"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty." Thomas Jefferson #ows

RT @ebertchicago: Christopher Hitchens disembowels Glenn Beck in Vanity Fair. http://j.mp/eIbqD0

"All human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret."
— Gabriel García Márquez

RT @crispysea: BIBLE = Big Irrelevant Book of Lies and Exaggerations?

@ms_librac @durandis Your god doesn't feed the hungry, he watches them starve. That fits my definition of an asshole.

#AtheistBecause the god everyone believes in is a lazy asshole.

RT @osborneink: Not ONE of the major anti-abortion groups supports contraceptive access. NOT ONE

RT @marylandmudflap: The world’s greatest golfer has died. RIP Kim Jong Il. (google it)

THIS--> RT @dominique_e_: #Haiti: 'An Anthropology of Structural Violence' lecture by Paul Farmer ['01, .pdf] http://bit.ly/gH4p1S via @m0ab

Nuclear meltdown: 20,000 Evacuated, Government Holds Emergency Meeting, Radiation 1000X Normal http://t.co/4K90w24 #Japan #Fukushima

@mexicanatheist =) my grandpa is an Olympic level racist. It's probably better he doesn't remember his liberal granddaughter w jungle fever.

Everyone should read this: RT @savagemike: Why #atheists are angry & why it's valid, valuable, & necessary: http://tumblr.com/xkwks6dfu

I hate how 'god' gets all the credit for the good in people's lives. I have a pretty amazing life without god, thanks anyway. #atheist

#ItsHandled: Meet the woman whose show broke Twitter w/ @kerrywashington & @oprah cc: @scandalabc (via @upworthy)  http://www.upworthy.com/guess-which-actress-broke-tvs-38-year-diversity-drought?g=2&c=upw1 …

RT @xdracco: You mean the shooting was accidental? moron. // RT @wisdomsgrave 34,485 died from traffic accidents. How about we ban cars too?

RT @brookejarvis: It's not politicizing a tragedy to want to avoid another tragedy.

you know you're a true nerd when you're frustrated daily that Google moved Google Scholar from the main toolbar #nerdalert

RT @rafalcaromney: Am I the only one who hasn't stopped giddily dressaging since Tuesday night?

Someone hollered "WE WON!" at me in the parking garage this morning. And here I thought no one noticed my #Obama2012 bumper sticker :)

Amen. RT @stonerjesus420: People say weed is a crutch, I like to think of it as a motorized wheelchair