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By Dave Hitt on Sep 1, 2012 in Atheism, Political Correctness | 29 Comments
I visit the Free Thought Blogs network from time to time, mostly to read one blog I like. While there, I usually click on another blog or two. Most of the writers are very long-winded. Â They fill pages and pages without presenting any new ideas or expressing old ideas in new or interesting ways. Their […]
By Dave Hitt on Aug 7, 2012 in Personal Adventures | 1 Comment
Kyria Abrams, a very funny writer and performer, posted a FB link to this article from a blog I hadn’t seen before. The author was dealing with something all artists experience – harsh negative criticism about his art – in this case an album he had released. In theory, we should be able to adopt the […]
By Dave Hitt on Aug 6, 2012 in Big Brother | 4 Comments
Recently Michelle Obama visited Mars Inc. and bitched about the size of their candy bars. She insisted that they reduce their standard size bars, which contain 280 calories, to 250 calories, a number she pulled out of her first-lady butt. She also asked them to stop making king size candy bars. What they should have […]
By Dave Hitt on Jul 28, 2012 in Personal Adventures, Politics | 1 Comment
When some of your ideas and opinions are out of the mainstream one of the biggest impediments to presenting them can be people who are on your side. For instance, you’re Smartenizing someone on the issue of Second Hand Smoke. You’re talking to an otherwise intelligent person who has succumbed to the endless hype and […]
By Dave Hitt on Jul 15, 2012 in Junk Science, Politics | 6 Comments
Hank Fox, The Blue Collar Atheist, took offence to my reference to Obama as LMO – Lord Messiah Obama. He crafted this blog post about it. Please read it before continuing with this article, which is my response. LMO is not really a reference to Obama; it refers to his more rabid followers, people who […]
By Dave Hitt on Jul 9, 2012 in Uncategorized | 1 Comment
Time for a break from the heavy stuff:  Here’s something to brighten your day. I stumbled on this while checking out the videos of Linda Dachtyl. As of this post it has less than 500 views, which is a shame. It’s great fun music, but what really makes this version shine is the attitude of […]
By Dave Hitt on Jul 1, 2012 in Politics | 3 Comments
So the Supremes have ruled that Big Brother can force us to buy things. Gee, what could possibly go wrong with that new power? And in forums and other discussion areas, when we point out that there is nothing in the constitution that allows that, the responses from the Big Brother fanboys would be amusing […]