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Fried_Words

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5 weeks ago @ Big Government - Obama's Vacation Optic... · 0 replies · +6 points

Good point. Maybe the picture of the vacuum is to symbolize how bad his performance sucks?

5 weeks ago @ Big Government - Obama's Vacation Optic... · 9 replies · +38 points

I like the picture of the woman with the vacuum cleaner. It's probably the only honest work that's been done in the Oval Office since Obama took office.

3 weeks ago @ Big Hollywood - Earthquake Relief: 'Ho... · 0 replies · +1 points

I'd like to suggest that people could also make donations through Christian Relief Fund. They were already doing humanitarian work in Haiti before this disaster, and a "worker already located in Haiti is supervising efforts to rush emergency supplies - initially, food and water, the most urgently needed items, to affected children and families in Port au Prince, Haiti. Another team is enroute and should arrive on Thursday in Cap Haitian, Haiti. The group plans to take a truck loaded with rice, beans, and water into the capital city as soon as possible. "

I like CRF because they truly seem to be in the business of helping people, not profiting off people's misfortunes. They have an outstanding record with Charity Navigator, and the head of the organization only draws a modest salary.
http://www.christianrelieffund.org/web/index.php?...

4 weeks ago @ Big Hollywood - 'Hope: The Obama Music... · 2 replies · +5 points

I wonder who was cast in the role of the Teleprompter?

7 weeks ago @ Big Hollywood - 25 Greatest Christmas ... · 0 replies · +1 points

Ed Asner supports the cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal and has worked to obtain his freedom. I just can't watch anything made by a man that condones the murder of policemen. I wonder how the widow and family of Officer Daniel Faulkner feel about Asner's activities, both on and off screen?

10 weeks ago @ Big Hollywood - REVIEW: Clooney Shines... · 0 replies · +3 points

I'm boycotting too, wouldn't watch Clooney if you paid me.

10 weeks ago @ Big Hollywood - 'Twilight': A Spiritua... · 1 reply · +2 points

Personally, I think some grownups have a hard time distinguishing between fantasy and reality. There are groups of adults that meet together that try to use what they learned from "Harry Potter" to make "real magic" in their lives. I think it's rather silly, but they try to change their lot in life because they believe in the power of "Harry Potter", instead of believing in the powers of self-detemination and hard work.

Also, look at all those people in Arizona that died in that sweat lodge. They paid up to ten grand each, but it seems that they listened more to the fantastic promises of a self-help guru than their own reasoning.

I am not equating "Twilight" with either of these situations, I just wanted to say that it seems that for many people, whether adults or children, the line between reality and fantasy is getting blurrier and blurrier for them. I think it is prudent to remind people that some fantasies are not helpful to a person's life.

10 weeks ago @ Big Hollywood - ABC Announces Oprah-Ob... · 6 replies · +10 points

Is it me, or is Obama on tv more often than the GEICO lizard?

12 weeks ago @ Big Hollywood - When Does Life Begin, ... · 0 replies · +1 points

Have you checked out the "Spurious Quotes" section of the official Jefferson wiki? http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/Ca... They debunk a lot of the so-called "quotes" of Jefferson that are posted online today. Imo, everyone that is interested in the truth of history should take the time to find out what Jefferson did or did not say.

12 weeks ago @ Big Hollywood - When Does Life Begin, ... · 1 reply · +1 points

If someone is proffering a quote from someone, then I think they should be able to back it up, don't you? Do you think it makes good sense to believe everything you read on the internet without any form of proof? Btw, I just checked the official Jefferson wiki at http://wiki.monticello.org and could not find anything to substantiate your claim that Jefferson "personally rewrote the Bible to remove all supernatural elements." However, they do prove that he said this in 1823, to John Adams, "The truth is that the greatest enemies to the doctrines of Jesus are those calling themselves the expositors of them, who have perverted them for the structure of a system of fancy absolutely incomprehensible, and without any foundation in his genuine words. And the day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the supreme being as his father in the womb of a virgin will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter. But we may hope that the dawn of reason and freedom of thought in these United States will do away all this artificial scaffolding, and restore to us the primitive and genuine doctrines of this the most venerated reformer of human errors." Sounds like his time was filled with religious posers and hypocrites like ours.

Interestingly, the "Spurious Quotes" section debunks many of the common "sayings" that are erroneously attributed to Jefferson.

Also, I would love to hear more about your statements of "Biblical revisions and omissions made by kings and politicized, bureaucratic clergymen."
Then again, maybe this isn't the place for this subject. However, I would appreciate it if you can point me to a reliable vetted source proving your assertions?

For everyone, if you're looking for a decent book on Bible history, I would recommend either, "In the Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible and How It Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture" by Alister McGrath or "Wide as the Waters : The Story of the English Bible and the Revolution It Inspired" by Benson Bobrick. Both books are objective and well researched and free of unprovable claims.