I should go to sleep. I'm not tired.

Also, random question for an argument I'm trying to make: what examples are there of discrimination against atheists that's specifically against atheists, rather than against non-Christians or non-whatever the majority religion is? The only example I've been able to come up with is that Boy Scouts require a belief in a higher being, but don't care which one. Googling atheist discrimination got me a bunch of cases of atheists who were discriminated against or attacked for being not Christian, but I've having trouble finding cases where it's clear that the issue is atheism itself.

What about the atheists who fought against having to say "one nation under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance? I'm fairly sure there was a court case with that, though I think the atheists were suing.

What about the atheists who fought against having to say "one nation under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance? I'm fairly sure there was a court case with that, though I think the atheists were suing.

Hmm. Could work. Though there are a few religious groups who won't say that, either. IIRC, the court case from a few years ago was dismissed without a ruling, because they said that the father who was suing on behalf of his daughter didn't have custody of her and so he didn't have standing to sue on her behalf. (That case got ugly really fast. I remember reading that the girl's mother said that her daughter had no problem with saying the Pledge.)

Oh! Just found a reference to a whole bunch of child custody cases where the judge ruled that living with the religious parent was better for the child than living with the non-religious parent, on the basis of religion.

Which kind of reminds me of a case from a few years ago, where a 12-year-old boy whose Jewish father had sole custody wanted to be officially converted to Judaism so that he could become a bar mitzvah, and his mother objected to the circumcision. I don't remember how that case got resolved, but I do remember feeling really bad for that kid, that there was an entire court case, getting lots of publicity, about his penis.

The ex-president said he didn't really think we were Americans.

Aw, I went to bed and we moved on from kitten farts before I got up. Leifur seems to fart only when I'm making him do something he doesn't want to do (come inside, get out of the trash, etc.) As acts of retribution go, it could be worse. Especially now that spring is here and I can open the windows.

Ours seem far more likely to sneeze, and we've totally failed to teach them to put their paws over their noses.

Well, this is kind of nice I guess. From the intro letter with the release of my company's annual report last night from the CEO:

You will also read that, in asking our colleagues to make financial sacrifices to strengthen the firm in difficult times, I believe that I should do the same. So while our Board’s Compensation Committee offered me a significant performance bonus and restricted stock award for the firm’s accomplishments in 2008, I have respectfully declined the offer.

The president of our University is giving 30% of his salary back to the University and not taking a pay raise. I guess it is expected that University Presidents will give at least 15 % at any time, which I think is weird.

Now if they'd just get the football coaches to do the same thing, we'd be getting somewhere.