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August 31, 2005

"Looting" vs. "Finding"

So.....it would appear that African Americans are "looters," while White Amercians are "finders of bread and soda."

The argument has been made that taking staples like milk and bread isn't considered looting, but taking non-essentials like DVD players and stereos is. And I agree with that, but I'm not aware of the nutritional value in soda that makes it more 'essential' than beer.

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August 29, 2005

HOG Rally photos - Harleys Take Chattanooga

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August 24, 2005

shiny headed biker chick

One more in the 'shot from a moving vehicle' series...

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August 22, 2005

The REAL Gospel...it's not what you thought.

Nope...it's not that Jesus loves you, or that you can be saved from Hell, or even all that garbage about loving your enemy.

No, the true Gospel is that Fundies don't use the New King James Version.

Why else would the nice folks at Parkwood Baptist Church just outside of Greenville, SC think it was important enough to annouce to the world? (Notice the Center Justify formatting....that kind of attention to detail means it must be true.)

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Now, since there isn't a comma following the word "Fundamentalists" we must assume that the sentence is simply a conveyance of information, and not a directive. (Although the lack of an apostrophe in the word "dont" could indicate that they simply didn't order any of the interchangeable comma/apostrophe tiles.)

Hence, the intended reader must not be a Fundamentalist himself, but rather a random passerby who has not yet learned how to identify this strange species of Christian.

So, being the kind and generous souls that they are, this "Distinctly Different Southern Baptist Church" lets us know exactly what to expect from them...what is truly important.

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August 15, 2005

household critters - warning - potential cuteness hazard

You've been warned.

Julius

Tony and Phoebe

Callie and Tony

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August 12, 2005

Rocket Car on I-24

So I'm driving down 24 near Missionary Ridge when I pass this car.

Yeah. So your guess is as good as mine.

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August 10, 2005

on stem cells and silence

Why is it that people who are so against the idea of using embryonic stem cells for genetic research seem to be enigmatically silent on the issue of in vitro fertillization, which is the process that actually creates this multitude of unusable embryos?

Do they want to avoid upsetting parents of children born from in vitro? Do they not want to seem callous towards parents who can't conceive any other way?

In an ideal world, I would be against both in vitro fertillization and embryonic stem cell research. However, the embryos exist, and they can either be thrown away, or used to make sick people well.

Sometimes our choices put us into a situation where there is no right answer, and we are left with the frightening responsibility of hurting the fewest people possible.

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