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Another Attack on Christianity in the U.S.A.

Posted by Price on August 5, 2009

Wouldn’t you know! The secular, godless government is attacking REAL American Christians again! This time, they are putting them in jail!

Dale Neumann of Wisconsin, a born-again Christian, is charged with reckless homicide for putting God before materialism! Oh Heaven’s forbid! Neumann’s daughter was ill, very ill, and he prayed to God to heal his daughter’s ailment instead of taking her to the doctor. He said, “If I go to the doctor, I am putting the doctor before God. I am not believing what he said he would do.”

Of course, the Bible does say God will heal. And, we all know that the U.S. Constitution was written based on the Christian Bible for the US to be a Christian nation. So, what’s wrong with putting the Bible above US law? Isn’t that what the Founders intended?

Neumann’s daughter was 11 years old and had diabetes. She could have been easily helped by a doctor. But, his belief in a Bronze Age text brought him to neglect proper, modern treatment. How sad. How stupid. The above is a joke by the way.

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This Week’s Bittersweet Distractions

Posted by Price on April 21, 2009

Besides the usual daily commentary throughout the week, I will also be posting a new article each day. So come check them out and give me your thoughts.

Tuesday: Who John Galt is Not, practical economic policy and conservatism in relation to Austrian economics and the growing libertarian movement in the United States.

Wednesday: The Moderate, political and ideological polarization in the United States and why we must inject Aristotelian moderation in the mainstream exchange of ideas.

Thursday: Be Wary of Attacks on Academia, academics and educators are facing a wave of attacks from ideologues, a sign of political collectivism that must be stopped…or else.

Friday: The Weekly Top Five Distractions, a list of the week’s top five winners, losers, and the good, bad, and ugly talking points.

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This Week’s Top Distractions

Posted by Price on April 18, 2009

The Top Five of the Week! Every Friday I’m putting together a Top Five list of the winners, the losers, the good AND bad talking points of the past week.

It’s been a pretty crazy week in the world and I hope to do some justice (or complete injustice) to all of this week’s events. So here it goes…

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The Imminent Threat of Right Wing Extremism

Posted by Price on April 17, 2009

There is nothing scarier than ignorant people uniting on a ’cause.’

To whom am I referring?

Regular people.

Yes, there is nothing more stupid than getting heated up about something that you obviously don’t know, read about, or look into. Now, this applies to all regular Joes from the left to the right and from the bottom to the top. But for now, I am going to talk specifically about the conservative base and their scare tactics.

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Targeting Professors?

Posted by Price on April 8, 2009

Conservapedia.com linked an article in its news wiki to an incident where a professor has been arrested for burglary and a bunch of other stuff. So what? The weird thing is how conservapedia.org uses the article. That is, it is being used as an example of “professor values.” Is conservapedia trying to discredit college professors/education? Is posting an article about a professor who got arrested supposed to say something about academics?

What the hell?

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