Traipsing Further Down The Gutter | Dogwhistles At The #CNNDebate

These 2012 GOP Primary Debates are getting more and more difficult to watch.  Each time one comes on, I feel like I’m solely responsible for keeping the Sam Adams Brewery afloat. Tonight’s debate was full of dogwhistles of not only the racial, but evangelical kind.  It’s becoming more and more obvious that the current crop of candidates, with perhaps the exception of Jon Huntsman, who...

With My Own Eyes | Visiting #OccupyPhoenix

It amazes me that today marks the one month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street.  What started out as New Yorker’s response to the rabid, unchecked greed of the financial sector and the polluting influence of corporate money in our political system has now grown to occupy movements all over the US.  A global call for Occupy protests on October 15th was answered by people in over 700 cities in over 70...

Interfaith Group PACT Joins #OWS | Divests From Wells Fargo

At a press conference yesterday, interfaith community group PACT announced that it is ending a 15 year relationship with Wells Fargo to protest their unfair and discriminatory foreclosure practices and their unwillingness to work with community members to save their homes. Not to be outdone, Most Holy Trinity Church is also divesting its funds for both the parish and parish schools from Bank of America and...

Atheist Dresses As Zombie Muhammad, Gets Attacked By Muslim Bystander

Atheists are pointing to the attack as an attack on free speech and “of how violence is often used in the attempt to silence unbelievers“. I do not condone this guy getting his tail kicked. That being said, in this country you are free to say what you will, but you are not free from the consequences of said speech. The Parading Atheists of Central Pennsylvania (PACP) recently won a challenge to...

An Invitation To The Tea Party To Join #OWS

Dear Tea Party, I am writing you today to extend an olive branch.  I know you and I haven’t gotten along at all, but perhaps the time has come to put your behind in the past and give this a fresh start. First off, I want to thank you for saying things, pushing policies, and supporting politicians that have enraged a large percentage of the nation.  You see, you’ve finally pushed a great deal of us...