Politics

1. Abed on Community is my favorite character on TV today.
2. This article is worth reading: The Rage Is Not About Health Care.

This one has been sitting in my drafts for a while now. Greta Christina wrote a couple months ago about being an atheist in the LGBT community, and gay in the atheist community:

In a lot of ways, I think the atheist movement today is very much where the queer movement was in the early '70s -- newly visible, newly vocal, pissed off as hell, still finding its voice, just beginning to gain real strength.

Oh, Rick Warren. You're quite a mensch, huh.

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blockquote>However, an investigation into Warren’s involvement in Africa reveals a web of alliances with right-wing clergymen who have sidelined science-based approaches to combating AIDS in favor of abstinence-only education. More disturbingly, Warren’s allies have rolled back key elements of one of the continent’s most successful initiative, the so-called ABC program in Uganda. Read more »

The polls in DC open at 7 AM, so I got to the polling place at about 5:45 to make sure I could get through there quickly and get into work. There were already about 15 people there, including a few on lawn chairs or folding stools. By the time the doors opened, there were probably about 300 people behind me.

The voting part only took about 15 minutes. Read more »

Sometimes, I feel like I'm having an ideological war with myself.

Half of me is the capitalist. I want nice things. I want enough money in the bank so that I never need to think about it, so I can buy gadgets and the occasional plane tickets without having to worry about the impact on my budget. I want to be able to go out for dinner and drinks with friends whenever I feel like it.

The other half is sort of a socialist. I want everyone to get fair wages. I want everyone to receive the health care they need. Read more »