document.write("<script language=\"javascript1.2\" type=\"text/javascript\">function emo_pop() {window.open('http://www.haloscan.com/commenthelp.php','Help','width=200,height=360,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes');}</script><table width=\"97%\" align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" class=\"MainTable\">  <tr>    <td>    <div align=\"center\">    </div>    </td>  </tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"39070\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=438565437e8a457136a65ab7d32e1de0&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />*Sigh*<br /><span class=\"byline\">           Hez | 11.01.08 - 7:11 am | <a href=\"#39070\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"39071\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />Jesus fucking christ. I'm really feeling with you americans that actually have to live with this kind of discourse on national TV. Simply blows my mind.<br><br>My prayers are with you all.<br /><span class=\"byline\">           .. | 11.01.08 - 7:24 am | <a href=\"#39071\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"39078\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=cf94a1b3628b7a809bc587106f72fb1a&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />Oh, I love it when religious people want to debate religion with me. If they have the stones to keep the debate going long enough I can usually talk them out of their faith or see them stomp off in a huff because I won't accept the bible being true as a condition of their argument.<br /><span class=\"byline\">           ronnie | 11.01.08 - 10:07 am | <a href=\"#39078\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"39080\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=1e9cb6fdec21b7c955792fc7760477ca&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />I'm trying to write about this ABOMINATION (Biblical word used deliberately); it's very hard to find information--and I'm right here in the Carolinas!  It's like nobody wants to be seen as associating with/defending the atheists.  Well, politicians represent ALL the people, including the atheists.  Credit goes to you for covering this mess in its entirety. I'll be reading.  <br><br>Dole disgusts me.<br /><span class=\"byline\">           DaisyDeadhead | <a href=\"http://daisysdeadair.blogspot.com/\" title=\"http://daisysdeadair.blogspot.com/\">Homepage</a> | 11.01.08 - 12:11 pm | <a href=\"#39080\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"39081\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=d1cf2e2ce4c9cf3443b12487ea63a48f&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />Whenever I think I'm hardened enough to know what's going on in this world, I see something like this.<br><br>Not on Fox News, but CNN, a halfway sane network.<br><br>Creepy beyond belief.<br /><span class=\"byline\">           lumpi | 11.01.08 - 12:17 pm | <a href=\"#39081\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"39082\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=62b430c12e0f070388f90e534c9efe91&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />'...because clearly there's strong evidence for a god...'  <br><br>\"Just look! See that big surning bright round thing up there?  That's his EYE!\"<br /><span class=\"byline\">           James P. | <a href=\"http://jamespfp.livejournal.com\" title=\"http://jamespfp.livejournal.com\">Homepage</a> | 11.01.08 - 12:29 pm | <a href=\"#39082\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"39097\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=007bf5040fd598c8defef9aac48cacf3&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />'...because clearly there's strong evidence for a god...'<br><br>Really? Please direct me to a peer reviewed journal where this evidence has been published....<br /><span class=\"byline\">           dermot | <a href=\"http://www.idleworm.com\" title=\"http://www.idleworm.com\">Homepage</a> | 11.01.08 - 9:15 pm | <a href=\"#39097\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"39147\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=167c2e43ed889e5359912105b3a3380a&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />Oh no! \"She took godless money.\" How ridiculous! I am sick and tired of atheists be demonized like this. Hagan says she's not an atheist. Fine. Why would it matter if she was? <br><br>It is high time that atheist-bashing is called out for being exactly what it is...bigotry.<br /><span class=\"byline\">           vjack | <a href=\"http://www.atheistrev.com\" title=\"http://www.atheistrev.com\">Homepage</a> | 11.02.08 - 11:52 am | <a href=\"#39147\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"39153\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />I love this site. Sighing and shaking my head. Maybe that's what religious people want us to do, be ashamed...well, F$#k them!<br /><span class=\"byline\">           TinaFCD | 11.02.08 - 1:11 pm | <a href=\"#39153\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"39157\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />\"Hagan says she's not an atheist. Fine. Why would it matter if she was?\"<br><br>True, I voted for Hagan but its a pity she didn't explicitly address this point herself.<br /><span class=\"byline\">           O'Rourke | 11.02.08 - 1:45 pm | <a href=\"#39157\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"39369\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=22afe0b7bf11f170bbb1c7cf83694c38&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />atheists, pagans, GLBT why must they be the \"untouchables\" of today?<br /><span class=\"byline\">           Asada | 11.04.08 - 1:25 pm | <a href=\"#39369\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"39890\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=a38cb485a3672f84c9b4354c8bca3c22&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />And here I thought they were running for political office in a secular nation, not priesthood; silly me.<br><br>\"I don't know why because clearly there's strong evidence that there's a god\"<br><br>And that evidence is? [insert classic windows \"timer\" icon going on forever]<br><br>\"people who are campaigning to get \"In God We Trust\" off the currency\"<br><br>Silly atheists, Christians had the right to campaign to have it added to the currency, but you have no right to campaign to take it off.  Don't you know that the idea of God is so weak it needs to be perpetually propped up on every piece of currency?<br><br>I used to say smart things on the internet, but I'm feeling so snarky nowadays all I have to say is this:<br>idiots.<br /><span class=\"byline\">           Jason Failes | 11.12.08 - 1:21 pm | <a href=\"#39890\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr>    <td class=\"InputCell\">                  <div id=\"newcomment\"></div><form method=\"post\" name=\"addComment\" action=\"http://www.haloscan.com/comments/atheistmedia/6706773864123778839/\" target=\"_self\">        <p>    Name: <br />          <input name=\"name\" type=\"text\" size=\"38\" value=\"\" /><br />          Email:<br />          <input name=\"email\" type=\"text\" size=\"38\" value=\"\" /><br />          URL: <br />          <input name=\"url\" type=\"text\" size=\"38\" value=\"\" /><br />          Comment:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"javascript:emo_pop()\" title=\"Smiley and tag help\" target=\"_self\">?</a>&nbsp;<br />          <textarea name=\"addMessage\" rows=\"12\" cols=\"38\"></textarea><br /><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"subscribe\" id=\"subscribe\" value=\"1\" /><label for=\"subscribe\">Notify me of followup comments via email</label>        </p>        <p class=\"PSubmit\"><input name=\"submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Publish\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"SubmitButton\" />&nbsp;<input name=\"previewMessage\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Preview\" class=\"SubmitButton\" />        </p>      <input type='hidden' name='user' value='atheistmedia' /><input type='hidden' name='comment' value='6706773864123778839' /></form>    </td></tr>  <tr>    <td><p align=\"center\">        Commenting by <a href=\"http://www.haloscan.com/\" target=\"_blank\">HaloScan</a></p>      </td>  </tr></table><img src=\"http://c5.statcounter.com/counter.php?sc_project=561713&amp;java=0&amp;security=01eeff58\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" /></body>");