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Donald R Barbera's Blog – August 2012 Archive (4)

Intelligent Design vs. The Great Karnak!

Intelligent Design?

I did something I rarely do at a debate—I lost my temper. Normally, I can let ignorance roll like water from a duck’s back, but sometimes there are such stunning and dazzling displays of dunce-hood that make it hard to catch…

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Added by Donald R Barbera on August 23, 2012 at 8:56am — 8 Comments

Off Side and Holding

In general, when it comes to women I am slow to recognize any signal even when as obvious as a stick in the eye. Being the typical dumb guy, that any woman would turn me down registered as a clear sign that I wasn't trying hard enough. After a woman told me, "I think you're an ass with no common sense.…

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Added by Donald R Barbera on August 7, 2012 at 4:28pm — 9 Comments

Chicken Little and Gay Skys

My heyday came and went years ago. It was a time when people were in the streets protesting the fat cats, the Vietnam War, and politicians. We were empowered to scare the shit out my father's generation that wanted everything to go back to the "Good Old Days." It didn't, at least temporarily. Now many of those that dodged the draft because of rich families have become the fat cats, the war mongers and politicians. Perhaps, that is merely the way of the world as the dregs always seem to make… Continue

Added by Donald R Barbera on August 3, 2012 at 5:51pm — 14 Comments

Let Me Drive the Hearse

Most people grant religion far more respect than befits it. Over the centuries, the claims of religionists have proved to be not only false, but blatantly superstitious distortions, unsubstantiated myth and totally lacking in reason or logic. Mighty gods perished along with their policies and prayers long ago now holding less significance than a microbe.

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Added by Donald R Barbera on August 2, 2012 at 7:53pm — 4 Comments