OUR two kids, on the other hand, he and I discuss as far as the way they are to be raised, because I actually do have a say in that. And I DO NOT want either of them exposed to that much violence before they are mentally ready for it. He agrees with me, and is ok with the decision made, as he left it up to me to decide how much violence is too much.

You need to grow up and realize that adults actually communicate with one another about the needs of the relationship they are in, and the children that said relationship might produce. If you can’t be honest and open with your partner, why are you there? Great sex can only carry you so far down life’s road.

If you get it big enough you can roll up islands and clouds!

My son thinks that the Banned Books List is a recommended reading list.

It’s not?

The embarrassment of living in NM: calling my sister, bil answers.
BIL “Isn’t Alamogordo in NM?”
Me *sigh* “Yes.”
BIL “Are they really burning Harry Potter books?”
Me *deeper sigh* “Yes.”

My son thinks that the Banned Books List is a recommended reading list.

I’ll say to you what I said to him. You aren’t here to change minds or speak truth. You’re here because you want us to attack you. You want us to lash out and show you how irrational WE are. You want us to do that because it validates your assumptions and strengthens your resolve against your perceived enemy. You may even think you’re a better warrior for Christ and what is right when we attack you because you are some brand of modern martyr for your beleifs.

I got news for you, you aren’t. Martyrs didn’t look for adversity, it found them all on its own. They preached their message in a way that was meant to reach people, not offend them. They met their fates as defenders of their beliefs, not attackers of others’.

Clearly from your site, you’ve read the works of the apostles and Catholic saints. Do yourself a favor and re-read them. And this time try to understand their methods as well as their words. You’ll find little of your methods in their works.

And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, “O Lord, bless this Thy hand grenade that with it Thou mayest blow Thine enemies to tiny bits, in Thy mercy.” And the Lord did grin and the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats and large … And the Lord spake, saying, “First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin, then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceedest on to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.

That was the quote for my middle brother’s water bottle this xmas. (We etched water bottles for everyone this year.)

Wow, missed that line in Catholic school. I’ll keep that in my quick quotes list. I like it better than the ‘love thy neighbor’ and ‘turn the other cheek’ phraseology.

Seriously, I think Franklin was right: Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.

But then I’m one of those crazy liberals who believes in the First Amendment and has not just the button but also the shirt for “Banned Books Week.”

Do you ever listen to yourself and realize you’re describing yourself in those whose minds you purport to read? You claim you’re being detested and feared and attacked for your religious beliefs… and in the same breath, make up imaginary religious beliefs for those who dare to disagree with you, and promptly give those imaginary religious beliefs a big dose of “detest and fear and attack”.

If you’re a concern troll trying to make people disgusted with true Christianity by pretending God is created in your image – i.e. hateful, unforgiving, Pharisaic, and hypocritica… then you’re doing a good job. But if you honestly believe any of what you just spewed out resembles “Love thy neighbor as thyself” or “If anyone claims that he loves God, whom he has not seen, but hates his neighbor, whom he has seen, he is a liar”… that’s just sad.

Lol i get those kinds of requests. granted I suppose I also friend those that are a higher skill level than I am, but I try…and make a good meat shield…

My apologies to those on the right

Look, you want to be funny, we’ll take it. You want to make a valid political point, we’ll take it. If you want to spout endlessly the taglines and baseless accusations of any party, Republic, Democrat or otherwise, we reserve the right to brutally mock you.

Your accusations only support Limbaugh because they are practically extracted directly from his show. There’s no evidence there, no stats, no figures, no historical precedent, no political analysis, nada. Just buzzwords (Obamalech is a new one to me, I’ll admit) and snippets from hyped up news tickers.

I don’t want any representative from ANY party to ever change their vote as some sort of retaliation or statement againts other representatives. It’s the congressional equivalent of picking a candidate because they’re pretty (Not that the voting public has ever done that ::cough::Palin::cough::).

(Sure, all of us should live by the beliefs of a pastoral, tribal people that lived more than 2000 years ago, or possibly by the beliefs of a slightly less ignorant group of people some 1600 to 1800 years ago. Otherwise, we’re causing a dictatorship!)

My favorite part? When some waste-of-oxygen executive gets it in their heads that an utterly worthless product, like gift cards out of season, overstock books no one wanted, drinks that cost 1/20th of what they’re sold for, etc, would be a great way to make money. Of course it’s a great way to make money! Trouble is, customers realize that too – except from their point of view, it’s wasting money. But said WOOE only sees imaginary profits flooding in the door, so everyone has to repeat some stupid rote spiel that pisses off both clerks and customers. What? It didn’t work? Obviously the clerks were just being lazy, so next time we’ll add quotas!

F@#$ers.

Because, ya know, if you actually READ what people post here you might actually be aware that a pretty darn fair percentage of the regulars on here aren’t liberal; so ….what’s the deal?