"Tubes" Senator Being Investigated For Corruption

DragonTHC writes "Senator Ted Stevens, Republican of Alaska, is being investigated in a federal corruption probe that has implicated his son Ben. Part of the case involves a fishing co-op whose members allegedly paid Ben Stevens $500,000 to get a federal bailout from his father." The other Alaskan senator, also a Republican, is under a cloud as well.

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Re:we need to call BS on "small government"

[mrsbrisby]

About 85% of the population considers themselves Christian

Oddly enough, about 85% of the population thinks that 90% of those who self-identify as christian aren't.

People can refer to themselves as christian only when they want to confuse people about what they believe, because those who call themselves christian believe wildly different things.

Christians are in the minority. The batshit loony always have been. Some believe in a zombie overlord that eats sins, and others believe in a definition of "love" that turns women's heads into salt. The guy who thinks wrapping his feet in wax paper prevents satan from controlling him isn't any less crazy- just necessarily less functional.

This country wasn't founded by christians, but by humanists. The only thing that christians have in common is hate; some hate jews, some hate women, some hate other people that call themselves christian. Christians couldn't create something as awesome as America: only destroy it.

Now that's not entirely true: There are a few people who call themselves christian who think that all they're doing is believing in something, and that how can that be bad? They are in the super minority: They're crazy enough to have an irrational belief, but not so crazy that they feel like hurting other people who lack that irrational belief.