The Eternal Gaijin

Pharyngula points out that this is what they say to each other when they think others can't listen in. The self-righteous in politics know no bounds of decency and logic. Witness this jerkwad who doesn't acknowledge the existence of modern recording equipment. Notice it's not just an anti-gay rant. It's inherently intolerant of other religions, races, and to an implied extent democracy itself. Oh, and just so I'm fair, I'm not that impressed when it's Democrats who talk values and hire hookers . The thing I hate is hypocrisy.

The slow drift towards theocracy in the US is of concern to all of us. With so many people in a slow orbit around the States, beholden culturally and economically, the influence is pernicious and destructive. The ongoing resurgence in creationism is a worry to anyone who values a search for the truth rather than mere truthiness; who values inquiry rather than dogma; who values freedom with its attendant risks rather than a safe, stultifying oppression of questionably good intentions. Recently myself and a few other bloggers came under fire from the giving, generous, meek and mild over at ChristianGovernment.ca. The folks at Christian Government are scary-creepy whack-a-doodles in the American mold, all the fire and bluster of any number of social regressives. Their stated goal is a Christian based government for Canada, a thought that frankly gives me chills. It's often wrapped in meaningless comments like this: Christianity advances a federalist model of civil government: Christ...

Link to Boing Boing's article on the Washington state ballot initiative requiring married couples to have children. -- From: The Eternal Gaijin Lost Somewhere in Wandsworth, London "Words Cannot Describe What I Am About To Tell You."