On Saturday's Religion page in The Washington Post, they highlighted the latest hot item from their On Faith website, which really should be called On Doubt, since it so heavily promotes atheism and liberalism. This time, it was New Age guru Deepak Chopra, denouncing the allegedly ridiculous idea that God should play a role in the voting booth:
There never will be, and never should be, a religious reason to pick one candidate over another. God hasn't personally voted in an American election, but he keeps voting by proxy. In an ideal world that would never happen. Supernatural beings aren't citizens. Omniscient deities don't make choices (since they already know every outcome in advance). To anyone who holds a serious regard for the Constitution, voting your faith should be a private matter, not a public one. It wouldn't make me happy to know that a Catholic friend voted for someone solely because he was a Catholic, or that a Jewish friend voted for someone solely because he took a hawkish stand pro Israel, but that's their right. No public discussion is required.
Yet we have to be realistic. God is going to vote by proxy this year. The real question is where his massive voting bloc is heading, now that the Republican Party has been so thoroughly discredited. Can we hope that religious voting will return to being a private matter? In the past, various noxious movements that were anti-Catholic and anti-Semitic made grabs for political leverage, only to sink back into the miasma. Is something like that about to happen now?
As we all know, part of the right-wing revolution in this country was the consolidation of the religious vote. That, in turn, depended on convincing churchgoers that they should vote their faith in the first place. The very notion of knowing who God backs in the race is laughable, but it became no laughing matter when the schism between red and blue states elevated splinter groups, including hard-line evangelicals, into the driver's seat. As swing voters, the religious right discovered new and ever more unlikely rationales for seizing power. The basic argument of "God is on our side" was dubious enough, but it was stretched to extreme lengths: God is against Roe v. Wade, God demands that our children pray in school, God condemns homosexuals to hell. It would have been more truthful simply to label themselves as the intolerance faction.
—Tim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center.
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Right Deepockets, I'm
November 2, 2008 - 18:21 ET by BlazerRight Deepockets, I'm sure God is backing a socialist pro-choicer all the way. I thought this idiot was some new-age spiritual guru, when did he start believing in God and speaking for those that do? Nonetheless, another spiritually bankrupt liberal idiot spews forth.
."You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
voting your faith should
November 2, 2008 - 18:33 ET by motherbeltvoting your faith should be a private matter, not a public one.
HUH???????
Now there's an oxymoron if I ever heard one.
There is nothing that affects public life more than one's vote.
So Chopra is saying that you should not tell anyone you voted for a religious reason? And if you choose to, so what? Does that invalidate your vote
Also:
There never will be, and never should be, a religious reason to pick one candidate over another.
Says you.
So it's OK to vote for a pro-life candidate if you "just happen" to believe in the sanctity of all life, but not if it's your religious upbringing that informs your view?
Jeez, his reasoning's so convluted that even my comment on it sounds confusing!
Nice New Age gymnastics, but no sale.
Religion of Liberalism
November 2, 2008 - 18:31 ET by Gothampc"That, in turn, depended on convincing churchgoers that they should vote
their faith in the first place. The very notion of knowing who God
backs in the race is laughable..."
I have never seen an interview where humanism is challenged. I wish someone would put this issue to rest once and for all.
As a citizen of the US, I have every right to vote. When I vote, I choose the person that aligns themselves closest to what I believe. Why is that so hard to understand? Liberals do the same thing, except they rely on their wisdom, wheras I rely on the Bible which is God's wisdom and has been guiding people for thousands of years. The Bible was making statements about science long before scientists figured out that what the Bible said was correct.
It is very easy to know who God backs in this election. God is against killing babies in the womb. God is against penalizing those who succeed. God is against dishonoring parents by not telling them that their daughters are having abortions. We can know exactly who God is for.
Good evening Goth
November 2, 2008 - 18:43 ET by cocodrieGod may not intervene on behalf of one but He will certainly remove His protection and favor from those that reject Him.
Deepak Chopra is a MAJOR league scam artist
November 2, 2008 - 18:36 ET by Josh SNHe sells things to people so they can stay young forever. He doesn't call it "eternal life" but it is completely stupid.
Chopra should be ignored at all times.
There is no god, he has no prophet, chosen people, nor does he have a kid.
You beat me to it
November 2, 2008 - 18:48 ET by bigtimerYou beat me to it Josh...you got it exactly right...a scam artist DELUXE...as far as I am concerned he is in the same category as John Edwards I think his name is as far as scam artists go....they all have an agenda...it is called $$$$$, after-all, they love capitalism.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Deepak Chopra should talk to Farrakhan
November 2, 2008 - 18:38 ET by Retired Geek"White people are potential humans - they haven't evolved yet."
Louis Farrakhan Philadelphia Inquirer, March 2000
"I believe that for the small numbers of Jewish people in the United States, they exercise a tremendous amount of influence on the affairs of government ...Yes, they exercise extraordinary control, and black people will never be free in this country until they are free of that kind of control ... "
Louis Farrakhan Meet The Press interview, April 1997
The white man is our mortal enemy, and we cannot accept him. I will fight to see that vicious beast go down into the late of fire prepared for him from the beginning, that he never rise again to give any innocent black man, woman or child the hell that he has delighted in pouring on us for 400 years -- Louis Farrakhan, City College audience in New York
"The white man is our mortal enemy, and we cannot accept him. I will fight to see that vicious beast go down into the late of fire prepared for him from the beginning, that he never rise again to give any innocent black man, woman or child the hell that he has delighted in pouring on us for 400 years."
-- Louis Farrakhan, City College audience in New York
"...And he (Barack Obama) has involved young people in a political process that they didn't care anything about. When the Messiah speaks, the youth will hear, and the Messiah is absolutely speaking." Louis Farrakhan
Good evening Retired
November 2, 2008 - 19:04 ET by cocodrieThank you for the post. The messiah Farrakhan is referring to isn't Jesus Christ, but the messiah in the Koran who comes to subjugate the whole world under Islam. Hussein Obama has just stated that he is going to change the world.
The dead
November 2, 2008 - 18:39 ET by totalkaosdaveTotalKaosDave
Gee, since ACORN registered dead people to vote, shouldn't GOD have a say in the election?
Good evening Total
November 2, 2008 - 18:53 ET by cocodrieWe have so many people praying down here I think God will intervene, but I think ACORN is home free. God doesn't have any lawyers up there to sue them.
NeoCons on CNN!?
November 2, 2008 - 18:41 ET by NortoI was trying to get waited on at our local Ground Round last night, but had time to notice that reps from WTimes, TownH, WeeklyStd, and one other I forget, were looking at the election "From The Right!" I was floored and really wondered what they were saying.
When O was being played for comment, you could hear him all over the room, but when the pundits were on, for some reason, the volume was lower.
One comment I saw was a quote from someone, not on the panel? that Palin was not a leader, she was a believer! The point being that she mouthed exactly what she thought the base wanted to hear! Imagine.
Yeah, imagine an unbiased press. Imagine.
Deepak Chopra should read the Bible
November 2, 2008 - 18:44 ET by Lame CherryAmazing how Chopra speaks for God and all demonic gods in just like another Obama supporter now dead in Tony Dean who was yelling at me that God had better things to do than bother with Senate elections.
Interesting that God said Abraham was His Friend, King David His servant and Cyrus the Great of Persia was a tool in God's hand.
That sounds exactly what it is in God choosing leaders. God chose Saul even to punish the Israelites for wanting a king of this world and that is what they got including civil war and regional war.
The Archangel Gabriel even informs Daniel the Prophet that demons or the prince order were involved in the Persian empire.
So as Paul reveals by the Holy Spirit that Christians do indeed battle with demonic forces, God indeed does in His Wisdom move people to do His will in assisting in selecting leaders.
That includes God using a good servant like George W. Bush and rewarding them like Asa in the Tribulation not coming on their watch delaying it.
It saddens me when such wickedness comes out of Deepak Chopra and the smearing of real Faith is printed in a nasty publication making a whore out of a precious action.
Sinners lie to themselves there is no God and God has better things to do than be involved. I pray like so many that God is involved as this American is His project and blessing and we require His guidance and protection daily.
God bless the United States and God bless the good and bless the Lord our American soul for His ready help and loving kindness endures forever.
God forgive our enemies and may they learn the power of our God. In Jesus Name. Amen
agtG 232
PS: God wrote the Bible when His Holy Spirit moved select holy men, so as Chopra has a problem with the Laws God ordered, he has called God the "intolerance faction".
God put the laws into place so homosexuals would not be killing themselves over perverted sex.
So Chopra advocates homosexuals murdering themselves in his tolerance. Such an unwise person. May God keep Chopra's idiocy from leading others from the Truth of God. In His Name. Amen
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Deepak Chopra should read the Bible
November 2, 2008 - 19:28 ET by GothampcSomebody should tell Deepak that our whole system of government comes from the Bible.
A representative government comes from the Bible:
When the Hebrews were wandering in the desert, Moses formed a government for them: rulers over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. The hard cases they brought to Moses, but the easy cases they judged themselves. Exodus 18
Three branches of government comes from the Bible:
In Jeremiah, God says: I will be your King (executive branch), and lawgiver (legislative branch) and judge (judicial branch).
Despite what the liberals say, the Founding Fathers used these Bible verses to shape how the United States would operate.
Bullhockey
November 2, 2008 - 20:15 ET by Josh SNThe only approved form of government mentioned in the old testament, or the tanakh, is hereditary monarchy.
Even though the Hellenes had discovered Democracy centuries before Jesus was born, and Jesus was born in a society whose intellectual classes would have been trained in the Hellenic tradition, Jesus never once has anything nice to say about Democracy. As far as I can tell, he is 100% for hereditary based monarchy.
But your lies about Jesus and the American Revolutionaries (rebranded as the "Founding Fathers" by paternalistic conservatives) are completely off base.
George Washington (heard of him?) said in his first address to Congress as President that it was private morality which our nation relied upon. The Congress (or was it just the Senate, at the moment, I can't recall) in their reply to the new President of the new nation repeated the claim, echoing Washington, saying private morality was the foundation of our laws.
Not the Koran. Not the Bible. Not Tanakh. None of Buddha, Krishna, Shiva, Brahma or Vishnu. Not Lucifer, not Ahuramazda, not the Sun God, nor the gods of Mount Olympus.
And, ye who would quoteth the Bible at me, I think you are looking for Isaiah 33:22, not Jeremiah.
THANK YOU, AND PLAY AGAIN NEXT WEEK!
Josh, do some research
November 2, 2008 - 21:03 ET by GothampcYes, you are correct that I mixed up the Isaiah reference.
But no, you are not correct about hereditary monarchy. God did not want Israel to have a king, but they demanded one. (1 Samuel 8). Ultimately it was the kings that led Israel away from God. And it was government taxation supported by the king that split the kingdom in two.
And by the way, check out George Washington's First Inaugural Address where he references God throughtout the entire speech, including the following:
"...it would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official act my
fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the
universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose
providential aids can supply every human defect, that His benediction
may consecrate to the liberties and happiness of the people of the
United States..."
DOH!
November 2, 2008 - 22:09 ET by Josh SNThat's the speech I was talking about!
George Washington, who to the best of my knowledge almost never mentioned Jesus or Christianity, said, in the speech you brought up: "[T]he foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality."
Poison Fruit
November 2, 2008 - 23:55 ET by stratmanJoshSN:
I have read a number of your posts and find you to have a measure of intelligence, but are a smug agitprop destined to use your knowledge to conceal whole fact and parse words to churlish and deceitful ends.
Gothampc's initial post is neither a response to you nor a summoning of your ill being. Regardless, you go beyond a practical and proper correction of his error by attacking him outright.
You continue your fraudulent habits by twisting the meaning of Washington's words, including the deflective statement "never mentioned Jesus or Christianity". Washington's overriding sentiment was the unassailable presence of God in all things, and that prosperity of the nation was by God's providence borne out of the people's private morality, which was ensconced in the concept of a national morality.
Your deception of Washington's "private morality" not tethered to God, therefore, is as false as you yourself have shown to be in numerous posts on NewsBusters.
Furthermore, in Gothampc's quotation, note Washington used the term "benediction", a word derived from Latin and Old French and Old English, all cultures steeped in Christianity. The word itself references Christian-based actions. Washington's metal was forged in Christianity long before he was tested in war or the Presidency. You are a fool if you think that Washington was not referencing The Divine within Christianity.
Lastly, show proof how Washington's "private morality" pertains to:
You are not an honest broker of discussion on NewsBusters. You have used half-truths, unsubstantiated claims, outright fabrication, and insult to goad others into discussions that do not result in a furtherance of understanding nor appreciation of the world and ourselves.
You are a troll that will be pruned.
In other
November 2, 2008 - 23:59 ET by BlazerIn other words:
stratman-1
Josh-00
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
stratman nails him .... all
November 3, 2008 - 00:09 ET by dark_dsstratman nails him .... all I could come up with is Josh was acting like an ass and pointed it out to him .. he ignored it .. I was only trying to be friendly and point out that he was acting like an ass
stratman
November 3, 2008 - 00:09 ET by cocodrieAccurate and to the point. I think you ran Josh back under his bridge for the night.
PWNED
November 3, 2008 - 00:23 ET by CapeCodScottI think Josh is still looking up definitions of some of the words with his online dictionary...OUCH!
www.ScottOnCapeCod.com
"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation"... until they get fed-up enough to finally say something about it!
Now there's a double-ought buck shot reply
November 3, 2008 - 01:21 ET by JPR1Nicely said Strat. Give the young fella something to think about.
I might add... Josh, I'm no expert, but as I understand it, if you're hooked hard on something in the Old Testament, you need to spend some more time with the New Teatament.
Of course that was back in a
November 3, 2008 - 06:16 ET by jarand550Of course that was back in a day when "the pure and immutable principles of private morality" was, most generally, considered to be a respectable thing and also something that actually matters.
If obama wins these
November 2, 2008 - 18:50 ET by MidAmericaIf obama wins these voices of atheism will run rampant. All we have to do is look at Europe and see where the liberals want to take us. The state controls all. Churches and church goers are marginalized and disdained for their 'superstitions'. Every political leader since the rise of the Church has tried to destroy it's power and influence. Humanism is as much a religion as Christianity but it is acceptable because it can be manipulated to mean whatever those in power decide it means.
Atheism?
November 2, 2008 - 20:16 ET by Josh SNI sure hope so. But don't worry about it. The massive (30K+ respondents) of the Pew study on religion showed that atheism is still polling below Ron Paul. I think it was about 1.6%.
I have no problem with
November 2, 2008 - 20:30 ET by MidAmericaI have no problem with atheists. It's them running rampant that annoys me. Atheism by it's very nature is always a minority position. It's a disbelief in the majority position. If atheism were to becomes the 'dominant' position, then people being what they are, start enforcing what atheism means. In other words, it becomes a suedo-religion. People are built to have beliefs. Unbelievers are dependant on other peoples belief systems. If an unbeliever is isolated with other unbelievers they then by default create a belief system. And of course, if they are a large group a number of them will refuse the new beliefs and become the unbelievers.
I don't buy a word you've said
November 2, 2008 - 20:39 ET by Josh SNI am not dependent on anyone's silly belief systems. I do not believe that Zeus is a god. When I no longer believed in Zeus, I did not need to create the "idea of Zeus" as a substitute.
I do not believe Zeus is planning to shock me with a lightning bolt for my disbelief.
Zeus is an idiot! Zeus couldn't wet himself without my say-so! Oh, Zeus, you think you can? Prove it!
To not believe something
November 2, 2008 - 23:07 ET by MidAmericaTo not believe something is dependant on it conflicting with whatever belief system you have. So tell us your belief system and I will probably be an atheist to you.
No public discussion is
November 2, 2008 - 18:52 ET by TN MomNo public discussion is required. Tell this to Pelosi!
When the Dems chose their candidate Barack Obama instead of letting the voters decide (rememeber SuperDeligates/Florida/Michigan? ), with all the talk of messiah, The One, Rev. Wrights G-D*mn America, and just the fact that WE KNOW VERY, VERY LITTLE ABOUT OBAMA drove a lot of Americans to pray for this election. Chopra knows this and is just another troll for obama, trying to insert doubt in hearts of christians...God will NOT be mocked!!
The thief's purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life. John 10:10 NLT
Into the closet
November 2, 2008 - 19:03 ET by Rev4law"To anyone who holds a serious regard for the Constitution, voting your faith should be a private matter, not a public one." Deepack
It's amazing that those who celebrate "coming out of the closet" are the ones trying to push Christians in. I guess the Founding Fathers didn't hold the Constitution in high regard like Deepack since their faith wasn't private:
"Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." - John Adams
"The highest glory of the American Revolution was this - that it connected, in one indissoluble bond, the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity." - John Quincy Adams
"The Bible is the cornerstone of liberty. A student's perusal of the sacred volume will make him a better citizen, a better father, a better husband." - Thomas Jefferson
"The Bible is the rock on which our Republic rests." - Andrew Jackson
"In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government, ought to be instructed." - Noah Webster
"We have staked the future of American civilization upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God." - James Madison
"He who shall introduce into public affairs the principles of primitive Christianity will change the face of the world." - Benjamin Franklin
"It can not be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians, not on religions but on the gospel of Jesus Christ." - Patrick Henry
"The religion which has introduced civil liberty is the religion of Christ and His apostles...to this we owe our free constitutions of government." - Noah Webster
"Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed the conviction that these liberties are the gift of God?" - Thomas Jefferson
"Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly implore His protection and favor." - George Washington
"Suppose a nation in some distant Region should take the Bible for their only law book, and every member should regulate his conduct by the precepts there exhibited.... What a utopia, what a paradise would this region be." - John Adams
Words and Actions
November 2, 2008 - 19:47 ET by GothampcRev, not only did they acknowledge God by their words but also by their actions. I could cite several instances, but I'll give two historical ones.
Weekly church services were held in the Capitol Building from 1800 until after the Civil War. The US Marine band was commissioned to play for those services.
Copies of the Bible were printed using taxpayer money to distribute to schools to help children learn to read.
MADE UP QUOTES!
November 2, 2008 - 20:21 ET by Josh SNYou are providing made-up quotes, pimped by know-nothings.
Provide a source from a LEGITIMATE online list of all of Jefferson's papers (they are online) that he ever said "The Bible is the cornerstone of liberty. A student's perusal of the sacred volume will make him a better citizen, a better father, a better husband." and I will vote for John McCain.
You don't even have to pay if you (as you will) lose. You won't have to polish my shoes, or make my noisy neighbors shut up. You won't have to vote for Barack Obama, the better candidate.
You will only have my word, that I AFFIRM THAT I WILL VOTE FOR JOHN McCAIN FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IF YOU CAN PROVE THOMAS JEFFERSON SAID THAT. He never did.
The people who push such blatant lies about the American Revolutionaries are the most despicable actors in American politics today.
I THOUGHT SO
November 2, 2008 - 20:50 ET by Josh SNActually, it is hard to say, for certain, who is the most despicable character in American politics today. Is it Hannity? Is it WingNutDaily's chief? How about the head of Regnery publishing? Could it be Brent Bozell?
But the ones who lie about the American Revolutionaries (rebranded as "Founding Fathers" by paternalistic conservatives) get my goat.
Betcha didn't know I had a goat!
to my friend Josh
November 2, 2008 - 21:57 ET by Rev4lawJosh,
You need to watch for those triggers before your manic phase kicks in full strength. Instead of Haddock you might want to try some Lithium.
Here's what I found about the quote. The source I used says it comes from Walker P. Whitman, A Christian History of the American Republic: A Textbook for Secondary Schools, (Boston: Green Leaf Press, 1939, 1948), 91. Sorry, I don't have a copy.
Also, the quote was used by General MacArthur in a speech before the Michigan Legislature in May of 1952.
That General MacArthur pushing such blatant lies - why, he is the most despicable actor in American politics today!!!
Please take your meds Josh.
MORE DESPICABLE LIES
November 2, 2008 - 22:13 ET by Josh SNNow, I have nothing, except pushing past the 38th Parallel while assuring President Truman that the Chinese were bluffing, against Douglas MacArthur, but he was not a scholar of the words of Thomas Jefferson!
I will vote for John McCain if, and only if, you come up with a citation from an actual, online, official collection of Jefferson's papers.
You can't BECAUSE THE QUOTE IS MADE UP.
You really think you are as despicable as you suggested?
To anyone who holds a
November 2, 2008 - 19:04 ET by MidAmericaTo anyone who holds a serious regard for the Constitution, voting your faith should be a private matter, not a public one.
Well there you go... living your faith is unpatriotic.
Well Deepak
November 2, 2008 - 19:25 ET by cocodrieYou'll just have to laugh at me because I intend to remain a patriotic, intolerant Christian from here on.
Are you bragging about being a bigot?
November 2, 2008 - 20:22 ET by Josh SNJust checking
Josh, I once spoke to
November 2, 2008 - 19:30 ET by ncstevemJosh,
I once spoke to someone who mentioned something similar to what you posted, i.e. that there is no God,...etc, etc. This person mentioned that he dealt only in facts (otherwise known as Rationalism) not myths.
I asked him how he knew for a fact that there was no God. I told him it sounded to me like it was more a matter of faith on his part that there was no God.
He looked at me for a couple of seconds and walked away.
Atheism
November 2, 2008 - 19:55 ET by Gothampcncstevem, I was in the bookstore over the weekend and I happened to see a book about atheist spiritualism. I'm still trying to figure that out because I thought that atheists didn't believe in the spiritual side of life.
Yes, I am absolutely sure
November 2, 2008 - 20:25 ET by Josh SNThe full story of how I know takes 10-20 minutes to relate. Some of it would take a certain leap of faith on the part of the listener.
Anyone who buys me dinner at a Danny Meyer (or similarly astounding) restaurant can have me relate the tale in any amount of detail they desire.
Anyone who buys me dinner
November 2, 2008 - 20:30 ET by TN MomAnyone who buys me dinner at a Danny Meyer (or similarly astounding) restaurant can have me relate the tale in any amount of detail they desire.
Are you a Charlatan...or just hungry?
You are in Tennessee
November 2, 2008 - 20:35 ET by Josh SNSo I don't imagine you've been to one of his restaurants. The finest food the world has to offer. I had freaking HADDOCK at one of his restaurants. Isn't that supposed to be a pretty boring white fish?
Every morsel carried its own flavor, and the blend was supreme.
He always has 2 of the top 5 restaurants in NYC, the best restaurant city on Earth.
Are you saying I don't
November 2, 2008 - 20:49 ET by TN MomAre you saying I don't travel?? I've been to NYC 4 times THIS YEAR!! On RESTAURANT business! My goodness, we have airports in TN, and some of us wear shoes... 'well-heeled' shoes!!!!!!!!
BTW: I prefer Halibut!
Lies!
November 2, 2008 - 20:58 ET by Josh SNIt's all lies! Especially the part about halibut.
No, seriously, the point was that the restaurant (Gramercy Tavern) made boring old haddock taste good. There are plenty of other, tastier, less-fish-tasting fish, but still, somehow, in this pinnacle of American Democratic Party-ness, the haddock was good.
I am NOT telling
November 2, 2008 - 21:08 ET by TN MomI am NOT telling lies!!!!!!
You gotta have a little faith in PEOPLE!!! I did not doubt you. BTW, NYC is a BlueFish town.
Sorry TN
November 2, 2008 - 21:04 ET by cocodrieYoy will have to excuse him, Josh doesn't come out from under his bridge very often.
coco
November 2, 2008 - 21:10 ET by TN Momguess he gets cold and lonely under the bridge and surfaces now & again to stir up trouble. Sad.
I had a nice day today
November 2, 2008 - 21:38 ET by Josh SNIn advance of a fund-raising event tomorrow, the beautiful New York Public Library's main reading room was filled with this strange-smelling leaf. Looked kinda like an oak leaf. I read books on India. One was by a Wing Commander, and it was pretty dumb. The main book I read was too-academic, and repetitive, but was a pretty rigorous treatment of the language issue in India.
There is no majority language in India. Hindi is spoken by, depending on your source, 31-40% of the people. That's called a plurality.
Speaking of which, in America we have a voting system that, well, you don't care. It generally favors Republicans to have the STUPID voting system we have.
Actually Mr. deeprock
November 2, 2008 - 19:56 ET by MidAmericaActually Mr. deeprock is not really espousing New Age themes, it's more of a European paganism that celebrates nature and wholeness. Christianity did not completely convert Europe away from it's pagan worship. The reason America is so different is because the people who came here were deeply religious and were searching for freedom from religious persecution. Now the pagans are after the Christians again.
Francis Parkman
November 2, 2008 - 20:32 ET by Josh SNEach year the Society of American Historians hands out a Francis Parkman Prize for the best book in history. Parkman wrote, among other works, Montcalm & Wolfe, concerning the French & Indian Wars.
You would be well served if you read about the citizens of Massachusetts (the most pious, militarized and literate of all the colonists) compared with the Virginian aristocracy. Notice how the colonial Governor of Virginia thanked his god there were no schools! I fear I quote too much, but I believe it is worth it.
Josh, I'm about to get my
November 2, 2008 - 20:35 ET by TN MomJosh, I'm about to get my TROLL Voo-Doo Dolls out!
What,
November 2, 2008 - 20:43 ET by Josh SNWhat, for quoting Francis Parkman talk about the Virginian Aristocracy providing the leadership of the American Revolutionaries?
Well, (josh chuckles) I don't believe in Voodooo, either!
[Josh does a victory dance of somber and lifelong vigilance.]
The Wall Street Journal
November 2, 2008 - 20:57 ET by TN MomThe Wall Street Journal reported:
Khalidi tape
November 2, 2008 - 21:00 ET by LionKingIf the LA Times would release this tape of his anti-Semitism, maybe all of the Jews would vote McCain and we could win New York and Florida.
Chairman
November 2, 2008 - 21:09 ET by Josh SNJohn Sidney McCain III wasn't just a member of the International Republican Institute (IRI) he was the Chairman. When he was Chair he sent nearly a half million dollars to Khalidi's group.
So, if Obama+Ayers gave him 85K, and McCain gave him 485K, who is the most evillest of all evil politicians?
Earlier at Newsbusters they criticized Obama for his connections to Kenyan politician Odinga, without noting the IRI was Odinga's biggest American supporter before the Bush administration stepped in to help him.
Hypocrisy is really ugly. Feel free to call me or anyone like on it anytime you want
Josh...not about the money
November 2, 2008 - 22:23 ET by LionKingI am more concerned with what Obama had to say... aren't you?
Why is Obama afraid to let people hear what he has to say? Why is the LA Times afraid? Really, if it is no big deal and it is not really news, why is the LA Times holding the tape?
This businessabout protecting the provider is CRAP. People do not give news agencies tapes to HOLD them.
Nope
November 2, 2008 - 22:33 ET by Josh SNObama has nothing to do with the tape release, just the LA Times.
Personally, I think the fact that the U.S. and Israel are united against the rest of the entire world is pretty shocking. I have gone through all the U.N. votes on Israel. 151-2 is a pretty common result.
That doesn't mean they are right, but, in point of fact, the world turned against support of Israel after Israel started the 1967 war. (Yes, I know about Kennedy's blockade of Cuba, I mean, the Egyptian blockade of the Straits of Tiran).
I bet I'd like Khalidi more than I'd like John McCain.
Most people don't agree with me on this, I think I have the story straight.
Josh...no surprise
November 2, 2008 - 22:41 ET by LionKingLiberals very seldom embrace heroes and heroism. Their yellow-streak runs consistent. They call their cowardice pacifism, but it is still cowardice. Obama is AFRAID for the truth and liberals are AFRAID of the truth. Obama is a socialist and was a member of the New Party, a socialist party. He denies it but there is plenty of evidence that the MSM ignored, just like the Khalidi tape...it would show that Obama is anti-Semintic...like the good Muslim that he is.
Truthfully, Josh, can you name three significant things that Obama has accomplished as a US Senator? [Voting present a record 152 times does not count]
Tell me 3 things issue wise that you like about Obama over McCain and why.
Three Things
November 2, 2008 - 22:46 ET by Josh SNWell, #1 should be obvious. When idiots and knuckleheads like John McCain were running around repeating Bush administration claims about WMD in Iraq, Obama was saying this was a dumb war.
#2 has to do with taxes. The Washington Post graphs it all for you here. I am not for equality, I am for moderation.
#3, let's see, does someone need a reason more than war and taxes?
It's a fact
November 2, 2008 - 21:05 ET by Josh SNIf you want to save the PLANET EARTH from overheating to the degree that the entire Arctic Ice Sheet and all the ice over Greenland from melting, you are going to have to do some pretty drastic things.
Have you ever heard the ironic part? Back when "air pollution" first became an issue, people were worried about the soot, the particulates, the stuff you could see that made some "unnatural" sunsets.
Ironically, the CO2 pollution with the soot results in less global warming effects!
May you and your children and your aunts, uncles, cousins, step-fathers, neigbors, co-workers and Priest watch James Hansen, head of the Goddard Space Center at NASA talk about global warming. And, may we be so lucky, may they understand it.
When George Walker Bush, the enemy of scientific truth, found out what James Hansen was saying, they cut the Goddard budget in half, over halfway through the year!
There is no greater enemy of humankind than George Walker Bush.
It's A Fact
November 2, 2008 - 21:15 ET by TN MomIf you want to save the jobs of the ENTIRE Coal Industry and keep your electricity bills from SKYROCKETING...
VOTE MCAIN/PALIN!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you want to save the jobs
November 2, 2008 - 21:27 ET by Josh SNIF YOU WANT TO SAVE THE JOBS OF THE ENTIRE PLANTATION SLAVE-OCRACY, VOTE BRECKENRIDGE/FITZPATRICK!
Pardon me if I am not swayed.
Josh
November 2, 2008 - 21:15 ET by cocodrieThe sun is entering a period of decreased sun flares, the earth's orbit is taking us a little farther from the sun, and the inclination of the earth's axis is changing. Buy a good coat, we are entering a cooling period. Global warming is a crock.
where did Josh go? Maybe
November 2, 2008 - 21:30 ET by TN Momwhere did Josh go?
Maybe he's worried about his skyrocketing utility bills if Obama is elected?
-or-
checking his 401k to see if he's invested in COAL or the railroads??
maybe he is suddenly hungry for a $1.95 can of TUNA?
Yeah MOM!!! Where's Josh...I WANT TO PLAY!!!
November 2, 2008 - 21:37 ET by TheSterJosh....That's a Biblical name....RIGHT???
Ster.
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government.
I'm still here
November 2, 2008 - 21:44 ET by Josh SNYes, my name is "biblical."
Saint Joshua, as you all know, fought at Jericho and helped Moishe (known as Moses nowadays) get a bunch of Israelites out of the desert... if that ever happened
See, the thing is, the Egyptian archives have no record whatsoever of any time of mass-exodus of Jewish slaves. If it did happen, they didn't even notice.
Sooo...Josh. Man Made Global Warming??
November 2, 2008 - 21:59 ET by TheSterLet play with this for a while.
Is this "Global Warming" Man Made? If so, where is it??
You start.
Forgive me, I'm also watching the NE - Colts Game. But I can multi-task!!!
Ster.
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government.
Where?
November 2, 2008 - 22:14 ET by Josh SNDo you mean, "Where on Earth is it getting warmer?"
Hi Ya Ster!!
November 2, 2008 - 21:51 ET by TN MomJump right in!
Let's ponder what josh is doing...
November 3, 2008 - 00:10 ET by CapeCodScottMy Guess: No, The Tinfoil hat with the secret Obama Thought for the day just started glowing and he is in his BHO Mind-Meld and can't blog until the session is over.
www.ScottOnCapeCod.com
"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation"... until they get fed-up enough to finally say something about it!
Sorry Ster
November 3, 2008 - 00:27 ET by cocodrieI think y'all ran Josh back under his little bridge for the night.
Coco...I wasn't focused...
November 3, 2008 - 00:35 ET by TheSterWatching football, on Chat, posting....
I'll get PAYBACK...I got this WHOLE WEEK OFF!!
I stole Josh's ball...he's gotta come back for it...
I'll hold it above his head where he can't reach it...LIKE THE MENTAL MIDGET THAT HE IS!!!
Hehehehehe....
Ster.
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government.
OMG, and Jesus as well
November 2, 2008 - 21:33 ET by Josh SNIt's like there is this giant mass of fecal matter, colloquially known as sh*t, heading towards the fan, and you are there, on the blade of the fan, saying "Nothing to worry about!"
The worst part is I'll bet millions of people like you, when you can no longer deny that we are all covered in dookie because of the ignorant, science-denying clap-trap you and your friends support, will still pretend like you are legitimate voices in the political world.
Maybe, for every innocent poor person who dies because of global warming, we should s****g up one global warming denier.
Die from Global Warming?
November 2, 2008 - 21:42 ET by BlondeOMG....more people died from the banning of DDT by do-good people who sang "FEELINGS" at the top of their lungs than will ever die from Global Warming.
Keep drinking the Kool-Aid though, Al Gore....it makes you nice and FAT.
In his own words (19 seconds): This man is qualified to be VP?
Josh is busted! I found a
November 2, 2008 - 21:43 ET by Clear thinkerJosh is busted! I found a pic of our Josh, 4th kid from the end...Obama’s Civilian National Security Force
Making Fun of AGW http://giovanniworld.wordpress.com/
YOU GOT ME!
November 2, 2008 - 21:51 ET by Josh SNAlthough I am not even 40 years old today, I was a member of Hitler Youth 70 years ago!
How did you do that! That is exactly my theory.
Like Adolph Hitler, I believe that warrantless wiretapping of American citizens is a bad idea.
Just like Adoph Hitler, I am against the idea that the President can label someone a terrorist, and throw them in jail indefinitely.
Just like Adolph Hitler, I want every solder to have "Gott Mit Uns" on every soldier's belt buckle. If God is with us, we can not lose!
And, just like Adolph Hitler, I believe America can launch pre-emptive wars.
May your children be wiser than you.
Don't mind Josh, he's just
November 2, 2008 - 22:06 ET by Clear thinkerDon't mind Josh, he's just another blog troll on the Obama payroll. I suggest ignoring him until after the election.
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Ct..I'm playing WACK-A-TROLL.
November 2, 2008 - 22:09 ET by TheSterJust getting warmed up. Josh will be looking to shut down NB because he hates free speech.
Come Wednesday, I'll be ready for him!!!
Ster.
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government.
I'm getting sick and tired
November 2, 2008 - 22:17 ET by Josh SNI'm getting sick and tired of ignorant know-nothings saying I am on someone's payroll.
I support Obama, but his campaign hasn't asked, requested, contracted, arranged, paid, suggested, hinted, or mind-controlled me into being here, refuting the non-stop string of lies that some of you put up.
Put Up or Shut Up, Son.
Josh is just another blog
November 2, 2008 - 22:24 ET by Clear thinkerJosh is just another blog troll on the Obama payroll. I suggest ignoring him until after the election.
BTW... Anyone voting for Obama is truly the ignorant one. Only an ignorant person would vote for a racist!
Obama’s Civilian National Security Force
Josh can i just say
November 2, 2008 - 22:25 ET by dark_dsJosh can i just say something .. lets just pretend I know you .. it almost seems like I do because I have a friend that acts and in many ways thinks like you ... and what I would say to my friend is that Josh you are acting like an ass .... people do that from time to time from all political stripes .. but you are acting like an ass .... i might even respect your opinion and intelligence if you werent so enamored with yourself ... humilty is a key thing in life Josh ... and you either become open to being humble or life will humble you .. its not all that complicated ..... I find this site interesting and I dont agree with all the comments nor attitudes I see so seriously is you want to come here its cool ... just be cool and discuss things with out some attitude of superiority .. its just kinda lame
Put Up or Shut Up,
November 2, 2008 - 22:31 ET by TN MomPut Up or Shut Up, Son.
is it me...or does Josh sound just like....wait for it........
Keith Olberman.
Bahahahahahahahahah!
SAVE THE COAL INDUSTRY JOBS: VOTE MCCAIN/PALIN
TN Mom...
November 2, 2008 - 22:35 ET by Clear thinkerExcellent observation!
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Actually
November 2, 2008 - 22:36 ET by Josh SNI'd rather sound like Rachel Maddow, Oxford educated, than some two-million bit sportscaster, thank you very much.
Awwww...Josh is an Intellectual...Smarter than US!!
November 2, 2008 - 22:54 ET by TheSterHey Josh!! What-a-matter??
600 Starbucks shut down...you finding it harder to find "your kind" to hang out with???
Awwww....
Ster.
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government.
Haha.
November 3, 2008 - 00:19 ET by MrShyHaha.
"Rachel Maddow, ........ Oxford educated"
Man, you libs put such stock in nonsense. Oxford did a whole lot of good for that lightweight thinking, Olbermann-Lite, kool-aid sipping, ex-Air America "intellectual".
You're the next contestant on...
THE MESSIAH IS... LEFT !!
aye mr shy .. in life an
November 3, 2008 - 00:27 ET by dark_dsaye mr shy .. in life an education is important but it is no substitute for common sense ... maddow may in fact be very well educated but ....now if you can combine intelligence and common sense you have something .. when you combine intelligence with an air of superiority then they add up to foolishness
Shy...Didn't Bill Clinton Flee to Oxford...
November 3, 2008 - 00:27 ET by TheSter....TO AVOID THE DRAFT?!?!?
Ster.
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government.
yes that is where clinton
November 3, 2008 - 00:30 ET by dark_dsyes that is where clinton learned the various definitions of "is"
Ouch Josh!!
November 2, 2008 - 22:06 ET by TheSterLets' work through your RANTS.
Jimmy Carter signed the Warrantless Wiretapping Bill. Your Buddy Bill Clinton continued the actions - ESCHELON ring a bell??
Saddam was in violation of 17 UN resolutions giving the coalition FULL rights to ENFORCE them.
Your Turn.
Ster.
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government.
That's spelled Echelon
November 2, 2008 - 22:21 ET by Josh SNIt's a military word. I never said Bill Clinton was that great. Better than George Walker, by a thousand miles, but not that great.
If "U.N. violations" are a legitimate causus belli then top U.S. allies Israel and Turkey should be invaded TOOT SWEET! They, along with Saddam's Iraq, are in violation of the most U.N. Security Council Resolutions.
No, in fact, you don't give a mouse's rear-end over U.N. resolutions. You just want international cover for your party's idiot President's actions.
By the way, brainiac, HOW MANY OF THOSE RESOLUTIONS THAT YOU SAY HE VIOLATED HAD TO DO WITH WMD HE DIDN'T HAVE???.
Just asking.
Josh..Here's ONE UN violation...of many..
November 2, 2008 - 22:49 ET by TheSterSaddam FIRED ON OUR PLANES ENFORCING THE NO FLY ZONE...
ALSO>>>
"Your party's idiot presidential actions"???
You REALLY want to go there??? OK!!!
Carter: Deposed the Shaw of Iran = Islamic Regime = HELLO TODAYS WORLD!!!
Clinton: Ignored Al Qaeda Attacks in 1990's to save his Legacy = HELLO 9/11.
BRING IT!!
Your Turn. Oh-Enlightened-One.
Ster.
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government.
idiot
November 2, 2008 - 22:49 ET by Josh SNIt's getting late, so my tolerance of bullshit you make up on the fly is getting limited.
The No-Fly Zone was not a U.N. thing, it was made up by the USUK (You Suck), an alliance of the United States and United Kingdom.
Try again next week, horse's ass.
seriously Josh you need to
November 2, 2008 - 22:54 ET by dark_dsseriously Josh you need to get out and get laid ....do you ever laugh about anything .. are you a bitter person ..... you just seem very angry ...
Josh
November 3, 2008 - 00:27 ET by MrShyThis is hilarious. You're being slammed with facts and losing arguments, and you just juck and jive to other stuff.
When are you going to throw in the towel?
It's embarrassing, but, well, you're a troll having fun and I guess we're guilty of.... having fun, too.
You're on the wrong side of history, you have no foundation of facts to stand on, and you're preparing to cast a vote for the most unqualified, utterly unknown, most liberal, and completely media-fabricated candidate to be your President. You're proud of all this and willing to take the bludgeoning around here?
Carry on.
You're the next contestant on...
THE MESSIAH IS... LEFT !!
Look at Ster
November 2, 2008 - 22:35 ET by TN MomLook at Ster go!!!!!!!!!
SAVE THE COAL INDUSTRY JOBS: VOTE MCCAIN/PALIN
CT
November 2, 2008 - 21:52 ET by TN MomThat's him alright!
TN Mom... If Josh doesn't
November 2, 2008 - 22:17 ET by Clear thinkerTN Mom...
If Josh doesn't fit that one maybe he's the first kid in line here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxJ7t3U3TDg
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clear
November 2, 2008 - 22:36 ET by TN Momhahaha
Militant Josh :)
TN Mon
November 2, 2008 - 22:38 ET by Josh SNWell, I was in the United States Marine Corps. If I sound a bit militant, maybe that's the reason.
and....Dishonorably
November 2, 2008 - 22:56 ET by TN Momand....Dishonorably discharged for conduct unbecoming ...
if, in fact, you did serve: I salute you!
Plain ol General Discharge
November 2, 2008 - 23:07 ET by Josh SN.
Never mind Josh Clear Thinker
November 2, 2008 - 23:58 ET by shawn228In two days, you will owe me one dollar. Still trying to decide how I will collect :-)
He's got my vote
Josh read your referenced
November 2, 2008 - 22:12 ET by cocodrieJosh read your referenced article at NASA, it contradicts everything you said. Try real hard to be more mature. If you could act older than a three year old we could discuss things with you. You try so hard to disagree with everyone that you present yourself as being totally ignorant.
It contradicts me?
November 2, 2008 - 22:23 ET by Josh SNWell, what does it say to you, who says that global warming is a "crock."
I tend to repeat the words of Hansen, head of the GISS. His position and the official position of GISS differ. He is more pessimistic.
Oh... just so cute by half
November 2, 2008 - 21:26 ET by bigtimerOh... just so cute by half Josh.
Problem is, I hope with all my heart we get rid of Obama, but McC is for Cap and trade too...plus the Kyoto treaty...are you voting for him Josh, does he tickle your fancy...hmmmm?
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Well, that all depends
November 2, 2008 - 21:30 ET by Josh SNI told an earlier poster if he could prove (by a link to an official site) that Thomas Jefferson ever said that bullhockey about the Bible (recall that Thomas Jefferson wrote his own edit of the Bible!) that I would vote for John Sidney McCain III
But if that doesn't happen, I am going to vote for the party that supports science over thousand-of-years-old tradition that says the Earth is 6,000-or-so years old.
Oh Josh..I got it...you are
November 2, 2008 - 21:34 ET by bigtimerOh Josh..I got it...you are voting for Cynthia McKinney/Green Party!
Gotcha'!!!
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Nah
November 2, 2008 - 21:46 ET by Josh SNNader and McKinney and the other too-far-lefties are simply, well, not smart enough.
Maybe I'll run someday. I am a far lefty but I wouldn't be so dumb, as the Green and Libertarian Parties are, support Instant-Runoff Voting! God, you'd have to be a complete math-numbskull to do that!
Oh please
November 2, 2008 - 21:50 ET by bigtimerOh please Josh...run.
We'll be waiting for ya'....you hear?
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Hey
November 2, 2008 - 21:53 ET by Josh SNIt is entirely and completely uncool to tell someone to run for President unless you plan to vote for them.
josh...
November 2, 2008 - 22:19 ET by Clear thinkerNo, no, no... it's Ok as long as the person you are telling is uncool!
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JOSH ... AGW links
November 2, 2008 - 22:50 ET by LionKingJosh ... if you can handle the truth, go here.
Global Warming true and not true
November 3, 2008 - 00:48 ET by Chattychitosearch read and date when they started the first HAARP tests El Ninos began, we had an increase dempratures do to the constant EMP's breaking holes in the Ionoshere letting in harmful Solar radiation and cosmic rays. they have subsided their research this year and the temps are returning to normal.
But we are not the only planet heating up tempratures of all the planets in our solar system are heating up as well.
Put it all together your brains are bigger than mine.
'To anyone who holds a
November 2, 2008 - 21:52 ET by Eileen Right'To anyone who holds a serious regard for the Constitution, voting your faith should be a private matter, not a public one."
Nuff said, unless we have Saddam style elections (verified by the likes of Carter) akin to what the Libs want to impose for Union votes.
I listen to multiple viewpoints on display in public and record my choices in the privacy of a voting booth.
No wonder deepak is in such
November 2, 2008 - 22:05 ET by TN MomNo wonder deepak is in such a tizzy:
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/11/obama-cant-fool-god-voters-messiah.html
Years ago, a family friend
November 2, 2008 - 22:47 ET by hydrodynDMYears ago, a family friend who's into new age healing stuff (she's a dentist) asked me to read Chopra's book Quantum Healing to get my take on the "physics" in it.
I felt kinda bad explaining to her that this guy based his entire book around a misunderstanding of wave/particle duality (and the fact that he doesn't seem to understand that there isn't a universally accepted interpretation of quantum mechanics).
Now, whenever I see or hear about this guy, I can't help but think that he's either a charlatan or an idiot.
Not all of it
November 2, 2008 - 22:52 ET by Josh SNBut a good chunk of Richard Feynman's QED is cool. Especially the part about how mirages actually work. Light, you see, is looking for a shortcut.
Josh SN, Not all of what
November 2, 2008 - 22:58 ET by hydrodynDMJosh SN,
Not all of what is what? Not sure what your point is. I never mentioned QED (and Feynman was only one of many to develop it).
Also not sure what QED has to do with mirages, but whatever.
Courtesy of Dee Bunk on
November 2, 2008 - 23:13 ET by TN MomCourtesy of Dee Bunk on another thread:
The senior vice president of the West Virginia Coal Association called Obama's comments "unbelievable."
"His comments are unfortunate," Chris Hamilton said Sunday, "and really reflect a very uninformed voice and perspective to coal specifically and energy generally."
Hamilton noted other times Obama and vice presidential candidate Joe Biden have made seemingly anti-coal statements. According to the West Virginia Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training, the coal industry provides about 40,000 direct jobs in the state, including those for miners, mine contractors, coal preparation plant employees and mine supply company workers.
TN Mom, I'm guessin'
November 2, 2008 - 23:26 ET by hydrodynDMTN Mom,
I'm guessin' you posted this in the wrong place.
oops!
November 2, 2008 - 23:34 ET by TN MomSorry HydrodynDM!
forgive me but, I don't know how to remove it.
TN Mom, No big deal - I
November 2, 2008 - 23:42 ET by hydrodynDMTN Mom,
No big deal - I just figured I'd let you know so you could post it were it was supposed to go.
(I don't think you can delete comments once posted - most just edit them so they are blank when stuff like that happens).
edit is not available. I
November 2, 2008 - 23:51 ET by TN Momedit is not available.
I see you ran off Josh...Nice Job! :)
Awwww...MOM!!!
November 2, 2008 - 23:55 ET by TheSterI wanted to!!! Oh well...he'll be back.
I got in a few LICKS- no pun intended...
Hehehehe
Ster.
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government.
LOL
November 2, 2008 - 23:53 ET by MidAmericayes, blank happens (to most of us at one time or another)
QED
November 3, 2008 - 20:39 ET by Josh SNQED starts with Feynman's discussion which is his resolution of the particle/wave duality of light.
Since the discussion is about light, it isn't that much of a leap to get to mirages.
Josh SN, QED didn't start
November 4, 2008 - 19:27 ET by hydrodynDMJosh SN,
QED didn't start with Feynman - it was developed jointly by Dyson, Feynman, Schwinger and Tomonaga (as well as many others) as a field theory extension to Quantum Mechanics.
And what exactly is this "resolution" to wave/particle duality you reference? I'd love to hear it. And since you specifically mention "light", does this resolution also apply to all other particles? Please explain.
An no, my original discussion was about Chopra's apparent misunderstanding of basic QM concepts, not light. You, for some reason, brought up QED, light and mirages.
I'm guessing it was to try to sound intelligent. I'm also guessing that maybe you once read Feynman's short layperson book on QED and now consider yourself knowledgeable about it. When you get through Kaku's book (or Peskin's, Kane's or Gross's) get back to me.
voting your religion
November 3, 2008 - 00:34 ET by Chattychitovoting your color should be a private matter and not a public one. But so many of BO's followers are voting including Colin Powell solely because he is black and so is BO.
so what is the rap trap Deepak think he is saying? Absolutely Nothing!
voting your faith is wrong to this Rap sap but voting your race is OK. where do you draw the line?
sounds so much more like the line of retoric speech we hear from BO himself, a rambling mess of plethargic nuances but still saying nada. Birds of a feather flock toether, crowing all the way. go green Deepak and shut up!
It may sound good to your ears but when it sinks down into your belly it is a bitter as quinine.
Mr Shy, while
November 3, 2008 - 00:40 ET by Trix RabbitMr Shy, while channel-surfing, I came across Maddow on MSNBC. After the initial revulsion subsided, I noticed something very peculiar about "Rachel":
Have you seen the Adam's Apple on that dude?
Liberal: a power worshipper without power. George Orwell
Trix... haha!!
November 3, 2008 - 00:52 ET by MrShyI'll inspect closer next time I'm up for torturing myself and find the stomach to watch her for a few minutes... :p
You're the next contestant on...
THE MESSIAH IS... LEFT !!
Ohmmmmmmmmmm ohmmmmmmmm
November 3, 2008 - 11:32 ET by SickofLibsOh. I thought Deepak Chopra was as incense.
But is it permissable to ask for voting advice from a bejeweled elephant diety?