tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147733538257149903.post283730022172383541..comments2023-10-24T04:37:53.648-05:00Comments on Babble On: Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land DumbassesJoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718724697267800263noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147733538257149903.post-38735658876557158222009-08-04T00:36:54.054-05:002009-08-04T00:36:54.054-05:00I saw one of their main spokespeople on TV. She is...I saw one of their main spokespeople on TV. She is an eastern european dentist turned lawyer who is currently representing a soldier who is refusing to deploy to Iraq. He is refusing on the grounds that the commander in chief was not born in the US. This woman says that Obama cannot be president because his father was not a citizen. She was on the Colbert Report and I don't think she realized that Colbert is putting people on. Anyway, Colbert pointed out that president Chester A. Arthur's father was not a citizen. He did it with heavy sarcasm "Oh yeah, we don't want another Chester A Arthur on our hands." Went right over her head. it is very, very sad and ad really scary.<br /><br />JackieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147733538257149903.post-88593817837112768792009-08-03T14:02:22.666-05:002009-08-03T14:02:22.666-05:00It's sad, really.It's sad, really.Wonder Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16723949771552274515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147733538257149903.post-86881423212785130212009-08-03T12:02:13.453-05:002009-08-03T12:02:13.453-05:00Right, Al!
FP, according to the Constitution one ...Right, Al!<br /><br />FP, according to the Constitution one of the qualifications for president is being a natural-born American citizen, which disqualifies Arnold and Henry Kissinger but not Obama. I know! You'd think they could come up with something that can't be disproved. Sheesh!Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15718724697267800263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147733538257149903.post-951381860050512082009-08-03T11:59:02.719-05:002009-08-03T11:59:02.719-05:00Miss A, I'm sure!!
Dan, that's how it s...Miss A, I'm sure!! <br /><br />Dan, that's how it seems to me that the Republicans don't have anyone to be their voice of reason, so these fringe groups are getting all the attention. I hope they can get control of their party and be regular conservatives again. The evangelicals don't need to be in charge. They do too much damage.Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15718724697267800263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147733538257149903.post-58458639560504773812009-08-03T11:55:38.699-05:002009-08-03T11:55:38.699-05:00Beth, I didn't grow up with that dogma. Metho...Beth, I didn't grow up with that dogma. Methodists are pretty laid back about that and don't encourage making decisions based on fear. I'm proud of the way they are organized about helping disaster victims and others without fanfare and publicity. They just do it. I had a great childhood with loving, supportive parents and am grateful for that and know how lucky I am. I didn't have any organized religious abuse to overcome, either. <br /><br />Growing up here, I was exposed to it, but it didn't affect me because Mother countered it when I asked her about it. We had rules, discipline, and boundaries which were reasonable. My mother is a children's advocate from way back and taught me how to be a parent by example. We've had our differences about some things (we're human) and still disagree about some issues. Daddy was involved in our lives and there for us, too, no matter what. <br /><br />I thought everyone had families like mine and wish they had. I'm not saying I haven't had problems. Who doesn't? I'm just saying I had a solid foundation that helped me through them.Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15718724697267800263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147733538257149903.post-76106549183283212562009-08-03T09:14:46.053-05:002009-08-03T09:14:46.053-05:00"These "birthers" are racists who a..."These "birthers" are racists who are looking for any excuse to discredit and criticize Obama without just coming out and saying they don't like having a black man for president."*<br /><br /><br /><br />*Boiled down to a simple truth by Joy.<br /><br />I hear lots of people in Smallville spewing this stuff, but won't admit it's because he's a black man. It IS racism, plain and simple.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15302478126147924237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147733538257149903.post-37844061047580223952009-08-03T08:49:31.970-05:002009-08-03T08:49:31.970-05:00I completely agree. These birthers are complete an...I completely agree. These birthers are complete and utter asshole racists. There is NO other explanation.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147733538257149903.post-64043241477807079422009-08-03T08:33:46.765-05:002009-08-03T08:33:46.765-05:00Hardball discussed this yesterday. One of the grou...Hardball discussed this yesterday. One of the group, I forget who, said that there isnt anyone strong enough in the Republican party to stand up and say knock this shit off. Secretly they are hoping to be able to get this fear rooted by the next election.<br /><br />G Gordon Liddy needs to go away, he is one of the biggest screamers.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03033788630762248583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147733538257149903.post-91953903197200703512009-08-03T08:23:56.860-05:002009-08-03T08:23:56.860-05:00even though i, as a fallen lutheran, teach catholi...even though i, as a fallen lutheran, teach catholic school, the majority of our students are not catholic. most kids are some shade of baptist, and a pretty good number are also pentacostal with some witnesses thrown in for good measure. it makes mass days interesting, to say the least.<br /><br />i agree and with the rest of y'all about the fundamentalist sects being more about control then about worship and it frightens me as well because it occasionally gets in the way of teaching and learning--have had parents complain about teaching 'prehistoric' history of my state because it happens before their god supposedly made the world in 7 days.<br /><br />*sigh*<br /><br />xxalainaxxmrs.missalaineushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08542984504965262088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147733538257149903.post-44201480948546707672009-08-03T07:57:16.395-05:002009-08-03T07:57:16.395-05:00Usually I would say its so stupid we should just i...Usually I would say its so stupid we should just ignore it, but we've done that with things we thought were stupid before, and ended up with it becoming a problem.<br /><br />I grew up in the Church of Christ and, like other fundamentalist denominations, the emphasis on rules is about the leadership being able to control people, not spiritual fulfillment. And because people in those denominations are conditioned to never question (or you'll go to HELL!) and taught to believe the scientifically indefensible, its easy to feed them conspiracy theories.<br /><br />That's what I think, anyway...Al In The Countyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15125356518107742922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147733538257149903.post-41605592351481481182009-08-02T20:56:35.892-05:002009-08-02T20:56:35.892-05:00You totally rock.
I'm fixin' to get ready...You totally rock.<br /><br />I'm fixin' to get ready to do a Birther entry. I've about had it with this bullshit.<br /><br />As for dogma, I divorced my ex because he became a born-again, and believed that anyone who didn't go to his church (I won't name names, but it started with a B) was going straight to hell. I have no patience with such attitudes. <br /><br />I am happy that you were able to break away from such dogma. I was raised in an Assembly of God church, so I know where you're coming from. Hugs, BethBethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149068921334726430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147733538257149903.post-39191938384338018622009-08-02T20:39:30.806-05:002009-08-02T20:39:30.806-05:00That study was alarming. Just the whole issue of t...That study was alarming. Just the whole issue of the 'birthers' is alarming. Of all the things they can complain and they pick this? Being foreign born I wonder what is next?the dogs' motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11512888563325865616noreply@blogger.com