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The Two Percent Company's Greatest Hits
Of all our Rants, the ones listed below stand out for various reasons. Some relay important information about who we are and what we believe, some seemed to go over well with readers, and some we just liked a lot. If you have the time, please feel free to partake. In particular, two stand out as must-reads — "The Two Percent Company" which is our obligatory kick-off post, and "Believe What You Want To Believe" which explains our views on all kinds of beliefs.
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- The Two Percent Company
2004.11.19 (Fri) 12:20
The Two Percent Company is an informal group of folks who are concerned about the current direction of our country and our world. In short, we believe that people have the right to do whatever they wa [»]
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- Leave it to Beaver
2004.12.04 (Sat) 12:12
A recent post by PZ Meyers entitled What women are supposed to want got us thinking about something we've touched on before — the apparent agenda of the Religious Right, and the Bush Administrat [»]
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- Unwitting Christians and Other Anomalous Creatures
2004.12.11 (Sat) 13:23
After reading various posts from Pharyngula and God is for Suckers over the past few weeks, we became ever so confused. A post on God is for Suckers pointed out this collection of polls about religion [»]
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- Merry Christmas (Seriously)
2004.12.24 (Fri) 11:56
One thing that many of the fundies don't seem to get is that civil libertarians aren't just a bunch of grinches out to kill Christmas. In fact, some of us are very fond of Christmas, and would never g [»]
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- Based On a True Story? White Noise and EVP
2005.01.02 (Sun) 23:38
Is it just us, or has there been a disturbing trend of entertainment endorsing crackpot bullshit lately? We've talked about the SciFi channel, and their endorsement of ghosts and spirit mediums. CourT [»]
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- Thoughts on Newdow - Why the Little Things Matter
2005.01.09 (Sun) 13:31
A few days ago, we reported that Michael Newdow had refiled his lawsuit seeking to have the words "under God" removed from the Pledge of Allegience where Congress implanted them in 1954. We fully supp [»]
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- Planet of the Bushes
2005.01.16 (Sun) 23:00
A reader of ours, Steven, seems concerned about the direction Bush's America is taking — we share that concern wholeheartedly. Steven brought up Bush's recent statements regarding the public per [»]
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- Believe What You Want To Believe
2005.01.30 (Sun) 17:46
At times, readers ask us questions which they feel go to the heart of our stated goals: Why do we care what other people believe? Why do we criticize and belittle religion, the paranormal, alternative [»]
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- New Year, Same Old Creationists
2005.02.02 (Wed) 19:16
It seems to us that becoming an expert in "Creation Science" isn't all that difficult. The curriculum goes something like this: Step 1:Read Genesis, with enough suspension of disbelief to ignore the a [»]
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- Marvel Madness
2005.02.08 (Tue) 09:29
In a casual perusal of the forums for the MMORPG City of Heroes, from NCsoft and Cryptic Studios, we came across a reference to one of the most ridiculous examples of frivolous lawsuits: Marvel Enterp [»]
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- Virginia Government Challenges Alabama's Crown
2005.02.16 (Wed) 01:25
From time to time, all states are guilty of proposing stupid or dangerous legislation, and to be sure, the federal government is no stranger to this phenomenon either. For example, every time we see a [»]
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- Class Action Reform & Common Sense (or Lack Thereof)
2005.02.18 (Fri) 15:48
The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 was signed into law today by President Bush, after passing the Senate last week by a 72-26 vote, and finding approval in the House just yesterday. This bill repre [»]
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- Libertarians and ColecoVision
2005.02.24 (Thu) 23:18
We recently heard from reader Joe, who asked about our view of the Libertarian party. He had read a Score entry in which we explained why we do not agree with the Libertarians, and was looking for som [»]
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- A Piece of Our Mind - About Ten Percent
2005.03.01 (Tue) 23:49
We've all heard it said: the old canard that humans "only use ten percent of their brains." Sometimes it's posited along with self help strategies which promise to teach us how to use the elusive othe [»]
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- Tucker Carlson Is, Mostly, A Dick
2005.03.03 (Thu) 19:37
We were waiting for the transcript of last Friday's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher to come out — because that incredibly obtuse and unlovable little scamp, Tucker Carlson, was one of the p [»]
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- Love and Narriage
2005.03.08 (Tue) 20:13
An interesting discussion has arisen in the blogosphere, including such notable bloggers as Ed Brayton, Timothy Sandefur, Jon Rowe and Jason Kuznicki. The discussion concerns the relative merits and d [»]
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- Medium: The Dubious Claims of Allison DuBois - Part I
2005.03.14 (Mon) 00:00
An Introduction to Allison DuBois: A friendly skeptic that we know — let's call him Steve — recently took a technical training class through work. During a break in class, some of the stud [»]
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- Kids Riding the Slippery Slope of Creationism
2005.03.31 (Thu) 00:15
On March 28, PBS's NewsHour ran a segment on the creation conflict taking place in public schools all across the United States. As usual, it was the old "give each side equal time" approach which is s [»]
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- An Ongoing Conversation About Beliefs
2005.04.13 (Wed) 03:07
We recently received a comment on one of our Allison DuBois posts asking about our beliefs and our skeptical approach to life. The commenter, Cat, had the following to say: I feel for you guys being s [»]
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- So, When Does the Backlash Come?
2005.04.13 (Wed) 21:27
We've been wondering lately when the backlash against the growing Christian theocracy in the United States is going to come. Of course, it isn't a foregone conclusion that any backlash will happen, bu [»]
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- Only God Can Prove a Negative, and There Is No God
2005.04.25 (Mon) 00:54
In response to our series on Allison DuBois, we have received a fair amount of feedback. Among the critical comments, there is one specific theme that we've heard more than any other — people qu [»]
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- How Many Licks Does it Take to Get to the Center of a Creationist?
2005.05.19 (Thu) 22:32
Over on AlterNet, Stan Cox has an article which gives a play by play (found via Panda's Thumb) of the current Kansas Board of Education hearings, which will determine if "intelligent design" (creation [»]
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- Calling All Psychics: Help Natalee Holloway
2005.06.14 (Tue) 13:47
Calling all psychics, mediums, clairvoyants, spiritualists, and anyone else who wants a shot at the title: tell the world what happened to the missing girl in Aruba! Perhaps we should explain. Despite [»]
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- Thoughts on the Ten Commandments Cases
2005.07.16 (Sat) 00:17
At the end of June, the Supreme Court ruled on two Ten Commandments cases — McCreary and Van Orden. In McCreary, the court upheld the ruling that a Kentucky display of the Ten Commandments in a [»]
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