Marty’s blog

Rick Warren, who the fuck do you think you are?!!  Where did you get idea that you were in any position to interrogate candidates for the presidency of the United States about their moral and religious attitudes?  You fucking self righteous, self promoting asshole!  And you, McCain, and you, Obama, kissing up to this pompous asshole!  You’re running [...]

What’s so hilarious about Pat Condell is not necessarily his lucid take on religion, combined with his articulate wit.  It’s the responses from a whole range of defenders of the religious world that is side-splitting.  From the nearly articulate, though seldom rational religious intellectuals (oops, an oxymoron there), to the stupid and inarticulate nutcases - [...]

Okay, Barack, you’re starting to lose some (a lot) of us who helped get you this far - and we’re not even at the convention yet!
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/1033299,obamafaith070108.article
We ain’t gonna vote Republican, but also sure ain’t gonna vote for a Democrat who’s starting to look like an evangelical. You’re starting to sound more and more like [...]

This is why Barack Obama needs to stay away from religion:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080624/ap_on_el_pr/rel_dobson_obama
Once you enter that arena there’s only a narrow chance of escape. Obama may be very smart, but it would help if he was a little wiser.
He should be looking right now for a way to exit the Colosseum. The religious tigers are hungry [...]

What do I see as the most objectionable thing about Michael Pfleger? That he is a leader and an great asset to his community? That he often puts his work above religion? That he has integrity? That he tells the truth, even though it is not always “politically correct, and the [...]

World’s Religious Leaders Meet at Vatican Food Summit
By Vatican correspondent, Myrna Hackman
Hosted by the Pope, religious leaders from around the world met last week at the Vatican.
Surrounded by the treasures of the Catholic Church’s wealth, acquired by doing God’s work throughout the world for centuries, the group discussed who should be blamed for the crises [...]

If you’ve never experienced migrating flocks of hundreds of Sandhill Cranes flying overhead, you’re missing one of Nature’s great spectacles. As they fill the sky, they fill the air with their incredible whooping and cackling as they look for places to stop over on their flight north to Canada.
The subspecies seen here in northern [...]

I’m paraphrasing something I heard someone say on TV tonight: “Without our knowledge of death, religion would disappear.”
We waste so much of the time we live on religion. It occupies so much of our lives, this death that we fear.
We even kill to retain that religion drug. That’s one of the ironies. If you don’t [...]

I’m listening to Mike Huckabee giving a speech and talking about “moral clarity”.
And he talks about changing the Constitution and “the sanctity of marriage”, etc.. Go and take a real critical look at the guy. I you’re not wary of him, then I’m wary of you.
It’s very worrysome. He sounds like a Nazi. Sorry to [...]

The Daily New Deal
Washington DC correspondent Marty Hackl
March 24, 2009
Then New President Busy at Work.
President Mike Hucakbee yesterday vetoed the latest S-CHIP bill revived by Congress in this new administration. Huckabee stated his reason for the veto: “When is this Liberal Congress going to get their priorities straightened out? If they pass my new ‘A [...]