Don Quixokie

The New Testament. Not for the reasons you would normally think however. If you want to argue with Christians, you have to steal their thunder. Know exactly what it was that Christ said and try to understand why. Christ rocked. Also know that most Christians justify their bigotry, misogyny, and homophobia by what Paul of Tarsus said. Remember that Paul was not Christ. At his core, despite the fact that he had grasped the nature of love, he was still a Pharisee. One of the group who had maneuvered the Romans into having  Christ  executed. Also the Book of Ecclesiastes, Old Testament. Ordinarily grim reading, but try to read it with the following formula in mind. If sorrow is the price of wisdom, then sorrow is its down payment. Wisdom ameliorates pain. Pain comes whether or not you are trying to learn something. I go into that some in Valentine for Nihilists. Tao te Ching - by Lao Tzu The original book of Taoism. It may seem difficult to grasp initiall...

Such interesting times with all of these Tea Partier in their tricorn hats and patting themselves on the back for be being such strict Constitutionalists. So dedicated to the vision that Founding Fathers had for our nation. Purportedly.  Never mind that they had to fight a civil war to give freedom to the slaves and add the fourteenth Amendment. These Tea Partiers are so very dedicated to our Constitution. Until of course they decide that it's inconvenient and decide that they need to start cutting parts out because, clearly, the Founding Fathers never intended for Mexicans to cross the border and drop their litters on American soil. Its not like the Founding Fathers were really all that or that the Constitution is a sacred document or anything. So, just to be clear, a strict Constitutionalists is someone who is adamant that the Constitution is a document that should be amended for political (the removal of the 14th Amendment to deny citizenship for child born on American so...