My invisible friend can beat up yours

I know that I have recently written on this topic, but it just gets worse and worse. Not only are the weirdo’s trying to push theology in the classroom, they are actually trying to redefine science. What they want is for the definition to be "a systematic method of continuing investigation," without specifying what kind of answer is being sought.’ With that kind of definition, any crackpot can pass of any kind of foolishness as science.

It is no wonder we are falling behind in this country in scientific fields. As soon as mysticism and magic are allowed into the realm of science we will soon be bleeding people to remove the evil spirits that are making them sick. You know what the difference is between Christianity and Greek Mythology? Some people still believe in one of them.

If I were to walk into a classroom and state that I believe Zeus created the world, and it was run by various Gods, I would be laughed out of the room. Still, a court is seriously considering the idea that a DIFFERENT god did the same thing! What has this world come to when we need to redefine science in order to not upset people because they believe in an invisible man that lives in the sky? The biggest irony in the whole deal? We are redefining the way scientific study works because it might hurt peoples feelings. These people we don’t want to offend are also the first ones to complain that we have gone too far in terms of political correctness just because we might offend someone.

So instead we will go from one of the strongest nations on Earth, to a laughing stock that is using magic and mysticism in the laboratory. Wonderful. Well, at least people with invisible friends wont get their feelings hurt.

I would hope someone who believes in this foolishness would comment, but I am sure most of these cretins can’t figure out how to use a keyboard.

"Nervous Charlie's: Beer, Gas, Fireworks" Ah, I always love stopping here. Why post this picture? Because I was looking through them, that is why. Hey, it's my freakin blog. At least it isn't full of pics of my kids! 

This was in the parking lot of a gas station out in the middle of nowhere on one of our trips to Ohio. 

Now that is marketing. I always laugh when I see this sign. 

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.... Our *four*...no... *Amongst* our weapons.... Amongst our weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise.... I'll come in again.


Al that for this link?! Oh well.

Question

Do you ever get one of those itchy ticklish feelings somewhere in between the inside of your throat and your inner earn and messing with either one doesn't help?

Yeah, me neither.

Why don't I watch American Idol?

Because I want to SLAP Ryan Seacrest every time he says (IN ALL SERIOUSNESS NO LESS) "Seacrest out."

Then again, my DVR always records the last part of American Idol (where he says his stupid catch phrase) when it records "House". So I don't watch American Idol, and I still get to hear him say it if I don't jump past it in time! THERE IS NO JUSTICE!!!

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I am just in one of those moods today.

Did you ever notice...

Did you ever notice the people who are most likely to wave a flag and and go on and on about how great this country is because of all of the freedoms people have are the same ones who say you should be shot for saying something they don't like?

Bubba: "Hey boy, why ain't you standin’ up for the Pledge?"

Guy: "I am exercising my first amendment right by passively protesting the use of the word God in the official pledge of the United States as a violation of the separation of church and state."

Bubba: " Boy, that ain't 'Merican of you. People like you should be drug out in the street and shot. This is the greatest country on Earth. You're disrespectin' all those people that fought so that you can have all these rights that make this country the best."

Ah freedom of speech is a great thing. As long as you only say what we want you to that is. Now THAT is freedom!

Can we get much more stupid?

By now I am sure most everyone is aware that there is a debate in Kansas over putting creationism in the classroom. Good god, what is next? Are we going to have to start teaching our kids that we are an alien experiment next? Come on, people believe that too.

Just because there are people in this world that believe something does not mean that we have to teach it in the classroom. Next thing you know the Flat Earth Society is going to be pushing that their views be taught in the classroom. My question is, what class do you teach creationism in? Certainly not science class, as creationism does not fall under the category of science. After all, we don't teach philosophy in calculus classes.

So why are they doing this? I think William Harris from the Intelligent Design group that started all this crap summed it up well.

"They are offering an answer that may be in conflict with religious views," Harris said in opening the debate. "Part of our overall goal is to remove the bias against religion that is currently in schools. This is a scientific controversy that has powerful religious implications."

His answer was not that evolution is wrong, or that it was bad science. His argument is that it does not agree with his religion. Of course he apparently doesn'tcare one way or another if the views he is trying to put in the classroom conflict with anyone else's beliefs. What matters is that something in our schools is not jiving with Christianity. What a great way to run our country. Post on government buildings that you must only worship the Christian God, and sweep science under the rug and start teaching mythology in the science class.

Makes perfect sense to me. Well... it would if I had been lobotomized some time in my life.

Hehehe

I think I know these guys!

I wish I could say I was surprised

I wish I could say this shocked me in some way, unfortunately it doesn't. What is worse is that I am sure that there are many Americans who simply would not care even if Bush came out and said "Yes, we had it planned from the start, and we were going to find one reason or another to do it." There are plenty of people in this country who simply don't care what Bush does wrong. They would support him no matter what he said. If he came out and said he has lied about everything so far, their response would be "Well, he was honest with us. He had the guts to admit it. What a guy." The more disturbing part about all of this is I can guarantee that these are the same people who wanted to string up Clinton for lying about an affair... and his lie didn't kill anybody.

Am I saying that Clinton should have lied? Nope. What I am saying is if we are going to pitch a fit about lies from the president, lets do it right. Consider the degree of a lie. If Clinton’s lie was worth an impeachment, and demands that he be removed from office, where does a lie that kills thousands of people, and compromises national security and foreign relations fall on the scale?

Exactly, it has nothing to do with right and wrong. It is about personal politics, which historically has nothing to do with ethics or even reality.

Another thing that came as no shock? I have yet to find mention of this here. But hey, maybe that just means I am not typing my search in correctly at their site because (of course) they are "fair and balanced".

I need to move.

I need to move back to LA. As much time as I spend working on new screenplays(started ANOTHER one this week-end), I really should be a waiter in LA. Never met a waiter there that wasn't an actor or a screenwriter. Besides, I liked it out there. Now, convincing my wife to move may prove difficult. Sigh. Well, that was a pointless post. I guess I should write something else.

I mean this little thing is hardly worth reading. It is just me thinking out loud about something nobody cares about. Then again, I am pretty sure that is what all of my posts are like. Sheesh... oh well, as long as people read them. Not this one, I mean the posts that were actually about something.

I mean if people judged my whole blog on this post... sheesh. Well then why bother putting it on here? Who knows. Who cares really. Why are you still reading this nonsense? It is pointless. I am not going to put any kind of message or revelation at the end. This is it. This is all this post is. Really. Just me rambling. Nothing more.

Of come on, at least scroll down to something slightly more interesting. Go comment on my crappy art or something, get mad about my comments on religion. I am serious, this is it. This post is about nothing! I am not talking anymore about screenwriting or LA.

Good god. Fine, if you wont leave, I will. I hope you are happy with yourself...

Shane wanted to see some of my photo restoration... so here ya go. 

I have been diagnosed as evil...

I have come across allot of discussions dealing with atheism recently, and have realized more and more that people just don't seem to understand what atheism is. I keep hearing people refer to it as a religion which confuses me to no end. Some have gone as far as to say that it takes just as much of a leap of faith to NOT believe in God as it does TO believe in him.

People, look, it is just not that complicated. I don't believe in your God. I also don't believe in Santa, the Easter Bunny, goblins, dragons, fairies, the bogeyman or any of those things. God is nothing more to me than any of those things. I don't have to convince myself any more that God does not exist than I have to convince myself that the loch ness monster doesn't exist. To me they are all fairy tales and mythology. Is it a leap of faith for you to not believe in Zeus? Why? Is it a leap of faith for you to not believe in Lord Ganesh? Didn't think so. You just don't. I am no different except I don't have one that I do believe in.

So do I poke fun at religion? Yes I do. Why you ask? It is simple. As long as people try to push their religion on me or my kids by trying to make it law, I am going to say something about it. After all. If I tried to have a law passed saying that you had to acknowledge bigfoot before class started, wouldn't you laugh at me?