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Yes, I am talking about the drug and its dangers. BBC.com released a story about a man who had taken 40,000 tablets of ecstasy over the course of 9 years. He’s alive, probably feeling love’s absence, but otherwise he’s ok. In those quantities, you’d think he had some horror stories to tell, right? In 9 years, he collapsed 3 times and now suffers from mild, short-term memory loss. Yeah, that’s a killer drug you’ve got there. 

Memory loss, I know someone suffering from that goes by the name, Hamish if I’m not mistaken. I went out for the sole purpose of mailing a letter 3 times today without ever putting the damn thing in the box. There were excuses, of course. Twice I ran into people I knew and then the third time I got hungry, but with that kind of memory loss you might expect I’ve been a heavy abuser of the Love Drug. No, never tried it. Moving on. 

Let’s talk quantity. What can you have 40,000 of that will probably harm or kill you? Make a little list, it’s fun. Well, if you do this exercise, it’s going to be a much longer list than you’d expect. Bring extra paper. If you took 40,000 aspirin over 9 years then your blood would be too thin to keep in a glass jar. If you ate 40,000 cheese burgers (more than 5 a day for 20 years) hardened artery would became an airborne illness. The “Super Size Me” guy nearly keeled over after a month. 

I’m not saying, “Hey let’s go take ecstasy!” But maybe we should consider reclassifying that specific drug. It originated as a medication for treating troubled relationships. Let’s consider using it for that again because what we use now (church and alcohol) doesn’t always do such a hot job. 

 

It’s official. Studies show that praying for heart patients does not increase their chance of recovery, but slightly increases the number of complications. Already, some of you are getting queezy because you think I’ll spin it negetively, but trust me that at hamishdee.com we love and accept all peoples and faiths, even if they’re wrong and make your heart explode.

I suspect that the scheme was the brain child of an intelligent design think tank because a reputable scientist or religious leader wouldn’t waste their time. People should agree that science should stay in one room and religion in another. If the two start meeting in the foyer it will just lead to wild rumors, and the people who know little about either will just be confused.

Let me sum up their relationship: Science does not put God in the equation because the study of science does not respond to authority. Science does not exclude God because it is not their place to presume, but scientists do tend to get chips on their shoulders because they are constantly harrassed by idiots calling them demonologists. The most popular forms of monotheism say nothing is outside of God, so science too is within God and is the interpretation of God’s message sent by means of nature. For instance, global warming is God’s way of telling us to walk to work, etc.

Ok, so you did a study in an attempt to combine science and religion, and you got little or no effect. Assuming everything was done correctly what can we conclude? If you don’t believe in God then here’s further evidence, congrats. If you do believe in the Maker then maybe it’s His way of saying, “I’m beyond comprehension, so stop trying to take measurements, buster!”

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It’s not in my habit to criticize charitable organizations, but I’ve just heard of a group called Operation Smile who funds cosmetic surgery for physically deformed people in the 3rd world. I’m not convinced that because they’re doing something for the poverty-stricken masses that the practice is any less superficial. In fact, I’d go so far as to say they are giving people who would likely become beggers the option of becoming prostitutes, instead.

Admittedly, there are going to be hit and miss success stories, but this sounds very much like a unfocused, liberal, Hollywood agenda. Take the charity’s spokesperson, Jessica Simpson. I’m not up on the latest celebrity gossip, but I would venture a guess that she’s had a little work done herself. And while I’m not sure if she has an eating disorder, there are plenty of young, teen anorexics who want to fit into their Daisy Dukes. On the flipside of the coin, there’s the 3rd world. True, there are hordes of involuntary anorexics, but many people purposefully starve themselves here, so no big deal, right? The problem is they are ugly, painfully so. Somewhere in the back of our minds, we know that deformity and disease increase with malnourishment and poor sanitation that thrive because of merciless treatment by the decadent west. But that’s just one step away from taking responsibilty, and then suddenly you’re your own worst enemy. We need to attack this scene with a little airbrushing. The donor to the cause, knowing that they cannot feed these people can at least make them easier to look at. Only working together can we make a carpet big enough to sweep all of the dirt under.

 Here’s a better solution for every meal an anorexic skips they pay for a meal someone else didn’t get to have. Either that, or fess up to what you’re doing by sending these poor, deformed souls a smiley face mask because who are they they to put our consciences at risk?

See: John Callahan

Interesting news coming out of Kansas these days. Apparently, a certain Rev. Phelps has been making a name for himself by showing up at the funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq to protest their involvement in a war that protects a country that defends homosexuality. CNN

I read the article a few times, and I’m still dubious of my own summary, but there you have it. Of course, the repercussions of this should be obvious to everyone, but forgive me if I restate them. The religious right now claims the broadest and most ineffectual, political agenda, not the liberals. Don’t get me wrong liberalism is still broad and ineffectual, but they can’t match the circular combative nature of this group. So I bow to his clownship, Rev. Phelps.

I counted 4 concurrent reasons that the argument is misguided, but tell me if you find more. What I want to point out is that if you protested with a sign that says, “Death to Americn Soldeirs” then you’d be on a one way steamship to Guntanamo, but if you say, “Thank God for Dead Solders” (actual protest banner)  it’s somehow excused.