Indignant Desert Birds

Sunday Morning Reading Material Fourth Sunday in September 2011- Infinity and BeyondEdition

Posted on September 26th, 2011 by Punning Pundit

It’s Sunday ~~Morning~~ afternoon. Sundays are for taking care of a sick Girlfriend. Sundays are for celebrating a birthday. Sundays are for being semi-naked on Folsom street– despite the weather. Sundays are for working…

This week the states of Georgia and Texas murdered people in the name of their citizens. The man Georgia executed seems to have been innocent. The United States began allowing gay soliders to serve openly in the military. Saudi Arabia began the first steps towards allowing women to vote. And this week CERN proved that there is value to pure research.

In case the links I’ve provided this week aren’t to your taste, GameSpy has their best-of list. I’ve read most of the articles listed. They’re damned good.

The Republican party is the party of the rich and the white. The Democratic party is for people who are less rich and less white. Since Americans who are less rich and less white also tend to be less engaged with American civil society (being more likely to lack things like drivers licences or State IDs), voter ID laws make it harder for Democratic-leaning constituencies to vote. Which is why we ought not be surprised that such laws are being passed in the absence of voter fraud. The problem being solved isn’t voter fraud, but Democratic Voting.

This was as far as I got before we went to the hospital. It’s now Monday evening, and I’m heading back there (again) to keep her company.