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Report: Everyone to be Comically Tasered by Year 2015
PORTLAND, Maine - A new report from the Wolfrum Alpha Resource Center states that every man, woman and child will be tasered at least once by the year 2015. Most of the taserings will be quite comical. “Soon, we’ll reach a point where everyone w...
Gay Equality will help make "Life, Liberty & Pursuit of Happiness" less of a joke
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” _________ That the United States ...
Gay Rights Now!!! (right after we solve all the world\'s other problems)
Growing up in this great nation of ours, I was taught to have great pride in the freedoms America has bestowed upon its citizens. I learned of the brave Americans who heroically fought to acquire these freedoms, and today I still swell with pride thi...
Some blasphemous free speech before UN, U.S. & Egypt decide it\'s a \'Misused Freedom\'
At the United Nations recently, the Obama Administration joined Egypt in presenting a non-binding resolution to in the U.N. Human Rights Council to protect the freedoms of peoples around the world. The resolution is A/HRC/12/L.14/Rev.1 [PDF] and titl...
Martin Eisenstadt mocks me - so I leak his book
As the world’s foremost expert on Martin Eisenstadt, I’ve done quite a bit of snooping around to learn more about his upcoming book, “One Man’s Wildly Inapproriate Adventures with the Last Republicans.” Now, first of all, the title of the b...
Official Who Denies Interracial Marriage Lets Black People Use His Bathroom
Just because Louisiana Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwell refuses to let interracial couples marry doesn't mean that he's a racist. He just doesn't believe in "mixing the races that way," which raises the question, in what way does he believe in mix...
Oklahoma law to hold men accountable for sperm "holocaust"
OKLAHOMA CITY - A new law set to come into effect on Nov. 1, will require all men in Oklahoma to reveal personal details regarding every sperm that they murder. “Every year in Oklahoma, a googolplex of sperm die lonely deaths inside socks, in showe...
I’m heterosexual - and, wow, do I have a lot of rights
My friends, I have long withheld this information, as I’ve long believed that my sexuality is no one’s business but my own. However, after seeing recent studies and news reports, I believe that now is the perfect time to come forward and admit w...
Not About Polanski
In 1977, a publicly-admired man committed a violent crime against a woman, and the actual events are not in dispute. Between his arrest and his sentencing, the man fled the United States and settled in France. Decades later, the French strenuously re...
When is sexual discrimination wrong?
I know, your first thought is ALWAYS. Bear with me, however, as I examine the edge cases. What qualifies as an edge case will vary from person to person, I imagine. Starting with the most extreme case that is so extreme it's hard to imagine it being ...
Libertarians and Immigration
A question that's been eating at me for a while: Why do libertarians object to illegal immigrants? Perhaps there are libertarians who do not, who extend their principles to encompass newcomers and their liberty to live and work where they please, wit...
Moment of Silence For the Victims of the 9/11 Attacks
Today I was at a meeting of a particular state commission. We met in a police station. On the way to this meeting, I listened to a radio account by one father of a son who died as a first responder eight years ago today in New York City. He t...
The right to choose death
Most of us here at Dagblog probably support a sane person's right to choose to terminate his/her life (although we would likely try to talk a friend/family member out of it if no sufferering was involved). What about those of questionable sanity? I'v...
What will we do for the next three weeks?
Compare and contrast. Louisiana Republican Sen. David Vitter (whose job it is to enact legislation): "I have a fundamental problem with any 1,000-page bills." The Daily Show's Jon Stewart (whose job it is to make us laugh): "I've read the bill." Ste...
Obama Disappoints Again ... Health Care Reform Likely to Lose its Public Option
Boy, what a disappointment. According to published reports, the Obama administration is willing to give up a plan to create a government-run health insurance company - the so-called 'public option' - in order to get some sort of reform passed. Instea...
Twist and Shout: Why the Politics of Rage Makes Me Want to Cry
"...it is a tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing" I was livid when I first saw video from the health care town hall meeting that took place last week in my hometown St. Louis. I had already seen enough similar footag...
Stupid Arguments About Cancer and the Value of Human Life
In the current debate about health care reform, one frequent target of critical scorn is the supposed profusion of unnecessary tests to detect cancer, and unnecessary treatments of cancer. On a related note, proponents of rationing (which I think o...
Shouting About Race, Or, Barbarians At the Gates-Crowley Incident
I'm a white guy, for whatever that matters. I grew up in a nearly all-white suburb. I spent three years in a very racially diverse community (Cambridge and Somerville, Mass) to get my professional training. Now I live in a large, substantially...
Congress to spend $100,000 to engrave "In God We Trust" at visitor's center
Last week, the House of Representatives voted 410-8 to spend nearly $100,000 to engrave "In God We Trust" and the Pledge of Allegiance at the Capitol Visitor Center. The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation Inc. immediately sued to stop t...
Health care cost crisis - how about some comparison shopping?
Our own Orlando yesterday posted an unbelievably tragic story regarding her mother and how our health care system completely failed her and her family. It's a powerful tale, one whose basic premise unfortunately could probably be told by way too many...
