tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post9135840775714725210..comments2024-03-17T12:51:46.412-07:00Comments on Cutting Through The Crap: Truth-Tellers?Sid Schwabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-87311028654525205482008-12-06T17:37:00.000-08:002008-12-06T17:37:00.000-08:00"you know those Coloreds never show up for anythin..."you know those Coloreds never show up for anything on time"<BR/><BR/>You're a real peach. Also what's with the capitalization? In an earlier thread you said "Ponie's", adding a errant apostrophe as well. I suppose people will take you more seriously if you learn the language better, for whatever that's worth.<BR/><BR/>--Sam SpadeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-71211515617039293542008-12-06T12:48:00.000-08:002008-12-06T12:48:00.000-08:00Okay then! I'm for the Ayatollah.Okay then! I'm for the Ayatollah.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-52649598100058883842008-12-06T11:27:00.000-08:002008-12-06T11:27:00.000-08:00Hey Sid, I just checked the Constitution, and it D...Hey Sid, I just checked the Constitution, and it DOESNT say that the Chief Justice has to swear him in, its just like with Abortion or Gun Control, its not mentioned...In fact, there have been 7 Presidents sworn in by Non-Chief Justices, and the current thinking is that you only have to be a Notary Public...I mean if Reverend Wright can Marry People..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-31588973872012071032008-12-06T11:00:00.000-08:002008-12-06T11:00:00.000-08:00Roberts?? thats just for the official ceremony, Wr...Roberts?? thats just for the official ceremony, Wright'll be doing the more important one at 4pm, you know those Coloreds never show up for anything on time...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-73388086385953207522008-12-06T09:39:00.000-08:002008-12-06T09:39:00.000-08:00heathen: I'm guessing you meant "change.gov," not ...heathen: I'm guessing you meant "change.gov," not change.org, right? I guess my answer is the same, although I've looked at the .gov one more than once!Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-37254109283520272382008-12-06T09:19:00.000-08:002008-12-06T09:19:00.000-08:00Wright? It's gonna be Ayatollah al Sistani, isn't ...Wright? It's gonna be Ayatollah al Sistani, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>Oh, that's right: there's a constitution. It'll be Roberts.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-80118349998322839692008-12-06T05:37:00.000-08:002008-12-06T05:37:00.000-08:00So I'm guessing you're NOT happy about Reverend Wr...So I'm guessing you're NOT happy about Reverend Wright swearing in Barak on January 20th??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-58609486603507032142008-12-05T17:13:00.000-08:002008-12-05T17:13:00.000-08:00Oh, by far it's Bill O'Reilly; but the conversatio...Oh, by far it's Bill O'Reilly; but the conversation was with Hannity. Billo makes Sean and Keith seem like paragons.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-58011412497667049102008-12-05T16:57:00.000-08:002008-12-05T16:57:00.000-08:00...is there a more inadequate personality than Sea...<I>...is there a more inadequate personality than Sean Hannity?</I><BR/>Yes. Keith Olbermann.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-21229403353087971252008-12-05T16:39:00.000-08:002008-12-05T16:39:00.000-08:00I've looked at change.org, and have read some of t...I've looked at change.org, and have read some of the posts. Haven't "joined." I sense that the Obama phenomenon has gotten more people involved, staying involved.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-74232791532843229072008-12-05T15:48:00.000-08:002008-12-05T15:48:00.000-08:00Grandiosity, paranoia coupled with authoritarianis...Grandiosity, paranoia coupled with authoritarianism and dogma. Freddie's more of a cult of mental illness than a religion. Does he have a growing group of followers for his traveling freak show?<BR/><BR/>My former farrier was Rod Parsely's, too. In the horse world, the farrier is like your hairdresser/barber - everyone scoops the poop and dishes the dirt. Was there ever a mountain of the real and figurative stuff on hell and brimstone Rod and his World Harvest Church! <BR/><BR/>The best I can figure is that these guys and occasional gal are all about the marketing, money, magic and major starring roles. The mega churches are the equivalent of malls - one stop shopping in bland, but vaguely pleasant surroundings with people who are supposedly safe - and they look like you, too.<BR/><BR/>But the Methodist church where I grew up was headed by a very active liberal social justice type and his activist nursing faculty/clin. spec wife. I'm really not sure they weren't atheist/agnostic, but they knew how to mobilize a large group of people - it's all in which particular "lessons" and interpretations are used. Coming from a very conservative family where my parents used the <I>honor thy mother and father</I> as coercive leverage and abuse, I don't think they ever realized how much an effect the church culture had on me - and I'm now a firm atheist/skeptic/social justice activist. In other words, a bleeding heart liberal. <BR/><BR/>The term, bleeding heart, I'm guessing, comes from the Christian tradition, so there is some utility in at least some parts of that religion. The music of the masters and a lot of the architecture and art ain't bad, either.<BR/><BR/>For a very <A HREF="http://wordpress.com/tag/what-they-were-saying/" REL="nofollow">different take on American Christmases past</A>, not always safe for work and not of the sugarplum and gingerbread Hallmark manufactured piousness, here's some alternative history based on evidence and not myth and mystery.<BR/><BR/>What do you make of the Change.org phenomenon? Have you "pulled up a seat at the table" and analyzed the documents or engaged in any of the group discussions, conference calls or home-based policy discussions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-60853137733064529882008-12-05T11:22:00.000-08:002008-12-05T11:22:00.000-08:00There's a somewhat well-known minister (don't reca...There's a somewhat well-known minister (don't recall the name) who advocates an interesting theory: that many of the worst people are drawn to the church because it offers a means for them to appear pious. I believe this and reaction-formation play a role in explaining why there's so much depravity in the church.<BR/><BR/>--Sam SpadeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com