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By Dave Hitt on Jun 29, 2012 in Religion | 18 Comments
Note: This is a longish post written for ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses. It probably won’t interest anyone else. There are three phases to escaping Jehovah’s Witnesses. The first happens while you’re still in the cult but having doubts, doubts that are accompanied by the fear of what will happen if you leave and are suddenly cut off […]
By Dave Hitt on Jun 13, 2012 in Bad Business, Big Brother, Political Correctness, Politics | 0 Comments
Despite earning world-wide scorn for his plan to outlaw large sodas in New York City, little mayor Bloomberg evidently plans on going through with it. (P. J. O’Rourke said he wants to outlaw any drink that’s taller than he is.) And although thinking people are appalled, there are plenty of slobbering sycophants cheering him on. The […]
By Dave Hitt on May 31, 2012 in Religion | 21 Comments
It usually requires some time and research to determine the crazy/evil level of any particular cult, and most people don’t care enough to put in the effort. Fortunately, Jehovah’s Witnesses just made it a lot easier to assess their crazy/evil level with the release of two cheesy videos designed to indoctrinate their children. They both […]
By Dave Hitt on May 21, 2012 in Politics | 1 Comment
We’re going to take a vote on what we’ll have for dinner. Your first choice is a giant, steaming plate of dog turds. Your second choice is a different giant steaming plate of dog turds. As Americans, you are encouraged to debate before voting. You can point out that one stack leans a bit more […]
By Dave Hitt on May 19, 2012 in Politics | 1 Comment
Yesterday the local newspaper, The Times Union, printed my letter to the editor. They subjected it to some slightly clumsy editing. They mucked up a couple sentences, added a pair of spurious quotation marks and changed my signature “for the childreeeeeeeen” phrase to the less interesting “for the children.” But they didn’t alter the essence […]
By Dave Hitt on May 8, 2012 in Big Brother, Politics | 0 Comments
We stopped SOPA/PIPA, a bill that would have broken the internet, with a huge effort that included shutting down major sites and minor ones (like this one), creating an uproar that congress was afraid to ignore. But we know it was only a temporary victory and some new version if it will be back with […]
By Dave Hitt on May 2, 2012 in Amusing | 1 Comment
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