Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Aug-12-11 08:31 AM
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You know, in the country in which I was raised, Rick Perry and Michelle Bachmann would be . . . . Updated at 9:23 PM
. . . . nowhere NEAR a presidential campaign.
There was a presidential candidate once who was a Roman Catholic. He had to spend a great deal of time trying to convince his country's citizens that he would not allow that to influence his presidency. And he wasn't even all that great a Catholic. I just can't imagine that a swaggering asshole who holds a public religious revival featuring the most extreme of his country's religious extremists as a way to kick off his campaign, a man who endorses the idea of having his state secede from the union, a man who walks around firing handguns, I can't imagine that man ever getting to a primary, let alone a campaign.
Neither can I imagine a woman who is religious zealot, a woman married to another religious zealot, a woman who has a questionable degree from a questionable university that preaches questionable philosophy that is arguably far out of the mainstream, a woman who is married to a man who has a business performing quack cures, I can't imagine that woman coming into the same room as a presidential candidate might enter.
Yet here we are, in early 21st Century America, witnessing those very things.
You know, I look around and I SWEAR this is the same place where I grew up. But I know if can't be. Not with this sort of shit happening. Not when I hear the news telling me that the man and the woman described above are taken seriously as presidential candidates.
I saw this campfire over there, and decided not to bring it over, just because it was Stinky's creation. While I was watching this campfire, Stinky spotted me out of the corner of his eye, and came running after me to try to toss it into my boat. As I quickly rowed away from the island, I barked, "No way, dude. No way."
Stinky wasn't raised in the same country I was. He must be an illegal alien.Very astute observation! ^5!
lol. The dude seems to have a crush on frank. He was probably hoping you'd bring it over so frank would see it and give him some attention.
Stinky The Clown ...
You know, in the country in which I was raised, Rick Perry and Michelle Bachmann would be . . . . Updated at 9:23 PM
. . . . nowhere NEAR a presidential campaign.
There was a presidential candidate once who was a Roman Catholic. He had to spend a great deal of time trying to convince his country's citizens that he would not allow that to influence his presidency. And he wasn't even all that great a Catholic. I just can't imagine that a swaggering asshole who holds a public religious revival...
madokie ...
5. I agree with you HillbillyBob
It scared me to death that darth and w had their fingers on the button for 8 years, I still shutter(sic) to think about that. To see someone like my super fundie neighbor...
http://www.amazon.com/Living-Faith-Jimmy-Carter/dp/0812930347
Living Faith [Paperback]
Jimmy Carter
In this rich and very intimate spiritual autobiography, the former president shares his living Christian faith. Carter's deep faith is rooted in his family and community, and he traces the growth and development of his faith through his career in the Navy and various political offices, and through his work with Habitat for Humanity (which builds housing for poor Americans) and the Carter Center (an international peacemaking organization). Carter also discusses the impact that Soren Kierkegaard and Reinhold Niebuhr have had on his life. With engaging humor and self-effacement, Carter shares his personal stories of the lessons of faith he has learned as a son, husband and father. In addition, he shares his sense of justice and the ways his faith has affected his actions and personal lifestyle. Carter's book is an enjoyable look into the life of a man engaged in living out his faith in the public eye.
Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Aug-12-11 08:31 AM
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You know, in the country in which I was raised, Rick Perry and Michelle Bachmann would be . . . . Updated at 9:23 PM
. . . . nowhere NEAR a presidential campaign.
Wow, these guys were obviously in some other country during Carter's years. :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
Threads like this happen when you have minimal historical knowledge. You can condemn the Fundies while forgetting that just about all presidents, including their heroes have expressed an abiding faith in Christ. Indeed, "atheist" was considered such an epithet that John Adams' supporters used it against Thomas Jefferson.Yep. Those horrible, frightening fundies have been running this country since we were still a part of England...and the country was in much better shape for all that time.
Jeremiah Alvesta Wright, Jr. (born September 22, 1941) is Pastor Emeritus of Trinity United Church of Christ (TUCC), a megachurch in Chicago exceeding 6,000 members.[1] In early 2008, Wright retired after 36 years as the Senior Pastor of his congregation and no longer has daily responsibilities at the church.[2][3]
Following retirement, Wright's beliefs and preaching were scrutinized when segments from his sermons were publicized in connection with the presidential campaign of Barack Obama, including his contention that the attacks of September 11, 2001 were proof that "America's chickens are coming home to roost" and "...not God Bless America. God damn America."[4] Obama reacted to the Wright controversy in a speech entitled "A More Perfect Union."[5]
Wright subsequently defended himself in a speech before the NAACP on April 27, 2008, in which he indicated that he was not "divisive" but "descriptive," and that the black church experience, like black culture, was "different" but not "deficient".[6] After the election, Wright was again the center of controversy when he suggested on one occasion that "them Jews" were keeping him from reaching President Obama.
husb2sparkly
You know, in the country in which I was raised, Rick Perry and Michelle Bachmann would be nowhere NEAR a presidential campaign...
Huh?!? I join the others in asking what country you grew up in?
If anything, it might have been that way in the home in which you were raised. It wouldn't take much convincing to get me to believe that your parents were common trash.
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts)
You know, in the country in which I was raised, Rick Perry and Michelle Bachmann would be . . . .
. . . . nowhere NEAR a presidential campaign.
There was a presidential candidate once who was a Roman Catholic. He had to spend a great deal of time trying to convince his country's citizens that he would not allow that to influence his presidency. And he wasn't even all that great a Catholic.
Enough on politics, Vinnie.
Were you able to check out the panther for us?
She's right there in your neighborhood.
She's a democrat voter just like you and Spunkly...invite her to dinner and let us know how it goes.
Stinky the Dude is afraid to invite UGP over for dinner. Sparkly will find her/him/it to be more of a man than Stinky and poor Stinky will be kicked to the curb.