Declaring my allegiance
One sentiment that pisses me off to no end, and reached a head yesterday afternoon, can be summarized as this: If you aren’t willing to recite the pledge ...
Author: Kenneth Ballard
Love it or leave it
It seems according to some conservatives that if you don’t like the pledge of allegiance, then in actuality you don’t like the United States and are...
God *is* allowed in public schools
If you’re on Facebook, chances are you’ve seen someone post this to their wall: A dog had followed his owner to school. His owner was a fourth grade...
Get married, live longer?
Being someone who is not married – though I’ve been engaged for six years! – I see online a lot of articles discussing marriage. And there’s a good ...
Rejecting God: Why are atheists so hated?
On YouTube is an atheist named darkmatter2525. About two weeks ago he posted a video called “The Real God: An Epiphany” (see below), in which he arg...
Gabrielle Giffords
Over the past couple years I’ve discovered that I hold quite a few points of view that are unpopular. Well herein I’m about to express another, and ...
Amending the Constitution
A columnist on Yahoo! recently posted a list of 7 ways Governor Rick Perry (R-TX) would like to change the Constitution. Of those seven, only two are ones with ...
Overturning a “Not guilty” verdict
This is one delusion that needs to be nipped in the bud. Plenty of people are under the delusion that a judge can overturn a “not guilty” verdict re...
Crossbeams
On September 11, 2001, the United States was attacked when hijackers crashed two commercial airliners into the “twin towers”: One and Two World Trad...
Creating Jobs 101
In the current unemployment climate, the one piece of empty rhetoric you constantly hear is "creating jobs": "Obama created jobs" "Bush...