Its beginning to look a lot like Exodus
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Paisley, like many priests, confuses his particular neuroses with god-given commandments to ensure that nothing in the world is allowed to offend him. Not content with believing, and announcing at regular intervals, that all who disagree with him or question his selection as a mouthpiece for a supreme being are damned to eternal torment. he has to attempt to turn their present into a hellish existence as well.
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” ~ H.L. Mencken
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He was far worse than that - he would stir up hatred and voilence and then when someone was killed stand back and say it wasn't his fault.
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Trollslayer wrote:
He was far worse than that - he would stir up hatred and voilence and then when someone was killed stand back and say it wasn't his fault.
Standard practice for most soi-disant leaders these days, isn't it? First define a group that is different - Jews, Catholics, Homosexuals, Muslims, Bankers, VB programmers - and make sure you give them a derogatory name that limits any perception of humanity. Then promulgate stories about all the evils that they have done and are planning to do at this very moment (make sure to include molestation of children), and finally ask, "is there no-one with the courage and strength to stand up against these creatures?" Later you can explain that your rhetoric was never meant to suggest anything but debating your opponents in open forums. Until and unless you gain the kind of power that will let you stage die Kristallnacht, of course. Some of our world leaders are more subtle than this I suppose, and some are less. But I suspect that David Cameron and Barack Obama would quickly assent to the concept that you can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs, and that the needs of the many outweigh the freedom of the few. (It is, of course, up to them to decide who is cooking eggs and which needs are paramount.)
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” ~ H.L. Mencken
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Flouride in the genital warts?
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Either way it must be a government conspiracy.
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
I havent voted you down.
This would not be a novel experience for me, though perhaps not with you as my dance partner. ;) I cannot find much literal truth in any of the religions, and it has been a long long time since I sought any. On the other hand, I know a lot of admirable, honest people who are devout members of one church or another and I have never seen any reason to go around upsetting them by treating something they care about very much with the same respect I would have them show towards me and mine. (At the same time, the little fundies who run around, spouting off their particular brand of narcissism and acting as if they (and their flea-bitten, louse-biting priests) have a pipeline to whatever name they want to call the god they created in their own image, often end up being really pissed off at me since I have read the bible from cover to cover and studied portions of it. (Good idea to know what you are rejecting before rejecting it, n'est-ce pas?) In other words, religionists who don't try to act as if they are superior to me and mine are accorded a modicum of respect in return. Atheists who don't try to act as if they are smarter than me and mine are also accorded a modicum of respect. My rejection of organized religion is based on a firm conviction that if there is a being so superior as to be able to create the universe as we know it, HeSheIt is so far removed from our ability to understand HeSheIt as to make it a waste of time to wonder what actions I might perform that would be either pleasing or upsetting to such an exalted being. Microbes should not concern themselves with the likes and dislikes of Blue Giant Stars. However, I do not reject myths as being either meaningless or uninteresting. Indeed I see them as mankind's first fumbling attempt to connect cause and effect and ultimately the Socratic and scientific methods. Exodus, as a myth, as a legend, contributes a little bit to my understanding of the human condition, as do the stories of King Arthur, Johnny Appleseed, and Dr. Who.
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” ~ H.L. Mencken
+5 because you have earned many respect points from me for this post. I have a feeling we are more alike than either of us would like to admit...
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
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+5 because you have earned many respect points from me for this post. I have a feeling we are more alike than either of us would like to admit...
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
Marcus Kramer wrote:
I have a feeling we are more alike than either of us would like to admit...
Yeah, but you're much nicer.
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” ~ H.L. Mencken
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Oakman wrote:
I cannot find much literal truth in any of the religions
Bhudism is pretty good. Anyway, got any links to those dead animals and any research on why they might have diead and if such deaths are unusual?
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
fat_boy wrote:
Bhudism is pretty good.
Especially if you like setting yourself on fire ;) This Link[^] covers most the the more recent and has its own links to those more than a day or two old. The Daily Mail has lots of pictures of it[^]
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” ~ H.L. Mencken
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Either way it must be a government conspiracy.
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
You may have attracted my stalker. . .Let that be a lesson to you.
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” ~ H.L. Mencken
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You may have attracted my stalker. . .Let that be a lesson to you.
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” ~ H.L. Mencken
I have a few of my own already, but I'll let you take credit for this this stalker... :)
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
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Marcus Kramer wrote:
I have a feeling we are more alike than either of us would like to admit...
Yeah, but you're much nicer.
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” ~ H.L. Mencken
That just because I'm Canadian... :)
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
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That just because I'm Canadian... :)
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
Marcus Kramer wrote:
That just because I'm Canadian
Then nice is in your DNA
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” ~ H.L. Mencken
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Thousands of dead turtle doves, many of which had a "strange" blue stain inside their beaks, have crashed from the sky in Italy. Italy's dead doves come not long after 2 million dead fish washed ashore along Maryland's Chesapeake Bay -- and just days after up to 5,000 blackbirds fell out of the sky in a one-mile area near Beebe, Ark., and thousands of drum fish turned up dead along a stretch of an Arkansas river. Other animal die-offs in the past two weeks include reports of 40,000 dead crabs washing ashore near Kent, England, hundreds of snapper fish dead in New Zealand, 150 tons of red tilapia dead in Vietnam, 500 jackdaws crashing to their death in Sweden, more than 450 birds falling onto a Louisiana highway and a mass of dead fish in a Florida creek. We are assured that this is just a coincidence by Those Who Know Better. Personally, I'm waiting for rivers of blood before I panic.
"I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth. I have observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer." ~ Benj Franklin
You missed out the Turtle Doves who've dropped dead in Italy.
I'm not a stalker, I just know things. Oh by the way, you're out of milk.
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
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You missed out the Turtle Doves who've dropped dead in Italy.
I'm not a stalker, I just know things. Oh by the way, you're out of milk.
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
You missed out the Turtle Doves
Oh, ye of little faith :sigh: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/3726180/Re-Its-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-Exodus.aspx[^]
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” ~ H.L. Mencken
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
You missed out the Turtle Doves
Oh, ye of little faith :sigh: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/3726180/Re-Its-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-Exodus.aspx[^]
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” ~ H.L. Mencken
Memo to self - read the whole post, and don't stop to have a whisky while doing it.
I'm not a stalker, I just know things. Oh by the way, you're out of milk.
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
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Memo to self - read the whole post, and don't stop to have a whisky while doing it.
I'm not a stalker, I just know things. Oh by the way, you're out of milk.
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
Memo to self - read the whole post, and don't stop to have a whisky while doing it.
There's always time for a whiskey, especially the good stuff.
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” ~ H.L. Mencken
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fat_boy wrote:
Bhudism is pretty good.
Especially if you like setting yourself on fire ;) This Link[^] covers most the the more recent and has its own links to those more than a day or two old. The Daily Mail has lots of pictures of it[^]
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” ~ H.L. Mencken
Understatement of the year: ""Let's hope it is poisoning or an illness because that would be easier to deal with than it being a sign the world is coming to an end," the newspaper said." :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: No shit! :)
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
Memo to self - read the whole post, and don't stop to have a whisky while doing it.
There's always time for a whiskey, especially the good stuff.
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” ~ H.L. Mencken
That's been my unofficial motto, but it causes problems sometimes.
I'm not a stalker, I just know things. Oh by the way, you're out of milk.
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
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Thousands of dead turtle doves, many of which had a "strange" blue stain inside their beaks, have crashed from the sky in Italy. Italy's dead doves come not long after 2 million dead fish washed ashore along Maryland's Chesapeake Bay -- and just days after up to 5,000 blackbirds fell out of the sky in a one-mile area near Beebe, Ark., and thousands of drum fish turned up dead along a stretch of an Arkansas river. Other animal die-offs in the past two weeks include reports of 40,000 dead crabs washing ashore near Kent, England, hundreds of snapper fish dead in New Zealand, 150 tons of red tilapia dead in Vietnam, 500 jackdaws crashing to their death in Sweden, more than 450 birds falling onto a Louisiana highway and a mass of dead fish in a Florida creek. We are assured that this is just a coincidence by Those Who Know Better. Personally, I'm waiting for rivers of blood before I panic.
"I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth. I have observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer." ~ Benj Franklin
Pole shift.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
Pole shift.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
Pole shift.
Czech bounce.
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” ~ H.L. Mencken
