Burning sea turtles alive in the Gulf - or - How could this get worse?

Now we can add torticide (ok, made-up) to the list of atrocites BP is committing on a regular basis.  THIS from the Raw Story about how they're burning sea turtles ALIVE in the controled burns.  Sad
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Republicans behind Joe Barton APOLOGIZE TO BP for making them pay for thier crime

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Some notable quotables to keep in mind when considering your god or mine.

I feel like a bit of a rant today, but rather than use my own words, let's look to some Founding Fathers, some church leaders, some great thinkers of the last, oh, few thousand years:

"The most detestable wickedness, the most horrid cruelties, and the greatest miseries that have afflicted the human race have their origin in this thing called revelation, or revealed religion…Of all the systems of religion that ever were invented, there is none more derogatory to the Almighty, more unedifying to man, more repugnant to itself, than this thing called Christianity...My mind is my own church."
-Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason (1794):


“In no instance have . . . the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.”
-James Madison


"History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes"


“Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burned, tortured, fined, and imprisoned, yet we have not advanced one inch toward uniformity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half of the world fools and the other half hypocrites.”
-Thomas Jefferson

"Lighthouses are more helpful then churches."
-Benjamin Franklin

Barbara Ehrenreich on the perils of self-delusion and the cult of positive thought

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Rick and Bubba surprise no one with thier ignorant faith-fuled hatred

When this kind of blind faith-fueled hatred and misinformation hits millions of willing blood-thirsty ears, I get nervous. Should you be so moved, here are a few of the numbers for Rick and Bubba's largest sponsors -- call them and voice your feelings:

Vermont Teddy Bear (hilarious) 802-985-3001
FTD  800-736-3383
ServiceMagic.com 303-963-7200 (you can guess from the area code where they are)

Give 'em a call!  Be courteous. Be firm.

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Why Not?

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