You tell 'em Bill!

I enjoyed listening to the "Real Time Overtime from 1/25/08" podcast (which you'll find on iTunes and at www.hbo.com) on my run today. My favorite lines:

It's about time the people of faith backed off. Because they've gotten away with that for years; just by saying the word "faith", you can't even have a debate about it. But I'm gonna have a debate about it.

They certainly do have the right [to believe what they want to believe], and I have the right to say they're batshit.

"Congressman Holds No God-Belief"

"Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) is first Congress member in history to acknowledge his nontheism."

This is a big deal. (I sent him a thank you email.)

According to Wikipedia, he's not up for reelection until 2009. I hope he runs again, but I doubt he will. I suspect the only reason he was willing to make such an acknowledgement is because he plans to retire.