Monthly Archives: January 2009

Jesus is the answer…

WTF was the question? The Atheist Foundation of Australia (AFA) are currently asking people to be on the lookout for any religious adverts; particularly on buses, billboards, or other media managed by APN. Here’s a sample taken on the Pacific … Continue reading

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Filed under atheism, Atheist Bus Campaign, jesus, politics

Why Darwin Matters

I’m currently reading “Why Darwin Matters” by Michael Shermer, whilst at the same time trying to follow the comments on Jacks blog. A ‘debate’ involving, amongst other things,  evolution, while people still debate this is beyond me (though Shermer gives … Continue reading

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Has Obama’s pen run dry?

Obama has only been in office a few hours and he’s already signed two executive orders and three presidential memoranda. At this rate his pen will run dry very soon. Those orders and memoranda cover: Freezing salaries of White House … Continue reading

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Obama’s Inauguration Speech

The good, the bad and the ugly. My little take on Obama’s inauguration speech, just quoting some of the things he said that I liked or otherwise. Good Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on … Continue reading

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Win or Lose

It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game. Then again, even if you lose you can still proclaim that you won. Just ask Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniya, who announced on Sunday the war with … Continue reading

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Oh the Shame, Oh the Shame

Australia is really starting to look stupid, or more to the point APN are looking like anti ‘free speech’ advocates. Now the Canadians are planning an Atheist Bus Campaign! At this rate Australia will be the only country on the … Continue reading

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Comment Moderation – this is why

Like a lot of blogs I get my fair share of people that don’t like what I write and sometimes leave comments that are inappropriate or are personal attacks. I don’t worry too much about these and don’t generally censor … Continue reading

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Atheist Bus Campaign – Italian Style

Now the Italians have got involved in an atheist bus campaign. For those of you that can read Italian: http://www.uaar.it/uaar/campagne/bus/ For smucks like me that can only read English, here’s googles attempt at translating the above page: http://translate.google.com.au/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uaar.it%2Fuaar%2Fcampagne%2Fbus%2F&sl=it&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 By the … Continue reading

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Atheist Bus Campaign

The UK Atheist Bus Campaign was mentioned on the ABC TV news tonight. The article even discussed how there had been an attempt to have an Atheist Bus Campaign in Australia which had failed. For those like me that missed … Continue reading

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Oh, I’m Annoyed Alright

I’m annoyed when I read flagrantly inflammatory antagonistic headlines like this: Atheists annoyed by inaugural oath The article discusses how, quite rightly, some people want the words “So help me God’’ removed from Barak Obama’s inauguration oath. As anyone with … Continue reading

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