1. Interview with Christopher Hitchens

Comment #89033 by okmichigan on November 19, 2007 at 2:49 pm

hitchens in a yarmulke made my monday feel like a friday :)

2. 'Expelled' Movie: The Extended Trailer

Comment #88301 by okmichigan on November 15, 2007 at 10:38 pm

Contact them:
http://www.expelledthemovie.com/contactus.php

maybe if you say something crazy like "stop with your flinstones bullshit" they'll quote you on their BLOG! instant fame.

3. Response to Dinesh D'Souza op-ed

Comment #85425 by okmichigan on November 5, 2007 at 8:29 pm

since the RRS has bent over backward to represent the new media atheists, i will suggest they take the heavy hitters seriously and reconsider what has been a rather embarrassing PR problem from the very beginning.

compare this:
http://www.rationalresponders.com/themes/box_grey/rr_logo.jpg

to this:
http://www.pofci.org/

and tell me you're not contributing to what most of us consider to be a significant problem, especially online. if you want to keep publishing thoughtful responses and move in a positive direction, drop the name ("squad" makes you sound smaller than you are), stop with the plastic guns and wild west imagery (i'm rather fond of the simple and elegant "A", for example), and focus on articles like Kelly's, to which i think we should lend our support when they suit our common cause, regardless of how we feel about the writer's technical skills.

i look forward to the day when i can browse the RRS website, click on "articles and essays", for example, and actually get original articles and essays. if you don't have them or if you're going to repost content from somewhere else, don't hang an amazon.com ad over it to get a pittance in finders fees.

if you want to be taken seriously, you should take a hard look at well-funded, christian websites like http://www.answersingenesis.org/ who understand just how important and useful a tool the internet can be to rally people behind your cause.

the best thing to remember about all of this is that you have much more than a "squad" of literate, web-savvy 20-somethings that would probably be more than happy to help you if you take a deep breath and reconsider what you're doing and where you're going. just a suggestion.

4. Youtube hater, I respect your right to free speech.

Comment #70623 by okmichigan on September 16, 2007 at 10:48 am

im glad im not the only one annoyed with sapient and the rrs. enough with the youtube melodrama.

5. Christopher Hitchens on BookTV

Comment #67544 by okmichigan on September 3, 2007 at 6:55 pm

AJ I think his views on abortion may be a little more nuanced than that. All he really admits is that it may be fair to at some point call the fetus an unborn child, and that abortion should be avoided whenever possible. He frequently speaks out against the religious who think that life actually begins at conception. I would imagine that like most of us, Mr. Hitchens falls somewhere in the middle.

6. Christopher Hitchens on Religion

Comment #48399 by okmichigan on June 7, 2007 at 6:13 pm

click on the link to onpointradio.org... doesn't hitchens look exactly like tom ashbrook? :)

7. The 'Is God...Great?' Debate

Comment #48071 by okmichigan on June 6, 2007 at 1:28 pm

agreed with vinelectric - aslan put up the best fight, regardless of how lofty and confusing his rhetoric was. it is so hard to argue with harris, though. his face stays absolutely placid, it's hilarious. hitch, on the other hand, can move quickly from being sarcastic to deadly serious. just in terms of presentation, i'm glad these two are on our side. :)