Donald Trump's debate: will it be cancelled?

Media-whore blowhard Donald Trump was scheduled to host the Republican debate co-sponsored by Newsmax on Dec. 27th. Announced with much excitement during a joint conference with Donald Trump and Newt Gingrich, it was supposed to be a must-see event. Now the pieces are crumbling and it looks like it may not go down at all. In the beginning Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman put out a statement saying they would not be attending the debate. At first it seemed like a bad move for those candidates - they're polling towards the bottom and really can't afford to not be seen. But other candidates have followed suit and now they're down to only 2 candidates that have confirmed they'll attend: Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum.

Are Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum enough to make it a worthwhile debate? Or will they just can the whole thing altogether?

The whole thing has been a disaster from the start. Republicans need to get serious and they need to quit being so goddamn stupid by following celebrity whores like Donald Trump and Sarah Palin. If you think those people are good leaders for the Republican party you need to wake the fuck up. They have no interest in serving to help this nation, they're self promoters who hop on bandwagons to feed their careers.

I'll be honest, deep down I wanted to see this. It was certainly going to be a train wreck that would be hard not to watch. But I also know nothing truly good will come out of it. It's cheap entertainment at a time where we need serious solutions, not sideshow distractions.

Hopefully this whole event will get canned and Donald Trump and the Republican party can both realize that neither of them are a good fit for the other. Shame on all those out there who think he has a serious role to play in politics, you've definitely been punked.

Herman Cain and Rick Perry both have their own "Oh shit" moment

The Republican primary campaign has been going on for a few months now but it's really starting to get entertaining lately and is making the 2008 campaign look like a snooze fest. Remember John McCain? Rudy Guiliani? God it's no wonder Obama won. Of course, it didn't help that the majority of the country was fed up after 8 years of Bush but that's another story. Anyways...one of the most entertaining parts about this whole process is watching these politicians squirm as they're asked questions on things they know nothing about - and they have to pretend to be very knowledgeable on the subject. Most of the time they can pull it off pretty well. One of the things that works in their favor is that half the population doesn't understand the issues so people barely notice when politicians are bullshitting their way through answers. For all Joe Sixpack knows, the politician is offering some genius proposal. But every now and then their knowledge is so lacking that they can't even pretend to bullshit their way through, which is what happened to Herman Cain a few days ago during a debate between Cain and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, watch below:



And then tonight during the debate on CNBC came what is probably the most embarrassing moment yet during the campaign: Rick Perry completely forgot what he was going to say mid-speech, and ends it by saying "oops". Ouch.

"I will tell you, it is three agencies of government when I get there that are gone: Commerce, Education, and — what's the third one there? Let's see..."

Notice how after saying "oops" he immediately looks over to his right, presumably at Mitt Romney.

AAMA Atheists Against Militant Atheism

We've decided today that we're going to create an organization called Atheists Against Militant Atheism (AAMA). We're not sure what it is with a lot of atheists but many of them are uhm...how do you say it..douchebags? Calling them militant is probably giving them too much credit but I guess it'll have to work for now.

Now in case you're unaware, we're atheists here at People Liking People. But we're friendly atheists. We actually think that religion can be a good thing, and we do see that a lot of our friends and family members find value in it. So who are we to try to stop them from doing it? Who are we to mock them?

First there's the clowns that want to remove "In God We Trust" from our currency. They point to the separation of church and state but you know what? There's a million bigger issues to worry about. How does it effect me to have "In God We Trust" on my dollars? It's the same with "Under God" in the pledge or when people get their panties all in a bunch about the 10 commandments being displayed on government property. Get over it and get a life.

Now back in the day I used to think these were just fringe morons and didn't really represent the majority of atheists. But now we have Youtube and there's this whole community of douchebag atheists on there that have a 24/7 circle jerk about how stupid Christians are. It's almost like they're trying to convince themselves that they're truly atheist. But what I really find interesting is their hatred for religion. It goes beyond just not believing. If you notice, they hardly ever want to talk about real science or ideas about the world. They'd rather focus all their time on coming up with good arguments against Christianity and how the bible contradicts itself 1,000 times. I could give a flying fuck about the bible, what are you guys wasting your time for?

I am going to say something here that may offend religious people but it needs to be said. A lot of religious people are actually unstable and the only thing holding them together is this belief in God and from that belief comes a sense of value and purpose to their lives. Would you really want to be around on the day they come out and say "Breaking news: after looking over new evidence, religious leaders around the world all concede that there is no God after all, and no afterlife, the whole thing was just a big fairy tale"? Could you imagine the shitstorm that would surely ensue?

Let people have their fairytale beliefs. If that's what keeps them "sane" I say have at it, as long as they're not hurting anyone else. Yes we know, people do bad things in the name of religion. But those people are "bad" to begin with, religion is their justification. I think a lot of you atheists out there became atheists NOT because you were intellectually curious and thought a lot about life and came up with your own ideas. But you wanted to be rebellious and you have a permanent stick up your ass. Let it go, whatever your pent up frustration is about. Focus on something positive, life is too short.

We'll leave you with an example of some atheist douchebaggery in action, this is one of the more widely known atheists on Youtube, Thunderf00t: