{"id":479,"date":"2010-04-14T22:17:32","date_gmt":"2010-04-15T03:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/?p=479"},"modified":"2010-04-14T22:17:32","modified_gmt":"2010-04-15T03:17:32","slug":"cullings-from-the-edge-of-the-web","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/2010\/04\/cullings-from-the-edge-of-the-web\/","title":{"rendered":"Cullings from the Edge of the Web"},"content":{"rendered":"

14 April 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

Evidently, there’s a big wide world out there in cyberspace. Today, in particular, I found – and was shown – a few amazing sites on the ol’ WWW:<\/p>\n

First off, check this out: The Miracle of Transubstantiation<\/a>. After finding this from another site I was visiting, I forwarded this on to two of my co-workers; one came over to my desk and said: “I’m not religious, but I even find that offensive.” He then shrugged and said something about it being an accurate depiction of what Catholics must believe.<\/p>\n

Second: Does anyone want to go in on a case of Sink the Bismarck<\/a> with me? As the world’s most alcoholic beer, the price tag is a little steep and, anyway, if I drank the whole case myself, I don’t think I’d ever wake up again. Or maybe we could just share a bottle of Tactical Nuclear Penguin.<\/p>\n

Third: This was one awesome short film<\/a>. At 2.5 minutes, I actually wish it was longer, which, I think, is about the highest praise a person can give to a film. Heck, I even stuck around to watch the credits.<\/p>\n

Fourth: I had no idea Mike Huckabee was such an asshole.<\/a> I mean, I knew he was super-conservative, and I knew he was a man of faith, but I didn’t know he was also stupid. What a dangerous combination. Let’s just look at a few of his points:<\/p>\n

He says: “There are people who believe in polygamy, should we accommodate them?”<\/p>\n

I say: Sure. Why not? All of his favorite bible characters (Abraham, Jacob, David) were polygamists, so what’s the problem? If a man wants to have two wives – or more – that’s just fine with me. I would add, however, that the arrangement must be consensual for all, so that the existing wife\/wives must agree to the addition of new a new wife and, essentially, they would all be married to each other.<\/p>\n

He says: “The burden of proving that a gay marriage can be successful rests with the activists in favor of changing the law.”<\/p>\n

I say: Bullshit, asshole. Heterosexuals are under no compulsion to prove their marriage will be successful upon applying for a license to marry. And, in fact, half of them are not successful. Or maybe Huckabee is in favor of banning divorce?<\/p>\n

He says: “I do not believe we should change the traditional view of marriage.”<\/p>\n

I say: Why not? We change it all the time. Back when Huckabee’s favorite book was written, the traditional view was that polygamy was okay. So were child brides. In this country, interracial marriage was once prohibited. Does Huckabee feel we should criminalize interracial marriages and nullify such existing marriages?<\/p>\n

Lastly, here’s a great video a co-worker sent my way this morning<\/a>. Sagan never fails to inspire, and here his words are set first to thought-provoking imagery of the Earth’s place in space, and then to movie clips that demonstrate the expanse, beauty, and insignificance of the human struggle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

14 April 2010 Evidently, there’s a big wide world out there in cyberspace. Today, in particular, I found – and was shown – a few amazing sites on the ol’ WWW: First off, check this out: The Miracle of Transubstantiation. After finding this from another site I was visiting, I forwarded this on to two […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":481,"href":"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479\/revisions\/481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}