Think brand names are ‘trusted friends’?

Think again.

Just look at the shenanigans Sony/BMG has pulled.

I’m Athena:

Athena was the virgin Goddess of Wisdom and so much more. She was totally rockin’! Her only downside was that she was sorta misogynist. But, hey, we all have our faults. She was a very popular goddess and was always there to help out the people she liked. Basically, you’re the kind of person that’s good to have around.

Since, of late, Shroomy and GQS have revisited the issue of intelligent design via their brief comments on Pat Robertson’s asinine comments…

I think it is appropriate to remind those select few who actually read this blog of the Divine Flying Spaghetti Monster in all His/Her/Its Glory. The phenomenon grows. (As a flying spaghetti monster would.)

This quote, I mean.

“A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.”

Aristotle

It can apply to many in these days.