Travelin’ music from the Land Down Under
Last Sunday, we were invited by good friends to a backyard south of Decatur for an informal potluck/concert. We had 50 or 60 people, a deep-fried turkey or two, a good supply of beer and a guitar player from Australia by the name of Geoff Achison, taking a break from his American tour to play a one-man impromptu concert for us.
Sitting in folding chairs in the heat of a Georgia afternoon, sipping cold beer and listening to live music made for a great way to wind down the weekend. The cops even showed up, which made it an official party.
Achison is a great guitarist out of the Duane Allman blues-rock tradition. If you like the cut below, he’s playing tomorrow night at the Sautee Nacoochee Center north of Helen with Randall Bramblett, and at Shorty’s Pizza in Tucker on Sunday. For a guy who talks funny, he sure has this American music down.
– Jay Bookman
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Brosephus
June 26th, 2011
11:34 am
josef
AMEN!!!!!
Mighty Righty
June 26th, 2011
11:36 am
getalife
June 26th, 2011
11:02 am
Just to respond to a few of your uninformd rants: Why would anyone want to bomb that peaceful Iran when sanctions work so well? I Wonder why Obama and Hillary didn’t use sanctions against Libya? Had to look tough. Gee, Iran is going green with nucleur power. Between nucleur power and camels and maybe a few windmills from GE they will have clean energy for the forseeable future. But back to the wars. The Iraq war has been over for more than two years so I don’t know why we are still there. In Afghanistan we have captured three or four tribal areas and have lost more men in the two plus years Obama has been president than in the preceding eight years of W. There is nothing in Afghanistan literally worth more money than one of our laser guided bombs and for sure not worth one of our people. So you keep promoting war, and I’ll keep opposing it. If you like war the way it is, in the middle east, you will love it when Iran gets involved with their green nucleur weapons.
getalife
June 26th, 2011
11:45 am
MR,
Which part of our wars are ending do you not understand?
If you was informed, you would know that we usually keep around 50,000 after a war but it is Iraq’s decision.
There is probably a deal with China to provide security for their stealing their resources and there will be around 50,000 staying there too.
Brosephus
June 26th, 2011
11:51 am
Lift the prohibition on weed to help Mexico.
That will not help Mexico. That will only legalize a potent financial stream for the people that we actually need to run out of power there. If we’re gonna do anything to help Mexico, it has to start with removing corruption from their government first, and then aid them in removing the cartels. After that, I think they have to work ethic and know how to right the ship themselves. Many of their citizens have been educated here in the US, so it’s not like they’re lacking in knowledge of many things. I think it’s more because of corruption within the government’s structure that aids the cartels.
Paulo977
June 26th, 2011
11:52 am
Josef
“But, just like drugs and guns, there’s a better deal to be made under the table”.
Sadly, as with all things American, that’s the bottom line!!
getalife
June 26th, 2011
11:56 am
Bro,
We do not have the political will or the unity to end corruption here.
getalife
June 26th, 2011
12:02 pm
Bro,
Mexican weed is cheap and low quality.
Legalizing weed will decrease the demand for their crappy weed.
No demand equals less money for the cartels.
Brosephus
June 26th, 2011
12:11 pm
getalife
You sometimes have to be aware of unintended consequences when you make a decision like that.
http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062411_modified_pot/genetically-modified-pot-license-print-money-colombia/
The head of one farm told AFP that a genetically modified variety known in Europe as “La Cominera,” from a seed modified in The Netherlands, is sold for about 10 times the rate for “normal” marijuana.
One owner of a greenhouse an hour’s drive from the city of Cali, said she can sell the modified marijuana for 100,000 pesos ($54) a kilo (2.2 pounds), which is nearly 10 times more than the price she can get for ordinary marijuana.
All they’ll do is grow more potent varieties that will make more money. It still won’t solve the corruption issue.
As far as corruption here, that’s only because the creep of corruption has implanted itself here so discreetly that most wouldn’t know corruption if it bit them on the ass. We almost see corruption as the status quo nowadays. It’s not about the will to fight it, we first have to take the blinders off to see it.
Kamchak
June 26th, 2011
12:14 pm
The corruption on our side with our banks does not help.
An understatement.
getalife
June 26th, 2011
12:19 pm
Bro,
Cross breeding creates some very potent weed sold at medical weed stores. This is not new.
We are in the mid range position on corruption compared to the rest of the world and it is the status quo that will not change anytime soon.
josef
June 26th, 2011
12:36 pm
Brosephus
@ 12:11
You are correct in that! Our own corruption is clean and well managed, spread out in ways that we all benefit from and therefore don’t recognize it. We vaguely understand that the banks are corrupt, the politicians are corrupt, the industrial machine is corrupt, and so on. What we don’t deal with is just how much we ourselves benefit from that corruption on a daily basis. Just the “big” issue now of illegal immigration. From the cheaper McBurger to corporate profits and big time bank accounts, we all benefit. But instead of saying it’s corruption, we say the system is “broken.” It’s not “broken.” It’s functioning quite nicely most places, it’s just functioning corruptly.
getalife
I knew you’d be able to provide some good insight on the legalization issue. Jokes aside, you make some excellent points.
Don't Forget
June 26th, 2011
12:39 pm
The next Enron?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43539470/ns/business-us_business/
“Looks like crap,” the Schlumberger official wrote about the well’s performance, according to the regulator, “but operator will flip it based on ‘potential’ and make some money on it.”
“Always a greater sucker,” the e-mail concluded.
Brosephus
June 26th, 2011
12:42 pm
If the cartels gets their hands on the potent stuff, your premise of decline in sales due to quality is moot.
We are in the mid range position on corruption compared to the rest of the world and it is the status quo that will not change anytime soon.
I disagree big time. We pretty much allow elections to be sold to the highest bidder. Test cheating scandal causes chaos in Atlanta, but land deals in Gwinnett barely register a whimper outside that community. A Congressperson resigns because of sending a pic of an erection, but Congresspeople who have cheated on taxes still hold office. Our corruption is probably what other countries are shooting for. We’ve been swimming in it for so long, it’s no longer seen as corruption but more as the way things are done.
getalife
June 26th, 2011
12:43 pm
Josef,
I know weed and we are inching closer to legalization.
Another change is treating addicts as a disease instead of incarceration.
If we are going to cut and need revenue, we should cut the war on drugs and legalize weed.
It will help both State and Federal budgets with billions saved.
Funny how when States need revenue, they look at gambling and weed.
Brosephus
June 26th, 2011
12:46 pm
“A Congressperson resigns because of sending a pic of an erection, but Congresspeople who have cheated on taxes still hold office.”
As a kicker to the tax point…
The same legislative body that allows their fellow members to serve while dodging taxes want to legislate that federal employees who follow their lead would be terminated. I guess it’s do as I say, not as I do. I have no problem with the legislation per se, however, how can you grant yourself immunity for something you want others fired for? Don’t we all work for the same government?
getalife
June 26th, 2011
12:52 pm
Bro,
“The US also fell, from the 19th spot to the 22nd.”
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/10/26/130827981/most-and-least-corrupt-countries
We are getting worse but in the mid range compared to other countries.
They are trying different ways to combat corruption like paying pols really well.
China made it a death penalty but that did stop it.
We have to regulate it.
Brosephus
June 26th, 2011
1:05 pm
getalife
I was looking at the list. They’re far more generous with the US than I would be. Citizen’s United would be pretty much the straw that broke the camel’s back for me. When the SCOTUS can affirm corruptive action as legal, we’re no better than Somalia.
getalife
June 26th, 2011
1:30 pm
Bro,
The conflict of interests with our pols and sc are bad too. Most Americans do not know or do not care. I thought Americans would unite after the collapse but cons chose corporate after a talking head on CNBC deflected blame and they bought it.
It took one man in Tunisia to change the Arab world’s corruption so there is hope.
@@
June 26th, 2011
1:33 pm
Last Sunday, we were invited by good friends to a backyard south of Decatur for an informal potluck/concert.
And yesterday I drove a buckboard wagon…something I’ve always wanted to do. Only one horse.
Next trip, it’ll be a team of two.
Kewl.
1811/1801 - 0311/0317
June 26th, 2011
1:34 pm
ATTENTION RETIREES !!!
DO NOT move to these states (or do so at your own risk): Very retireee unfriendly !
Vermont
Minnesota
Nebraska
Oregon
California
Maine
Iowa
Wisconsin
New Jersey
Connecticutt
Do you noitce a pattern here?
Most of it reads like an inscription on a Yankee War Memorial on Missionary Ridge.
http://finance.yahoo.com/focus-retirement/article/112987/tax-unfriendly-states-retirees?mod=fidelity-livingretirement&cat=fidelity_2010_living_in_retirement
getalife
June 26th, 2011
1:35 pm
“Citizen’s United would be pretty much the straw that broke the camel’s back for me.”
I marked that day for history and our President’s response:
http://getalife-gotalife.blogspot.com/
The people did not have his back so he lost that battle .
1811/1801 - 0311/0317
June 26th, 2011
1:36 pm
josef:
No comment on 11:04pm last night ?
getalife
June 26th, 2011
1:43 pm
ATTENTION RETIREES !!!
The gop are trying to steal your Medicare and SS.
Keep yelling at them.
1811/1801 - 0311/0317
June 26th, 2011
1:45 pm
Headline (AJC): “Home Depot accused of violating Buy American Act”
” ………… the country’s largest home improvement retailer is the latest company accused of running afoul of the Buy American Act, a 1933 law aimed at protecting U.S. jobs. The law requires that all materials used in construction of public projects originate in the United States or “designated countries.”
Hummmmm ………….. a 1933 law passed before anyone even understood what “Global Economy” meant. This should be interesting.
But wait ………….. if Obamacare is upheld by the SCOTUS ……… this could be next. U.S. Citizens ALSO have to buy only American.
You get what you pay for libs. !
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/home-depot-accused-of-988620.html
getalife
June 26th, 2011
1:48 pm
“And yesterday I drove a buckboard wagon…something I’ve always wanted to do. Only one horse.”
@@,
It is 2011 not 1811.
1811/1801 - 0311/0317
June 26th, 2011
1:53 pm
Headline: “Obama criticized by both parties over Afghanistan”
“I had hoped that they could take more troops out sooner,” said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaking on CNN’s State of the Union.
getalife says you’re a traitor Nancy for citicizing the CIC.
Whose side are you on?
1811/1801 - 0311/0317
June 26th, 2011
1:54 pm
Last I checked, the Dems. were transferring half a trillion dollars from Medicare to Obamacare.
getalife
June 26th, 2011
1:56 pm
Libya Scout.
You took the same position on Libya as the hippies on Vietnam.
Because Obama is a Dem
Shame on you hypocrite.
1811/1801 - 0311/0317
June 26th, 2011
1:56 pm
GOOD FOR THEM !
Headline: “Ryder to abortionists: ‘Not with our trucks!’ ”
“Rental firm denies equipment for disposal of aborted babies”
1811/1801 - 0311/0317
June 26th, 2011
1:57 pm
Pelosi is a traitor ………… getalife said so.
getalife
June 26th, 2011
1:59 pm
Not sure of her position on Libya?
1811/1801 - 0311/0317
June 26th, 2011
2:02 pm
Headline: “Rogers questions withdrawal timing”
“Are presidential politics factoring into the Afghanistan withdrawal plan? Republican Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan Sunday said the timing is suspect.
“It’s too soon,” Rogers, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “I supported the president on the surge, which was not necessarily all that politically comfortable.”
But the plan President Barack Obama announced last week to withdraw 33,000 troops from Afghanistan before Sept. 2012 makes Rogers even less comfortable, he said.
“If we leave Afghanistan with a safe haven, we have done nothing,” Rogers said. “The time line is just too darn close. I am a former FBI guy and coincidences are one thing. But the fact that it lines up to have those troops out before the first debate of 2012 is concerning to me. Mainly because conditions on ground have not changed.”
1811/1801 - 0311/0317
June 26th, 2011
2:02 pm
Pelosi is a traitor – getalife said so.
getalife
June 26th, 2011
2:04 pm
Pelosi is a traitor – getalife said so.
Never said that liar.
getalife
June 26th, 2011
2:14 pm
“Nancy Pelosi: ‘The Republicans Are The Incumbents’”AOL
Throw the bums out.
@@
June 26th, 2011
2:17 pm
Getalife:
It is 2011 not 1811.
With this failing economy, we could be back in 1811 before you know it.
Just think…I’ll be able to give you a lift wherever you wanna go.
Giddyup!
From earlier…”addiction is a disease”?
Congratulations! You’ve taken the first step.
schnirt
getalife
June 26th, 2011
2:22 pm
@@,
Rehab is for quitters like palin.
Bruno
June 26th, 2011
2:24 pm
What is this, the getalife and Scout show?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCc7XJRDD74
theyeshaveit
June 26th, 2011
2:27 pm
I saw a Russian film a couple weeks ago on Hulu called 9th Company/i>. I wanted to watch it at first, if only to gain a different perspective. As the film moved on, I realized their perspective then was very much like out perspective now. It’s time to get out.
theyeshaveit
June 26th, 2011
2:28 pm
Ah, I messed up my html and failed to mention that I was talking about Afghanistan above. But I think that you get it.
@@
June 26th, 2011
2:29 pm
And Obama quit his senatorial job with 47 months to go.
I wish he’d kept that one ’cause he’s none too good in his new position.
Being president requires more than just being “present” and unaccountable for…
1811/1801 - 0311/0317
June 26th, 2011
2:31 pm
Pelosi questioned the President’s decision on Afghanistan therefore she doesn’t know which side she is on. Even worse, she wants “more” troops out.
All of the above fits getalife’s defintion of a traitor.
Therefore by deduction ………. getalife says Pelosi is a traitor.
Move along folks ……………. nothing more to see here.
getalife
June 26th, 2011
2:33 pm
@@,
He did not quit.
He was elected for a higher office and is there everyday.
Did you hit the shine driving that wagon?
getalife
June 26th, 2011
2:34 pm
Again Scout,
We are talking about Libya.
Focus.
Brosephus
June 26th, 2011
2:35 pm
getalife
People are so worried about creeping Sharia, creeping Socialism, or creeping Corporatism when we should all be worried about creeping corruption. As we soon will find out for example, it will take upwards to a billion dollars to run for president. What “average” citizen will be able to make that benchmark? On the other hand, how well will corporate-sponsored candidated be financed?
It’s only a matter of time before… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFpvbue4bBY
Headline: “Obama criticized by both parties over Afghanistan”
What’s the old saying about you might be right if you’re able to piss off both sides of the debate???
theyeshaveit
June 26th, 2011
2:37 pm
About Palin…Frankly, I’d love to see her make a run for the presidency. The group of repubs we have now are about as exciting as a Dennis Miller monologue.
A song for the current brain trust in the Republican Party:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZzXg0qYoAo
1811/1801 - 0311/0317
June 26th, 2011
2:37 pm
PERFECT !!!
Obama is to the real presidency what a an autopened signature is to a real one ……. just a facsimilie !
Therefore …………. President Facsmilie !
Headline: “Obama’s signature: Is it real or is it autopenned?”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110626/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_s_autopen
Bruno
June 26th, 2011
2:37 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLQJ4toj-JY&feature=autoplay&list=PLBF7309CEE5A67ABD&index=3&playnext=3
@@
June 26th, 2011
2:37 pm
He was elected for a higher office and is there everyday.
I SAID he was present. Lots of people show up for work but aren’t very productive.
Did you hit the shine driving that wagon?
No! Just the horse’s rump.
Giddyup!
1811/1801 - 0311/0317
June 26th, 2011
2:39 pm
getalife:
……… but, but, but ……….. you mentioned Viet Nam earlier !
The principle is the same.
getalife says Pelosi is a traitor !
FOCUS !
theyeshaveit
June 26th, 2011
2:40 pm
Scout,
Ouch. Your 2:31 pm doesn’t get you much of a grade in syllogisms. But you do make a good “silly jism”.
Paulo977
June 26th, 2011
2:41 pm
getalife
“@@,
He did not quit.
He was elected for a higher office and is there everyday”
Did a good bit of educating there!
1811/1801 - 0311/0317
June 26th, 2011
2:41 pm
eyes:
Why thank you !
getalife
June 26th, 2011
2:42 pm
Bro,
A billion to run for President shows we need short clean elections with election reform.
Perhaps a no confidence choice for congress too.
Again, there is no political will or movement from the people.
I think both of us will jump aboard a movement for this change.
getalife
June 26th, 2011
2:44 pm
Paulo977,
Yeah, my writing sux.
AmVet
June 26th, 2011
2:45 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oxJDZaLmDg
theyeshaveit
June 26th, 2011
2:47 pm
getalife,
Not sure that the no confidence thing is a good thing. In Japan, where the parliamentary system prevails, they seem to have a new PM every other month.
theyeshaveit
June 26th, 2011
2:48 pm
AmVet,
I have rediscovered the Cars recently. Awesome group.
1811/1801 - 0311/0317
June 26th, 2011
2:50 pm
WWJT ???
What Would Jesus Twitter ???
Matthew 11:28
“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
getalife
June 26th, 2011
2:50 pm
eyes,
Good point.
The nuclear disaster took him down.
Probably a bad idea here because there is zero trust in congress.
getalife
June 26th, 2011
2:53 pm
AmVet,
I went to a Cars show at the Aladdin in Vegas.
Great sound like the Fox Theater.
The lead singer produced Weezer.
AmVet
June 26th, 2011
2:54 pm
eyes, truly one of the most (insert your adjective here) bands in all of rock and roll.
I would have loved to see their new tour; it must have been fantastic fun.
My buddy GH slaying that sax solo reminded me of the one in this classic…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqMsyiOxCmU
josef
June 26th, 2011
3:36 pm
SCOUT
As per your request, I will try to respond in a more general frame to your 11:04 p.m. of Saturday. Your not unfounded nor entirely irrational fear of the terrorists who have hijacked the term Islamic and your transference of that into an unfounded and irrational view of the religion and its practitioners are things that, for me, need to be addressed as separate entities.
I understand that in your religious world view, and pardon the lapse into the common vernacular here, but you won’t be happy until the whole world embraces your own brand of Christianity, a view shared by precisely those followers of the Prophet whom you disparage. I understand that within both the Islamic and the Christian faiths there is the Apocalyptic, end of the world scenario. If that be the case, then it’s in G-d’s hands and there’s nothing we can do about it, so why bother and why try to divine the date. “Knowing” it’s coming won’t change a thing, so why get into a dither?
As a Jew, and drawing from the dismal record of the last two millenia, I have no reason to trust either the Christians or the Muslims whenever either goes on religious Jihad or Crusades, which they both have done periodically with great consistency. As a believer in the same tradition of the three great monotheistic faiths, all of whom acknowledge a belief in the same G-d, I cannot exclude either of the two “warring” ones without excluding my own. As a man, I accept our tradition that we are all created in G-d’s image, given dominion over the earth, and that all souls,are equal in the eyes of the Allm-ghty,regardless of the dogma or doctrine to which they adhere in their search for order and meaning.
You want to allude to the tragedy of Germany and the contention that it was a failure to act when the writing was there on the wall for all to see but they were too concerned with their daily lives “to care.” This is very true. The na zis hijacked the German identity and perverted it into an evil the likes of which we are still trying to come to terms with. There were those who tried to stop that and stood up as Germans to do so. They got no support from within or without. Had those outside Germany thrown their support to them, they may well have been able to “do something.” They didn’t.
The same may be said now for those within the Islamic faith who are striving to redeem their identity from the usurpers bent on using it to an evil end. What are you personally and individually doing to help them in that endeavor. I have referred you to “my” Muslim who has dedicated her life to that, Irshad Miraj. Have you gone and listened to her? Are you doing anything to help her in her efforts?
Or are you blocked into a “d*mn them all, they’re all infidels” mentality? You need to consider that. I say to you in all seriousness and from the depth of our shared Judeo-Christian tradition, “mene mene tekel epharsin.” Quit throwing negative stones and do something positive to build bridges and not walls.
Curious Observer
June 26th, 2011
3:47 pm
Glad you got to ride a buckboard, @@. I grew up on a farm at a time when big draft horses and buckboards were common and not too many people had tractors, nor did they have hay bailers. As a boy, I shocked hay and used a draft horse to drag it to the stacking area. I imagine there aren’t too many people who ever used a shock pole or rode a draft horse. Treasure your memory.
stands for decibels
June 26th, 2011
4:12 pm
The folks at On the Media did a nice send-off for Clarence Clemons on Friday’s broadcast. The segment’s here
http://www.onthemedia.org/episodes/2011/06/24/segments/159348?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=%24{feed}&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+%24{otm}+%28%24{On+the+Media}%29
if you’d like to hear it.
Recon (2nd.and 3rd.)
June 26th, 2011
4:17 pm
Don’t know if we have the perfect storm brewing or not but I don’t see any daylight. Obama and the Democrats can’t cave to the Republicans without doing more serious damage to their base and the Republicans can’t cave to the Democrats without doing serious damage to theirs. It seem to me that the Dem’s have more to lose. They’ve lost considerable support among Independents, the youth vote has lost a lot of steam and moderate Democrats might cross over or stay home as the Christian right did in 08.
Real Scooter
June 26th, 2011
4:25 pm
josef
June 26th, 2011
3:36 pm
Dang josef,I know that post wasn’t to me but I feel enlightened.(seriously) Thank you.
Brosephus
June 26th, 2011
4:29 pm
Recon
I think you’re spot on about both parties not wanting to lose to their bases. I think the Democratic Party has more to lose simply for being the majority party. The sad thing is that I think they both need to lose for the country to start to recover. Both bases need to realize that they only represent only parts of the electorate and their opinions might not always be the best course of action for the country as a whole.
Recon (2nd.and 3rd.)
June 26th, 2011
4:37 pm
Brosephus,
What’s worry’s me is that I think we’ve reached a point where ideology rules and compromise is a non-option for both sides. It used to be that there would be disagreements and political posturing but at the end of the day there would be give and take that would produce a workable compromise. I fear we’ve lost that ability and we’re now headed toward a serious collision course.
stands for decibels
June 26th, 2011
4:54 pm
can’t remember who it was in here, day or so back, who claimed that we spend 20 billion per year just for AC in our Excellent Iraq and Afghanistan Adventure, but I see it wasn’t just intertubes folklore after all.
http://www.npr.org/2011/06/25/137414737/among-the-costs-of-war-20b-in-air-conditioning?sc=tw&cc=share
As Atrios points out, obviously we need to cut food stamps to pay for this.
stands for decibels
June 26th, 2011
4:59 pm
It’s early yet, but if there’s a Predictably Boring Headline of the Week award, surely this piece should take the honor.
1811/1801 - 0311/0317
June 26th, 2011
5:19 pm
josef:
Good grief ……. I didn’t mean for you to work on your doctorate !
A couple of “suscinct” points is all that is needed ……. it’s not that complicated:
!) Radical Islamists ……….. wipe them from the face of the earth (i.e., Nazism)
2) Peaceful Muslims ………. make great neighbors and friends (i.e., my next door Syrian playmates as a kid).
3) Islam …………….. …………This is the ONE and ONLY “BRIDGE”: “I am the way the truth and the life ………. therefore, go into all the world and preach the Gospel to everyone”.
4) “All of whom acknowledge a belief in the same G-d”: Nothing could be farther from the truth: “Except you believe in Me you are dead in your sins.”
5) My kind of Muslim:
Dr. Zuhdi Jasser: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/26/AR2011022600330.html?hpid=topnews
1811/1801 - 0311/0317
June 26th, 2011
5:22 pm
Wave of the future I fear:
“CHICAGO (CBS) — The teenage robbery mobs are at it again on North Michigan Avenue.”
“Some 50 young people barged into a Walgreens at Michigan and Chicago on the Magnificent Mile on Tuesday afternoon. They took bottled drinks and sandwiches off the shelves, then ran off, CBS 2′s Suzanne Le Mignot reports.”
1811/1801 - 0311/0317
June 26th, 2011
5:27 pm
P.S. to josef:
“Quit throwing negative stones and do something positive to build bridges and not walls.”
Sometimes the Bible is offensive:
II Corinthians 6
“What harmony is there between Christ and Belial”
getalife
June 26th, 2011
5:28 pm
Chris Wallace Asks Michele Bachmann: “Are You a Flake?”
Dumbed down..
Brosephus
June 26th, 2011
5:29 pm
Recon
No doubt. It’s basically a slow speed train wreck, and it’s too late to jump off.
1811/1801 - 0311/0317
June 26th, 2011
5:31 pm
P.S.S. to josef:
“Quit throwing negative stones and do something positive to build bridges and not walls.”
The most peaceful and loving “Man” who ever lived on the face of the earth (and who didn’t throw stones and did everything He could to build bridges) was condemned to death by the religious leaders He came to save.
1811/1801 - 0311/0317
June 26th, 2011
5:33 pm
Never happen with a lib. interview.
What a double standard.
Brosephus
June 26th, 2011
5:38 pm
Scout
Based on the postings here, I thought it was just assumed that libs were flakes.
josef
June 26th, 2011
6:00 pm
Scout
@ 5:31
And according to your religious tradition, the Christ “died for your sins.” I would interpret that for there as “because of” not in atonement for…I know you do not. As for the “doctorate” thingie, ya gotta remember, I come from a long line of rabbis and wasn’t trained to go looking for simple solutions to complex problems…wish I could. If I have any envy in me, that’s where it would be.:-)
josef
June 26th, 2011
6:06 pm
Scooter…
Oh, well, just my blathering opinion…thanks for the compliment but I’m not sure what it was for…
pogo
June 26th, 2011
6:08 pm
Peoria is hit with a mob comprised of black youth yelling “kill all the white people”. Chicago is hit with repeated “flash mobs” who do nothing more than loot stores to get what they want. The media in its blinded liberal bliss chooses to ignore it. Rahm Emanuel deserves everything he gets now he is the mayor of one of the most screwed cities in one of the most screwed up states in this nation, the political birthplace of Obama. Sadly, as the old addage goes, this all will be “Coming to a city near you” soon.
AmVet
June 26th, 2011
6:16 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ1U-5xUS6w
@@
June 26th, 2011
6:23 pm
Hmmmm, Maureen Dowd has declared Obama to be “bi”….by nary committing to one thing or another.
As a community organizer, Obama developed impressive empathetic gifts. But now he is misusing them. It’s not enough to understand how everybody in the room thinks. You have to decide which ones in the room are right, and stand with them. A leader is not a mediator or an umpire or a convener or a facilitator.
Obama’s not a leader.
Sometimes, as Chris Christie put it, “the president has got to show up.”
theyeshaveit
June 26th, 2011
6:25 pm
Scout,
All your religious stuff is getting way too serious. Here is something to put some humor in your good ole religion.
A couple had two little boys, ages 8 and 10, who were excessively mischievous. The two were always getting into trouble and their parents could be assured that if any mischief occurred in their town their two young sons were in some way involved.
The parents were at their wits end as to what to do about their sons’ behavior. The mother had heard that a clergyman in town had been successful in disciplining children in the past, so she asked her husband if he thought they should send the boys to speak with the clergyman.
The husband said, ‘We might as well. We need to do something before I really lose my temper!’ The clergyman agreed to speak with the boys, but asked to see them individually. The 8 year old went to meet with him first. The clergyman sat the boy down and asked him sternly,’Where is God?’
The boy made no response, so the clergyman repeated the question in an even sterner tone, ‘Where is God?’ Again the boy made no attempt to answer. So the clergyman raised his voice even more and shook his finger in the boy’s face, ‘WHERE IS GOD?’
At that the boy bolted from the room and ran directly home, slamming himself in the closet. His older brother followed him into the closet and asked what had happened. The younger brother replied, ‘We are in BIG trouble this time. God is missing and they think we did it.’
1811/1801 - 0311/0317
June 26th, 2011
6:28 pm
eyes:
LOL !
……………….. but, eternity “is” serious.
1811/1801 - 0311/0317
June 26th, 2011
6:29 pm
josepf:
I hear you but ………….”atonement”:
“Behold, the Lamb of God Who takes away the sins of the world !”
Atonement = “At-one-ment” with God ………………….
)
Doggone/GA
June 26th, 2011
6:30 pm
“but, eternity “is” serious”
Only if you’re afraid of it
theyeshaveit
June 26th, 2011
6:45 pm
Scout,
In my time, I have had opportunity to meet people from all walks of life, races, cultures and religion. Some of the very best are not Christians. On the other hand, the media is fraught with stories of hypocritical, even vile, Christians. I know that you have said this matters not. The position is that If you do not have membership in the “right” religion then the gates of heaven are off limits. I for one doubt that any “god” would be that blind unless that “god” were created in the image and likeness of man and, therefore, had inherited all of man’s imperfections and intolerance.
Doggone/GA
June 26th, 2011
6:48 pm
“I for one doubt that any “god” would be that blind unless that “god” were created in the image and likeness of man and, therefore, had inherited all of man’s imperfections and intolerance”
“You know you’ve created God in your own image when he hates the same people you do” unk
Brosephus
June 26th, 2011
6:49 pm
eyes
That’s funny!!!
josef
June 26th, 2011
7:00 pm
Two little boys were always cussin. The parents couldn’t stop them. So, they went to the rabbi and the rabbi says, “invite me over for dinner. I’ll get ‘em straightened out,”
Well, the rabbi came, dinner was being served and he turned to the first little boy and says, “son, what would you like.” Little feller says, “gimme some of them g-d*mned peas.” The rabbi backhands him out of the chair. He turns to the other little boy, “and you, son what would you like”" L’il feller says, “you can bet your sweet a33 I don’t want none of them g-d*mned peas!”
Brosephus
June 26th, 2011
7:08 pm
josef
josef
June 26th, 2011
7:25 pm
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Maureen calling Obama bi, eh?
That would explain his flip-flopping on gay marriage…
Recon (2nd.and 3rd.)
June 26th, 2011
7:35 pm
You either believe in the Bible as God’s word or you don’t. Can’t change anything, unless you try to rewrite it. Rewrite it to conform with those who dislike the messages in its current versions and that’s certainly going on today.Someday, each of us will know the truth. In my case I choose to believe.
Doggone/GA
June 26th, 2011
7:53 pm
“You either believe in the Bible as God’s word or you don’t”
Which Bible?
Recon (2nd.and 3rd.)
June 26th, 2011
8:09 pm
“Which Bible?”
How many Holy Bibles are there and what versions are they?
Kamchak
June 26th, 2011
8:12 pm
You’re either fer us, or agin’ us.
Doggone/GA
June 26th, 2011
8:12 pm
“How many Holy Bibles are there and what versions are they?”
The Bible Gateway has over 100 versions:
http://www.biblegateway.com/
getalife
June 26th, 2011
8:14 pm
cons are agin’ us.
The kids are watching you cons and want no part of your religion.