Story is here.
The issue isn't so much religion vs. atheism (I am in the latter camp, btw). It is that religion gets shoved down everyone's throat. I don't care if people think the earth or the universe was created by God or electron particles or whatever it is you want to believe. It is the enforcement of these views to the suppression of others (under the rubric of "punishing blasphemy,"---a corporate us vs. them tactic) that disturbs me.
Why can't we just be reasonable people who have our private beliefs and we can agree to disagree? But no, the evangelicals can't mind their own business and so every segment of American life has to be Christianized in their eyes, even to the point of wanting to control the private intimate lives of folks.
And Maher's film is symptomatic of the backlash that overweening behavior by religious nuts creates. Just relax you guys.
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Sunday, September 28, 2008
The Race is Still Close -- but It's Beginning to Feel Like It Could Be a Rout for Obama
Story is here.
I have said this before, but Karl Rove knew that McCain would lose. McCain's candidacy scares the heck out of the GOP regulars for both policy and personality reasons. The base was demoralized and their staying home portended incalculable down ticket damage to the party's fortunes in Congress.
So Rove brought Palin in to energize the base and thus contain the downticket slaughter the McCain candidacy otherwise would have engendered. At this point, losing the presidency is almost an afterthought. This is about keeping people such as Mitch McConnell and Mean Jean Schmidt in office by getting the religious nuts to turn out for one of their own.
So Palin should be taken seriously for that reason and perhaps Democrats should tailor some of their ads in the weeks immediately before the election to the Palin voters by showing the disconnect between her state religious values and her and her family's actions.
But the Republicans, in their heart of hearts, will be glad to be rid of McCain and save Huckabee and Romney for 2012.
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I have said this before, but Karl Rove knew that McCain would lose. McCain's candidacy scares the heck out of the GOP regulars for both policy and personality reasons. The base was demoralized and their staying home portended incalculable down ticket damage to the party's fortunes in Congress.
So Rove brought Palin in to energize the base and thus contain the downticket slaughter the McCain candidacy otherwise would have engendered. At this point, losing the presidency is almost an afterthought. This is about keeping people such as Mitch McConnell and Mean Jean Schmidt in office by getting the religious nuts to turn out for one of their own.
So Palin should be taken seriously for that reason and perhaps Democrats should tailor some of their ads in the weeks immediately before the election to the Palin voters by showing the disconnect between her state religious values and her and her family's actions.
But the Republicans, in their heart of hearts, will be glad to be rid of McCain and save Huckabee and Romney for 2012.
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Palin Contradicts McCain On Pakistan, Seems To Support Obama's Position
Story is here.
Two guys playing mavericks compared::
James Garner:
Son of a carpet layer, mother died when he was four.
Stormy family life, attended several high schools.
Joined the merchant marine at 16, but seasickness cashiered that.
Joined the National Guard after finishing high school and saw combat in Korea. Injured from mortar fire and then in a friendly fire incident. Called himself a "scrounger" in the army.
Had two successful tv series, Maverick and The Rockford Files plus a spate of movie roles. Did his own stunts.
Earned a Lifetime Achievement Award from SAG.
Hometown of Norman, Oklahoma erected a statue to him.
Liberal Democrat, turned down a 1990 offer to run for governor.
John McCain:
Coddled Panama-born son and grandson of admirals, entering the naval academy on his name alone despite not having the grades necessary regular people need.
Partied his way through the Naval Academy, finishing at the bottom.
Commissioned thanks to dad.
Lack of attention to the details of flying got him shot down over Vietnam.
Became a POW and milked it. Fellow POWs won't vote for him.
His wealthy second wife got him elected to Congress.
Flipped flop so often he might as well be Sybil.
A deregulator who engendered a $700 billion bailout
Confessed to running for president for narcissistic reasons
A onetime POW
Has had four cancerous moles removed.
He's a former POW
Voted with Bush 95% of the time
Erstwhile POW
VP nominee selected because she was a woman
POW background.
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Two guys playing mavericks compared::
James Garner:
Son of a carpet layer, mother died when he was four.
Stormy family life, attended several high schools.
Joined the merchant marine at 16, but seasickness cashiered that.
Joined the National Guard after finishing high school and saw combat in Korea. Injured from mortar fire and then in a friendly fire incident. Called himself a "scrounger" in the army.
Had two successful tv series, Maverick and The Rockford Files plus a spate of movie roles. Did his own stunts.
Earned a Lifetime Achievement Award from SAG.
Hometown of Norman, Oklahoma erected a statue to him.
Liberal Democrat, turned down a 1990 offer to run for governor.
John McCain:
Coddled Panama-born son and grandson of admirals, entering the naval academy on his name alone despite not having the grades necessary regular people need.
Partied his way through the Naval Academy, finishing at the bottom.
Commissioned thanks to dad.
Lack of attention to the details of flying got him shot down over Vietnam.
Became a POW and milked it. Fellow POWs won't vote for him.
His wealthy second wife got him elected to Congress.
Flipped flop so often he might as well be Sybil.
A deregulator who engendered a $700 billion bailout
Confessed to running for president for narcissistic reasons
A onetime POW
Has had four cancerous moles removed.
He's a former POW
Voted with Bush 95% of the time
Erstwhile POW
VP nominee selected because she was a woman
POW background.
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Saturday, September 27, 2008
National Enquirer Alleges Sarah Palin Affair With Brad Hanson
Story is here.
Palin needs to get right with her Bible:
Exodus 20:14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Leviticus 20:10 And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
Deuteronomy 5:18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
Proverbs 6:32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
Jeremiah 3:8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
Jeremiah 3:9 And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
Jeremiah 5:7 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no elohim: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.
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Palin needs to get right with her Bible:
Exodus 20:14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Leviticus 20:10 And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
Deuteronomy 5:18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
Proverbs 6:32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
Jeremiah 3:8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
Jeremiah 3:9 And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
Jeremiah 5:7 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no elohim: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.
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Chris Kattan's 59-Day Marriage Costs Him 6-Figure Settlement
Story is here.
Settlements such as the one Kattan was forced into is why no man should ever get married. Chris got shafted by a no good gold digger. And not a peep of objection from feminists, who should be outraged by this opportunist whose main selling point was that she had a vagina.
Put an end to Vag-fare now!
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Settlements such as the one Kattan was forced into is why no man should ever get married. Chris got shafted by a no good gold digger. And not a peep of objection from feminists, who should be outraged by this opportunist whose main selling point was that she had a vagina.
Put an end to Vag-fare now!
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McCain's Gambling Problem: Campaign Has Massive Ties To Gambling Industry
Story is here.
Another poster came up with the following Google search:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=mccain+gus+boulis&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=
Interesting tidbit gleaned from that search:
"The lavishly-furnished custom Boeing 727 airliner (727PX) which ferried Senator John McCain on four occasions during his Presidential run in 2000 also flew Saudi Royals out of the U.S. right after 9/11, carrying an entourage of Saudi Royals from Las Vegas to London six days after the 9/11 attack in a controversial operation later scrutinized by the 9/11 Commission.
The 727 figures in the current tempest over his relationship with female lobbyist Vicki Iseman, who provided and flew with McCain on the plane. "
Okay,. one of you media monkeys needs to ask McCain about this. Was he and his paramour too friendly with the Saudis?
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Another poster came up with the following Google search:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=mccain+gus+boulis&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=
Interesting tidbit gleaned from that search:
"The lavishly-furnished custom Boeing 727 airliner (727PX) which ferried Senator John McCain on four occasions during his Presidential run in 2000 also flew Saudi Royals out of the U.S. right after 9/11, carrying an entourage of Saudi Royals from Las Vegas to London six days after the 9/11 attack in a controversial operation later scrutinized by the 9/11 Commission.
The 727 figures in the current tempest over his relationship with female lobbyist Vicki Iseman, who provided and flew with McCain on the plane. "
Okay,. one of you media monkeys needs to ask McCain about this. Was he and his paramour too friendly with the Saudis?
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McCain's Angry Debate Disappoints Morning Joe Panel
Story is here.
Mike Barnicle still being affiliated with the media is a big loser for us all. It is ironic that a liar like him gets to pass judgment on the distortions of McCain.
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Note: this is a habit with Huffington Post moderators: protecting prominent media figures such as Tim Russert, Luke, Russert, Charlie Rose and now Mike Barnicle, not to mention their secretive product placement relationship with Disney.
Obviously, the mods have been told to tamp down negative comments toward the above named and many others. That's pretty chickenshit Arianna.
Mike Barnicle still being affiliated with the media is a big loser for us all. It is ironic that a liar like him gets to pass judgment on the distortions of McCain.
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Note: this is a habit with Huffington Post moderators: protecting prominent media figures such as Tim Russert, Luke, Russert, Charlie Rose and now Mike Barnicle, not to mention their secretive product placement relationship with Disney.
Obviously, the mods have been told to tamp down negative comments toward the above named and many others. That's pretty chickenshit Arianna.
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