I have been meaning to post about it since the day I read it, but life has been hectic lately.  It takes some time to settle into the summer schedule.  Even though my kids are homeschooled, they are still very affected by the public school’s summer vacation, thereby dispelling the myths that homeschooled kids are not socialized enough, or so one can hope.

I found this article via an atheist blog (sorry, I forgot which one), but I found it fascinating for what Jillette says about politics.

Although, he did say this interesting thing about religion and stupid, crazy people:

I do believe that a belief in god is crazy, but that doesn’t mean that the people who believe in it are crazy. Those are two different things. Ideas can be stupid and crazy and the people who hold those ideas are not necessarily stupid and crazy.

I think that’s true.  I also think it is refreshing to hear someone who is as outspoken an atheist as Penn Jillette say so.

Now, on to the political.  First, you must know that Jillette is very liberal.  He is no friend of the Tea Party; he is no friend to the Republican Party or President Bush.

My only point was, when you’re arguing with someone, you shouldn’t pretend to know what’s going on in their heart. To say that the only reason the Tea Party is against the president is because they’re racist, I think that’s unfair. We know what racist people look like. They don’t deny it. They just don’t!

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If the Tea Party isn’t publicly stating “We think people of other races should be treated differently,” then you don’t get to call them racist.

You just don’t hear people on the left making that statement.  I say this all of the time, but because I was an active member of the Republican Party and have libertarian tendencies, it is dismissed.  So, I thought it was great to hear that coming from someone on the left for a refreshing change.

When I disagree with Obama, people always say, “Well, you’re a big Bush guy then.” And I’m like no, I didn’t like Bush either. I disagree with Bush and Obama on all the stuff they agree on, which is pretty much everything. They both want to kill people, they both want the government to be bigger, and they both want less freedom for individuals.

Emphasis, mine.

We’re killing more people under Obama than we did under Bush, and where the fuck is the anti-war movement?

The only difference between Obama and Bush is that Obama is killing more people. He’s about double the numbers now. Can you imagine if McCain had won and did precisely what Obama has done, with every speech and every political maneuver overseas? There’d be riots in the streets about the people we’re killing. And yet because it’s Obama, and he’s better looking and better at reading the teleprompter, we let him get away with it.

Again, emphasis mine because I have said that a million times.  In private, not in blog, but still.  It is so true and, again, refreshing to hear it being said.

Head on over and read the whole thing.  I highlighted the parts I most wanted to bring attention to, but really the entire interview is worth reading.

And if you like what he had to say, be sure to check out Penn Point, his vlog.