Fires today, fireworks before

Thank God and Bush we're protected from those Islamic/Buddhist/Christian/Freemason/Gnostic/Taoist home-grown would be broke terrorists.

EFF - The high-tech ACLU.

VF - The War They Wanted, The Lies They Needed

The despicable and dangerous thug and intimidation tactics of the Far Right go Right Internet Mainstream .

The Christian Bible and the Homosexual - It speaks of homosexual acts only when they are part of sacred prostitution, idolatry, promiscuity, seducing children, rape, or violating hospitality.

One More Article Explaining That The Bible Does Not Condemn Homosexuality

I was reading Thinking Christian on the Houston Chronicle reader blogs until it was clear he was not a good thinker but was more unthinking and literalist.

19 Republican senators voted for amnesty for killers and torturers of Americans including Texas Senator John Cornyn.

VIDEO: Expert calls passages in Coulter's 'Godless' book 'textbook plagiarism'

Report by 142 U.S. non-governmental organizations alleges serious human rights violations by the United States

Mexico Presidential Election Ballots Found in Dump

Death could clear Lay's record and stop penalties.

Olbermann beats O'Reilly in Friday ratings

Big debate tonight and someone not part of the losing democratic consultantocracy gets profiled.

"Big Oil, I'm coming after you" and at the bottom of the page, "What I mean by consultantocracy."

There were good fireworks in Pasadena and we could also barely see the Deer Park longer show a bit later from where we watched. Lots of mosquitoes out, it was good Bill gave us a can of Deep Woods Off before going out. I would have liked to have seen patriotic or political speeches in the 3 hours we spent at the convention center. Saw Leroy Stanley and I talked about how the Texas Attorney General is now going after those who "assist" voters with mail-in ballots (hint, hint). Also saw the head of Habitat for Humanity Pasadena. Could have talked with more of the local Pasadena politicians and big-wigs but they were in a "reserved seating section" which Pat refused to go in. I would have walked right in and talked to people I knew but Pat indicated she wasn't invited so should stand outside in solidarity with the riff-raff.

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