Episode 104 gets riled up about open letters but then realizes that Sesame Street likes U

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00:03:15 Birthday
00:08:00 American Atheists 50th Anniversary Convention
Why Austin, hotel stuff, some of the peoples and things
00:25:45 Social activism, atheism plus, trolls, etc
00:32:30 Open Letter to the Secular Community
http://atheists.org/open-letter-secular-community
00:57:30 Chivalry and sexism

And Harpo has a great idea about promoting more social issues within the freethinking, humanist, skeptical, and atheist communities but has a

hard time voicing the ideas in a concise and consumable manner.


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And here is a picture of a hand crank

And now it blows up?

http://gawker.com/5818993/richard-dawkins-torn-limb-from-limbby-atheists

So gawker has taken up Elevatorgate, which has now turned into Everybody dog on Dawkins Gate (and rightfully so, for the moment). And yesterday we learned that the Texas Freethought Convention has changed locations, at which Richard Dawkins is suppose to speak. Maybe the organizers of the conference aren't going to tell Professor Dawkins that they have changed venues? And perhaps they expect that Professor Dawkins will drive (or, realistically: be driven) around angrily until he finally finds an appropriate platform to give his talk.

Oh, yes: it's a conspiracy I tell you. And a rift in the community! And...and...disagreement and futzy headedness! Oh noes!

Let's hope Prof. Dawkins gives his stance a bit of thought and attends some to his apparent inability to see a different perspective.