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Under Assault by Catholic Bishops
Do you think Catholic Bishops should have veto power over women's contraceptive health insurance coverage? They think so! U.S. Roman Catholic Bishops are waging war against Health and Human Service's mandate, starting in August to ensure U.S. women workers have contraceptive coverage. In a colossal power play, the Bishops seek to impose their narrow religious doctrine on many of America's employees, whether or not they subscribe to the Catholic faith.
The U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops has pledged a multimillion-dollar attack against the contraceptive mandate leading up to July 4, 2012. Over 40 Roman Catholic dioceses and institutions are suing to stop Health and Human Services' contraceptive mandate. Every Sunday from the pulpit Catholics who shun their own church's teachings against contraception are being told to help the Bishops use the force of secular law to deny birth control to non-Catholics.
The louder the Church cries "assault against religious freedom," the harder it works to take away reproductive freedom. While the Bishops preposterously portray themselves as victims of an "attack on religious liberty," in fact it is they who are the threat to religious liberty. They seek to impose their irrational belief that contraception is "sinful" on everyone else.
True religious liberty requires a separation between dogma and government policy.
The HHS contraceptive mandate does not apply to any church or denominations, including Roman Catholicism. The HHS mandate even exempts non-church religious (or quasi-religious) employers, such as religious hospitals or schools, from providing contraceptive health care for female workers. Instead, HHS is requiring private insurance companies to pick up the costs for providing such contraceptive health care. This policy protects the rights of women employees, and the so-called freedom of conscience of religious institutions. A Methodist woman employed at a Catholic school will be able to use her insurance policy to renew her prescription for birth control pills, for instance, at no cost to the school. This is why the Catholic Bishops are fuming?!
The Bishops have introduced into Congress the so-called "Respect for Rights of Conscience Act," which goes even further. They are lobbying Congress to pass a bill that would allow any private employer with a "religious or moral objection" to have veto power over health care coverage. For example, a Jehovah's Witnesses employer could bar coverage of an emergency blood transfusion for employees. A Southern Baptist or Mormon employer could deny prescription birth control to unmarried female employees.
Don't let church dogma trump civil rights! Join the Freedom From Religion Foundation in standing up for freedom of conscience, women's right to contraceptive health insurance and true religious liberty.
Look for FFRF's 'counter the bishops' TV blitz airing now!
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is storming the "Bishops' Bastille" in an unprecedented TV ad campaign to counter the Roman Catholic Church's inquisition against contraceptive insurance coverage. The 30-second spots feature one of America's favorite former Catholics — actress Julia Sweeney, beloved by freethinkers for her play, "Letting Go of God," and by the American public for her portrayal of "Androgynous Pat" on Saturday Night Live! Read more.
FFRF rebuts Catholic Bishops' 'religious freedom' propaganda
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is fighting back against an offensive by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and its upcoming "fortnight for freedom." Like a secular David defending himself against Goliath, FFRF has launched an opening volley against the monolithic church and its war against the contraceptive mandate. Read more.
FFRF's 'Quit the Church' billboard hits Times Square
Although Times Square is home to many provocative images, the Freedom From Religion Foundation is upping the ante with its patriotic red-white-and-blue billboard placed this week on Times Square saying: "Quit the Church. Put Women's Rights Over Bishops Wrongs." Read more.
FFRF debuts 'Quit the Church' billboard in St. Louis
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has placed a bold 14x48-foot billboard in patriotic colors at I-70 and North Broadway in St. Louis, Mo., aimed at Roman Catholics, which urges them to "Put women's rights over Bishops' wrongs" and "Quit the Church." Nearly 300,000 people will drive by the board every week during its four-week run. Read more.
Watch Sneak Preview of FFRF TV commercial starring Julia Sweeney
Julia Sweeney, one of America's most famous former Catholics as actress and playwright of "Letting Go of God," stars in a new TV and radio ad just produced by the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
The commercial counters the anti-contraceptive campaign by Roman Catholic Bishops. The wealthy U.S. Catholic Church has pledged to spend multimillions in a PR blitz leading up to July 4th to overturn the Obama Administration's contraceptive health insurance mandate. Read more.
'Contraception kills'
Did you know "contraception kills"?
That's what an intrepid coterie of FFRF'ers was told by true believers when we counterpicketed a June 8 rally conducted by the Roman Catholic Church at the federal courthouse here in Madison, Wis.
I held a sign, "Quit the Church," accompanied by about 20 other FFRF members, staffers, interns and volunteers. It was chilling to hear a young male speaker intone, "God is on our side." At one surreal point during the rally, which featured at least six prayers, a priest instructed all of the present faithful to turn away from the podium and face us counter-protesters. As they prayed aggressively at us we had fun chanting my mother's mantra: "Nothing Fails Like Prayer." Read more.
FFRF's 'Quit the Catholic Church' ad in weekend USA Today
The Freedom From Religion Foundation's signature full-page ad, "It's Time to Quit the Catholic Church," is in today's USA Today (Money Section), which stays on the newsstands all weekend. The ad by FFRF, a state/church watchdog and the nation's largest atheist/agnostic association with over 18,000 members, urges liberal and nominal Roman Catholics to "quit" their church over its war against contraception. Read more.
FFRF's 'Quit the Catholic Church' ad in today's Washington Post
The Freedom From Religion Foundation's full-page ad, "It's Time to Quit the Catholic Church," runs in today's Washington Post (A-5 Main), urging liberal and nominal Roman Catholics to "quit" their church over its war against contraception. Read more.
FFRF's 'Quit the Catholic Church' ad in today's Washington Post
The Freedom From Religion Foundation's full-page ad, "It's Time to Quit the Catholic Church," runs in today's Washington Post (A-5 Main), urging liberal and nominal Roman Catholics to "quit" their church over its war against contraception. Read more.
FFRF ad, 'Quit the Catholic Church,' runs in today's Times
The Freedom From Religion Foundation placed an open letter via a full-page ad in today's New York Times (page 10, front section) urging liberal and nominal Roman Catholics to "quit" their church over its war against contraception. Read more.
Open Letter to 'Liberal' and 'Nominal' Roman Catholics: 'It's time to quit the Catholic Church'
Dear 'Liberal' Catholic: It's time to quit the Roman Catholic Church. It's your moment of truth. Will it be reproductive freedom, or back to the Dark Ages? Do you choose women and their rights, or Bishops and their wrongs? Whose side are you on, anyway?
It is time to make known your dissent from the Catholic Church, in light of the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops' ruthless campaign endangering the right to contraception. If you're part of the Catholic Church, you're part of the problem. Read more.
Vatican rules over health care?
Who will President Obama side with? Women or Catholic bishops? The bishops are trying to boss Obama around, and it's time he showed them that the United States already has a secular "boss" — a Constitution that precludes theocratic interference with our government and its citizens. Read more.
What Does The Bible Say About Abortion? (12 or 100 pack)
What Does The Bible Say About Abortion? (12 or 100 pack)
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Absolutely nothing! The word "abortion" does not appear in any translation of the bible!
Out of more than 600 laws of Moses, none comments on abortion. One Mosaic law about miscarriage specifically contradicts the claim that the bible is antiabortion, clearly stating that miscarriage does not involve the death of a human being. If a woman has a miscarriage as the result of a fight, the man who caused it should be fined. If the woman dies, however, the culprit must be killed:
"If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
"And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, Eye for eye, tooth for tooth . . ."
—Ex. 21:22-25
The bible orders the death penalty for murder of a human being, but not for the expulsion of a fetus.
When Does Life Begin?
According to the bible, life begins at birth--when a baby draws its first breath. The bible defines life as "breath" in several significant passages, including the story of Adam's creation in Genesis 2:7, when God "breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." Jewish law traditionally considers that personhood begins at birth.
Desperate for a biblical basis for their beliefs, some antiabortionists cite obscure passages, usually metaphors or poetic phrasing, such as: "Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me." Psalm 51:5 This is sexist, but does nothing other than to invoke original sin. It says nothing about abortion.
The Commandments, Moses, Jesus and Paul ignored every chance to condemn abortion. If abortion was an important concern, why didn't the bible say so?
Thou Shalt Not Kill?
Many antiabortionists quote the sixth commandment, "Thou shalt not kill" (Ex. 20:13) as evidence that the bible is antiabortion. They fail to investigate the bible's definition of life (breath) or its deafening silence on abortion. Moreover, the Mosaic law in Exodus 21:22-25, directly following the Ten Commandments, makes it clear that an embryo or fetus is not a human being.
An honest reader must admit that the bible contradicts itself. "Thou shalt not kill" did not apply to many living, breathing human beings, including children, who are routinely massacred in the bible. The Mosaic law orders "Thou shalt kill" people for committing such "crimes" as cursing one's father or mother (Ex. 21:17), for being a "stubborn son" (Deut. 21:18-21), for being a homosexual (Lev. 20:13), or even for picking up sticks on the Sabbath (Numbers 15:32-35)! Far from protecting the sanctity of life, the bible promotes capital punishment for conduct which no civilized person or nation would regard as criminal.
Mass killings were routinely ordered, committed or approved by the God of the bible. One typical example is Numbers 25:4-9, when the Lord casually orders Moses to massacre 24,000 Israelites: "Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the sun." Clearly, the bible is not pro-life!
Most scholars and translators agree that the injunction against killing forbade only the murder of (already born) Hebrews. It was open season on everyone else, including children, pregnant women and newborn babies.
Does God Kill Babies?
"Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones."
—Psalm 137:9
The bible is not pro-child. Why did God set a bear upon 42 children just for teasing a prophet (2 Kings 2:23-24)? Far from demonstrating a "pro-life" attitude, the bible decimates innocent babies and pregnant women in passage after gory passage, starting with the flood and the wanton destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, progressing to the murder of the firstborn child of every household in Egypt (Ex. 12:29), and the New Testament threats of annihilation.
Space permits only a small sampling of biblical commandments or threats to kill children:
- Numbers 31:17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones.
- Deuteronomy 2:34 utterly destroyed the men and the women and the little ones.
- Deuteronomy 28:53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters.
- I Samuel 15:3 slay both man and woman, infant and suckling.
- 2 Kings 8:12 dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
- 2 Kings 15:16 all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.
- Isaiah 13:16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled and their wives ravished.
- Isaiah 13:18 They shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not spare children.
- Lamentations 2:20 Shall the women eat their fruit, and children.
- Ezekiel 9:6 Slay utterly old and young, both maids and little children.
- Hosea 9:14 give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
- Hosea 13:16 their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
Then there are the dire warnings of Jesus in the New Testament:
"For, behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the womb that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck."
–Luke 23:29
The teachings and contradictions of the bible show that antiabortionists do not have a "scriptural base" for their claim that their deity is "pro-life." Spontaneous abortions occur far more often than medical abortions. Gynecology textbooks conservatively cite a 15% miscarriage rate, with one medical study finding a spontaneous abortion rate of almost 90% in very early pregnancy. That would make a deity in charge of nature the greatest abortionist in history!
Are Bible Teachings Kind to Women?
The bible is neither antiabortion nor pro-life, but does provide a biblical basis for the real motivation behind the antiabortion religious crusade: hatred of women. The bible is anti-woman, blaming women for sin, demanding subservience, mandating a slave/master relationship to men, and demonstrating contempt and lack of compassion:
"I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee."
— Genesis 3:16
What self-respecting woman today would submit willingly to such tyranny?
The antiabortion position does not demonstrate love for humanity, or compassion for real human beings. Worldwatch Institute statistics show that 50% of abortions worldwide are illegal, and that at least 200,000 women die every year--and thousands more are hurt and maimed--from illegal or self-induced abortions. Unwanted pregnancies and complications from multiple pregnancies are a leading killer of women. Why do antiabortionists want North American women to join these ghastly mortality statistics? Every day around the world more than 40,000 people, mostly children, die from starvation or malnutrition. We must protect and cherish the right to life of the already-born.
Do Churches Support Abortion Rights?
Numerous Christian denominations and religious groups agree that the bible does not condemn abortion and that abortion should continue to be legal. These include:
- American Baptist Churches-USA
- American Ethical Union
- American Friends (Quaker) Service Committee
- American Jewish Congress
- Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
- Episcopal Church
- Lutheran Women's Caucus
- Moravian Church in America-Northern Province
- Presbyterian Church (USA)
- Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
- Union of American Hebrew Congregations
- Unitarian Universalist Association
- United Church of Christ
- United Methodist Church
- United Synagogue of America
- Women's Caucus Church of the Brethren
- Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
- Catholics for Free Choice
- Evangelicals for Choice
Belief that "a human being exists at conception" is a matter of faith, not fact. Legislating antiabortion faith would be as immoral and unAmerican as passing a law that all citizens must attend Catholic mass!
The bible does not condemn abortion; but even if it did, we live under a secular constitution, not in a theocracy. The separation of church and state, the right to privacy, and women's rights all demand freedom of choice.
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FFRF Co-Presidents
DAN BARKER and ANNIE LAURIE GAYLOR are co-presidents of the Freedom From Religion Foundation and co-hosts of Freethought Radio. A former minister and evangelist, Dan became a freethinker in 1983. His books, Just Pretend: A Freethought Book for Children and Losing Faith in Faith: From Preacher To Atheist (1992) are published by FFRF. Other books include Godless (Ulysses Press, 2008), The Good Atheist: Living a Purpose-Filled Life Without God (Pitchstone Publishing, 2011), Life Driven Purpose: How an Atheist Finds Meaning, Pitchstone Press (2015) and GOD: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction (Sterling Publications, 2016). A graduate of Azusa Pacific University with a degree in religion, Dan now puts his knowledge of Christianity to effective freethought use. A professional pianist and composer, Dan performs freethought concerts and is featured in FFRF's musical CDs, "Friendly Neighborhood Atheist," "Beware of Dogma," and "Adrift on a Star." He joined FFRF's staff in 1987, serving as public relations director. He was first elected co-president in November 2004, speaks widely and has engaged in more than 100 debates about religion.
Annie Laurie Gaylor, a third-generation freethinker, co-founded FFRF with her mother Anne Gaylor as a college student in 1976. She served as editor of Freethought Today, FFRF's newspaper, from 1985 to 2009. Her book, Woe to the Women: The Bible Tells Me So, first published by FFRF in 1981, is in its 4th printing. In 1988, FFRF published Betrayal of Trust: Clergy Abuse of Children, the first book documenting widespread sexual abuse by clergy. Her 1997 anthology, Women Without Superstition: 'No Gods, No Masters,' is the first collection of the writings of historic and contemporary women freethinkers. A 1980 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Journalism School, she was an award-winning student reporter and recipient of the Ken Purdy scholarship. After graduation, she founded, edited and published the Feminist Connection, a monthly advocacy newspaper, from 1980-1985. She first joined the FFRF staff in 1985. She has been co-president since 2004. In the late 1970s, her student protest ended commencement prayers at the UW-Madison. She has been plaintiff in or overseen many state/church lawsuits and actions by FFRF. Dan and Annie Laurie have appeared on a variety of TV news shows, including "Oprah," "O'Reilly," "Good Morning America," Univision, CNN and FOX news segments, CBS Evening News and ABC World News Tonight.
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FFRF President emerita
ANNE NICOL GAYLOR was a founder and president emerita of the Freedom From Religion Foundation. She served as executive director from 1978 to 2005, and worked as a consultant to the Foundation. Born in rural Wisconsin, she was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin in Madison. She owned and managed successful small businesses and was co-owner and editor of an award-winning suburban weekly newspaper. A feminist author, she did substantial volunteer work for women's rights (including serving as volunteer director of the Women's Medical Fund). Under her leadership the Freedom From Religion Foundation has grown from its initial three Wisconsin members to a national group with representation in every state and Canada.
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Director of Operations
LISA STRAND is director of operations of FFRF. Previously, she was the Executive Director of the Wisconsin Library Association. She has 25 years of experience in nonprofit organizations, both as a staff member and volunteer leader, including having served as board president of the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives and the Community Action Coalition of South Central Wisconsin. She has a B.A. from the University of Minnesota. Lisa is married with a daughter, as well as three cats, a guinea pig and an untended garden that will someday be beautiful.
FFRF Legal
REBECCA S. MARKERT attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison and received her B.A. in political science, international relations and German in 1998. After graduating from UW–Madison, Rebecca spent one year working as a legislative fellow at the German Parliament in Bonn, Germany. In the fall 1999, she returned to the United States and began working as a legislative correspondent and assistant to the chief of staff for United States Senator Russ Feingold in Washington, D.C. In 2002, she returned to Madison, Wisconsin, to work on Senator Feingold's 2004 re-election campaign. After the campaign, Rebecca attended Roger Williams University School of Law and received her Juris Doctor in 2008. She joined the Foundation staff in October 2008.
Rebecca is the Freedom From Religion Foundation's first staff attorney and primarily works on Establishment Clause cases. She is a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin, Dane County Bar Association, and is admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin.
PATRICK ELLIOTT, the Foundation's second staff attorney, hails from St. Paul, Minn. Patrick received a degree in legal studies and political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2005. He attended the University of Wisconsin Law School and received his Juris Doctor in 2009. While in school, Patrick took an interest in the First Amendment and constitutional law. He joined FFRF as a staff attorney in July 2010, after working part-time for the Foundation since February. Patrick is a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin, and is admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Western and Eastern Districts of Wisconsin.
ANDREW SEIDEL graduated cum laude from Tulane University with a B.S. in neuroscience and environmental science and magna cum laude from Tulane University Law School in 2009, where he was awarded the Haber J. McCarthy Award for excellence in environmental law. He studied human rights and international law at the University of Amsterdam and traveled the world on Semester at Sea. In May of 2011, Andrew completed his Master of Laws at Denver University Sturm College of Law with a 4.0 GPA and was awarded the Outstanding L.L.M. Award. He has written a book on International Human Rights Law and his essay on the role of religion in government and the founding of our nation placed second in the FFRF's 2010 graduate student essay contest. Andrew is a former Grand Canyon tour guide and accomplished nature photographer; his work has been displayed in galleries in Colorado, Texas, Florida, Louisiana, and Maryland. He joined the FFRF staff as a constitutional consultant in November 2011.
ELIZABETH CAVELL received her B.A in English from the University of Florida in 2005. After college, Elizabeth spent a year as a full-time volunteer in AmeriCorps*NCCC. She attended Tulane University Law School and received her Juris Doctor in 2009. After law school, she worked as a deputy public defender in southern Colorado. She joined the Foundation as a staff attorney in January 2013, after working for the Foundation part-time since September 2012.
SAM GROVER received his B.A. in philosophy and government from Wesleyan University in 2008. He first worked for FFRF in 2010 as a legal intern while attending Boston University School of Law. In 2011, his article on the religious exemptions in the Affordable Care Act's individual health insurance mandate was published in the American Journal of Law and Medicine. After receiving his J.D. from Boston University in 2012, Sam worked as a law clerk for the Vermont Office of Legislative Council where he drafted legislation on health care, human services, and tax issues. He returned to work as a constitutional consultant for FFRF in the fall of 2013. Sam has written a paper on counterterrorism and the law that was published by the Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism in Oklahoma City and has traveled to southern Africa to work under Justice Unity Dow of Botswana's High Court.
MADELINE ZIEGLER graduated magna cum laude from the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse in 2011 with a B.A. in English Literature and Political Science. She attended the University of Wisconsin Law School and received her Juris Doctor in 2014. She has worked at FFRF in some capacity since May 2012, starting as a legal intern/extern, and currently works as a legal fellow.
RYAN JAYNE received a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Honors College in 2007. After graduating, Ryan taught piano and chess lessons while working as a financial advisor until 2012, when he began law school at Lewis & Clark in Portland, Oregon. In law school he focused on intellectual property and animal law, serving as an associate editor for the Animal Law Review at Lewis & Clark and co-founding the Pacific Northwest's first Secular Legal Society. Ryan graduated cum laude in 2015, began working with FFRF in January of 2015, and became a Diane Uhl Legal Fellow in September, 2015, specializing in faith-based government funding.
WHITNEY STEFFEN is FFRF's Legal Assistant. Whitney is a Madison native who graduated from University of Wisconsin-Madison with a B.A. in English in 2011. Whitney received a Paralegal Post-Baccalaureate diploma from Madison College in 2014 and previously worked as a paralegal at a small law firm before coming to FFRF. She enjoys watching the Wisconsin State Senate and Assembly from the galleries, reading, and spending time with her four cats.
FFRF Staff
BRUCE A. JOHNSON has been a broadcasting professional for over 35 years. He has worked in Russia, Africa, Europe, Mexico and all across the USA. Projects he has photographed, edited and/or composed music for have been awarded many Wisconsin Broadcasters, Milwaukee Press Club and both regional and national Emmy Awards. He is a 30-year resident of the East Side of Madison, and is married with two daughters.
MOLLY HANSON is FFRF's editorial assistant. Molly graduated from the University of Wisconsin--Madison in 2016 with a degree in journalism and a certificate in gender and women's studies. Prior to graduating, Molly interned for FFRF. She ran for the Badger track and cross country teams while in college and still enjoys running. Also in her free time she enjoys reading about history, exploring, and traveling. Molly's interests include music, politics, feminism, folklore and psychology.
ALYSSA SCHAEFER is FFRF's Program Assistant. She graduated from The George Washington University in 2014 with a BA in International Affairs, concentrating in Security Policy. A native of Wisco, she recently moved back to Madison from the east coast. In her free time Alyssa enjoys traveling, exploring the great outdoors, live music, and lazy Sundays with her cat Lola.
PJ SLINGER is editor of Freethought Today. A Green Bay native, he has a journalism degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has worked as a sports reporter, news reporter, copy editor, web editor and photo editor in newspapers in Marshall (Minn.), Mankato (Minn.) and Madison (Wis). Prior to coming to FFRF in 2015, he worked for 15 years at The Capital Times in Madison. He has a wife and three kids.
BILL DUNN is the editor of Freethought Today. He has a degree in history and mass communications (journalism emphasis) from the University of South Dakota and has worked as a reporter, copy editor and editor in South Dakota and Wisconsin since 1980. Bill joined the Foundation staff in July 2009. He has two daughters, Kaitlin Marie and Jamie Lee.
LAURYN SEERING is the publicist & communications coordianator. She was born in Wisconsin and studied abroad in Nagasaki, Japan. Lauryn graduated from the UW-Stout in 2012 with her BS in Professional Communications and Emerging Media, concentrating in Technical Communication & International Studies. Lauryn moved to Madison in 2013 and enjoys reading about space stuff, biking and creating art at coffee shops.
LISA TREU is our Director Of First Impressions at FFRF. She comes to us after working in broadcasting for iHeart Radio in Madison, Wisconsin. She hosted various radio programs for fifteen years. Lisa and her husband ran their own Birdhouse/Birdfeeder manufacturing company called Northwoods Mfg., Inc. during the 1990's where she had her own line of decorative birdhouses that she designed and painted herself. Lisa is the wife of Harry and is the mother of twin daughters Katrina and Karinthia. In her spare time she enjoys reading, painting, gardening, feeding the birds, getting silly with her daughters and lounging with her two cats.
AMITABH PAL is the Communications Director of FFRF. Prior to joining in February 2016, he was the Managing Editor of The Progressive magazine for more than a decade. He was also the editor of the Progressive Media Project, an affiliate of The Progressive that sends out op-eds through the Tribune Wire Service to hundreds of newspapers in the United States and other countries. Pal has appeared on C-SPAN and BBC and television and radio stations all over the United States and abroad. His articles have been published in school and college textbooks in the United States and Australia. Pal teaches a course at Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin. He has a Master's in Journalism from the University of North Carolina and a Master's in Political Science from North Carolina State University.
A UW graduate, TIM NOTT has called Madison home since 1991. He began his career doing campus IT support while completing a BA in English. The Internet had just become graphical and the opportunity for inexpensive, scalable communication piqued Tim's interest. After 15 years in the industry he took the entrepreneurial plunge, cofounding a startup and building a platform to help make mobile application technology as accessible and ubiquitous as the Web. The company expanded services to work on drones and the Internet of Things. Tim brings his entrepreneurial and technological skills to FFRF where he focuses on our digital products and IT infrastructure.
ROGER DALEIDEN is the Graphic Designer at the Freedom From Religion Foundation. He grew up in Wausau, Wis. He has been living in Madison since 1987. He graduated from University of Wisconsin-Stout with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1986 (Fine Art), and the received his Master of Fine Art degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1991. Roger has taught Art and Design courses for UW-Madison and also for Madison College. He has worked as a Graphic Designer for catalog companies, most recently Full Compass Systems, and as well as for newspapers, including The Capital Times. Some of his other interests include bicycling through our beautiful Southern Wisconsin landscapes, paddling down the lower Wisconsin River, sailing on our lakes and skiing at the local ski areas.
KRISTINA DALEIDEN is a Wisconsin native and life-long freethinker. She received her B.A. in Creative Writing from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida and a Post-Baccalaureate certificate in Paralegal Studies from Madison College in 2010. She has worked for law firms focused on employment and labor law, and worked as an office coordinator at a local small business prior to joining FFRF. Kristina is an avid follower of politics and enjoys long protest marches on the square, historical fiction and post-modern poetry. Her hobbies include writing to her representatives, yoga, badgering her family and trying to persuade her cats to get off the kitchen counters.
Executive Board of Directors
JIM BREDESON (Secretary) retired in 2012 from a career in academic and public libraries. He served as a reference librarian at Beloit College, Marquette University, the Wisconsin Historical Society, and as director of the library at the University of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk County for 15 years. He has been active in professional organizations and served on the boards of the Council of University of Wisconsin Libraries and Wisconsin Interlibrary Services for several years. He has undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Wisconsin – Madison in journalism and library/information sciences.
Jim lives in Madison with wife Cheryl and their St Bernard dog, Afton. He has been president of the local neighborhood association board and currently serves on their condominium board committees. He is a lifelong freethinker and has been an FFRF member for two decades.
MIKE CERMAK (Director) lives in rural Pennsylvania with his family and owns several small businesses. He first joined FFRF while in college, after having read "Losing Faith in Faith," and is passionate about state-church separation. Mike is a private pilot, electric car owner and "evangelist," and enjoys technology of all kinds.
PATRICIA CLEVELAND, (Director) with her late husband Roger, was a founding member of the long-lived chapter, Alabama Freethought Association (active 1989-2016). Pat and Roger were awarded FFRF's Emperor Has No Clothes Award for being outspoken atheists in the bible belt, and as volunteers for overseeing Lake Hypatia Freethought Advance (Not Retreat) near Talladega. Deeding property to FFRF, they encouraged the national FFRF to build a southern outpost, and, at Pat's suggestion, also erect a monument to "Atheists in Foxholes." Pat has been volunteer caretaker of the hall and campgrounds for decades, and as director or co-director of the chapter oversaw several successful lawsuits. She also arranged the annual "Glorious Fourth" of July event at Lake Hypatia Freethought Hall, attracting freethinkers not just from the South but around the country to the rural event. She is a mother and grandmother.
JOE CUNNINGHAM (Director) was born in the back hills of West Virginia, migrated with his family to the Oklahoma oil fields during the Great Depression, later returning to West Virginia, where he attended a one-room school. By high school, his family had moved to Illinois, where he had to float on a plywood boat for a total of 1,440 crossings of the Wabash River to catch the bus for high school. He joined the U.S. Navy after graduation at age 17, serving two years in the Pacific. He graduated from Southern Illinois University, earning both B.S. Ed. and M.S. Ed. degrees, majoring in history and English and taking business courses. He taught in Red Bud High School (Ill.), then in Mascoutah, where he met his wife, Norma Steines. They have two daughters, one a lawyer, one a doctor, and have five grandchildren, one of whom is finishing up her M.D. degree. He is 90 and has been retired for 31 years.
STEPHEN HIRTLE (Chair) is a professor in the School of Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh. He is an organizer with the Steel City Skeptics and the Center for Inquiry Pittsburgh, faculty liaison for the Student Alliance at Pitt and previously hosted a CFI Institute on "Secularism on Campus." He has been a guest on Freethought Radio and has assisted FFRF in fighting a nativity display at the Ellwood City Municipal Building (a Ten Commandments monument outside Valley High School in New Kensington) and the Year of the Bible resolution passed by the Pennsylvania House.
TODD PEISSIG (Director) grew up in central Wisconsin and still lives there today. He attended the University of Wisconsin Pharmacy School, graduating with a B.S. in Pharmacy in 1989. He has worked as a retail community pharmacist with the Kmart Corporation for 27 years and is currently the pharmacy manager overseeing 5 technicians. Traveling extensively both domestically and worldwide is a great passion of his, as is fighting the battle of religious overreach in our country. He also is an activist fighting for LGBT rights. Todd volunteers a full day for FFRF every six-eight weeks, as well as at FFRF conventions.
STEVE SALEMSON (Treasurer) took early retirement in 2005 after nearly two decades in scholarly publishing, first as business manager of the Duke University Press and then as associate director of the University of Wisconsin Press. In previous lives, he worked as a classical musician and as a French translator and interpreter. He has an M.A. in Liberal Studies from Duke University and a B.A. in Comparative Linguistics from Queens College in New York, as well as degrees in French horn and music pedagogy from the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris. He enjoys biking, downhill skiing, doing crossword puzzles and being a grandfather. In addition to being on the board of the FFRF, he sits on the boards of the Midwest Folk Dance Association and the National Mustard Museum, and so is involved with both nonprofits and non-prophets.
JIM ZERWICK (Director) attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, joined the Navy in 1968, studied Russian at the Defense Language Institute, and served as a communications tech in the Mediterranean area until late 1971. After discharge, he and a buddy toured Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand. He earned a Master's in Library Science at UW-Madison, worked for several years at the Michigan State University Science Library, and became the engineering librarian at the University of Virginia. There he became hooked on flying ultralight aircraft. Returning to Wisconsin, he spent the following 29 years working as a property manager and assisting his parents as they approached the end of their lives. His mother, Rose Zerwick, who died as a "happy heathen" at 95 in 2013, was a second-generation atheist. Among Jim's claims to fame is being part of the backup chorus singing Dan Barker's "The Stay Away Pope Polka" for FFRF. He has been on the Board, initially as treasurer and now as a director at large, for 10 years. He is married to a retired high school teacher who has two grown children and a granddaughter. His three siblings and their spouses "all share a healthy skepticism of religion."
FFRF Honorary Board
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is delighted to announce the formation of a new FFRF Honorary Board of distinguished achievers who have made known their dissent from religion.
The FFRF Honorary Board includes Jerry Coyne, Robin Morgan, Richard Dawkins, Daniel C. Dennett, Ernie Harburg, Jennifer Michael Hecht, Christopher Hitchens, Susan Jacoby, Lawrence Krauss, Mike Newdow, Katha Pollitt, Steven Pinker, Ron Reagan, Oliver Sacks, M.D., Robert Sapolsky, Edward Sorel and Julia Sweeney.
"We are so pleased that these outstanding thinkers and freethinkers have agreed to publicly lend their endorsement to the Foundation, and its two purposes of promoting freethought and the First Amendment's Establishment Clause," said Dan Barker, Foundation co-president.
- Sean B. Carroll, professor of molecular biology, genetics and medical genetics act the University of Wisconsin, is author of 'Brave Genius', 'Remarkable Creatures', 'The Making of the Fittest' and 'Endless Forms Most Beautiful.'
- Jerry Coyne, Ph.D., professor of ecology and evolution at the University of Chicago, is author of the popular book 'Why Evolution is True' and the blog of the same name.
- Richard Dawkins, probably the world's most famous contemporary atheist and a distinguished evolutionary biologist, is Oxford professor emeritus. In his blockbuster book, The God Delusion, Dawkins writes: "The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction."
- Daniel C. Dennett is Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, Tufts, and author of the bestselling book about religion, Breaking the Spell. In a newspaper article about his nonbelief, Dennett once wrote: "I've come to realize it's time to sound the alarm."
- Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, author of 36 Arguments For the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction and a research associate in Harvard's psychology department, is FFRF Freethought Heroine of 2011. Goldstein is a 1996 MacArthur Fellow (the "genius" award). She has taught at Barnard and in the Columbia MFA writing program and the Rutgers philosophy department. She's been a visiting scholar at Brandeis and at Trinity College in Hartford.
- Ernie Harburg, a retired research scientist, is president of Yip Harburg Foundation and co-author of Who Put the Rainbow in the Wizard of Oz? Ernie has dedicated his retirement to furthering the lyrics, music, memory and progressive views of his freethinking father, the lyricist Yip Harburg, author of classic songs such as "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and of Rhymes for the Irreverent, recently republished by FFRF.
- Jennifer Michael Hecht, poet, historian and author of the acclaimed Doubt: A History and The End of the Soul, told the FFRF 2009 convention audience: "If there is no god — and there isn't — then we [humans] made up morality. And I'm very impressed."
- Susan Jacoby, bestselling author of Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism, and program director of the Center for Inquiry-New York City, told FFRF convention-goers in 2004: "[President] Kennedy had to speak about his religion because he was suspected of insufficient dedication to the Constitution's separation of church and state. Today's candidates are suspect if they display too much dedication to secular government."
- Lawrence Krauss, theoretical physicist, author and director of the Origins Project at Arizona State University, Fellow of American Physical Society and American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is featured in "The Unbelievers," a film with Richard Dawkins, and is author of nine books, including A Universe from Nothing.
- Robin Morgan, feminist pioneer, global activist, author of the groundbreaking "Sisterhood is Powerful" and more than 20 books, was formerly Ms. Magazine editor and consulting editor. She is the co-founder of the Feminist Women's Health Network and Women's Media Center and currently hosts "Women's Media Center Live" the radio "talk-show with a brain."
- Mike Newdow is working pro bono to challenge such violations as the addition of "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance. He told the U.S. Supreme Court during oral arguments: "I am an atheist. I don't believe in God. And every school morning my child is asked to stand up, face that flag, put her hand over her heart, and say that her father is wrong."
- Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard, is author of The Blank Slate: "I never outgrew my conversion to atheist at 13."
- Katha Pollitt, "Subject to Debate" columnist for The Nation, author and poet, has spoken out regularly and energetically as a freethinker, in such columns as "Freedom From Religion, Sí!"
- Ron Reagan, media commentator, describes himself in a radio ad he taped for FFRF as: "Unabashed atheist, not afraid of burning in hell."
- Robert Sapolsky, a neurologist, Stanford professor and bestselling author, once suggested FFRF put up a sign at its conventions: "Welcome, hellbound atheists."
- Edward Sorel, satiric cartoonist and irreverent illustrator who is a regular contributor to The Atlantic, The New Yorker, and whose caricatures have been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, has been a Foundation member since the 1980s.
- Julia Sweeney, comedian and actress, is writer/performer of the play, "Letting Go of God": "How dare the religious use the term 'born again.' That truly describes freethinkers who've thrown off the shackles of religion so much better!"
In Memoriam
- Christopher Hitchens, the iconoclastic journalist, was author of the bestselling God Is Not Great: "Since it is obviously inconceivable that all religions can be right, the most reasonable conclusion is that they are all wrong."
- Oliver Sacks, M.D., the compassionate neurologist and bestselling author, described himself as "an old Jewish atheist."


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Located in Shaoxing (Yuecheng), Holiday Inn Shaoxing is minutes from Ji Mountain and Tishan Bridge. This 4-star hotel is within close proximity of MinSu FengQing ZhanYanGuan and Former Residence of Cai Yuanpei, Shaoxing.
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Syrra chewed her lip worriedly. Peshu was only a few years older than Syrra, Aidan the blacksmith's niece. Although not particularly intelligent, Peshu was a sweet natured girl- despite her imposing appearance - who often helped load the hay carts. Evidently she'd been in the wrong place at the wrong time when the bull escaped and knocked the cart down on top of her. However, her physical strength was not helping her here and all the time her cries were growing weaker as the men struggled to keep the cart from crushing her spine.
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In the grand chamber of the Guardsmen, Jasper Pim pushed through the crowd of couriers and apprentices on his way to the court. The din of conversation pressed on him like a physical weight. Something big must be happening but he was too anxious to stop and find out what.
He reached the North Doors just as the bells began to toll, drawing everyone inside. Jasper rushed to a seat just three from the Septus, where the seven High Protectors sit. He clutched his satchel eagerly, waiting for the rest of the seats to fill. He surveyed the high, domed ceiling and the tall, narrow stained-glass windows depicting acts of extreme valor. The air was thick with incense, a mixture of sandalwood and clove. He sighed, content. This is where he belonged.
The heavy doors on either side of the Septus opened and The Seven emerged to take their seats, wearing white and purple robes tied with thick golden ropes. Jasper could see the gleam of armor beneath the robes and he smiled knowingly. The High Protectors would always be Guardsmen first and foremost, ready for battle. Some day, that will be me up there, he thought.
The crowd settled in their seats, growing quiet as The Seven looked out over them, waiting. Finally, the High Protector nearest to Jasper, a woman, spoke.
"We greet you, people of Arexia. We see many new faces today, faces with but a single purpose. Let us not delay that purpose."
A side door opened and the Guardsman from the square marched through, still in full armor but without the pike. He turned to face the Septus and clamped his arm across his chest in salute. The Seven bowed slightly in unison.
"Guardsman Fenris Corrigan reporting an incident which occurred yesterday evening. An Elemental duel, sanctioned by the Kiven Competition, resulted in the death of a competitor."
Loud whispers from the crowd grew into murmurs as everyone started talking at once. The central High Protector, an elderly man with bushy white eyebrows, held up his hands for silence. When the noise subsided he motioned for Fenris to continue.
"The accused is Nalla Windhorn of the Purple Rose Order. She resisted arrest and fled the scene. It is my duty to apprehend the fugitive unless the Septus deems otherwise."
"Did she really use fire?" someone from the crowd shouted.
"How else could she beat Andor?" another answered.
"Will it still count as a win?" another asked, a little more quietly. This drew more shouts, both supporting and admonishing the question.
Jasper watched in fascination as the Septus had to control the crowd once again. He could see the annoyance on Fenris's face and wondered what it would be like to be standing there, about to embark on a journey to apprehend a dangerous fugitive, and having to listen to the prattle of commoners whose chief concern was their wagers on the competition.
"Carry out your duty, Guardsman Corrigan," the first High Protector said. "Apprehend the fugitive by any means necessary and bring her before us for judgment according to the Special Laws."
"Thank you, Septus." Fenris bowed but the High Protector held up her hand.
"You will not be going alone, Guardsman. Jasper Pim?"
Jasper's heart thudded in his chest. He rose shakily and nearly collapsed when all eyes turned to him.
The High Protector smiled proudly. "We have a new acolyte. Congratulations, young Pim. You are charged with accompanying Guardsman Corrigan, to learn from him and assist him on his quest, and to carry out his duty should he fall."
"Me?" Jasper's voice quivered. "But I just graduated yesterday. Shouldn't someone a bit more experienced--?"
The High Protector's smile dropped from her face. "Are you questioning the Septus, Acolyte Pim?"
Jasper felt the blood drain from his face. He shook his head and rushed down the steps to where Fenris was giving him a disapproving look.
Fenris turned to the Septus and clamped his arm over his chest. "By your command," he said evenly. He turned on his heel and marched back out, Jasper on his heels wondering how he could be so unlucky.


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Strange pink raised nodules on sycamore leaves on tree. Occurred around a month after the leaves started to appear on the tree. Mainly on the lower leaves of the tree as far as I can see. I have also noticed them on sycamore saplings growing from front garden hedges on Westbourne Avenue in Hull. I have no idea what this may be, and if there is a cause.


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Today we all feel a little bit older: Michael Owen has announced he will retire from football at the end of the season aged 33.
Owen is a player who threatened to burn out but ended up fading away. However, that should not detract from the career of one of the finest strikers ever to represent Liverpool and England among others.
It is remarkable to reflect that it is 15 years since Owen burst onto the international scene at the 1998 World Cup, scything through an experienced Argentina side at breakneck speed before producing a finish of devastating maturity far beyond his teenage years.
Three years later, Owen scored a hat-trick as Germany were humbled 5-1 in Munich in a World Cup qualifier that suggested this England side had found a goalscorer to lead a generation to glory.
Having scored twice in a dramatic comeback win against Arsenal to lift the FA Cup in May, thus completing a treble of sorts alongside League Cup and UEFA Cup success, Owen ended 2001 as European Footballer of the Year. He was the first Englishman to do so since Kevin Keegan in 1979.
He became the youngest player ever — at 23 years 134 days old — to reach 100 Premier League goals. Owen had the world at his feet and it appeared inevitable he would break Bobby Charlton's England goalscoring record.
Yet injuries gradually took their toll, eroding his pace and undermining his pursuit of every goal record in the game. Rafael Benitez encouraged his departure from Liverpool to Real Madrid, where he struggled to hold down a regular first-team place.
His career took him to Newcastle and then Manchester United before Stoke, for whom he is yet to start a League game amid further injury concerns that have resigned him to the conclusion his time is up. In fact, he has not played a full League match since appearing for United against Everton in November 2009
"It is with an immense amount of pride that I am announcing my intention to retire from professional football at the end of this season," said Owen in a statement this morning.
"Having progressed through the ranks at Liverpool to make my first-team debut at 17, before embarking upon spells at Real Madrid, Newcastle United, Manchester United and Stoke City, not to mention representing my country on 89 occasions, I now feel it is the right time to bring the curtain down on my career.
"I have been very fortunate in that my career has taken me on a journey that like many young players starting out, I could only have dreamt of.
"None of this would have been possible without the tremendous support I have received from managers, coaches, fellow players, back room staff, the supporters and my own personal sponsors. I would like to thank each and every one for the huge role they have played in helping me reach the top of my profession. Most of all, though, I would like to thank my family."
Owen scored 40 goals for England —only Charlton, Gary Lineker and Jimmy Greaves have more — but found himself frozen out by Fabio Capello and surpassed by younger talent under Roy Hodgson.
Critics would argue his latter-day decline diminishes his standing within the game. Newcastle spent £16million to acquire him and more on wages yet the treatment room housed him more than St James' Park. Over time, and before his time, Owen became a role model for his behaviour rather than his on-field exploits.
At Manchester United, he won a League title and lifted the League Cup but his bit-part status was far removed from the unstoppable force of nature he resembled as a youngster. And as he departs the game this summer — to spend more time with his family and to indulge his passion for horse racing — that is how he should be remembered.
Sir Trevor Brooking, the Football Association's director of football development, said: "Ability-wise, Owen is in the Charlton category. Pace is so important these days, you could never catch him when he made his run so 100 caps/50 goals would have been a certainty [but for injuries].
"We've been looking for that attacking talent for a few years. He had the pace and the finishing ability."
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Cap 9cm smooth.
Pores off white very small, no immediate discolouration on bruising. After 12 hours dull light brownish.
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Title: Tough, Non-toxic Vine to Cover Fence in Washington
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QUESTION:I have about 150 feet of 6-foot high chain link fence that I would like to cover with a vine for privacy. I really want an evergreen or semi-evergreen plant that requires very little care. I also don't want something that is very invasive and going to try to take over my yard. Annual trimming I can do, but I don't want to constantly battle with my vines. This fence runs north to south with no trees around it so it will have full sun. I do have kids that like to put everything in their mouth so the vine cannot have berries that are toxic. Does anything like this exist? Please don't say English ivy as it is way too invasive. Oh, and the soil is poor -- clay that is full of rocks.
The first place to go to find a list of potential vines for your chain link fence is our Native Plant Database. Use the Combination Search feature instead of Recommended Species. This will provide a bigger selection with much more choice to narrow down. The volunteers and staff at the Wildflower Center who maintain the database have partners in different regions to help with these recommended species lists based on what is easy to access in local nurseries.
Under Combination Search, select the following categories: WA, Habit – vine, Duration – Perennial, Light Requirement – Sun, Soil Moisture – Moist & Dry, and Leaf Retention – Evergreen and Semi-Evergreen.
This search requirements turned up one native vine: Lonicera hispidula (Pink honeysuckle). It will twine and grow along your fence and has deciduous to semi-evergreen foliage and grows up to 20 ft. The vine has pink or purple flowers in the spring and summer as well as showy red berries in the fall. The flowers attract hummingbirds. Unfortunately the fruit are mildly poisonous if eaten and are especially attractive to children because of their color and size.
A less restrictive search (just for full sun vines for Washington) produced a couple of additional suggestions but toxicity is again a big issue.
Clematis ligusticifolia (Western white clematis), a strong climber growing to 20 ft. Creamy white blooms appear from late spring through summer. The plant has deciduous leaves. In hot, dry situations, shade and mulching is needed to keep the roots cool. All parts are poisonous. Bird and hummingbird attractant plant.
Lonicera ciliosa (Orange honeysuckle), climbing to 18 feet with orange, trumpet shaped flowers in clusters during the summer. Red fruit may be poisonous. Deciduous leaves.
Parthenocissus vitacea (Hiedra creeper), a prolific climber to 60 ft. Small greenish flowers in late spring with hard purplish-black berries wish are moderately poisonous.
If you would like more information on the toxicity of garden plants, the University of California has a good resource on their website called "Safe and Poisonous Garden Plants."
No worries about Mr. Smarty Plants suggesting planting English Ivy! Nan Hampton summed our thoughts on English Ivy perfectly in at previous question. English ivy (Hedera helix) is native to Europe, western Asia and northern Africa and is considered invasive in at least 18 U. S. states. We are not enthusiastic about giving advice to propagate non-natives given that: "The mission of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is to increase the sustainable use and conservation of native wildflowers, plants, and landscapes."
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It walked out of the waters of Birch Lake as though it had been reborn; for indeed it had. It had been dormant for a while now, sleeping in the cylinder that the twin-engined aircraft dropped into the lake, until reactivated and flung unceremoniously into the waters, thence to find its way onto land.
Hungry, it thought. Hungry. Food. It found a small deer and broke its back, chewed at the dying creature, but knew as it was so doing that future kills would be better, cleaner, more elegant. Canines sheared flesh from bone. Deep-socketed eyes scanned the forest as it ate. It crouched on long legs and contemplated. The deer was dead now, its horrified screams still echoing in the high frequencies that it, unlike humans, could hear.
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Philip Rivers only attempted seven passes, but he completed five of those for 71 yards. There was an opportunity to score some points, but there were some penalties and drops that hindered the first team offense's ability to score, such as a delay of game penalty and a missed exchange on a reverse play. Rivers obviously wasn't in midseason form, but he did do a nice job of spreading the ball around to a number of different targets.
After only a couple of series, Billy Volek came into the game and played a good number of reps with the second offense. He started out a bit shaky, but Volek was able to calm down and get into a nice groove. He was getting better protection up front and was able to hit Malcom Floyd in the endzone to score the Chargers only touchdown on the night. Volek had a fumble which was caused by a sack, but other than that turnover was pretty consistent at moving the ball down field using guys like Naanee and Chandler. It was nice to see Volek bounce back after looking subpar at times in training camp.
While the stat sheet may not reflect it, Charlie Whitehurst was the most impressive quarterback on Sunday…at least in my mind. Whitehurst had a commanding presence on the field, standing tall in the pocket and delivering rocket passes downfield. Whitehurst came into the game at a time when the team was behind and was trying to score in what little time was left in the game. Whitehurst gave up an interception but that very well could have been a touchdown had Scott Chandler run the right route. Whitehurst has a loud, barking cadence and sits low under center, similarly to the way Rivers does. Charlie Whitehurst has the physical tools to make for a fine quarterback and I look forward to watching his continued progress. While its pretty unknown what his future holds, it would be nice to parlay Whitehurst into a bounty of draft picks similar to what Atlanta got for trading Matt Schaub to the Houston Texans.
Okay so that takes care of the offense. Later we'll look at the Defense.
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