Oil Kleptocrat of State; Un-Education Secretary of No-Brainer

Dear U.S. Senators, Please vote no on the nomination of Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State. Exxon Mobil is a global criminal enterprise for the way they have delayed climate action and exacerbated climate change. This is a cynical man who will make America's foreign policy focused on extracting oil and causing wars. Future generations will not forgive the destruction we have caused when we let oil companies run our country and delay us from creating a more sustainable world. Also, from a political perspective, what type of resistance do you think you will be giving the Trump agenda when you green light his picks? Do you think the Republicans will be grateful for your support and your vote? Do you think they will respond in kind and support your issues? Very naive. Have you seen what they did to President Obama? Please follow the lead of your fellow Senator Bernie Sanders. He is showing true leadership in a time of crisis. Also, vote no on Betsy De Vos, the nominee for Education Secretary who wants to privatize our public education system, and create a Christian curriculum that violates the separation of church and state and would be anti-science and anti-climate. We need a secular, science-based curriculum that can help us stop climate change! Please be strong and give hope to progressives!

Supreme Court Justice Monty Python's decision in Hobby Lobby

The recent Hobby Lobby court decision is reminiscent of Monty Python in more ways than one. The first, most obvious connection is "Every Sperm is Sacred." Wow, I just watched that again for the first time in 15 or 20 years. Hilarious, but also sad in the sense that there is now a 19 and counting show on TV, and 5 Supreme Court Justices and Rick Santorum would not understand the humor. They take it seriously, and they are kind of mindless drones that had (mis)interpreted some ancient biblical text and then decided to ignore all the ramifications in the real world. Ignoring the fact that there is now no need for unwanted babies when we have modern medical understanding and technology, and denying the access to that for primarily low-income families is just cruel, and that cruelty is ironic considering the holier-than-thou stance that the 5 Supremes and their religious allies take. The ruling also follows Monty Python logic. If corporations are people (if she weighs the same as a duck), then corporations need religious freedom (then she's made of wood), therefore they can deny covering contraceptives (so she floats), and can ignore laws when they feel like it (and is therefore...a witch!! Burn her!!). The parallel is uncanny. And just as Monty Python refers to the "laws of science" when the witch is taken away to be burned, these Supreme Court justices will say they are being originalist, and rail against liberals who want to ban assault weapons. Just goes to show that folks will think anything is logical if they can string any set of words together one after the other.