January 2, 2009

Presidential Inaugural Committee 2009,
Washington, D.C. 20599

Dear Inaugural Committee Members,

I was contacted by D. Paul Montiero before the election to help “spread the word” that Mr. Obama wanted the votes of nonreligious people. I complied, using every possible means at my disposal, to convey that message to the 50 Million non-theistic Americans.

Since your victory, we’ve not heard from Mr. Obama’s team AT ALL. The Inauguration doesn’t involve us, the “Interfaith Table” specifically excludes us, and Mr. Obama is looking a lot less like an “agent of change” than the same old bunk we helped defeat.

I am writing to ask that this be corrected, that nonreligious groups be made a part of the “Interfaith Table” and that we be included, or at least acknowledged, at the inauguration.

Secular people make up more of the population than Jews, Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists, combined, and doubled. We deserve NOT to be ignored, and we hope to have the support of our President.

Sincerely,

Dave Silverman
National Spokesperson
American Atheists

I’m not trying to sound like phreedm, honest, but if the following is true, what about our 501c3 status?

I was contacted by D. Paul Montiero before the election to help “spread the word” that Mr. Obama wanted the votes of nonreligious people. I complied, using every possible means at my disposal, to convey that message to the 50 Million non-theistic Americans.

It seems to me you are in the same situation as a preacher that endorses from the pulpit. Please tell me I am wrong.

Thanks. I guess that clears it up. I still don’t quite understand, but as many here will tell you, I can be a little slow.

Since their victory, nothing. No returned calls, no returned emails, and no place in the inauguration.

Hell, even phred got this one right.
Wish in one hand, shit in the other & see wihch fills up first.

It’s business as usual in ‘Merikuh.

Mr. Montiero denied the statement saying it was someone else’s, but recordings were made and are being reviewed.

I have never heard those recordings or seen any transcripts. Are they available anywhere?

Carl Silverman:

First let me say that, despite what you are about to read, I still encourage everyone to vote for
Obama. As we all know, we must focus on the Supreme Court.

Did anybody think to obtain a public pledge from Obama, before voting for him, that he would take care to keep any more theocrats off the federal courts?

“Since their victory, nothing. No returned calls, no returned emails, and no place in the inauguration. Preachers get to preach their divisive “we all love god and gays can’t get married” bullcrap, but there will be no acknowledgment of secular people AT ALL at the event. Quite frankly, I’m pretty pissed.”

Unless you lash out in anger, which is a really bad idea against a president-elect, no one feels your anger except you, and I think its probably not a pleasant sensation. For what it’s worth, I would recommend you take a step back, take a deep breath, and look rationally at what this man has on his plate. Do I need to name them for you? War on two fronts. A global economic collapse. Crisis in the Middle East. Global warming. Iranian Nukes. Genocide in Africa. Need I continue?

You feel like he owes you, and I’m sure you’re right. He owes a lot of people, because his campaign sent out tenticles everywhere because he was bent on winning. But now that he won, he owes everyone who worked with his campaign and everyone who voted for him. And I know, it must, on the surface, make it worse when he’s vacationing in Hawaii while you’re calls are ignored. But, the man has been working nonstop for two years to win this campaign, and now that he’s won he has the simple job of pulling humanity back from the brink of the Dark Ages part II. Maybe he deserves a little patience and support, instead of anger. Just something to consider.

NeoWolfe