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Doggone/GA
December 25th, 2012
9:10 pm
“And there is the major rub. A persons belief system as to what is and is not moral and proper behavior”
Well, I’ll tell you how *I* see it. To me all sin (or immorality, if you prefer) is the betrayal of an innocent trust. The greater the innocence and/or the greater the betrayal…the worse the sin. I do not label anything a sin (or immorality) if there is no betrayal of INNOCENT trust.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 25th, 2012
9:12 pm
A little spice for mi mama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkYM0ik8ZpE
Bom natal!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQI_IXG8u5s
pogo
December 25th, 2012
9:15 pm
One has to wonder about people who spend so much time hating Christians. if you don’t believe then shut up and go on your merry way. Nobody cares about your opinion. And why is it mostly Christianity they mouth spend douch time trying to disprove. Why don’t they jump on Islam or Hinduism?
Doggone/GA
December 25th, 2012
9:16 pm
“And why is it mostly Christianity they mouth spend douch time trying to disprove.”
Maybe it’s because so many “Christians” are so judgemental AND have no problem saying so.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 25th, 2012
9:16 pm
It’s about the most complimentary term in Yiddish. It’s not used lightly
Oh okay. As much as i like Fred and even though he’s a good cook, I was going to go after him like a hungry pit bull after a steak!
I don’t care for people picking on you — especially on a holiday — especially since we both belong to the Honorable Circle Of The Divine Boa Society.
td
December 25th, 2012
9:16 pm
Doggone/GA
December 25th, 2012
9:10 pm
Not wanting to argue or be considered hostile on this of all days but just really trying to understand.
If I understand your statement correctly, a person that steals something from a child is worse then a person that steals something of equal value from an adult?
Doggone/GA
December 25th, 2012
9:21 pm
“If I understand your statement correctly, a person that steals something from a child is worse then a person that steals something of equal value from an adult?”
Certainly. Don’t you think so?
td
December 25th, 2012
9:27 pm
Doggone/GA
December 25th, 2012
9:21 pm
I will have to ponder that one for a while but my first reaction would be that stealing is equal no matter who it is against. Although, we do have some laws in place to back up your thought process.
Doggone/GA
December 25th, 2012
9:31 pm
“I will have to ponder that one for a while but my first reaction would be that stealing is equal no matter who it is against. Although, we do have some laws in place to back up your thought process”
but I’m not talking legalities. I’m talking sin (immorality) Stealing from a child is betraying an innocent. Presumably, an adult has already had their innocence betrayed many times and is therefore more equipped to deal with that betrayal. A child is not…or shouldn’t be.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 25th, 2012
9:35 pm
td – this statement from DogGone says it all about SOME people and religion (IMO):
It’s always a problem when doctrine is more important then people
Now i have been blessed in life to meet REAL believers. And these believers called themselves Christians, some called themselves Hindu, some called themselves Moslem; but ALL were real in their faith.
I have YET to find one TRULY religious doctrine that preaches hate and discord.
The bible teaches love.
The Koran teaches love.
The teachings of Buddha are about loving oneself and therefore you are able to love others.
The Hindu teaches a love of a higher plane.
It’s the TRUE believers that are the real followers of their faith.
But, unfortunately, its their evil twins that are highlighted on blogs, in the media, and in the businesses and offices/workplaces around the world.
IMO its not the true believers that make non-believers sneer, point, and ridicule them. It’s their evil twins who profess to love God, yet hate their neighbors.
td
December 25th, 2012
9:37 pm
Doggone/GA
December 25th, 2012
9:31 pm
The problem I am having with your logic is it would mean stealing from a 40 year old would be worse then stealing from a 80 year old. If one took it to the next level then the life of a 40 year old is worth more then the life of the 80 year old and the life of a 5 year old is worth more then a 30 year old.
Doggone/GA
December 25th, 2012
9:37 pm
Thanks DDR!
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 25th, 2012
9:41 pm
Oh the weather outside is frightful
But the fire is so delightful
And since we’ve no place to go
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
It doesn’t show signs of stopping
And I’ve bought some corn for popping
The lights are turned way down low
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQzlJRjXSGY
Josef
December 25th, 2012
9:43 pm
DDR
Not to worry…I like Fred a lot myself…hesvlike popeye, he yam what he yam and thss all that he yam! But good to know you’ve got my back. The Boa Society has to stick together, ya know, with all those pretenders out there!
Oh, yeah, and Merry Christmas to you and yours! Glad to know there are new ones to carry on! A special baruch
td
December 25th, 2012
9:45 pm
Do not totally disagree DDR. The problem is we can not see into the hearts of these so called confessed believers. We do not know if they are fallen believers, never were believers or just profess to be believers for some type of personal benefit.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 25th, 2012
9:45 pm
Josef — this one’s for you!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8LmMtScH3g&feature=endscreen&NR=1
Doggone/GA
December 25th, 2012
9:46 pm
“The problem I am having with your logic is it would mean stealing from a 40 year old would be worse then stealing from a 80 year old”
No it wouldn’t. Why would you think a 40 year old is more innocent than an 80 year old?
“If one took it to the next level then the life of a 40 year old is worth more then the life of the 80 year old and the life of a 5 year old is worth more then a 30 year old”
You are focusing too much on age, not innocence. And “worth” is a legal idea. Again, I’m not talking legalities. I am talking the betrayal of innocence.
Georgia
December 25th, 2012
9:53 pm
Tarantino puts in a cameo in Django, and really hams it up. Charlie Rose interview: “I make movies not just for now, but for forty years from now.” I can wait.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 25th, 2012
9:55 pm
You’re welcome DogGone!
td: The problem is we can not see into the hearts of these so called confessed believers. We do not know if they are fallen believers, never were believers or just profess to be believers for some type of personal benefit.
True. The bible states “By their works, you will know”; and if some people on these blogs are stating that they are christians; by their WORDS; I can’t see it.
===================
Now, I wanna rock! Its not a christmas song, but what the heck!?!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRwrg0db_zY
td
December 25th, 2012
9:58 pm
Doggone/GA
December 25th, 2012
9:46 pm
Maybe I am focusing on the age thing to much but there is still some issues regarding the innocence thing also. Your theory would say a virgin being raped is a worse moral trepidation then a prostitute being raped because presumable the virgin has more innocents in the ways of the world then the prostitute. Am I wrong in this interpretation of the theory?
Doggone/GA
December 25th, 2012
10:00 pm
“Your theory would say a virgin being raped is a worse moral trepidation then a prostitute being raped because presumable the virgin has more innocents in the ways of the world then the prostitute. Am I wrong in this interpretation of the theory?”
Yes, you are correct. The greater the innocence the greater the sin. But you are failing to state that BOTH are still SINS
Doggone/GA
December 25th, 2012
10:01 pm
And now I’ve got to say good night. Got an early day tomorrow.
Josef
December 25th, 2012
10:03 pm
DDR
Thass jus toooooo funny!
GEORGIA
I think it was Vincent Canby whose entire review of “Once Is Not Enough” was “Yes, it is.”.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 25th, 2012
10:05 pm
I really can’t stay
Baby it’s cold outside
I gotta go away
Baby it’s cold outside
This evening has been
Been hoping that youd drop by
So very nice
I’ll hold your hands their just like ice
My mother will start to worry
Beautiful what’s your hurry?
My father will be pacing the floor
Listen to the fireplace roar
So really I better scurry
Beautiful please don’t hurry
Well maybe just a half a drink more
Put some records on while I pour
The neighbors might think
Baby it’s bad out there
Say.. what’s in this drink?
No cabs to be had out there
I wish I knew how to break the spell
Your eyes are like starlight now
I’ll take your hat your hair looks swell
I ought to say no, no, no sir
Mind if move in closer?
At least I’m gonna say that I tried
What’s the sense of hurtin’ my pride?
I really can’t stay
Baby don’t hold out
(Both) Ahh but its cold outside!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmWvR-kdnCo
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 25th, 2012
10:13 pm
Good night DogGone! Have a great day tomorrow.
OK — now I’m gonna dedicate this one to my husband — who gave me a BIG AZZ ring for christmas!! i can’t WAIT to show it off to all my girlfriends when I see them next week! They are gonna be jealous!!!
Merry christmas baby, you sure did treat me nice
Merry christmas baby, you sure did treat me nice
Gave me a diamond ring for christmas
Now i’m living in paradise
Well i’m feelin’ mighty fine, got good music on my radio
Well i’m feelin’ mighty fine, got good music on my radio
Well i wanna kiss you baby,
While you’re standing ‘neath the mistletoe
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
December 25th, 2012
10:23 pm
One has to wonder about people who spend so much time hating Christians. if you don’t believe then shut up and go on your merry way.
One has to wonder about people who spend so much time hating atheists/agnostics. If you do believe then shut up and go on you merry way.
It works both ways, sport.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 25th, 2012
10:27 pm
This is for all of my single EX-girlfriends who said, when I started dated Dudley:
“That white boy don’t mean you no-good girl. What are you going to be to him? His chocolate fantasy before he marries his WHITE WOMAN?”
This is for you EXgirlfriends!
I want a man I want a man, I want a man for Christmas…….
Hee……hee….hee….
Oh and here’s another one for them — just to let them know I”m thinking of them this Christmas:
Ain’t it funny how tables turn
When things ain’t goin your way
When love walks out
And pain walks in
You can’t help to say
If you think you’re lonely now
Wait until tonight, girl
If you think you’re lonely now
You better wake up, yeah
Wait until tonight, girl
If you think you’re lonely now
If you think you’re lonely now
Hold on, ooh yeah
Wait until tonight, girl
Ooh, yeah
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
December 25th, 2012
10:32 pm
Someone today gave their grandmother a copy of 50 Shades of Grey thinking it was a nice story about some spunky gals at a nursing home.
Heh, heh, heh.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 25th, 2012
10:46 pm
This last one is for everyone on the blog. It’s been a rough year for some of us, and some of us have had to deal with death, divorce, make ups, break ups and sickness.
But we made it ya’ll! We had to deal with all the things that the world threw at us, but we’re still here!
So this is for all of us Bookmananiacs! Merry Christmas and see ya’ll next week, (or sooner
)
I see trees of green,
red roses too.
I see them bloom,
for me and you.
And I think to myself,
what a wonderful world.
buenas noches — Spanish
bonsoir — French
Buona notte! — Italian
Gute Nacht. — German
goedenacht — Dutch
Night Ya’ll — Southern (that one’s for josef!)
Where is our leader?
December 25th, 2012
11:05 pm
Hey Dem bloggers!!!!!!
When I posted why a leader would not come back to DC and your bloggers beat me up! Now the talk is that he is coming back to DC Wed night!
Enough said!
Where is our leader?
December 25th, 2012
11:39 pm
Deb said her husband bought her a big diamond. He must be a con as cons are the only ones that make $ to buy big diamonds!
Skip
December 26th, 2012
7:35 am
Last?
Doggone/GA
December 26th, 2012
7:36 am
“Last?”
Nope!
Nancy Wilson
December 26th, 2012
8:09 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1YbfCQmr4o
godless heathen - Fiscal Cliff Dweller
December 26th, 2012
8:12 am
The heathen loves him a Christmas story with a happy ending
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/atlanta-police-robbery-suspect-shot-and-killed-by-/nTfk2/
indigo
December 26th, 2012
8:26 am
Doggone/GA – 10:00 “the greater the innocence, the greater the sin”
The Virgin Mary was certainly innocent.
The New Testament says God impregnated her.
Did God ask her permission first?
If not, theres a word for what he did.
I’m guessing you have never, ever thought of this.
Doggone/GA
December 26th, 2012
8:33 am
“I’m guessing you have never, ever thought of this”
I have. I don’t believe in the Virgin birth
Georgia
December 26th, 2012
8:35 am
I still can’t get over Django. Three hours. The n word was used at least a thousand times in that movie. Literally every other word. Tarantino said that he couldn’t imagine anyone else but Jamie Fox as Django. Hasn’t Tarantino seen Blazing Saddles? Fox was a terrible choice. Barely worked. Barely. The whole thing leaned too far toward Mel Brooks. There’s a bit with the KKK where the terrorists complain about their costumes. It’s funny, and one of the highlights, but it’s unearned. It’s like the director watched a Seinfeld marathon and seeing a documentary on medieval torture techniques. The contrast in tone is too disconcerting and you get the feeling that the shark gets jumped over and over and over. I have been searching for an original artist all my life. I want to be amused by something new, that has no references. I think I’ve seen every movie in 2014. Okay? Movie pitches are always, “It’s like Mission Impossible with Vampires”. Tarantino is like most successful artists: they think they’re infallible and they truly believe every pronouncement is law and every idea will work. It’s a great time to be a yes man.
indigo
December 26th, 2012
8:49 am
Doggone/GA – 7:08 PM “and you have NO IDEA what My religious beliefs are”
Oh really.
Your posts would indicate you’re a Christian.
Doggone/GA
December 26th, 2012
8:51 am
“Your posts would indicate you’re a Christian”
You think you know…you tell me then, which version?
Gale
December 26th, 2012
8:58 am
Which version of Christian. That seems to be part of the problem whether the dogma is Christian, Judaism, Islam… Each sect wants to be the most right. I don’t know enough about Hinduism, but they may be the same. Or maybe the presence of multiple gods allows them to be more tolerant.
indigo
December 26th, 2012
9:02 am
Doggone/GA – 8:51
There in only one “version”, and that is pure New Testament Christianity.
2nd Peter – Chapter 2 – Verse 20
Doggone/GA
December 26th, 2012
9:04 am
“There in only one “version”, ”
Again, you don’t know what MY beliefs are.
barking frog
December 26th, 2012
9:08 am
Christmas is over this year, but the festival continues looking
forward to a happy new year, until then once again Happy Holidays !
Gale
December 26th, 2012
9:09 am
Indigo, that certainty is present in every sect of every religious belief. Another person is just as certain as you that something else holds the truth.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 26th, 2012
9:09 am
Indigo — I don’t think Mary was averse to the Holy Spirit impregnating her. She had grew up with the scriptures and heard about them all of her life, so she would’ve known that to be the “Earthly mother of the son of God, the mother of the Saviour of her people”; would be a great honor.
Could she have said No and not faced consequences? Perhaps — but we’ll never know.
Luke 1:30-39
English Standard Version (ESV)
30 And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”
34 And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?”[a]
35 And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born[b] will be called holy—the Son of God. 36 And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. 37 For nothing will be impossible with God.” 38 And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant[c] of the Lord; let it be to me according to you
Corbin Sharpe. Baby Boomer...and Ban the Gun Thug!
December 26th, 2012
9:09 am
Gale,
Good morning to you cousin…your 0858 is well said and absolutely correct. My problem with the Christian Sect is there absolute belief that theirs is the only way when they have absolutely no proof that is so (Oh, oh, here comes “the Bible said so” BS again.) As I said, no proof at all. God is God, One God to all…don’t need anything else. Merry Agnostic celebration of Children Day y’all…
Corbin Sharpe. Baby Boomer...and Ban the Gun Thug!
December 26th, 2012
9:11 am
Sister DDR,
Do you mean God raped Mary??? GASP!!!
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 26th, 2012
9:13 am
Forgive me for not finishing that verse — on a conference call and they had the nerve to interrupt my blogging to ask me questions about work!
38 And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant[c] of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.
Gale
December 26th, 2012
9:13 am
Good morning Corbin. My life is so much easier without the knowledge that I have the one and only truth. I can accept that many people believe many things that help them to be good people. For me, it is enough.
Doggone/GA
December 26th, 2012
9:14 am
“Do you mean God raped Mary??? GASP!!!”
Well…there’s always the Ancient Astronuat theory that she was artificially impregnated
indigo
December 26th, 2012
9:15 am
Doggone/GA – 9:04
Based on past posts, I’d say you cherry pick thru the Bible for religious beliefs.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 26th, 2012
9:16 am
Good morning Corbin!
First off, ANY religion is based on FAITH. Nothing more nothing less. You either believe or you DON’T believe. totally up to you.
Secondly — Mary ASSENTED, so she was not raped. Through out the bible God always gives you a choice; and he always lets you keep your free will — even in the times of Adam & Eve; they had choices and CHOSE to disobey.
Doggone/GA
December 26th, 2012
9:18 am
“Based on past posts, I’d say you cherry pick thru the Bible for religious beliefs”
As does every other Christian
barking frog
December 26th, 2012
9:20 am
DDR
If you are going to believe in Christ you might as well believe in the
virgin birth. After all it is belief.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
December 26th, 2012
9:23 am
Did the SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS! have a merry xmas?
Doggone/GA
December 26th, 2012
9:23 am
“If you are going to believe in Christ you might as well believe in the virgin birth”
That doesn’t neccessarily follow
stands for decibels
December 26th, 2012
9:24 am
mornin.
I’ve yet to meet any sane person who doesn’t “cherry pick” their holy texts; even if you claim to believe in every word of your text, you still have to assign priorities, which is another kind of picking-and-choosing, after all.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 26th, 2012
9:25 am
indigo – What do you CARE about DogGone’s beliefs? Are you planning on converting her to Hari Krishna or something? If not, what’s it to you?
And, YES, I believe in the Bible and it’s words; although I consider myself Christ Like; but I DON’T consider myself rabid in my faith.
Although I believe, I still question — although I have faith, I still hold back on some things i find unpleasant.
But since I am a 21st Century woman, I feel that I would OF COURSE find some things in teh bible objection.
Such as:
The passage in Genesis that speaks of Sodom & Gommorrah and Lot wanting to give his daughters to strange men:
Lot refused to give his guests to the inhabitants of Sodom and, instead, offered them his two virgin daughters “which have not known man” and to “do ye to them as [is] good in your eyes”.[Gen 19:8]
and many others. Got to answer another question! (sigh…..)
Corbin Sharpe. Baby Boomer...and Ban the Gun Thug!
December 26th, 2012
9:27 am
DebbieDoRight – A Do Right Woman
December 26th, 2012
9:16 am
Two things i would like to gently point out…the first being is that i believe you when you say the Bible gives you a choice to do right or wrong, but sadly, there are those among us who would put themselves above God and try to legislate Gods choice away.
And secondly, there is a fine line between faith and delusion. Faith can accept other concepts with open eyes and not be affected. Delusion, on the other hand, has eyes tightly closed to anything…
Corbin Sharpe. Baby Boomer...and Ban the Gun Thug!
December 26th, 2012
9:30 am
DDR,
Or this…Genesis 19:30-38
Doggone/GA
December 26th, 2012
9:31 am
“Delusion, on the other hand, has eyes tightly closed to anything…”
And delusion is the first step to fanaticism
barking frog
December 26th, 2012
9:32 am
Doggone/GA
“If you are going to believe in Christ you might as well believe in the virgin birth”
That doesn’t neccessarily follow
……………………………………………………..
That doesn’t necessarily what ?
Joe Hussein Mama
December 26th, 2012
9:32 am
td — “The other issues is non believers do not like to be called out for their immoral acts.”
If I don’t subscribe to your morality, then there’s nothing “immoral” about the things I do that you don’t like.
“They know they are acting wrong”
Mindreading FAIL.
“but instead of accepting the facts”
If I’m not an adherent of your religion, then I’m not obliged to act in accordance with its prescriptions and proscriptions. FACT.
“they lash out against the ones bringing their immoral acts out.”
Saying ‘mind your own effing business’ is ‘lashing out’ since when, exactly?
All that said, Mele Kalikimaka e Hauoli Makahiki Hou!
Doggone/GA
December 26th, 2012
9:33 am
“That doesn’t necessarily what ”
follow
Skip
December 26th, 2012
9:36 am
Should of let me be last.
barking frog
December 26th, 2012
9:37 am
Doggone/GA
“That doesn’t necessarily what ”
follow
……………………….
follow what?
Paul
December 26th, 2012
9:37 am
Happy Boxing Day, all.
This topic still going? Anyone else see the parallels between the earnest atheists and the earnest ‘the earth is really really 10000 hears old’ types who occasionally appear? They are both irritatingly amusing in their own way.
Morning, DDR!
Glad you had a great time with The Princess and I bet you made a great Santa, too!
TaxPayer
December 26th, 2012
9:37 am
The day after Labor Day, just as campaign season was entering its final frenzy, FreedomWorks, the Washington-based tea party organization, went into free fall.
Richard K. Armey, the group’s chairman and a former House majority leader, walked into the group’s Capitol Hill offices with his wife, Susan, and an aide holstering a handgun at his waist. The aim was to seize control of the group and expel Armey’s enemies: The gun-wielding assistant escorted FreedomWorks’ top two employees off the premises, while Armey suspended several others who broke down in sobs at the news.
HAHAHAHAHA! No! HOHOHOHOHO!
barking frog
December 26th, 2012
9:39 am
Skip 9:36
You can be last. Just go to the back of the line.
Joe Hussein Mama
December 26th, 2012
9:40 am
Georgia — “I still can’t get over Django. Three hours. The n word was used at least a thousand times in that movie. Literally every other word.”
Mrs. JHM kinda wants to see Django, but I just plain don’t care for Tarantino’s films. I’ve *tried* to sit through them — really, I have — but I think they’re just unoriginal ripoff suckfests. Frankly, I don’t think Tarantino has an original idea in his head and I think that everything he puts on film — and I do mean EVERYTHING — is something he saw, read about or heard someplace else and figured ‘dude, that sounds so cool, I’m just going to have to put it in my next movie.’ Then he does exactly that, shoehorning it in there whether it fits or not.
From my perspective, it’s like Quentin Tarantino used to be the student body of a film school, then after a bomb blew everything and everybody in the school all to hell, a surgeon stitched together all the body parts he could find, substituting pages from textbooks and little bitty film clips for skin and bones when no parts that fit could be found. What the surgeon ended up with was Quentin Tarantino.
And SOMEHOW, that man keeps conning Hollywood movers and shakers into paying for him to substitute filmmaking for psychoanalysis.
That’s how I see it, anyway.
barking frog
December 26th, 2012
9:42 am
JHM 9:40
Ditto.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
December 26th, 2012
9:43 am
…but I just plain don’t care for Tarantino’s films.
Ditto.
For that genre, I prefer Robert Rodriguez.
Paul
December 26th, 2012
9:46 am
JMH
I thought Inglorious Basterds was pretty original and amusing.
Paul
December 26th, 2012
9:47 am
JMH
And, some darn fine acting.
Joe Hussein Mama
December 26th, 2012
9:48 am
K.Chak — “For that genre, I prefer Robert Rodriguez.”
I prefer Michelle Rodriguez, but in front of the camera.
Terry
December 26th, 2012
9:50 am
Jay, I disagree with you an almost everything but not today. I hope you and family had a fantastic Christmas!
Joe Hussein Mama
December 26th, 2012
9:52 am
Paul — “I thought Inglorious Basterds was pretty original and amusing.”
When I watched it, I felt like I was seeing other war movies copied, nodded to or outright ripped off every two minutes. But I do think that Christoph Waltz did a great job in his role and I don’t begrudge him his Oscar.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
December 26th, 2012
9:52 am
I prefer Michelle Rodriguez, but in front of the camera.
A JHM sextape?
moonbat betty
December 26th, 2012
9:57 am
Now that XMAS is over,
can’t wait for Ramadan to begin!
Then we can go around wishing the all the Muslims “Happy Ramada Inn” and tell them, “I’m staying at a Ramada Inn this month, how bouts you?”.
Then we can go post these religious sayings all over Islamic blogs as well.
Who’s with me?
Brosephus™
December 26th, 2012
9:57 am
And delusion is the first step to fanaticism
So if delusional lickspittle is a definite, is it possible to have fanatical lickspittle too?
Paul
December 26th, 2012
9:59 am
Jmh
I suppose that’s true of a number of WWII movies. I will add I don’t much care for realistic violence. Just don’t care to watch it. But the acting in that particular Tarantino movie was exceptional.
Come to think of it, I do believe that’s the only one of his movies I’ve watched from start to finish.
Joe Hussein Mama
December 26th, 2012
10:00 am
K. Chak — “A JHM sextape?”
Nah, I just like how Michelle Rodriguez looks. C’mon, you know my wife is Hispanic.
I’m down with the brown.
barking frog
December 26th, 2012
10:05 am
Brosephus
Quite possible. Also Fred ™ used ‘delusional lickspittle wannabe’
which is a harsher pejorative.
Paul
December 26th, 2012
10:05 am
Morning, Brocephus
Why would someone lick spittle? Would one have to be delusional?
Joe Hussein Mama
December 26th, 2012
10:06 am
Paul — “I suppose that’s true of a number of WWII movies. I will add I don’t much care for realistic violence. Just don’t care to watch it. But the acting in that particular Tarantino movie was exceptional.”
My wife and I were discussing the topic of WWII on film a while back, and she commented that while she didn’t usually like war films, she enjoyed the Band of Brothers miniseries FAR more than she enjoyed The Pacific despite the fact that they were both made by the same production house (Tom Hanks’ Playtone).
I had read BoB when it was first published, and I was somewhat familiar with the life stories of the three Marines who were focused on in The Pacific (Eugene Sledge, Robert Leckie and John Basilone), but I had to agree with her. BoB was just plain *more engaging* than The Pacific. And both had plenty of violence, but my wife actually *paid attention to* and asked questions about some of the firefights (specifically the Brecourt Manor assault and Captain Speirs’ notable run between the lines in Holland).
I think it’s because the characters in BoB just plain connected better with the audience — even though I knew the story and knew what was going to happen, I *cared* more about the 505th than I did the three Marines in The Pacific.
Did you see both miniseries? If so, what did you think?
Paul
December 26th, 2012
10:12 am
Jmh
I agree with your take. Rather lost interest in the Pacific story but BoB – it was much more about how they were bound together at a very human level (and as trite as that may sound it’s what came through to me).
Joe Hussein Mama
December 26th, 2012
10:15 am
Correction to above — the Band of Brothers were in the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, not the 505th. I blame insufficient caffeination this morning.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
December 26th, 2012
10:16 am
C’mon, you know my wife is Hispanic.
Yeah sure, I’m just pulling your piñata. I share that preference with you — dark blue/black hair, deep brown eyes, very exotic.
josef
December 26th, 2012
10:16 am
PAUL
“This topic still going? Anyone else see the parallels between the earnest atheists and the earnest ‘the earth is really really 10000 hears old’ types who occasionally appear? They are both irritatingly amusing in their own way.”
Just my EOI contribution, but they both come off sounding like a tent revivalist. Change one’s “yes” to a “no” and the others’ “no” to a “yes” and you couldn’t tell the difference in their fire and brimstone rhetorical devices. And, you’re right, for all their irritating nyanh-nyanh, they are decidedly amusing.
GALE
“My life is so much easier without the knowledge that I have the one and only truth. I can accept that many people believe many things that help them to be good people. For me, it is enough.”
Word. Tolerance is a two-way street and, G-d forbid, I have all the answers.
barking frog
December 26th, 2012
10:16 am
Paul
Why would someone lick spittle? Would one have to be delusional?
…………………………………………………………….
I’m fairly sure that at some time in my reckless youth I have said
‘I would certainly lick the spit(tle) off of that’ and yes, I was probably
delusional at the time.
Corbin Sharpe. Baby Boomer...and Ban the Gun Thug!
December 26th, 2012
10:17 am
Paul, JHM,
I still believe that one of the best WWII movies ever made was “Battle Ground”, made back in ‘49.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleground_(film)
I was struck with the attitudes of the actors in their roles, especially with the Army humor, prevalent in combat units.
I did see and liked Band of brothers. As far as a great rendition of a great story, it was fantastic. I haven’t seen “The Pacific” yet (I was hoping to get a copy for “All Children’s Day”
But I guess I didn’t qualify.
JHM, I was wondering if part of the difference in the movies to your wife was because of the Japanese enemy versus the German one? As in race and culture…
josef
December 26th, 2012
10:19 am
The only thing I want to know about the movie is why he named his character Django?
barking frog
December 26th, 2012
10:21 am
The problem with war movies is their limitation in portraying
the vast scope of war.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
December 26th, 2012
10:22 am
josef
Django is not an original character.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060315/
Paul
December 26th, 2012
10:23 am
Corbin
Another one to check Netflix for. Thanks!
Morning josef
I really appreciated your contribution yesterday. Beats me why some people accept party invites that they just know they’re not going to enjoy.
And please pardon the abbreviated comments. Still at 8000 ft with no computer but just a Droid keyboard.
indigo
December 26th, 2012
10:24 am
Doggone/GA – 9:18 “As does every other Christian”
Over the years, I’ve had people from many different denominations tell me they KNOW they’re right and are going to heaven. I’ve had Catholics tell me they’re right and are the only ones going to heaven.
It makes no logical sense whatsover to believe a “God of love” would expect us fallible humans to somehow be able to unerringly know which religious belief is the “right” one.
Therefore, I’m forced to believe they are all myths and we will never know why we’re here.
In fact, there may be no “why”.
Gale
December 26th, 2012
10:26 am
I have not been in a war situation, But I imagine it would come down to what is visible to the individual if you are trying to portray the story of a few people.
Paul
December 26th, 2012
10:29 am
Barking frog
I rather think being delusional is a defining characteristic of being a youth. Or as Vinny would say, a ‘yute.’
indigo
December 26th, 2012
10:30 am
Paul – 10:29
Unfortunately, when young Christians become adults, most of them keep that youthful delusional thinking.