tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post3735874060345875333..comments2023-12-05T07:50:19.855-05:00Comments on No Oil for Pacifists: Back to the Future@nooil4pacifistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688417615117569825noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-11900662049267793932009-03-02T18:36:00.000-05:002009-03-02T18:36:00.000-05:00> I disagree.You can disagree all you want, EVE...> I disagree.<BR/><BR/>You can disagree all you want, EVERYTHING O'Rourke writes is satire. Although there's a measure of seriousness underlying anything he speaks well of, it's never said with a straight face or to be taken too seriously. <BR/><BR/>There's a reason one of his books is titled "Eat The Rich".OBloodyHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09992539380115488567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-8202701071361463162009-03-02T18:34:00.000-05:002009-03-02T18:34:00.000-05:00> At least can we stop subsidizing religion wit...> At least can we stop subsidizing religion with tax breaks?<BR/><BR/>Does that mean the government can no longer put money into promoting Global Warming?<BR/><BR/>Might be worth the trade off.OBloodyHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09992539380115488567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-11485378542671711252009-02-23T12:42:00.000-05:002009-02-23T12:42:00.000-05:00Let's make organized religion illegal and give PEO...Let's make organized religion illegal and give PEOPLE a chance.<BR/><BR/>Religion steals freedom from the living.<BR/><BR/>At least can we stop subsidizing religion with tax breaks? Please?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-78906347939842969732009-02-19T14:58:00.000-05:002009-02-19T14:58:00.000-05:00Uh, bobn, P.J. O'Rourke's quip was satire.I disagr...<I>Uh, bobn, P.J. O'Rourke's quip was satire.</I><BR/><BR/>I disagree. Google it and read it in its entirety.bobnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07715238134585125684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-85815746522649701412009-02-16T00:14:00.000-05:002009-02-16T00:14:00.000-05:00Uh, bobn, P.J. O'Rourke's quip was satire.Uh, bobn, P.J. O'Rourke's quip was <I>satire</I>.@nooil4pacifistshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688417615117569825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-52446619460492141592009-02-15T01:34:00.000-05:002009-02-15T01:34:00.000-05:00"jerks claiming moral superiority based on their f..."jerks claiming moral superiority based on their fervent belief in something for which the evidence is dicey at best" is also an across-the-board human behavior, not limited to any part of the political spectrum. (peta, global warming, white/brown/black superiority, etc.)<BR/><BR/>and watching the news can make anybody lose hope. it seems almost designed that way ;)Hatless in Hattiesburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17530195543212037359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-28003422163669826722009-02-15T00:31:00.000-05:002009-02-15T00:31:00.000-05:00Hear this: Certain Catholic ASSHOLES don't represe...<I>Hear this: Certain Catholic ASSHOLES don't represent either God, his actual Followers, nor the principles which their actions are based upon.<BR/><BR/>That shouldn't NEED any explanation,</I><BR/><BR/>Even accepting your point, there's all these right-wing jerks claiming moral superiority based on their fervent belief in something for which the evidence is dicey at best.<BR/><BR/>For just one example, P. J. O'Rourke: <BR/>"God is a Republican and Santa Claus is a Democrat."<BR/><BR/>I am agnostic. I concede I can't prove that God doesn't exist (though watching the news makes me lean that way). More importantly, nobody else can prove it, either way. So why do they keep harping on it? And why do they keep endorsing Republicans?bobnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07715238134585125684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-2412865639229893802009-02-12T10:38:00.000-05:002009-02-12T10:38:00.000-05:00I agree with HiH.I agree with HiH.@nooil4pacifistshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688417615117569825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-5988629567181584502009-02-11T21:36:00.000-05:002009-02-11T21:36:00.000-05:00> But given the Church's financial crisis...> But given the Church's financial crisis, wouldn't it be prudent to set-up a card table at McCarran International Airport? How much would it be worth to ensure that whatever happens in Vegas stays in Vegas?<BR/><BR/><BR/>LOL. I'd say a booth, but yeah. What an idea. (snicker)<BR/><BR/>> Holy cow, what absolute and complete CRAP! Belief in this is what righies lord over the lefties?<BR/><BR/>bob. Bob!! <BR/><BR/><B> BOB!!!! </B> <BR/><BR/><B>Can you <I>hear</I> me...? </B><BR/><BR/><B>Yes...?</B><BR/><BR/><B>Good ... I thought it might be <I>difficult</I> with your HEAD that far up your ASS</B>.<BR/><BR/>Hear this: Certain Catholic ASSHOLES don't represent either God, his <I>actual</I> Followers, nor the principles which their actions are based upon.<BR/><BR/>That <I>shouldn't</I> NEED any explanation, but apparently it was lost on you sometime in the process of your little self-pretzeling activity.<BR/><BR/>Glad to see I could at least put THAT part of you straight.<BR/><BR/>Now go see a good proctologist about that other problem, huh?<BR/><BR/>.OBloodyHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09992539380115488567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-30563933313283882472009-02-11T19:26:00.000-05:002009-02-11T19:26:00.000-05:00bobn, i don't think there's any direct correlation...bobn, i don't think there's any direct correlation between this small portion of one (granted, it's the largest) denomination's beliefs and either right or left political alignment. despite being a "righie" (sic), i share your disdain for the idea of indulgences.Hatless in Hattiesburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17530195543212037359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-16513583112314818452009-02-11T14:42:00.000-05:002009-02-11T14:42:00.000-05:00"An indulgence is the extra-sacramental remission ..."An indulgence is the extra-sacramental remission of the temporal punishment due, in God's justice, to sin that has been forgiven, which remission is granted by the Church in the exercise of the power of the keys, through the application of the superabundant merits of Christ and of the saints, and for some just and reasonable motive."<BR/><BR/>Holy cow, what absolute and complete CRAP! Belief in <I>this</I> is what righies lord over the lefties?bobnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07715238134585125684noreply@blogger.com