Close of the day: 19 February 2009

Humor: surf to Evolved/Rational’s blog for a line drawing showing the difference between ordinary logic and fundie logic.

Coolness: Hat tip to Sandwalk for alerting us to this gem of a science ad

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Speaking of drawings and cartoons: the New York Post recently ran this cartoon:

This cartoon caused a bit of an uproar in liberal circles. (note: recently New York police officers had to shoot a pet chimp that had turned on its owner).

Frankly, I saw this as a “the stimulus bill was so bad that even a chimp could have written it” and nothing more than that. But others saw this as a racist slam on President Obama.

Ok, fair enough. But someone on the Daily Kos said that the outrage was a bit too much (and I agree; it was) and he got slammed for saying that; he was accused of living in “white privilege”, etc. But the guy who said that is African American!

Anyway, I feel this guy’s pain; from time to time I’ve been accused of “acting white”, “selling out to the man”, etc. for not being sufficiently outraged enough by a perceived slur, insult, etc. or for not making excuses for my lack of real accomplishment.

In fact, I was condemned for saying that my race has never held me back!

Oh well; we (liberals) are far from perfect.

Giving the Conservatives a Voice:

Here is a conservative video talking about the need for West Virginia to define marriage as being between “one man and one woman”.

Never mind their use of “god” is undermined by the fact that Biblical marriage was often plural and often included concubines.

Get a load of the sniper screen and of the whining about this issue somehow undermining religious liberty! (The liberty to do what: push your warped morals off on others?)

Hat tip: Right Wing Watch.

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