&R. n/t susanna Sep 2012 #30
Various Carl Sagan quotes mick063 Sep 2012 #31
Brilliant post. Thank you. Whovian Sep 2012 #32
This one ... BlueMTexpat Sep 2012 #48
Love that! CrispyQ Sep 2012 #50
Wow. Thanks so much for posting. n/t VOX Sep 2012 #56
Amazing. So much brilliance from one gifted man. hifiguy Sep 2012 #73
Thank you. Sagan was the wisest man I have ever seen. hifiguy Sep 2012 #75
Wow. rudycantfail Sep 2012 #33
That's a must-read book bhikkhu Sep 2012 #35
Brilliant. LiberalAndProud Sep 2012 #36
Published in 1996 Kablooie Sep 2012 #37
K & R AzDar Sep 2012 #39
Sorry to say you were right, Carl... Blue Owl Sep 2012 #40
...a pale blue dot. Octafish Sep 2012 #42
I read that book on exiting the fundamentalist cult that I had been raised in Schema Thing Sep 2012 #44
K & R For Carl !!! WillyT Sep 2012 #46
Sagan was one of a kind. 99Forever Sep 2012 #47
This comes to mind libodem Sep 2012 #49
One drop of hope: Arugula Latte Sep 2012 #51
A brilliant man, sorely missed. K&R SaveOurDemocracy Sep 2012 #52
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Sep 2012 #53
? Uneeque Sep 2012 #54
Wow...he nailed it. (He does look like Walowitz in that picture however.... :o) Windy Sep 2012 #55
K&R! smirkymonkey Sep 2012 #58
There's another quote from that book that's even more chilling JoeyT Sep 2012 #59
One of my heroes. nt Fantastic Anarchist Sep 2012 #60
Frightening....and tragic. Sekhmets Daughter Sep 2012 #61
Unsettling, isn't it! calimary Sep 2012 #62
RIP Carl, You Were Taken Too Soon colsohlibgal Sep 2012 #63
From one of my favorite books! AllyCat Sep 2012 #64
A brilliant man janx Sep 2012 #65
I miss him. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #67
K&R and one more quote. idwiyo Sep 2012 #68
If only we could attach our proverbial wagon to those thinking ahead. raouldukelives Sep 2012 #72
k&r... spanone Oct 2012 #77
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