"I'm in the same boat you are.  Should get my license in the mail in the next month.  I actually list myself on facebook as a "secular humanist jew," but that's really more for family reasons.  I'm guessing…"

"The sad part is we're all gonna vote for Obama again in the next election because even though he's turned out to be a great disappointment (guessing I'm not alone in that assessment), he's going to be better than the alternative."

"it is.   http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=people-only-use-10-percent-of-brain"

"no, not really."

"if it were really just a matter of available energy, then i'd have to think, that, considering the obesity epidemic we're going through, energy isn't exactly something in short supply and a limiting factor."

"Uhm... while yes, that does violate the 4th amendment, everything you mentioned has absolutely nothing to do with free speech."

"What does the Patriot Act have to do with the 1st Amendment?"

"Part of free speech can be making a nuisance of yourself at a family's grief. Hell, just telling someone we're atheist's risks doing that because we're telling believers (implicitly or not) that their loved ones didn't climb…"