k, so it’s not really Monday morning anymore but if the pot of coffee you drank this morning hasn’t gotten you going maybe this will. However since I took a long weekend to finish up a project (almost) I want to do a super special RSS Roundup / Monday Morning Funnies combo edition. Thats double the value for the same low price of free! Lucky you.
Sleater-Kinney Song Stuck in my head
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Could do worse. Sleater-Kinney is/was an amazing band that has been broken up now for the past two years. This weekend I was listening to some of their stuff and now this song is stuck in my head. Normally listening to it over and over again gets it out but that hasn’t worked. So I’m trying to spread the joy and maybe that will help.
Everything Else You Need Know, So Sit Down and Shut Up
- Obama Quits his Church. I’m disappointed that Obama would quit the church where he was married and where his daughters were baptized for political expediency.
- 5 Most Badass Presidents of All Time. I found this while reading 6 Most Badass Stunts Ever Pulled in the Name of Science. Read them both their awesome. (h/t Skepchick).
- Blog carnival for progressive Christians, read more at Fetch me my Axe. We wholly support progressive religions, Christian or otherwise, so looking forward to reading some good posts.
- Catholicism, leading the fight for equality for women.
- More “progress” in Iraq. Sunnis have withdrawn from the Iraqi government AGAIN after Maliki rejected their entire list of nominated ministers.
- We all like to give Congress a hard time but Crooks and Liars points out one thing they have done perfectly right, Social Security. So I’m joining them in giving Pelosi a nice big round of applause for keeping the Republicans from killing an important program.
- Really with the popular vote totals so close can we stop talking about them and focus on the only thing that actually counts, delegate count. Isn’t this like trying to argue who won the super bowl based on rushing yards and not the final score?
Video of the Day
Robert F. Kennedy: 80% of Republicans Are Just Uninformed Democrats.
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I have to go with Obama on this one too.
I also think that supporting a holiday, especially with a proposal for a windfall profit tax on the oil industry is a politically smart move by Clinton. She’s nothing if not shrewd. However, I view this as just part of the continuing move to defund government, which is part of the problem with why “our government can’t do anything right” conservative philosophy.
I am almost with you on the issue of church and state.No one should force their relegious beliefs upon others via legislation.However,legislation regardless of how it originates is generally nothing more than the written will of some of the population being impossed upon others.All legislation starts with nothing more than personal belief,or collective belief.Relegious people often believe the legal ststem should reflect their relegious beliefs.Atheist are no different,they believe legislation should reflect their belief that there is no God. If we are going to have goverment by the people for the people, and if those people are relegious then we are going to have to accept the influence of relegion upon goverment.I am not so sure that I want a goverment that is totaly structured by the beliefs of atheists ! Many atheists seem to believe that man is god,therefore the state can and should be all powerfull.This of course is bad for human dignity and freedom,which is what we are concerned with of course ?