This is one of the front runners in the GOP presidential race. Rick Perry.
This video was recorded yesterday at Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University, as Perry told a rapturous audience that he receives messages directly from God, through “supernatural events” such as rainstorms.
Youtube VideoWow.
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Decatur Deb Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:04:04pm |
There's a talking snake somewhere in this guy's garden.
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Targetpractice Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:06:20pm |
The future of this nation may rest in the hands of this fruitloop? Is it too late to reconsider communism?
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:07:37pm |
Someone with lots of donors and an (R) after their name is going to be handling snakes and speaking in tongues before this is all over.
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:07:51pm |
G-d speaks to me thru my body.
When my knee hurts, he is saying "you dumb shit, you didn't do your exercizes did you?"
If I have a sinus infection, he is saying "you dumb shit, you didn't pay attention to the allergy indicators and take your meds did you?"
If I have a cut on my finger, he is saying "you dumb shit, you weren't paying attention when you were cutting the tomatoes again, were you?"
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:08:58pm |
re: #3 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
The future of this nation may rest in the hands of this fruitloop? Is it too late to reconsider communism?
Sadly, that is what some see as the options --Communism with Obama or Christian Sharia with the GOP.
Always seeing the extremes . . .
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jaunte Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:08:58pm |
God's wide-eyed boy looking for guidance in common weather events,
and/or a cynical liar, sucking up to his base. It's a Texas twofer.
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jc717 Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:11:02pm |
Oh for f*ck's sake! What will it take for someone in the mainstream media to call these people certifiably insane?
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:11:40pm |
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Decatur Deb Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:11:54pm |
re: #6 ggt
Sadly, that is what some see as the options --Communism with Obama or Christian Sharia with the GOP.
Always seeing the extremes . . .
Well, there's always Christian communism with Dorothy Day:
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:12:29pm |
re: #4 negativ
Someone with lots of donors and an (R) after their name is going to be handling snakes and speaking in tongues before this is all over.
I've always wanted to see that. This may make me a snob, but I now realize I've always wanted to see that with someone who wasn't running for President in the starring role.
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BongCrodny Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:13:23pm |
Dollars to doughnuts that the messages Rick Perry receives from God tell him *exactly* what he wants to hear.
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:16:37pm |
re: #13 BongCrodny
Dollars to doughnuts that the messages Rick Perry receives from God tell him *exactly* what he wants to hear.
That's always a good sign that the second situation Metatron describes in 'Dogma' might apply to you.
"Metatron acts as the voice of God. Any documented occasion when some yahoo claims that God has spoken to them, they're speaking to me. Or, they're talking to themselves."
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:16:46pm |
re: #11 Decatur Deb
Well, there's always Christian communism with Dorothy Day:
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
What is their position on Reproductive Rights?
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:17:03pm |
re: #12 SanFranciscoZionist
I've always wanted to see that. This may make me a snob, but I now realize I've always wanted to see that with someone who wasn't running for President in the starring role.
re: #13 BongCrodny
Dollars to doughnuts that the messages Rick Perry receives from God tell him *exactly* what he wants to hear.
I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires. - Susan B. Anthony
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:17:53pm |
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Decatur Deb Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:18:00pm |
re: #12 SanFranciscoZionist
I've always wanted to see that. This may make me a snob, but I now realize I've always wanted to see that with someone who wasn't running for President in the starring role.
Available for Kindle. I think there was also a documentary film.
[Link: www.amazon.com...]
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ProMayaLiberal Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:18:20pm |
Can I get your guys help on seeing if I am getting the right opinion on a person? Sorry for the OT.
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prairiefire Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:18:33pm |
I think God speaks through thunderstorms! He's saying "take shelter now!"/
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Decatur Deb Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:19:36pm |
re: #15 ggt
What is their position on Reproductive Rights?
Funny you ask. They are kosher Catholics, but if Dorothy Day is canonized, she'll be the first known saint with an illegal abortion in her autobiography.
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wheat-dogghazi Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:20:35pm |
So, what was the message Perry got from days and days of drought? To pray for rain? Pretty weak message, if you ask me.
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:20:40pm |
re: #21 Decatur Deb
Funny you ask. They are kosher Catholics, but if Dorothy Day is canonized, she'll be the first known saint with an illegal abortion in her autobiography.
Kosher Catholic --never heard of that flavor.
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Decatur Deb Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:21:33pm |
re: #23 ggt
Kosher Catholic --never heard of that flavor.
If you say "orthodox Catholic" it gets very confusing.
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:21:39pm |
re: #22 wheatdogg
So, what was the message Perry got from days and days of drought? To pray for rain? Pretty weak message, if you ask me.
The message was, "You dumb shit, you live in Texas."
But Perry interpreted it differently.
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:21:55pm |
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reine.de.tout Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:22:24pm |
re: #23 ggt
Kosher Catholic --never heard of that flavor.
Some sort of SFZ/Reine merge-into-one? Weird.
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darthstar Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:23:09pm |
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Decatur Deb Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:23:20pm |
re: #26 ggt
Silly hat guys?
Sounds too much like Greek and Russian Orthodox, who are not in communion with the Pope.
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Atlas Fails Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:23:20pm |
Perry may have pulled a W, but Louie Gohmert still managed to beat him out for the title of Dumbass of the Day with this doozy.
On a side note, the Daily Kos has been much more favorable to Obama since he introduced his jobs plan. Hopefully, this will quell some of the more idiotic voices on the left who've been talking about sitting 2012 out.
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:23:20pm |
I'm just the run-of-the-mill never go to to church or pray, but give money once a year just-in-case Roman Catholic. . .
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reine.de.tout Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:23:31pm |
re: #19 ProLifeLiberal
Can I get your guys help on seeing if I am getting the right opinion on a person? Sorry for the OT.
Which person?
(I'm dying of curiosity, here)
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:23:40pm |
re: #21 Decatur Deb
Funny you ask. They are kosher Catholics, but if Dorothy Day is canonized, she'll be the first known saint with an illegal abortion in her autobiography.
OTOH, St. Brigid is known to have been approached by one of her nuns, who found herself pregnant out of wedlock (nuns did, in fact, get married in the early Irish church, and people raised families in monastic communities.)
The young woman was distraught, so Brigid prayed with her, and she was no longer pregnant.
I have my curiousity about what the story represents, on a number of levels
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Decatur Deb Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:24:40pm |
re: #33 SanFranciscoZionist
OTOH, St. Brigid is known to have been approached by one of her nuns, who found herself pregnant out of wedlock (nuns did, in fact, get married in the early Irish church, and people raised families in monastic communities.)
The young woman was distraught, so Brigid prayed with her, and she was no longer pregnant.
I have my curiousity about what the story represents, on a number of levels
"Pray Away the Brae".
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:25:42pm |
re: #33 SanFranciscoZionist
OTOH, St. Brigid is known to have been approached by one of her nuns, who found herself pregnant out of wedlock (nuns did, in fact, get married in the early Irish church, and people raised families in monastic communities.)
The young woman was distraught, so Brigid prayed with her, and she was no longer pregnant.
I have my curiousity about what the story represents, on a number of levels
It took a very long time for Irish Women to even partially give up their autonomy.
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sattv4u2 Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:25:48pm |
re: #32 reine.de.tout
Which person?
(I'm dying of curiosity, here)
"You're so vain, you probably think that post is about you"
//
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Interesting Times Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:26:14pm |
re: #30 Atlas Fails
Perry may have pulled a W, but Louie Gohmert still managed to beat him out for the title of Dumbass of the Day with this doozy.
The picture accompanying that story.
Do not look at it too long, lest you be sucked into the vortex of DERP, never to emerge again.
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reine.de.tout Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:26:21pm |
re: #37 sattv4u2
"You're so vain, you probably think that post is about you"
[Video]//
Heh.
You're so right!
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:26:27pm |
Apparently the drought isn't something he notices... Or the notion that
G-d made the physical laws he continuously denies.
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sattv4u2 Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:27:09pm |
re: #31 ggt
I'm just the run-of-the-mill never go to to church or pray, but give money once a year just-in-case Roman Catholic. . .
You get to go to heaven
BUT
You don't get a very good parking space!
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darthstar Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:27:26pm |
re: #31 ggt
I'm just the run-of-the-mill never go to to church or pray Roman Catholic. . .
I'm a recovering Catholic myself...guilt free for over 20 years.
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:27:36pm |
re: #41 sattv4u2
You get to go to heaven
BUT
You don't get a very good parking space!
All I care about is being with my dog.
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:28:04pm |
re: #42 darthstar
I'm a recovering Catholic myself...guilt free for over 20 years.
I've learned, since being a parent, that guilt is a very, very useful tool!
;0
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ProMayaLiberal Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:28:04pm |
re: #32 reine.de.tout
A person I know. I'll explain the background after I hear opinions.
This person I know through a friend. He went to the Air Force Academy (a degree in Management), and after Graduation got an immediate deferment to the Kennedy School at Harvard, to get a master's in Public Policy. He is someone who thinks that Senator Kyl is a great public servant. His family fairly prominent in Phoenix or Scottsdale, with his father being big in a law firm. In addition, he is a hard partier.
My opinion of this guy is rather poor. Your thoughts?
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jaunte Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:28:37pm |
Meanwhile, at the Perry 'Response' Rainfall Prayer Watch:
At 6:56 this morning, the level of Lake Buchanan was declining at 990.08 ft msl, which is about 20.7 feet below its historic September average of 1,010.76 ft msl. Lake Travis was falling at 631.82 ft msl which is about 32.9 feet below its historic September average of 664.70 ft msl. The total combined storage in the Highland Lakes two water storage reservoirs, Buchanan and Travis, is at 809,000 acre-feet, or 40 percent of capacity. The surface water temperature of Lake Travis as measured near Mansfield Dam is 83 degrees.[Link: www.lcra.org...]
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Decatur Deb Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:28:39pm |
re: #36 ggt
It took a very long time for Irish Women to even partially give up their autonomy.
Let me know when that happens.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:28:56pm |
Ohh and just to put it to rest,
Ivar Giaever's links to Exxon Mobil, Heartland, Cato etc...
When I wrote that he was either a sell out or senile, it turns out he sold out.
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:29:04pm |
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Interesting Times Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:29:09pm |
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darthstar Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:29:32pm |
re: #44 ggt
I've learned, since being a parent, that guilt is a very, very useful tool!
;0
Just foster for your children a sense of contrition and you'll be fine.
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ProMayaLiberal Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:30:45pm |
re: #30 Atlas Fails
Wow. What a dumbass.
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reine.de.tout Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:30:47pm |
re: #45 ProLifeLiberal
A person I know. I'll explain the background after I hear opinions.
This person I know through a friend. He went to the Air Force Academy (a degree in Management), and after Graduation got an immediate deferment to the Kennedy School at Harvard, to get a master's in Public Policy. He is someone who thinks that Senator Kyl is a great public servant. His family fairly prominent in Phoenix or Scottsdale, with his father being big in a law firm. In addition, he is a hard partier.
My opinion of this guy is rather poor. Your thoughts?
I don't have enough information. A person could do all of that and be a great person, or not great. I'm not sure why you have a poor opinion of the guy. Is it for one of the things you cited? If so - well, honestly - there's not much to go on there, IMO.
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:31:04pm |
re: #51 darthstar
Just foster for your children a sense of contrition and you'll be fine.
Naw, just get real serious and ask "Do you really think that was a thoughtful thing to do/say?"
But you have to do it in your sincerest, loving, and serious voice. In otherwords, the "nun" voice.
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sattv4u2 Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:31:35pm |
re: #43 ggt
All I care about is being with my dog.
Speaking of which
Let the dogs out to the backyard
Einstien, as usual, does what he has to do and comes right back in
McDuff, as usual, has to check every blade of grass, tree, pinecone and walk the fence perimeter
He started barking (again, not unusual)
he stopped barking
I went out to check after awhile.,,, he's GONE ,,,,
One of the slats of the fence got loose, popped off, and he decided to go check whats on the OTHER side of the fence
45 minutes looking through the neighborhood,, calling him,,, NADA
I get back to the house, he's sitting on the front porch looking at me as if to say "where the heel have YOU been !?!?!"
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nines09 Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:32:11pm |
What a salesman. True to the roots. I guess if he had been hit by a car it would have been a sign... "Been 'round the worlt, seen a lotta things.....saw a lotta stuff....looked for ansers...It's the Will of God. It's amazin how he can will a football into the hands of a receiver and yet still count the hairs on our heads.....I do suppose that starving child and that murdered family in, oh, somewhere out over where they worship pagen images and the mooslums have the most amount of guns..well. That's out of my control. God knows wht he's doing, I'm not going to question that dropped pass."
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freetoken Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:33:13pm |
Providence... what can I say...
There are always more than one way to look at any single event.
If someone wants to interpret atmospheric phenomena as direction from God then, well, that person is doing what much of mankind has done for a very, very long time.
I think it is important to stress that Perry isn't so much different than many people but the truth is just the opposite - Rick Perry is probably very "normal" as far as Americans go.
Rick Perry believes what a great deal of Americans believe, which is why I don't discount the possibility that he could end up President.
Now, how sincere is Perry in all of these public speaking opportunities? Only he knows, but it probably doesn't matter as many people will believe him anyway.
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:33:31pm |
re: #36 ggt
It took a very long time for Irish Women to even partially give up their autonomy.
Brigid's heirs as Abbess at Kildare had the authority of bishops for many, many generations. And she, of course, took on the authority of the goddess of the same name.
There's a church in downtown SF, built by Irish immigrants that has a window showing her in her full symbolic regalia, holding a bishop's staff, and with fire rising out of her other hand. Oak leaves on her head. Very lovely.
The story I adore is that St. Brendan (the Navigator) visited her at Kildare, and they went for a walk and got their cloaks wet. Brigid hung hers up on a sunbeam to dry, and Brendan followed her lead, but only figured out how to do it on the third try.
He was embarassed, (early Irish saints tended to treat holiness as a sort of dance contest), but Brigid told him that being on the sea all the time in danger divided his attention, while, living a girly monastic life, she was able to stay focused on God the whole time.
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sattv4u2 Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:33:38pm |
re: #45 ProLifeLiberal
A person I know. I'll explain the background after I hear opinions.
This person I know through a friend. He went to the Air Force Academy (a degree in Management), and after Graduation got an immediate deferment to the Kennedy School at Harvard, to get a master's in Public Policy. He is someone who thinks that Senator Kyl is a great public servant. His family fairly prominent in Phoenix or Scottsdale, with his father being big in a law firm. In addition, he is a hard partier.
My opinion of this guy is rather poor. Your thoughts?
Is your "rather poor" opinion of him based only for his regard to Kyl?
If so, shallow on your part, imho
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:34:03pm |
re: #55 sattv4u2
Speaking of which
Let the dogs out to the backyard
Einstien, as usual, does what he has to do and comes right back in
McDuff, as usual, has to check every blade of grass, tree, pinecone and walk the fence perimeter
He started barking (again, not unusual)
he stopped barking
I went out to check after awhile.,,, he's GONE ,,,
One of the slats of the fence got loose, popped off, and he decided to go check whats on the OTHER side of the fence
45 minutes looking through the neighborhood,, calling him,,, NADA
I get back to the house, he's sitting on the front porch looking at me as if to say "where the heel have YOU been !?!?!"
He just wanted to check what was on the other side of the fence. He is not concerned with the security of the whole neighborhood!
:)
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A Man for all Seasons Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:34:03pm |
When God speaks to you.. You should have to go full disclosure..
OK.. What does his voice sound like?
Do you get this deep dark voice like Darth Vader...Hoopster.. I am your Father..
I knew it!
Or maybe that voice in the middle of the cornfield
If you build it they will come..
Maybe Red doing the voice over in my head in Shawshank redemption
Hoopster was my best friend...
I kind of Hope God sounds like Robert Redford in a River runs through it..
I mean..No matter what..Even if God Sounds like Winston Churchhill I'll know it's Him cause He doesn't sound like me in my head..
unless I'm insane.. Then He could sound like Cindi Laupner Telling me Girls just wanna have fun and I'll believe every single word..
//
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sattv4u2 Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:35:02pm |
re: #60 ggt
He just wanted to check what was on the other side of the fence. He is not concerned with the security of the whole neighborhood!
:)
Well,, he wasn't by the front door when I went out it to GO LOOK FOR HIM!!!!
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Charles Johnson Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:35:46pm |
When fascism comes to America, it will come with 0% financing from date of purchase.
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ProMayaLiberal Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:35:55pm |
re: #53 reine.de.tout
It's also the fact that this guy broke up with a close friend of mine a little while ago. She may be trying to get back together with him.
My opinion of this person is that he is certainly quite intelligent. However, he seems to be using the fact that he was in the military as a cynical point, using it to get reduced cost (at least) when it comes to schooling, in addition to making himself looking more appealing for jobs. To be blunt, it looks like he wants to become a politician, and seems like the sort of person who might use people and throw them away.
I worry about my friend. Alot.
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Atlas Fails Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:36:00pm |
re: #45 ProLifeLiberal
A person I know. I'll explain the background after I hear opinions.
This person I know through a friend. He went to the Air Force Academy (a degree in Management), and after Graduation got an immediate deferment to the Kennedy School at Harvard, to get a master's in Public Policy. He is someone who thinks that Senator Kyl is a great public servant. His family fairly prominent in Phoenix or Scottsdale, with his father being big in a law firm. In addition, he is a hard partier.
My opinion of this guy is rather poor. Your thoughts?
Hmmm. I have friends who are hardcore right-wingers, but being young, I usually just attribute it to them thoughtlessly adopting their parents' political persuasion. This guy has made it through the AAA and is now at Harvard, so he's obviously no dummy. If he's particularly obnoxious or confrontational about politics, I'd keep my distance, but if he's an okay guy to hang out with, I'd just steer the conversation toward other areas. Who knows, maybe some time at a Liberal Elitist Indoctrination Center (TM) like Harvard will make him reconsider some of his views.
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:36:08pm |
re: #63 sattv4u2
Well,, he wasn't by the front door when I went out it to GO LOOK FOR HIM!!!
He was busy checking the perimeter of the property from the outside. You just missed-him.
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sattv4u2 Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:37:15pm |
re: #45 ProLifeLiberal
re: #59 sattv4u2
Is your "rather poor" opinion of him based only for his regard to Kyl?
If so, shallow on your part, imho
Let me restate that
Have you asked him WHY he has a high opinion of Kyl?
Perhaps he knows (for example) that Kyl gave a gazzilion dollars to your friends favorite charity
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ProMayaLiberal Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:37:29pm |
re: #67 Atlas Fails
Should have gotten my response out sooner.
For as loud a liberal as I am, most of my Non-Muslim friends are Conservative. This ain't about politics (for once :P).
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sattv4u2 Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:38:01pm |
re: #69 ggt
He was busy checking the perimeter of the property from the outside. You just missed-him.
DAMN!!!
Now he's sitting at my side with a look like
"hey,, dad,,, can we go somewhere!!?!?"
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Interesting Times Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:38:24pm |
re: #66 ProLifeLiberal
To be blunt, it looks like he wants to become a politician, and seems like the sort of person who might use people and throw them away.
Newt Gingrich 2.0?
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ProMayaLiberal Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:38:53pm |
re: #70 sattv4u2
Didn't find that out.
However, me and him once got into a flame war of the Community Center in Lower Manhattan. Rather nasty, he saw Muslims (overall) as responsible for 9/11.
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sattv4u2 Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:38:57pm |
re: #71 ProLifeLiberal
Should have gotten my response out sooner.
For as loud a liberal as I am, most of my Non-Muslim friends are Conservative. This ain't about politics (for once :P).
Then why did you mention the Kyl part??
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Atlas Fails Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:39:01pm |
re: #66 ProLifeLiberal
It's also the fact that this guy broke up with a close friend of mine a little while ago. She may be trying to get back together with him.
My opinion of this person is that he is certainly quite intelligent. However, he seems to be using the fact that he was in the military as a cynical point, using it to get reduced cost (at least) when it comes to schooling, in addition to making himself looking more appealing for jobs. To be blunt, it looks like he wants to become a politician, and seems like the sort of person who might use people and throw them away.
I worry about my friend. Alot.
You didn't mention that he was a dick. Based on this information, fuck that guy. Liberal, conservative, Paulbot, whatever, I wouldn't waste any of my time with some self-serving douche.
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:39:32pm |
Monster Puppy keeps trying to be friends with the Cat Overlord. Two separate instances of claws to the face and he is still trying . . . .
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sattv4u2 Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:39:42pm |
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ProMayaLiberal Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:39:59pm |
re: #73 publicityStunted
Exactly!
My friend helped me though alot (she's from Colorado, I've known her for 5-6 years). So I feel very protective.
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sattv4u2 Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:40:31pm |
And on that note, dessert and my recliner beckon
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:41:16pm |
re: #79 ProLifeLiberal
Exactly!
My friend helped me though alot (she's from Colorado, I've known her for 5-6 years). So I feel very protective.
Ah, you have the hots for her and don't want to see her with someone you see as a douchebag. . . .
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ProMayaLiberal Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:41:29pm |
re: #75 sattv4u2
Good point. Unnecessary detail, I remember him saying something after the praising of Kyl that left a bad taste in my mouth.
Unfortunately, the taste is the only thing I remember.
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Atlas Fails Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:42:19pm |
re: #81 ggt
Ah, you have the hots for her and don't want to see her with someone you see as a douchebag. . . .
When you've got the hots for a girl, every guy she dates is a douchebag;)
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ProMayaLiberal Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:42:40pm |
re: #81 ggt
Heh, not even close to being ready here for a relationship. I've got so many issues to iron out before getting there.
I just get really protective over friends.
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:42:50pm |
re: #83 Atlas Fails
When you've got the hots for a girl, every guy she dates is a douchebag;)
Well, I wasn't going that far, but yes, that would be correct.
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:43:25pm |
re: #84 ProLifeLiberal
Heh, not even close to being ready here for a relationship. I've got so many issues to iron out before getting there.
I just get really protective over friends.
uh-huh.
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reine.de.tout Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:44:32pm |
re: #66 ProLifeLiberal
It's also the fact that this guy broke up with a close friend of mine a little while ago. She may be trying to get back together with him.
My opinion of this person is that he is certainly quite intelligent. However, he seems to be using the fact that he was in the military as a cynical point, using it to get reduced cost (at least) when it comes to schooling, in addition to making himself looking more appealing for jobs. To be blunt, it looks like he wants to become a politician, and seems like the sort of person who might use people and throw them away.
I worry about my friend. Alot.
Ah. I understand about being worried about a friend.
Many folks make mistakes as to who we take up with. And things end up OK, anyhow, in the end. Either the person is better than we thought; or not, in which case we make our own decisions as to how our lives will proceed.
In other words - I'm afraid you'll have to let your friend make his (or her) own mistakes - then be there with a helping hand when (or IF) it's needed on down the road.
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Feline Fearless Leader Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:45:08pm |
re: #33 SanFranciscoZionist
OTOH, St. Brigid is known to have been approached by one of her nuns, who found herself pregnant out of wedlock (nuns did, in fact, get married in the early Irish church, and people raised families in monastic communities.)
The young woman was distraught, so Brigid prayed with her, and she was no longer pregnant.
I have my curiousity about what the story represents, on a number of levels
A grand uncle of mine (who I never met) who happened to be a Catholic priest supposedly took a woodchuck, held it underwater, and declared it fish so that it could be eaten on a Friday during Lent. But this was during the Depression in the coal country of west-central PA.
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ProMayaLiberal Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:45:37pm |
re: #86 ggt
I'm an Autistic Male, who has had poor family relationships and constantly apologizes for every little thing that my crude social understanding thinks might be a little off.
Trust Me. I'm. Not. Ready.
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:48:42pm |
re: #88 oaktree
A grand uncle of mine (who I never met) who happened to be a Catholic priest supposedly took a woodchuck, held it underwater, and declared it fish so that it could be eaten on a Friday during Lent. But this was during the Depression in the coal country of west-central PA.
That's a good priest.
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reine.de.tout Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:49:14pm |
re: #88 oaktree
A grand uncle of mine (who I never met) who happened to be a Catholic priest supposedly took a woodchuck, held it underwater, and declared it fish so that it could be eaten on a Friday during Lent. But this was during the Depression in the coal country of west-central PA.
What an odd story!
There would really be no reason to do that.
If some sort of dispensation were needed, it could be gotten and there would be no need to declare a woodchuck to be a fish.
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:49:41pm |
re: #82 ProLifeLiberal
Good point. Unnecessary detail,
Not nec. Seems to fit with the overall writeoff/a-hole qualities you describe. Confederates like that are fine for keeping around to about the weather or light entertainment, but I think your instinct of self-protection and that of your friend didn't just drop out of the sky.
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ProMayaLiberal Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:49:57pm |
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Decatur Deb Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:50:32pm |
re: #91 reine.de.tout
What an odd story!
There would really be no reason to do that.
If some sort of dispensation were needed, it could be gotten and there would be no need to declare a woodchuck to be a fish.
Fishpensation--it's quicker when you're hungry. (Priests spend a good bit of time just messin' with ya.)
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:52:00pm |
re: #89 ProLifeLiberal
I'm an Autistic Male, who has had poor family relationships and constantly apologizes for every little thing that my crude social understanding thinks might be a little off.
Trust Me. I'm. Not. Ready.
Well, you're light years ahead of a lot of non-autistic males, of the type that have their own brand of crude social understanding. :D
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ProMayaLiberal Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:52:24pm |
re: #93 ProLifeLiberal
On second note, how would you even cook that varmint?
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SidewaysQuark Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:52:42pm |
Great, Pat Robertson is running for President again. And this time, it's not a joke...he might actually win.
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Decatur Deb Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:53:42pm |
re: #96 ProLifeLiberal
On second note, how would you even cook that varmint?
WOODCHUCK (GROUNDHOG) STEW
1 woodchuck
2 onions, sliced
1/2 cup celery, sliced
Flour
Vinegar and water
Salt and pepper
Cloves
Clean woodchuck; remove glands; cut into serving pieces. Soak overnight in a solution of equal parts of water and vinegar with addition of one sliced onion and a little salt. Drain, wash, and wipe. Parboil 20 minutes, drain, and cover with fresh boiling water. Add one sliced onion, celery, a few cloves, and salt and pepper to taste. Cook until tender; thicken gravy with flour.
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Atlas Fails Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:53:59pm |
re: #89 ProLifeLiberal
I'm an Autistic Male, who has had poor family relationships and constantly apologizes for every little thing that my crude social understanding thinks might be a little off.
Trust Me. I'm. Not. Ready.
Hey, at least you have the autism excuse to fall back on. What do the rest of us have to explain continually choking on dates?
///Not making light of autism
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Mentis Fugit Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:55:15pm |
re: #1 Decatur Deb
There's a talking snake somewhere in this guy's garden.
It's not the snake in the garden, it's the bats in the belfry.
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:55:32pm |
re: #77 ggt
Monster Puppy keeps trying to be friends with the Cat Overlord. Two separate instances of claws to the face and he is still trying . . .
I'm going to see Big Puppy tomorrow. Her BFF (my BFF's pit mix) has a big gash on her nose from the kitty at Big Puppy's house....who obviously fears nothing and no one.
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Interesting Times Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:55:46pm |
re: #57 freetoken
I think it is important to stress that Perry isn't so much different than many people but the truth is just the opposite - Rick Perry is probably very "normal" as far as Americans go.
Rick Perry believes what a great deal of Americans believe, which is why I don't discount the possibility that he could end up President.
Your comments are getting more depressing by the day *_* ...though deep down, I probably agree with you.
That said, would you pretty much agree with what LaZardo said here, i.e. that we might as well prepare for the worst re AGW?
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:56:39pm |
re: #89 ProLifeLiberal
I'm an Autistic Male, who has had poor family relationships and constantly apologizes for every little thing that my crude social understanding thinks might be a little off.
Trust Me. I'm. Not. Ready.
It's good that you recognize that, but don't discount your feelings for your friend. We, unfortunately, don't get to decide our feelings. They just are. Neither right nor wrong.
Be kind to you!
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reine.de.tout Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:56:47pm |
re: #94 Decatur Deb
Fishpensation--it's quicker when you're hungry. (Priests spend a good bit of time just messin' with ya.)
The former regulations on abstinence obliged Roman Catholics starting as young as age seven, but there were many exceptions to the above regulations. Large classes of people were considered exempt from fasting and abstinence, not only the sick and those with physically demanding jobs, but also people traveling and students. The regulations were adapted to each nation, and so in most dioceses in America abstinence from meat was not required on the Friday after Thanksgiving, to accommodate any meat leftover from that US national holiday.
I thought I recalled this from my Catholic school days. There are plenty of exceptions and exemptions - while it's an amusing story, there really would have been no need to hold that poor animal underwater and declare it to be a fish.
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Feline Fearless Leader Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:57:43pm |
re: #91 reine.de.tout
What an odd story!
There would really be no reason to do that.
If some sort of dispensation were needed, it could be gotten and there would be no need to declare a woodchuck to be a fish.
My father's side of the family (large and Catholic) is also insane* - and it is definitely inherited. He probably did it both to mess with the family/friends he was with, and also at the same time reassure them since they brought up the issue of eating a woodchuck on a Friday during Lent, not him.
Our variant of it currently is due to my brother being a practicing vegetarian. But every so often so tasty meat has a glass of water (or other appropriate vessel) held over it so that is then under water and thus can be declared fish and eaten.
* - It was discovered by me that my mother's side was insane as well, but a more subtle sort.
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ProMayaLiberal Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:58:28pm |
re: #105 reine.de.tout
Unfortunately, it's not nearly as amusing.
This is in the Appalachia Area though.
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reine.de.tout Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:59:18pm |
re: #106 oaktree
My father's side of the family (large and Catholic) is also insane* - and it is definitely inherited. He probably did it both to mess with the family/friends he was with, and also at the same time reassure them since they brought up the issue of eating a woodchuck on a Friday during Lent, not him.
Our variant of it currently is due to my brother being a practicing vegetarian. But every so often so tasty meat has a glass of water (or other appropriate vessel) held over it so that is then under water and thus can be declared fish and eaten.
* - It was discovered by me that my mother's side was insane as well, but a more subtle sort.
LOL.
One of them there family traditions was born, I see!
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Feline Fearless Leader Thu, Sep 15, 2011 6:59:55pm |
re: #105 reine.de.tout
I thought I recalled this from my Catholic school days. There are plenty of exceptions and exemptions - while it's an amusing story, there really would have been no need to hold that poor animal underwater and declare it to be a fish.
I believe it was already dead when so treated. Probably had been trapped or shot. So no abuse to a living animal done.
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Gus Thu, Sep 15, 2011 7:00:17pm |
What a pandering, disingenuous, delusional, blockhead. Perry has to be one of the biggest faker politicians I've ever seen in my life. It's like he's a character out of a B-movie about a man that becomes governor or heaven forbid, president.
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Feline Fearless Leader Thu, Sep 15, 2011 7:01:37pm |
re: #110 Gus 802
What a pandering, disingenuous, delusional, blockhead. Perry has to be one of the biggest faker politicians I've ever seen in my life. It's like he's a character out of a B-movie about a man that becomes governor or heaven forbid, president.
Bamboo and BBQ sauce!
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ProMayaLiberal Thu, Sep 15, 2011 7:03:12pm |
re: #110 Gus 802
Wait a minute, that sounds familiar....
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Sep 15, 2011 7:11:38pm |
re: #96 ProLifeLiberal
On second note, how would you even cook that varmint?
Probably stew them, I would think. Fatty dark meat from a wild animal.
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Feline Fearless Leader Thu, Sep 15, 2011 7:25:12pm |
re: #99 Decatur Deb
WOODCHUCK (GROUNDHOG) STEW
1 woodchuck
2 onions, sliced
1/2 cup celery, sliced
Flour
Vinegar and water
Salt and pepper
ClovesClean woodchuck; remove glands; cut into serving pieces. Soak overnight in a solution of equal parts of water and vinegar with addition of one sliced onion and a little salt. Drain, wash, and wipe. Parboil 20 minutes, drain, and cover with fresh boiling water. Add one sliced onion, celery, a few cloves, and salt and pepper to taste. Cook until tender; thicken gravy with flour.
When I first saw this I expected it to be a "stone soup" type recipe where you assemble all the secondary ingredients and then throw out the woodchuck and cook them...
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Decatur Deb Thu, Sep 15, 2011 7:27:10pm |
re: #115 oaktree
When I first saw this I expected it to be a "stone soup" type recipe where you assemble all the secondary ingredients and then throw out the woodchuck and cook them...
Spent a lot of time in Kentucky, but that's actually off the Google. A nextdoor neighbor killed a raccoon that had two kits. The family ate the adult, and he gave the babies to his kids to raise. When they raised them,the family ate the grown raccoons. It's different there, and then.
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Sep 15, 2011 7:32:03pm |
re: #91 reine.de.tout
What an odd story!
There would really be no reason to do that.
If some sort of dispensation were needed, it could be gotten and there would be no need to declare a woodchuck to be a fish.
I'm guessing this is coming from a man who knows his parish, and what they need--whether that's a technicality to cling to, or a joke that makes the situation less bleak.
I imagine he had the copy of the dispensation in his desk--but I think of my grandma, say, and how careful she was about this sort of thing--and kind of dubious when priests said flexibility was possible.
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Vicious Michigan Union Thug Thu, Sep 15, 2011 7:43:08pm |
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HappyWarrior Thu, Sep 15, 2011 7:59:58pm |
But remember people Obama is a narcissist not Rick Perry.
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Lidane Thu, Sep 15, 2011 8:07:23pm |
Perry told a rapturous audience that he receives messages directly from God, through “supernatural events” such as rainstorms.
Considering the drought and wildfires here in Texas, God must really think Perry's full of shit.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Thu, Sep 15, 2011 8:38:41pm |
re: #61 HoosierHoops
When God speaks to you.. You should have to go full disclosure..
OK.. What does his voice sound like?
Do you get this deep dark voice like Darth Vader...Hoopster.. I am your Father..
I knew it!
Or maybe that voice in the middle of the cornfield
If you build it they will come..
Maybe Red doing the voice over in my head in Shawshank redemption
Hoopster was my best friend...
I kind of Hope God sounds like Robert Redford in a River runs through it..
I mean..No matter what..Even if God Sounds like Winston Churchhill I'll know it's Him cause He doesn't sound like me in my head..
unless I'm insane.. Then He could sound like Cindi Laupner Telling me Girls just wanna have fun and I'll believe every single word..
//
I love that post.
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Mr.Boots Fri, Sep 16, 2011 5:15:29am |
re: #67 Atlas Fails
Hmmm. I have friends who are hardcore right-wingers, but being young, I usually just attribute it to them thoughtlessly adopting their parents' political persuasion.
I worked with young people before I retired and came to the conclusion that to many of them being "hardcore right-wingers" is the new macho.
Being obnoxiously snarky, racist, and callous is "cool." I often heard anti-black, latino, etc comments followed by, "I'm not racist. I just refuse to be politically correct." These same people, usually young men, were gung-ho warhawks, but they rarely had an answer when I asked them why, if they were so pro-war and anti-Muslim, didn't they enlist and serve rather than sit in a faculty-room or happy hour bar. To my mind, the lack oif a draft has allowed young Americans to talk the talk without having to walk the walk.
These tough-talking cowards rank slightly above guys of my generation who were liberals ducking and dodging the draft during the Viet Nam era and are now snarky conservatives talking tough because they are too old to serve and have no fear of their children having to serve in combat.
Again, to many, conservatism is the new macho.
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djcelts Fri, Sep 16, 2011 9:12:29am |
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