tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post4666617003392596310..comments2024-01-03T05:18:54.650-05:00Comments on CDR Salamander: Yea .... FL is OKCDR Salamanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981221786954902349noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-28110186088551940332010-11-04T21:33:50.000-04:002010-11-04T21:33:50.000-04:00Uh, sorry, I do know why I think it's funny, b...Uh, sorry, I do know why I think it's funny, but not sure why it pertains to this thread. Organizing anarchists - that's a hoot! <br /><br />moooon beeeaammm! 8-) 8-) :-P 8-) =-O >:o 8-)Wharf Ratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-3614346717270521392010-11-04T21:31:08.000-04:002010-11-04T21:31:08.000-04:00I don't know why I think this is funny or pert...I don't know why I think this is funny or pertains to this thread, but a couple years ago the Star Tribune in Minneapolis had a story on 'anarchists' needing a room to hold a meeting at the Minneapolis City Hall.<br /><br />Robbo - now that - as a group which doesn't believe in rule or authority - needed a meeting to hash that out, or how they organize a protest, is funny. :-P Think they had a gavel, pounding it, with a 'chair' stating 'now come to order'?<br /><br />'hey, who made you chair?!' how exactly do you organize anarachists?!! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) mooooooon beeeeeeammmm!Wharf Ratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-28824326369021325872010-11-04T18:25:20.000-04:002010-11-04T18:25:20.000-04:00Like non-profits of all stripes are given "hu...Like non-profits of all stripes are given "huge" tax exemptions. Churches are but one type of same. Be careful which ox you gore...never know when some athesit based, or just plain not even associated with any faith, favorite charity also loses it's "huge" exemption...say..mmmm..like one you donate to and write off on your 1040.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-81827763026027842842010-11-04T14:51:11.000-04:002010-11-04T14:51:11.000-04:00Pirate, They were talking about splitting up the s...Pirate, They were talking about splitting up the state between north and south back when I was in high school. C-dore 14noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-81165492426362529842010-11-04T13:15:57.000-04:002010-11-04T13:15:57.000-04:00God forbid (pun intended) that somehow, somewhere,...God forbid (pun intended) that somehow, somewhere, an atheist might be offended by a religious reference.C-dore 14noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-55723640555031081692010-11-04T10:08:20.000-04:002010-11-04T10:08:20.000-04:00Robbo:
"I'm just saying that I didn'...Robbo:<br /><br />"I'm just saying that I didn't vote for him because I'd rather he kept his religion in the church rather than the state house. And now that he's won, he has pointed out pretty clearly that he doesn't care to represent his minority constituents, those that don't believe in a god. <br />I know that I, as an infidel, am in the minority in America. So let's compare that to other minorities, is all I'm saying. "We Floridians are all white" makes about as much sense as "we are all children of god."<br />You don't seem to understand that a good representative doesn't really care what YOU believe. YOUR safety lies in the fact that HE will represent YOU as if YOU are are a child of God with the inalienable rights that come to you from that great and all powerful God (and not from the state, like the old CCCP or China or Iran or some other place may have believed.). I'd rather have a leader who believes my rights come from the same God he has to answer to than a leader who thinks all my rights come from HIS whim or the whim of the state. DeltaBravonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-10761900558192898802010-11-04T09:17:29.000-04:002010-11-04T09:17:29.000-04:00Dagnabbit, I really want an edit feature for the g...Dagnabbit, I really want an edit feature for the grammar errors above...Aubreynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-13638301018229968992010-11-04T09:15:28.000-04:002010-11-04T09:15:28.000-04:00You know, you really need to look into some divers...You know, you really need to look into some diversity training...<br /><br />He said that we are all children of a great and powerful God. That is THE fundamental of the Christian faith, that all people are the Children of God and that all can come to Salvation through His Son. Period. Mr Rubio believes that firmly and passionately. And yet you are offended that he stated what he believes, what is the central tenet of his faith?<br /><br />If you don't like it then just smile and think to yourself, "yeah, right...whatever" and move on. I have to do that all the time in both my personal and professional life. It is called being a grown-up.<br /><br />Or has our society become so victim-obsessed, so childish, that we cannot take value from ourselves and our own beliefs, but can only take umbrage at others?<br /><br />And to your children of Allah point....I am a Christian. I work for a Christian company. A few years ago when I was helping to provide security during a visit of the Dalai Lama. Just before he went on stage to speak, the Lama gave his blessing to several of us that were working the event. According to YOUR theory and world-view I should have been upset and offended, and the Lama punished for his temerity.<br /><br />Instead, in my grown-up universe, I was pleased and honored that the man showed the kindness and sincerity of belief to offer his blessing. You might want to look into a similar outlook instead of actively looking for ways to be offended - if you look hard enough, you will always find something. And you will always be an unhappy and bitter person.Aubreynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-34076452687587466532010-11-04T07:51:12.000-04:002010-11-04T07:51:12.000-04:00As I said in the other thread...get out while you ...As I said in the other thread...get out while you still can, with your sanity and purse still mostly intact. You won't regret it.Grumpy Old Hamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-44269203871315055492010-11-04T07:37:46.000-04:002010-11-04T07:37:46.000-04:00Well, the ACLU is looking to change all that, and ...Well, the ACLU is looking to change all that, and abrogate any public recognition of God anywhere. <br /><br />Removal of a Christian cross donated with private funds to commemorate war dead. <br /><br />Allowing a high school to be used for meetings of a "GLBTQY" organization but not a Christian student organization.<br /><br />"Happy Holidays"<br /><br />The constant anti-cleric (read: anti-Catholic) drumbeat of a secular progressive press, and Hollywood.<br /><br />"America is no longer a Christian nation."<br /><br />No Robbo, I am quite certain that the only pain you feel is your own.UltimaRatioRegisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-38635749767144449072010-11-04T07:26:26.000-04:002010-11-04T07:26:26.000-04:00Sorry you feel that way, Robbo, NOT. Feel free to ...Sorry you feel that way, Robbo, NOT. Feel free to join your fellow travelers in California. If you voted against him soley for his religious beliefs then you ain't too bright, sport. I didn't vote for him because he's a Christian, I voted for him to get the federal government off my neck and to start back on the road the founding fathers put us on.<br /><br />Don't go away, troll. Just go.Byronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-91855651786705034712010-11-04T00:51:45.000-04:002010-11-04T00:51:45.000-04:00Robbo:
Your no more an infidel then anyone else ou...Robbo:<br />Your no more an infidel then anyone else out there that chooses to believe in their own path to being a better person or enlightenment.<br />That being said please step away from the diversity bully's separate water fountains and take an honest thought for a second. There are places all over the world that I have traveled to where the game of "tit for tat" cause some group shifts from being in the minority to the majority. Just see the former Jugoslavia and most of the rest of the Balkans. Look at any of the "Stan brothers. Look at Africa. Heck even look at Spain, France, Belgium, SE Asia, and even SW Asia. Nearly all of them have at one time or another gone through a genocidal moment when the pendulum swings from one separate identifying group to another. One of my personal pet peeves is seeing that stuff rise here in the USA. As long as we keep separating ourselves and identifying ourselves into cubbies that the Diversity bullies say we should fit into, then there is a strong chance that the game of "tit for tat" will become an issue here. Especially since this nation seems to have had in the last 30yrs a rise of ambulance chasing lawyers who are more then willing to sue people for thoughts/ideas/expressions/looks/etc.Southern Air Piratenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-58873858127621187952010-11-04T00:32:13.000-04:002010-11-04T00:32:13.000-04:00Lots of panties in a bunch here.
I've never sa...Lots of panties in a bunch here.<br />I've never said Marco Rubio couldn't pronounce his faith to the public.<br /><span>I've never said Marco Rubio couldn't mention God in public.</span><br /><span><span>I've never said Marco Rubio couldn't be a </span></span>Christian<span><span>.</span></span><br />I agree that the 1st Amendment allows him to do all that.<br />I'm just saying that I didn't vote for him because I'd rather he kept his religion in the church rather than the state house. And now that he's won, he has pointed out pretty clearly that he doesn't care to represent his minority constituents, those that don't believe in a god.<br />I know that I, as an infidel, am in the minority in America. So let's compare that to other minorities, is all I'm saying. "We Floridians are all white" makes about as much sense as "we are all children of god."Robbonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-47101590361792431522010-11-03T23:50:33.000-04:002010-11-03T23:50:33.000-04:00"Let me begin tonight by acknowledging a simp..."Let me begin tonight by acknowledging a simple but profound truth: we Floridians are all children of the powerful and great Allah ... I bear witness to that tonight, ... and it must always be acknowledged in everything we do and in everywhere we go." <br /> <br />Adding also... I'm less worried in the people who might think we're all children of the powerful and great Allah, and more concerned with the ones who might think that pwerful and great Allah wants them to kill me and mine.DeltaBravonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-78515268018622047292010-11-03T23:19:56.000-04:002010-11-03T23:19:56.000-04:00Henceforth let him say:
"Let me begin by ack...Henceforth let him say:<br /><br />"Let me begin by acknowledging a simple but profound TRUTH: WE are ALL children of a powerful and great god, except for Robbo. We don't know where he came from. Maybe not from a powerful and great god. Maybe he fashioned himself from primoridal ooze, or he was an accident of nature."<br /><br />Happy now?<br /><br /> <br /> DeltaBravonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-79432870905245028042010-11-03T23:06:21.000-04:002010-11-03T23:06:21.000-04:00@URR: Really?!?
I, an atheist, am the one being a...@URR: Really?!?<br /><br />I, an atheist, am the one being accommodated? You mean, like, by the President, who has to finish every official address with 'god bless America'? The guy who was sworn in with 'so help me God'?<br /><br />That's right, the State denies the existence of god -- which is why my kids say 'one nation, under god' every day, and our coins say, 'in god we trust.' That's some serious oppression of your religious beliefs, URR -- I feel your pain.<br /><br />Aren't churches given huge tax exemptions just for being churches? "No, move right along, no accommodations here, move right along, nothing to see here ... "Robbonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-79092790071296681742010-11-03T22:55:32.000-04:002010-11-03T22:55:32.000-04:00No, I'm not "trying to shut down any ment...No, I'm not "trying to shut down any mention of god". If Marco wants to say, "I'd like to thank my Lord for this election victory," who gives a whoop? Not me, or anyone who has watched American football (with the thank-you-jesus-touchdown-routines)<br /><br />But let's try a fun, little thought experiment where Yusef Rubio wins the election, and we just change a word or two:<br />"Let me begin tonight by acknowledging a simple but profound truth: we Floridians are all children of the powerful and great Allah ... I bear witness to that tonight, ... and it must always be acknowledged in everything we do and in everywhere we go."<br /><br />That's word for word what Marco said, except for 'Allah'. Is he still freely exercising his religion without making ANYONE uncomfortable?<br /><br />The purpose of Bill of Rights has always been to protect the minority FROM the majority. With 80% of Floridians professing to be Christians, I hardly see any oppression of a minority by asking Marco not to include me in his 'we are all children of god' victory speech.Robbonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-74368562440834356062010-11-03T22:22:07.000-04:002010-11-03T22:22:07.000-04:00I do believe the First Amendment prohibits the est...I do believe the First Amendment prohibits the establishment of a state religion. It does not require the state to deny the existence of God in any name or form. <br /><br />You always seem to be the one accommodated, Robbo.UltimaRatioRegisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-33137991502274273432010-11-03T21:41:47.000-04:002010-11-03T21:41:47.000-04:00Then what were you trying to say? He mentions God...Then what were you trying to say? He mentions God, you say he ignores you. If you meant you don't believe like him, then wouldn't it be better communicated that you don't share that view? I mean if that's what you meant, and not he should not mention it because 20% of some don't agree. Sounded like a rebuke, not a disagreement.xformednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-61531507718726252832010-11-03T20:06:14.000-04:002010-11-03T20:06:14.000-04:00While that 16% may claim to eschew God Robbo, bets...While that 16% may claim to eschew God Robbo, bets on that the vast majority -perhaps not you though- worship <strong>something...</strong><br /><strong></strong><br />Money. Fame. peace. Children. Spouse.<br /><br />Whatever.<br /><br />Most folks exalt something in their lives.<br /><br />Again.<br />Just sayin.<br /><br />And, like guest, it sure looks like you'd just as soon eradicate <strong>any</strong> reference to a deity.sidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-60492801308178743992010-11-03T20:01:56.000-04:002010-11-03T20:01:56.000-04:00That map makes my heart feel hopeful. But now it&...That map makes my heart feel hopeful. But now it's up to the newly elected to not be the "Stupid Party" anymore and stop that tendency to never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. KnowwhatImean?DeltaBravonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-36632370128421525812010-11-03T19:43:41.000-04:002010-11-03T19:43:41.000-04:00I spent the this past Summer in California, mainly...I spent the this past Summer in California, mainly in the Central Valley around Fresno/Lemoore area. I listen to all of it on the local radio in the region. Whitman is evil, Jerry Brown is evil, Boxer/Pelosi/etc hate water rights, Smoke Dope it will make you feel better, the budget issues, the high taxes, etc. I wonder how soon California will implode and become seperate states. All over north of Redding there were signs pushing for the creation of the State of Jefferson and sucession from California.Southern Air Piratenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-91954754952166362782010-11-03T19:13:26.000-04:002010-11-03T19:13:26.000-04:00@Sid, 16% of Floridians don't worship ... anyt...@Sid, 16% of Floridians don't worship ... anything.<br />And when he said 'we are all children of .. god' do you think all of his Jewish, Buddhist, and Muslim constituents feel included?<br />@URR: yes he is free to exercise his religion. But if I were to be elected Senator, to represent almost 20 million people, should I start off my acceptance speech by saying, "we are all creations of The Flying Spaghetti Monster"?Robbonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-53793496158051703372010-11-03T19:02:33.000-04:002010-11-03T19:02:33.000-04:00<span>Guest: "Looking to shut down any ...<span>Guest: "Looking to shut down any mention of God?" </span><span>No, I'm not; where'd that come from?</span><br />Rubio: "Let me begin by acknowledging a simple but profound TRUTH: WE are ALL children of a powerful and great god?"<br /><br />What's this 'WE' stuff, Marco?Robbonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-59685353461448649812010-11-03T18:57:02.000-04:002010-11-03T18:57:02.000-04:00"...nor prohibiting free exercise thereof...&..."...nor prohibiting free exercise thereof..."UltimaRatioRegisnoreply@blogger.com