Has locked me out since this morning. I know that masturbation is spelled wrong below- but I can’t get in to edit it.

So if you too need to bitch about Blogger, feel free to do so in comments.

little flower’s “Can Liberals Blend Religion and Politics?” raised many issues that inspired a few comments yesterday. The topic inspires another question in my mind:
What role should religion play in the post-modern world?

Being an agnostic, I feel questions of God and faith are personal. Leading a life that does no harm is all that should matter. But I know I am in the minority on this. Religion, like it or not, is a central character in many conflicts, domestic and international these days and must be dealt with. On the other hand, many feel science has replaced religion. Much of what was left to “God’s Will” has now been explained by science. I don’t think science replaces religion, but the point is a valid one.

Throughout written history at least, religion played a central role in society. Now, while still important, it does not hold the sway of science, politics and technology. So fellow bloggers, what is your take?

Let’s see if I can get through this without Blogger being a big whiny baby about it.

Congressional race in California to replace jailbird Randy “Duke” Cunningham was within 4 to 5 percentage points. Bilbray (R) narrowly beat Busby (D). Numbers I’ve seen are about 45% to 49%. In a district that is 60% Republican- that is fantastic.

Bilbray and Busby will face off again in November for the same seat. This was just a special election.

Oh- and Jerry Brown (my favorite California govenor ever) is running for California’s Attorney General. Yay Jerry!

And did you know that Gays cause War and unchecked masturbation?

For being such avid commenters (and because Ben Varkentine won last weeks big, fat virtual cookie) I have added some folks to our blogroll.

So go check out Jovial Cynic at New Protest and Ben Varkentine at Dictionopolis in Digitopolis.

(Ben has a thing for cheeto colored girls- but his site is pretty cool)

So how cool is it that Spain has an internet provider called Arrakis?

Tim Eyman (yes, I absolutely hate the man) did not get enough signatures to allow a vote to repeal WA state’s gay rights bill. Go here.

I took this little quiz before but was reminded of it today.

Results soooo not surprising.

Take it and post results in the comments.

I am dying to find out how voting went in California today, especially in the race for the congressional seat vacated by Randy Duke Cunningham.

If a woman’s studies professor can win this Republican stronghold (Republicans outnumber Democrats in this district 3 to 2) then November will be sweet!

Must wait till later for results.

Charles Pierce is so good that I would feel remiss in adding my own commentary to his smackdown of National Review’s pathetic attempt to find 50 conservative rock songs. The first sentence says it all: “Oh, Lord, sometimes, you make the fish so big and the barrel so small.”

So just go read it at The American Prospect site.

Sexiest picture of Al Gore ever.

There’s an effort to draft Gore into the 2008 presidential race and I am going to throw my 2 cents in.

I think he can do.

I think he should do it.

I think he’s proven that he can win a presidential election.

And he’s gone through some changes. He lost the thing he’d been working for his entire life and then saw the damage that came from not fighting hard enough. I think if he comes back he will be tougher and less “wooden” than before. Personally, I saw him speak at a Jefferson-Jackson dinner in 1998 and never understood the wooden part, but he’s lightened up.

So there’s a Draft Gore in 2008 plan running. You should check out the site even if you don’t like Gore because they are going for publicly funded elections. Can you imagine if corporate shills didn’t get to fund elections?

Oh wow! Free, fair, non-corrupt elections and sexy denim-clad President Gore. I may faint.

( I stole the pic and the link from Shakespeare’s Sister– she thinks he’s hot hot hot too)