Firefox, or Google's Chrome browser need a plug in that silently omits any blog posting that includes any reference to Ann Coulter or Bill O'Reilly. (like this post for example)
So tired of blog-o-sphere being regularly swamped with the latest outrage from these boring old hate-mongers. I'd add Kathy Griffin to the list of negative-attention-whores... but she delivers 'the funny' at least sometimes.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Thursday, December 18, 2008
The Globlal WARming Hoax
Stumbled across some random post stating that arctic melting is proceeding faster than scientists predicted, and saw, rather to my surprise... number of 'global warming' denier trolls spewing illogical irrelevant drivel in response. Are these people paid to spread doubt? Is it some religious conviction that drives them? Are they so enamored of their hummers and top-of-the-food-chain wasteful consumerist habits that they fear eco-friendly policies will threaten their freedom to trash the planet?
Who knows.
To use an analogy... it isn't the driving around at unsafe speeds that kills you... it's the loss of control and the collision with an unavoidable object.
The climate IS changing, and rapidly. Ice that has been carbon dated back centuries ago is melting away, this isn't some "natural cycle" or that ice would have melted off in a previous cycle and wouldn't be there to measure today.
The question isn't "are we causing this" it's "where are things going at this rate?"
As the global climate begins to spin out of control, are there big nasty immovable obstacles it's going to run into? What kind of planet are we going to have 50 years from now? How many stronger storms and record extremes can we withstand before it starts causing problems for the industries that feed the rest of us?
And the deniers? Probably conservative seniors who still believe they'll see The Rapture before they kick the bucket, so who don't care if the world burns.
If I ran the world... Deniers would be denied air conditioning in the summer. See if that gets them to change their tune.
Who knows.
To use an analogy... it isn't the driving around at unsafe speeds that kills you... it's the loss of control and the collision with an unavoidable object.
The climate IS changing, and rapidly. Ice that has been carbon dated back centuries ago is melting away, this isn't some "natural cycle" or that ice would have melted off in a previous cycle and wouldn't be there to measure today.
The question isn't "are we causing this" it's "where are things going at this rate?"
As the global climate begins to spin out of control, are there big nasty immovable obstacles it's going to run into? What kind of planet are we going to have 50 years from now? How many stronger storms and record extremes can we withstand before it starts causing problems for the industries that feed the rest of us?
And the deniers? Probably conservative seniors who still believe they'll see The Rapture before they kick the bucket, so who don't care if the world burns.
If I ran the world... Deniers would be denied air conditioning in the summer. See if that gets them to change their tune.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Recent Citings...
My new device in SecondLife had a wonderful mention on the NPIRL blog this week...
And I was intereviewed for a very an extremely flattering French article at Territoire-Digital.com (Machine-translated English Version)
(and even if you don't care much about SecondLife, the pics on both are very nicely done and worth a peek =)
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
De-B8
At last. This has been brewing for a while, and I hope this will be my last rant on Prop 8. For now.
My open letter to Prop 8 supporters (and opponents as well):
Please tell me who is the man and the woman in this line from a very popular 80's song:
The term "marriage" is OBVIOUSLY not limited to humans. It is a term, like "mixing" "adding" or "combining" that has a clear and specific meaning, for which no other word is adequate.
And you ... you flagrant hypocrites ... YOU accuse US of attempting to re-define "marriage"?
When it is YOU, running around like crazy doomsday prophets, screaming "Only 1 man and 1 woman!" You act as if that one statistically dominant characteristic of marriage is MORE important then the love, the oaths of fidelity, the commitment, the joining of two together for life, and all the many other aspects of marriage.
This is like trying to define "human" as "only bipeds with opposable thumbs". Yes, the vast majority are lucky to fit that definition. Your pathetic definition does not make the unlucky "non-human". If you are going to re-define things like crazy people, you might as well believe that "Socrates is a dog" and wash your hands of logic and reason entirely.
And, speaking of definitions, have you even bothered to check a dictionary lately? Here, try http://www.merriam-webster.com, or http://dictinary.com Go on, read the ENTIRE definition. I'll wait.
So anyway...
Congratulations. You have successfully crammed your sanctimonious thumbs into the eyes of the government of the State of California, effectively blinding it so that it can no longer recognize gay marriage, even though it is clearly standing right there in plain sight.
You've even fooled many of the citizens into thinking that gay marriage requires state recognition.
I say: IT DOES NOT.
In this country, we are guaranteed Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Religion. Despite your attempts to destroy the beliefs of nearly half the voters in California, you can NOT take away:
Our right to SAY that we are married.
Our right to BELIEVE that we are married.
Our right to LIVE as married couples.
Some day the state will recover from the McCarthist Freedom-Destroying attack that left it blinded to reality. Until then...
My open letter to Prop 8 supporters (and opponents as well):
Please tell me who is the man and the woman in this line from a very popular 80's song:
- "I can't stand this indecision, married with a lack of vision.
Everybody wants to rule the world..." -- Tears for Fears (1985)
The term "marriage" is OBVIOUSLY not limited to humans. It is a term, like "mixing" "adding" or "combining" that has a clear and specific meaning, for which no other word is adequate.
And you ... you flagrant hypocrites ... YOU accuse US of attempting to re-define "marriage"?
When it is YOU, running around like crazy doomsday prophets, screaming "Only 1 man and 1 woman!" You act as if that one statistically dominant characteristic of marriage is MORE important then the love, the oaths of fidelity, the commitment, the joining of two together for life, and all the many other aspects of marriage.
This is like trying to define "human" as "only bipeds with opposable thumbs". Yes, the vast majority are lucky to fit that definition. Your pathetic definition does not make the unlucky "non-human". If you are going to re-define things like crazy people, you might as well believe that "Socrates is a dog" and wash your hands of logic and reason entirely.
And, speaking of definitions, have you even bothered to check a dictionary lately? Here, try http://www.merriam-webster.com, or http://dictinary.com Go on, read the ENTIRE definition. I'll wait.
So anyway...
Congratulations. You have successfully crammed your sanctimonious thumbs into the eyes of the government of the State of California, effectively blinding it so that it can no longer recognize gay marriage, even though it is clearly standing right there in plain sight.
You've even fooled many of the citizens into thinking that gay marriage requires state recognition.
I say: IT DOES NOT.
In this country, we are guaranteed Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Religion. Despite your attempts to destroy the beliefs of nearly half the voters in California, you can NOT take away:
Our right to SAY that we are married.
Our right to BELIEVE that we are married.
Our right to LIVE as married couples.
Some day the state will recover from the McCarthist Freedom-Destroying attack that left it blinded to reality. Until then...
We may not be recognized by the state.
But we will be HEARD until we are SEEN.
But we will be HEARD until we are SEEN.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Anti-8 Rally
Mr.-Flier-Destroyer failed in his mission to avert today's rally.
My camera phone is tragic... these shots don't properly convey the magnitude of the march. It stretched from the north end of Balboa Park to downtown, (2-3 miles). It was packed with chanters of "What do we want? Equal Rights! When do we want it? Right now!" and "Gay, Straight, Black, White, Marriage is a Civil Right!".
I saw less than five Yes-On-8 counter-protesters along the route. Volunteers successfully encouraged the marchers to just ignore them... (though there was this nine year old girl spoiling for a confrontation... but her parents reigned her in).
I jumped out of the parade a few times to get a good vantage point, and could see neither the head nor the tail of the procession. Of the people I could see, I would guess around 80,000, with unknown more further ahead and behind. And, yes, there were many black people marching with us.
This had none of the flamboyance of a pride parade, the mood was much more serious.
The message was clear: We believe that America is about Justice and Liberty for ALL.
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
Yet more prop 8 hate.
(no this isn't my last rant as promised in the previous post, that's still brewing).
I was physically assaulted (pushed, grabbed and shoved) today by some un-Christ-like fundie freak.
I had seen him tearing down rally flier after rally flier, and got fed up with it, so I stood between him and one of the fliers. Clearly he interpreted that as an attack and responded physically.
The fliers are for the national Protest Prop 8 rally this coming Saturday. (more on that at: http://protest8sandiego.wordpress.com/)
Anyone that destroys the just freedoms and liberties of others...
deserve to have their own freedoms and liberties revoked.
Taxing their intolerant churches would be an excellent response.
I was physically assaulted (pushed, grabbed and shoved) today by some un-Christ-like fundie freak.
I had seen him tearing down rally flier after rally flier, and got fed up with it, so I stood between him and one of the fliers. Clearly he interpreted that as an attack and responded physically.
The fliers are for the national Protest Prop 8 rally this coming Saturday. (more on that at: http://protest8sandiego.wordpress.com/)
Anyone that destroys the just freedoms and liberties of others...
deserve to have their own freedoms and liberties revoked.
Taxing their intolerant churches would be an excellent response.
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