gdp's Comments

1 Wine Dude : This Is Me Totally NOT Lightening Up On Wine And Social Media

Wed, 7 Mar 2012 19:45:02 +0000

You have a "House Band!" Just on the strength of that (and on your very frank remarks) I will look into your wine. Cheers!

1 Wine Dude : Meet Playboy.com's New Dot Com Wine Dude

Wed, 8 Feb 2012 14:00:24 +0000

Very cool. Mainstream media gig. You do good work and deserve the accolades and exposure. Keep on Sippin. "Sippin After Dark?" "Sex in a Bottle" Cheers!

Life Without Faith : Interview with Michael Middlebrooks about Florida Governor Charlie Crist

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:24:23 +0000

The guy was clearly looking for an argument. Crist may be a a dipshit but this kid was just getting in his grill. His admission that he wasn't overly polite is pretty much a statement that he was being an asshole. But that's just my take on it. Brother Richard, you did a good job of asking the right questions and framing Crist's position. Cheers,

Life Without Faith : Did US Florida Governor Charlie Crist assault an atheist?

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 13:24:36 +0000

I don't care about an apology because it's pretty thin stuff to be considered assault. But IF it happened, and IF the alleged victim wasn't being deliberately provocative (which I can see happening), then it should be reported widely, yes. It's just as likely that the atheist was just looking to pick an argument and to embarrass Crist and frankly, if that's the case, getting his button ripped off and getting yelled at seems pretty harmless. Without more facts, I can't see this as much of a rallying point. Regards,

Life Without Faith : Funny Picture: Demon Child

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:27:30 +0000

They're so cute at that age.

Life Without Faith : Great Muhammad T-Shirt!

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:33:51 +0000

Unholy s***, that's funny! Must have t-shirt. Just toeing the line on being really offensive.

Life Without Faith : Video: Bill Nye destroys astrology in 60 seconds!

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:04:31 +0000

Nice. Gotta love the science guy.

Life Without Faith : Atheists on television

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:29:10 +0000

I think Kristopowitz misses the point here although I like his discussion of this. Commenter JCishere has the right of it saying that audience preferences drive Hollywood content and not the other way around. Both Madison Avenue and Hollywood (and I suppose art in general) reflects the culture that created it, it doesn't make that culture. Sure, it's a bit of two-way street but primarily, the entertainment industry is going to write what the audience wants to see....which makes sense, of course, since it's a business. Cheers,

Life Without Faith : President of AHA on Alan Colmes Radio Show

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:00:15 +0000

Wow, I know that it's necessary to have these discussions/debates with organizations like Traditional Values Coalition but wow, after a while it just gets tiring to listen to. Mr. Niose did a nice job of it and the moderator was good (if a bit biased towards our side of the cause).

Life Without Faith : Is Mel Gibson at it again?

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:01:47 +0000

This is an interesting situation for me. He is such a towering talent as an actor that it pains me to avoid his films. I think he's a nut job extremist Catholic , bit of a hypocrite. As to his remarks in 2006, I don't much care about that because a) I can forgive some bad behavior while drunk and b) it doesn't much surprise me when put in the framework of his Catholicism. And really, I don't care whether he likes Jews or not. So I suppose I don't find sufficient cause to boycott his films. I have EXACTLY the same situation with Tom Cruise, but I won't boycott his films either because I really don't care whether he's crazy or not. And I don't think that rational community has a dog in this fight other than as being part of the human race. :) I think it's a case by case basis for me or anyone. For instance, Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon are in such opposition to my view of the world and what I think is valuable and right that I find it difficult to watch their work. Great topic of discussion.

Life Without Faith : Funny Picture: Atheism the gateway drug?

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:01:49 +0000

that's too funny. What a look on her face!

Life Without Faith : Live long and prosper in the new year

Sun, 3 Jan 2010 15:27:05 +0000

Well, Kristy, I have to disagree about the opinion of the 'experts' because they were the one's getting well off of the hysteria.__ Having worked parallel to a couple of Y2K projects, I can say that it was probably the greatest scam ever pulled. It's not the preparations made by individuals because as you pointed out, it really didn't go to waste. It was the hundreds of millions of dollars that companies spent on emergency contracts, overtime, etc. It was a pretty shameful con by the IT world. Worse, they used the dregs of the computing industry to staff these projects so it wasn't even done well in most cases.

Life Without Faith : Tim Minchin's beautiful Christmas song

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:11:16 +0000

took me until Christmas Eve to listen to this and it's brilliant. Tears in the eyes, warm and fuzzy.

Life Without Faith : Xmas song: Do You Drink What I Drink?

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:42:50 +0000

Merry Christmas to You Mr. Haynes. From one atheist who loves the holiday to another. Be well, Brother.

Life Without Faith : Bowie and Crosby: "Little Drummer Boy"

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:15:36 +0000

Great find!

Life Without Faith : Sam Elliot blames the Catholic Church and Bill O'Reilly

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:50:01 +0000

I always classed Donahue as being a defender of Catholicism instead of an attacker of non-believers. You are right, he DOES meet the definition even if his primary motive is to do PR work for that plague of the world, the Vatican. Cheers.

Life Without Faith : Sam Elliot blames the Catholic Church and Bill O'Reilly

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:21:47 +0000

What did we learn from this? Sam Elliott is so f'n cool, I almost wish I was him. Bill Donohue is still a tool. I still don't consider the use of the word bigot to apply to him but he is an ass-hat of the highest order.

Life Without Faith : Best teabagging picture ever!

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:18:36 +0000

aw Jesus.....oops.

Life Without Faith : Rachel Maddow and Rick Warren's lie

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:13:19 +0000

Hey, we can't agree on everything...that would be boring. Cheers to you.

Life Without Faith : Rachel Maddow and Rick Warren's lie

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:56:51 +0000

There has been a spicy argument over Ms. Maddow at A/N. Lots of sillyness and "screaming". Personally, I can't stand watching Maddow and put her firmly in the camp of editorialist, not journalist much like the Fox gang. While she doesn't use the same half-truths and mis-information to spew her opinions, she does have a mocking style that makes a story more of her personal joke and if you disagree with her, you're clearly stupid. To me, she does little different than Olberman, O'Reilly, or Lou Dobbs albeit with a more learned style. Cheers, <DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 6px 0px 0px"><A class=a2a_dd href="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save"> <DIV style="OVERFLOW: auto"><IMG height=16 alt=Share/Save/Bookmark src="http://static.addtoany.com/buttons/share_save_171_16.png" width=171 border=0>