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  • W W Balboos GHB

    ZurdoDev wrote:

    I think you may be specifically referring to the Catholic Church.

    Not at all. The protestant dominate the southern US (except, perhaps, Louisiana from it's old French roots). During my stays in the 'heartland' I could hear minister after minister all but cursing out the "Papists". Brutally hateful: wrong flavor of christian. I met plenty - and the wreak of hypocrisy and malice. Except, of course, to others in their little group. Voltaire put it best: "Smiling, smiling damned villains!"

    ZurdoDev wrote:

    And the left is all for killing unwanted babies

    And the right? They're taking away there health care so the babies die a little bit later. I guess it amuses them.

    ZurdoDev wrote:

    That is one way.

    Well - praying for a miracle - I suppose you prefer that - can't tell, but nothing happens unless someone goes through the trouble to do it.

    Ravings en masse^

    "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

    "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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    ZurdoDev
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    W∴ Balboos wrote:

    I could hear minister after minister

    Your anecdotal experiences do not represent the majority.

    W∴ Balboos wrote:

    They're taking away there health care

    Even you don't believe that statement. It's such a dumb statement that surely it is beneath you to repeat it. Right?

    W∴ Balboos wrote:

    I suppose you prefer that

    I have no idea what you were referring to. I was in agreement that scientific advances can be for our good.

    Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other. Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it. Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.

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      You're such an idiot who has no idea what you're saying.

      W∴ Balboos wrote:

      been taking away a woman's right to choose

      The only right that we want to take away from women is killing their children. I know, we're monsters and dictators.

      W∴ Balboos wrote:

      inhibit the acquisition of birth control.

      I've never heard of anyone wanting to do that. You're an idiot!

      W∴ Balboos wrote:

      Those filth don't care what happens to them.

      Again, you're an idiot! Conservatives make up the majority of foster and adoptive families. Conservatives also donate more time and money to charitable organizations. You, are an idiot!

      W∴ Balboos wrote:

      Especially if they're the wrong color.

      Step 1. Fix THAT problem. Get black families to stay together for crying out loud. Boy you are such a whiner and have so much blind hatred for conservative people. Sad. You make up things that they believe in and them hate them for it. What an idiot!

      Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other. Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it. Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.

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      W Balboos GHB
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      ZurdoDev wrote:

      The only right that we want to take away from women is killing their children. I know, we're monsters and dictators.

      You are monsters - you take away health care. And as for inhibiting the acquisition of birth control? Look it up - then you won't be able to say you "never heard of it".

      ZurdoDev wrote:

      Conservatives make up the majority of foster and adoptive families.

      Foster? Maybe, because it pays. Adoptive? Only pretty babies. You don't want any of those black ones, or the ones with deformities. They can grow up in institutions or linger and die, as applicable. Basically - the hatred isn't blind - it was from opening my eyes and seeing what happens when there's no one to stop you.

      Ravings en masse^

      "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

      "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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        ZurdoDev wrote:

        The only right that we want to take away from women is killing their children. I know, we're monsters and dictators.

        You are monsters - you take away health care. And as for inhibiting the acquisition of birth control? Look it up - then you won't be able to say you "never heard of it".

        ZurdoDev wrote:

        Conservatives make up the majority of foster and adoptive families.

        Foster? Maybe, because it pays. Adoptive? Only pretty babies. You don't want any of those black ones, or the ones with deformities. They can grow up in institutions or linger and die, as applicable. Basically - the hatred isn't blind - it was from opening my eyes and seeing what happens when there's no one to stop you.

        Ravings en masse^

        "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

        "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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        ZurdoDev
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        W∴ Balboos wrote:

        you take away health care.

        Ya, you got us. Health care is overrated. Just eat your vegetables.

        W∴ Balboos wrote:

        Look it up - then you won't be able to say you "never heard of it".

        I've only heard of the Catholic Church preaching no birth control but even that was only to their members, I believe. And I think they may have recently changed their position on that. And so you want me to look it up because you can't explain it. :laugh:

        W∴ Balboos wrote:

        Maybe, because it pays.

        So does adopting you ignorant bigot. :doh:

        W∴ Balboos wrote:

        when there's no one to stop you.

        Ya, the very word conservative implies that we'll destroy everything if someone isn't there to stop us. :laugh: :laugh:

        Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other. Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it. Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.

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          If anybody needed an example of why Chris is closing this forum... here it is. :rolleyes:

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          ZurdoDev
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          Amen. :thumbsup:

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          • Z ZurdoDev

            W∴ Balboos wrote:

            I could hear minister after minister

            Your anecdotal experiences do not represent the majority.

            W∴ Balboos wrote:

            They're taking away there health care

            Even you don't believe that statement. It's such a dumb statement that surely it is beneath you to repeat it. Right?

            W∴ Balboos wrote:

            I suppose you prefer that

            I have no idea what you were referring to. I was in agreement that scientific advances can be for our good.

            Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other. Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it. Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.

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            W Balboos GHB
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            ZurdoDev wrote:

            W∴ Balboos wrote:

            They're taking away there health care

            Even you don't believe that statement. It's such a dumb statement that surely it is beneath you to repeat it. Right?

            Let's see now - which party is trying to destroy Obamacare? I suppose that taking away their insurance isn't taking away their health care. They just can't afford it. Too bad for them. Search your mind - or the internet The "pro-life" party has become the party of death: New research on why Republicans hate poor and sick people | Salon.com[^] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/03/opinion/midterms-healthcare-bankrupt.html[^] And in this one - the first paragraph sums the bunch of you up pretty thoroughly.[^] Yup - but go ahead - blame it on the liberal - ease your self-righteous conscience and, if time allows, join a mob and knock down a pregnant woman on her way to a family planning clinic . . . just in case

            Ravings en masse^

            "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

            "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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            • W W Balboos GHB

              ZurdoDev wrote:

              W∴ Balboos wrote:

              They're taking away there health care

              Even you don't believe that statement. It's such a dumb statement that surely it is beneath you to repeat it. Right?

              Let's see now - which party is trying to destroy Obamacare? I suppose that taking away their insurance isn't taking away their health care. They just can't afford it. Too bad for them. Search your mind - or the internet The "pro-life" party has become the party of death: New research on why Republicans hate poor and sick people | Salon.com[^] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/03/opinion/midterms-healthcare-bankrupt.html[^] And in this one - the first paragraph sums the bunch of you up pretty thoroughly.[^] Yup - but go ahead - blame it on the liberal - ease your self-righteous conscience and, if time allows, join a mob and knock down a pregnant woman on her way to a family planning clinic . . . just in case

              Ravings en masse^

              "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

              "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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              W∴ Balboos wrote:

              Obamacare

              You have proven how your mind works. When someone is against Obamacare then it must mean they don't want healthcare for anyone. That's sound logic. :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: But get your money's worth, someone might actually be believing what you say. Like Majerus. I know he says the same thing as you, even though, like you, he knows it's all a lie.

              Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other. Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it. Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.

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              • W W Balboos GHB

                ZurdoDev wrote:

                The only right that we want to take away from women is killing their children. I know, we're monsters and dictators.

                You are monsters - you take away health care. And as for inhibiting the acquisition of birth control? Look it up - then you won't be able to say you "never heard of it".

                ZurdoDev wrote:

                Conservatives make up the majority of foster and adoptive families.

                Foster? Maybe, because it pays. Adoptive? Only pretty babies. You don't want any of those black ones, or the ones with deformities. They can grow up in institutions or linger and die, as applicable. Basically - the hatred isn't blind - it was from opening my eyes and seeing what happens when there's no one to stop you.

                Ravings en masse^

                "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

                "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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                Where are your factual citations for any of this drivel? Are you insane!?

                W∴ Balboos wrote:

                Adoptive? Only pretty babies. You don't want any of those black ones, or the ones with deformities.

                ?? Huh? The KKK has been a Democratic party since its inception. How much more hateful can you get. How can you possibly paint the conservatives as ALL hateful, and not look at your own party? Your words and comments make no intelligent sense.

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                • W W Balboos GHB

                  ZurdoDev wrote:

                  W∴ Balboos wrote:

                  They're taking away there health care

                  Even you don't believe that statement. It's such a dumb statement that surely it is beneath you to repeat it. Right?

                  Let's see now - which party is trying to destroy Obamacare? I suppose that taking away their insurance isn't taking away their health care. They just can't afford it. Too bad for them. Search your mind - or the internet The "pro-life" party has become the party of death: New research on why Republicans hate poor and sick people | Salon.com[^] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/03/opinion/midterms-healthcare-bankrupt.html[^] And in this one - the first paragraph sums the bunch of you up pretty thoroughly.[^] Yup - but go ahead - blame it on the liberal - ease your self-righteous conscience and, if time allows, join a mob and knock down a pregnant woman on her way to a family planning clinic . . . just in case

                  Ravings en masse^

                  "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

                  "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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                  Are you drunk right now? Trying to get your last, crazy comments in before the SB closes? You have major issues buddy, and you need to see a doctor and get the help you deserve.

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                  • S Slacker007

                    Where are your factual citations for any of this drivel? Are you insane!?

                    W∴ Balboos wrote:

                    Adoptive? Only pretty babies. You don't want any of those black ones, or the ones with deformities.

                    ?? Huh? The KKK has been a Democratic party since its inception. How much more hateful can you get. How can you possibly paint the conservatives as ALL hateful, and not look at your own party? Your words and comments make no intelligent sense.

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                    W Balboos GHB
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                    Well - the world has changed a lot. The party of Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt - freedom and environmental protection - dropped all that crap - they like to invoke "party of Lincoln", but he'd never recognize it. And the current executive-order attacks on the environment - But - back in the time of the civil war the KKK was against the party of Lincoln - so the south became the "Solid South" and only elected democrats - at least democrats in name - because as soon as civil rights came down from Washington Democrats they turned Republiscum. So did the KKK and those like them. So get over the hundred-year-ago bullshit. Scores of years have changed the philosophies of the parties.

                    Ravings en masse^

                    "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

                    "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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                    • Z ZurdoDev

                      W∴ Balboos wrote:

                      Obamacare

                      You have proven how your mind works. When someone is against Obamacare then it must mean they don't want healthcare for anyone. That's sound logic. :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: But get your money's worth, someone might actually be believing what you say. Like Majerus. I know he says the same thing as you, even though, like you, he knows it's all a lie.

                      Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other. Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it. Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.

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                      W Balboos GHB
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                      I can tell how your mind works: Just close your eyes and don't worry about the consequences. No one you know will be affected. From Burkina to Zimbabwe, U.S. aid cuts squeeze family planning services - Reuters[^] So - every set of birth control pills denied by you hypocrites will cause another abortion.   I'd say, on a global scale, you guys are the leading cause of abortion. Paragraph one, above, however explains your feelings about this - "Yawn.   I don't know them". The sad thing about the soapbox closing is that it made me keenly aware of the unbridled greed driving those like you.

                      Ravings en masse^

                      "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

                      "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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                      • W W Balboos GHB

                        I can tell how your mind works: Just close your eyes and don't worry about the consequences. No one you know will be affected. From Burkina to Zimbabwe, U.S. aid cuts squeeze family planning services - Reuters[^] So - every set of birth control pills denied by you hypocrites will cause another abortion.   I'd say, on a global scale, you guys are the leading cause of abortion. Paragraph one, above, however explains your feelings about this - "Yawn.   I don't know them". The sad thing about the soapbox closing is that it made me keenly aware of the unbridled greed driving those like you.

                        Ravings en masse^

                        "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

                        "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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                        ZurdoDev
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                        You really are an idiot. You are all over the board. Can't stay on a topic. And then you make things up, pin them on people you don't know, and then get mad at them. You need mental help.

                        Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other. Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it. Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.

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                        • W W Balboos GHB

                          Well - the world has changed a lot. The party of Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt - freedom and environmental protection - dropped all that crap - they like to invoke "party of Lincoln", but he'd never recognize it. And the current executive-order attacks on the environment - But - back in the time of the civil war the KKK was against the party of Lincoln - so the south became the "Solid South" and only elected democrats - at least democrats in name - because as soon as civil rights came down from Washington Democrats they turned Republiscum. So did the KKK and those like them. So get over the hundred-year-ago bullshit. Scores of years have changed the philosophies of the parties.

                          Ravings en masse^

                          "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

                          "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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                          Quick search confirms that the Democrats are still very much involved in the KKK, not just Republicans. Clean your doorstep before you clean mine.

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                          • W W Balboos GHB

                            ZurdoDev wrote:

                            The only right that we want to take away from women is killing their children. I know, we're monsters and dictators.

                            You are monsters - you take away health care. And as for inhibiting the acquisition of birth control? Look it up - then you won't be able to say you "never heard of it".

                            ZurdoDev wrote:

                            Conservatives make up the majority of foster and adoptive families.

                            Foster? Maybe, because it pays. Adoptive? Only pretty babies. You don't want any of those black ones, or the ones with deformities. They can grow up in institutions or linger and die, as applicable. Basically - the hatred isn't blind - it was from opening my eyes and seeing what happens when there's no one to stop you.

                            Ravings en masse^

                            "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

                            "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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                            W∴ Balboos wrote:

                            Foster? Maybe, because it pays

                            As a foster parent, if you REALLY think we do this for the money you are truly, hopelessly delusional. We do it because we are called to do it. That's right, we feel that God wants us to use our home to take care of children who aren't ours. They come into our home and we do our best to love them and take care of them while they are here. We fall in love with them and then the court system says that the bio-parents have satisfied a case plan (Taking parenting classes and stuff like that) and then the child goes back to the bio-parents. We grieve when the kiddos leave our home and worry if they will be okay. My parents didn't understand at first, my grown children still sometimes have a problem with it but we still do it because of a deep concern for this one year old who had no way to protect herself from being beaten and broken. We have no standing in the court system and are at the whim of the judge and Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS) employees. I have been reprimanded by a judge for speaking up in court (I did politely raise my hand first.) when the guardian ad litem (lawyer who is supposed to represent the child) made claims about the child's wishes that I knew for a fact the lawyer could not have known because the lawyer had never spoken to the child. We try, when possible, to form a relationship with the bio-parents. That is really hard because the parents don't generally like the foster parents, they can feel we are trying to steal their child or we represent the system that has taken their child away from them. Then there is visitation where the parent gets to spend time with their child under supervision. We've had kids who HATED to go to visitation, trashing their room level hatred of going to see their parents. We still have to make them go because "it's the parent's right to see their child". Yeah, that $700 a month which is used to house, feed, and clothe a child is really worth all that crap and puts us on easy street. Putting others above yourself, you ought to try it sometime. The foster parent community is an amazing conglomeration of people who might not otherwise associate with each other. There are single parents, straight conservative couples like my wife and I, same sex couples, all races, all ages. We all have one thing in common, we love children and our hearts break when we hear the stories of where our foster babies came from but r

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                              Quick search confirms that the Democrats are still very much involved in the KKK, not just Republicans. Clean your doorstep before you clean mine.

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                              MarkTJohnson
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                              More like

                              Quote:

                              Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye

                              or is quoting the Bible to him just mean?

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                                More like

                                Quote:

                                Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye

                                or is quoting the Bible to him just mean?

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                                I was not even thinking about the Bible when I quoted that. I actually learned that quote outside of a religious context, even though it originates from the Bible.

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                                  W∴ Balboos wrote:

                                  Foster? Maybe, because it pays

                                  As a foster parent, if you REALLY think we do this for the money you are truly, hopelessly delusional. We do it because we are called to do it. That's right, we feel that God wants us to use our home to take care of children who aren't ours. They come into our home and we do our best to love them and take care of them while they are here. We fall in love with them and then the court system says that the bio-parents have satisfied a case plan (Taking parenting classes and stuff like that) and then the child goes back to the bio-parents. We grieve when the kiddos leave our home and worry if they will be okay. My parents didn't understand at first, my grown children still sometimes have a problem with it but we still do it because of a deep concern for this one year old who had no way to protect herself from being beaten and broken. We have no standing in the court system and are at the whim of the judge and Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS) employees. I have been reprimanded by a judge for speaking up in court (I did politely raise my hand first.) when the guardian ad litem (lawyer who is supposed to represent the child) made claims about the child's wishes that I knew for a fact the lawyer could not have known because the lawyer had never spoken to the child. We try, when possible, to form a relationship with the bio-parents. That is really hard because the parents don't generally like the foster parents, they can feel we are trying to steal their child or we represent the system that has taken their child away from them. Then there is visitation where the parent gets to spend time with their child under supervision. We've had kids who HATED to go to visitation, trashing their room level hatred of going to see their parents. We still have to make them go because "it's the parent's right to see their child". Yeah, that $700 a month which is used to house, feed, and clothe a child is really worth all that crap and puts us on easy street. Putting others above yourself, you ought to try it sometime. The foster parent community is an amazing conglomeration of people who might not otherwise associate with each other. There are single parents, straight conservative couples like my wife and I, same sex couples, all races, all ages. We all have one thing in common, we love children and our hearts break when we hear the stories of where our foster babies came from but r

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                                  W Balboos GHB
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                                  Lovely - but my perspective comes form a co-worker who was the foster child. Actually, the foster parent worked there, too. The parent still foster-parented, but my co-worker's account of it showed it to be clearly a financial consideration. There may be reasons you don't adopt - but that's when you're really responsible (and the court thing you described goes away, does it not?) By the way, $700/mo's better than natural or birth parents get, isn't it? For that matter, on a positive note, I know one (and only one) anti-abortion person who adopted - and she took the seriously handicapped . . . watched them inevitably fade and die in her care. Five years? Ten years. I respect her view because she stood by it. Putting others above yourself - is that how you picture yourself. I hope so - hope it's not just so you can smugly say so and point. You certainly describe yourself as ready for sainthood. Myself - I don't have the space or time - but at least I have a checkbook. More importantly, perhaps, is that I am ready to be taxed to help support their needs - faces I will never know and who will never know me. No damn bragging rights. Maybe just willing to do something for others without recognition or groups . . . or monthly check. What I do know, for sure: when waylayed by a 'pro-lifer' when getting off a commuter train, I put it to him . . . the babies are born and unwanted . . . how many do you take care of? And your friends? Surely you want them to have a full life with a loving family. Well - the rage in his eyes was palpable. Sure - a few walk=the-walk, but the vast majority just talk-the-talk. For them, not only does charity begin in the home; it ends there.

                                  Ravings en masse^

                                  "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

                                  "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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                                    (Remember, this is still the soapbox) The christian right has long been opposed to stem cell reasearch. Now I am confused all the controversy about stem cell research - it would increase the christian right's voting power exponentially![^]

                                    Ravings en masse^

                                    "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

                                    "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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                                    Munchies_Matt
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                                    Uh? I dont see anything about Christian rights in that link!

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                                      as with anything, there are pros and cons to stem cell research/implementation. I am sure the religious people left, middle, or right (not just the right) would rather God handle the human evolution/progression.

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                                      Yeah, this is there mistake, we ARE god. Man created god in his image (that is why the British Jesus has blond hair and blue eyes, in the east he has black hair and dark eyes. As simplistic as this is, it is just the tip of the ice berg. Look how in Britain we have gay priests and women Bishops. We have forced christianity to adapt to our values (values that actually stem from Saxon law and culture by the way).) It is literally up to us to make our morality, our rights and wrongs, and our own evolutionary path.

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