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"Brian Westley" |
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24 Dec 2003 06:44:42 PM |
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Separation of church & state makes Ann Coulter cry |
What a whiner:
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36304
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Merlyn LeRoy
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| Title: Re: Separation of church & state makes Ann Coulter cry |
26 Dec 2003 01:54:32 PM |
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Brian Westley <westley@visi.com> wrote in message news:<3fea32fa$0$970$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com>...
What a whiner:
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36304
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Merlyn LeRoy
She's without question a clueless *****, not worth a thought or a
comment. What I find hilarious is the blather under "WND Today's
highlights" (to the right of Coulter's horseshit) under the commentary
section: "Was Jesus actually born yesterday? By Joseph Farah".
Here's a moron who unlike Coulter, who simply blathers (unfortunate
that she's blonde, isn't it?), Farah deludes himself into "reasoning"
that Jesus could well have been born on Xmas day because the Biblcial
chronology in the story of his birth can be deemed to suggest it. Not
once does he look through the other end of the microsocope and reason
that maybe the mythmakers told just that story precisely to establish
that the myth really took place at winter solstice!
Budikka
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: Separation of church & state makes Ann Coulter cry |
27 Dec 2003 06:51:17 PM |
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And so upon Fri, 26 Dec 2003 11:54:32 -0800 didst Budikka speak thusly:
Brian Westley <westley@visi.com> wrote in message news:<3fea32fa$0$970$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com>...
What a whiner:
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36304
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Merlyn LeRoy
She's without question a clueless *****, not worth a thought or a
comment. What I find hilarious is the blather under "WND Today's
highlights" (to the right of Coulter's horseshit) under the commentary
section: "Was Jesus actually born yesterday? By Joseph Farah".
Here's a moron who unlike Coulter, who simply blathers (unfortunate
that she's blonde, isn't it?), Farah deludes himself into "reasoning"
that Jesus could well have been born on Xmas day because the Biblcial
chronology in the story of his birth can be deemed to suggest it. Not
once does he look through the other end of the microsocope and reason
that maybe the mythmakers told just that story precisely to establish
that the myth really took place at winter solstice!
What?
It's known history that the date was chosen for reasons totally other than
any estimation of the birth.
Weird.
Anyway, the actual text contradicts a winter date...
--
Mark K. Bilbo
"There is no system but GNU, and Linux is one of its kernels."
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| User: "The other Donald" |
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| Title: Re: Separation of church & sta -ping Bilbo |
27 Dec 2003 07:40:33 PM |
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"Mark K. Bilbo" <noem@il.huh> wrote in message
news:pan.2003.12.28.00.51.16.818617@il.huh...
And so upon Fri, 26 Dec 2003 11:54:32 -0800 didst Budikka speak thusly:
Brian Westley <westley@visi.com> wrote in message
news:<3fea32fa$0$970$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com>...
What a whiner:
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36304
---
Merlyn LeRoy
She's without question a clueless *****, not worth a thought or a
comment. What I find hilarious is the blather under "WND Today's
highlights" (to the right of Coulter's horseshit) under the commentary
section: "Was Jesus actually born yesterday? By Joseph Farah".
Here's a moron who unlike Coulter, who simply blathers (unfortunate
that she's blonde, isn't it?), Farah deludes himself into "reasoning"
that Jesus could well have been born on Xmas day because the Biblcial
chronology in the story of his birth can be deemed to suggest it. Not
once does he look through the other end of the microsocope and reason
that maybe the mythmakers told just that story precisely to establish
that the myth really took place at winter solstice!
What?
It's known history that the date was chosen for reasons totally other than
any estimation of the birth.
Weird.
Anyway, the actual text contradicts a winter date...
--
Mark K. Bilbo
"There is no system but GNU, and Linux is one of its kernels."
I noticed that you've been back to posting.
Did the job situation improve? A lot of people around here were worried
about you.
-Donald in Austin
AA #2104
Apatriot #22
Atheist FF/EMT
.....and ordained minister
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: Separation of church & sta -ping Bilbo |
27 Dec 2003 08:08:42 PM |
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And so upon Sun, 28 Dec 2003 01:40:33 +0000 didst The other Donald speak
thusly:
"Mark K. Bilbo" <noem@il.huh> wrote in message
news:pan.2003.12.28.00.51.16.818617@il.huh...
And so upon Fri, 26 Dec 2003 11:54:32 -0800 didst Budikka speak thusly:
Brian Westley <westley@visi.com> wrote in message
news:<3fea32fa$0$970$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com>...
What a whiner:
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36304
---
Merlyn LeRoy
She's without question a clueless *****, not worth a thought or a
comment. What I find hilarious is the blather under "WND Today's
highlights" (to the right of Coulter's horseshit) under the commentary
section: "Was Jesus actually born yesterday? By Joseph Farah".
Here's a moron who unlike Coulter, who simply blathers (unfortunate
that she's blonde, isn't it?), Farah deludes himself into "reasoning"
that Jesus could well have been born on Xmas day because the Biblcial
chronology in the story of his birth can be deemed to suggest it. Not
once does he look through the other end of the microsocope and reason
that maybe the mythmakers told just that story precisely to establish
that the myth really took place at winter solstice!
What?
It's known history that the date was chosen for reasons totally other than
any estimation of the birth.
Weird.
Anyway, the actual text contradicts a winter date...
--
Mark K. Bilbo
"There is no system but GNU, and Linux is one of its kernels."
I noticed that you've been back to posting.
Did the job situation improve? A lot of people around here were worried
about you.
Not really. It's... for the *moment, the world isn't going to end. We got
a three month "reprieve" that mean the savings don't have to be touched
right now. And it's the end of the year, nobody's hiring, I needed
something to distract me. <g>
It was a mad dash to slash expenses to bare minimum. There's *some money
coming in but it's a mess and just one of those "day to day" things right
now.
I dunno. They *say companies are going to be hiring more next year. We'll
see. I *did get a nibble from IBM (in Austin at that <g>). Nothing's come
of it so far.
May end up selling the house and moving (again, bleah). But, right now,
it's the end of the year, nothing is happening, and I'm just not thinking
about it too much.
Thanks for asking...
--
Mark K. Bilbo
"There is no system but GNU, and Linux is one of its kernels."
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Separation of church & sta -ping Bilbo |
30 Dec 2003 06:42:53 PM |
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On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 20:08:42 -0600, "Mark K. Bilbo" <noem@il.huh>,
Message ID: <pan.2003.12.28.02.08.41.586797@il.huh> wrote in
alt.atheism;
And so upon Sun, 28 Dec 2003 01:40:33 +0000 didst The other Donald speak
thusly:
"Mark K. Bilbo" <noem@il.huh> wrote in message
news:pan.2003.12.28.00.51.16.818617@il.huh...
And so upon Fri, 26 Dec 2003 11:54:32 -0800 didst Budikka speak thusly:
(snip)
Mark K. Bilbo
"There is no system but GNU, and Linux is one of its kernels."
I noticed that you've been back to posting.
Did the job situation improve? A lot of people around here were worried
about you.
Not really. It's... for the *moment, the world isn't going to end. We got
a three month "reprieve" that mean the savings don't have to be touched
right now. And it's the end of the year, nobody's hiring, I needed
something to distract me. <g>
It was a mad dash to slash expenses to bare minimum. There's *some money
coming in but it's a mess and just one of those "day to day" things right
now.
I dunno. They *say companies are going to be hiring more next year. We'll
see. I *did get a nibble from IBM (in Austin at that <g>). Nothing's come
of it so far.
May end up selling the house and moving (again, bleah). But, right now,
it's the end of the year, nothing is happening, and I'm just not thinking
about it too much.
Oh, damn! And you just bought the dang thing. Good way to take a
financial bath.
Thanks for asking...
Stoney
"Designated Rascal and Rapscallion
and
SCAMPERMEISTER!"
When in doubt, SCAMPER about!
When things are fair, SCAMPER everywhere!
When things are rough, can't SCAMPER enough!
/end humour alert
alt.atheism military veteran #11
{so much for the 'no atheists in foxholes' rubbish}
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| User: "The other Donald" |
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| Title: Re: Separation of church & sta -ping Bilbo |
05 Jan 2004 01:24:30 AM |
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"stoney" <stoney@the.net> wrote in message
news:eq64vv0tg14b6rgcglqjf2c9hogua1n8vd@4ax.com...
On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 20:08:42 -0600, "Mark K. Bilbo" <noem@il.huh>,
Message ID: <pan.2003.12.28.02.08.41.586797@il.huh> wrote in
alt.atheism;
And so upon Sun, 28 Dec 2003 01:40:33 +0000 didst The other Donald speak
thusly:
"Mark K. Bilbo" <noem@il.huh> wrote in message
news:pan.2003.12.28.00.51.16.818617@il.huh...
And so upon Fri, 26 Dec 2003 11:54:32 -0800 didst Budikka speak
thusly:
(snip)
Mark K. Bilbo
"There is no system but GNU, and Linux is one of its kernels."
I noticed that you've been back to posting.
Did the job situation improve? A lot of people around here were worried
about you.
Not really. It's... for the *moment, the world isn't going to end. We got
a three month "reprieve" that mean the savings don't have to be touched
right now. And it's the end of the year, nobody's hiring, I needed
something to distract me. <g>
It was a mad dash to slash expenses to bare minimum. There's *some money
coming in but it's a mess and just one of those "day to day" things right
now.
That I can understand. And I'm happy for you that you at least got the
"reprieve." Unemployment sucks.
I dunno. They *say companies are going to be hiring more next year. We'll
see. I *did get a nibble from IBM (in Austin at that <g>). Nothing's come
of it so far.
If that happens, come on down to Austin and look me up! I'll show you and
the missus around.
And if you need some input regarding where to look for a place to live, I'll
be glad to check into things for you and point you in the right direction:
unit335
at
yahoo
dot
com
We can get to the actual email addresses after we confirm. I'd prefer to not
put my regular email address out here on national television.
-Donald in Austin
AA #2104
Apatriot #22
Atheist FF/EMT
.....and ordained minister
P.S. Sorry. This message finally downloaded on the 5th.
May end up selling the house and moving (again, bleah). But, right now,
it's the end of the year, nothing is happening, and I'm just not thinking
about it too much.
Oh, damn! And you just bought the dang thing. Good way to take a
financial bath.
Thanks for asking...
Stoney
"Designated Rascal and Rapscallion
and
SCAMPERMEISTER!"
When in doubt, SCAMPER about!
When things are fair, SCAMPER everywhere!
When things are rough, can't SCAMPER enough!
/end humour alert
alt.atheism military veteran #11
{so much for the 'no atheists in foxholes' rubbish}
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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30 Dec 2003 07:27:57 PM |
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And so upon Tue, 30 Dec 2003 16:42:53 -0800 didst stoney speak thusly:
On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 20:08:42 -0600, "Mark K. Bilbo" <noem@il.huh>,
Message ID: <pan.2003.12.28.02.08.41.586797@il.huh> wrote in
alt.atheism;
And so upon Sun, 28 Dec 2003 01:40:33 +0000 didst The other Donald speak
thusly:
"Mark K. Bilbo" <noem@il.huh> wrote in message
news:pan.2003.12.28.00.51.16.818617@il.huh...
And so upon Fri, 26 Dec 2003 11:54:32 -0800 didst Budikka speak thusly:
(snip)
Mark K. Bilbo
"There is no system but GNU, and Linux is one of its kernels."
I noticed that you've been back to posting.
Did the job situation improve? A lot of people around here were worried
about you.
Not really. It's... for the *moment, the world isn't going to end. We got
a three month "reprieve" that mean the savings don't have to be touched
right now. And it's the end of the year, nobody's hiring, I needed
something to distract me. <g>
It was a mad dash to slash expenses to bare minimum. There's *some money
coming in but it's a mess and just one of those "day to day" things right
now.
I dunno. They *say companies are going to be hiring more next year. We'll
see. I *did get a nibble from IBM (in Austin at that <g>). Nothing's come
of it so far.
May end up selling the house and moving (again, bleah). But, right now,
it's the end of the year, nothing is happening, and I'm just not thinking
about it too much.
Oh, damn! And you just bought the dang thing. Good way to take a
financial bath.
Tell me about it.
Though, actually, if the housing market stays crazy as it has been, it
could be a wash...
--
Mark K. Bilbo
"There is no system but GNU, and Linux is one of its kernels."
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| User: "Tink" |
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24 Dec 2003 10:07:36 PM |
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Brian Westley wrote:
What a whiner:
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36304
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Merlyn LeRoy
You mean what a skinny, anorexic, vapid, bellicose, moronic whiner who
couldn't reason her way out of a wet paper bag.
--
It seems odd that those who scoff at sun worshippers are apt to worship
a vacuum.
The World Famous Tink. (I never heard of you either!!)
AA #2069 ASA#33 POPS# 8808
EAC Chairman, Division of Skydiving and Sushi consumption.
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| User: "Gregory Gadow" |
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26 Dec 2003 08:34:51 AM |
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Brian Westley wrote:
What a whiner:
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36304
What I find amusing is her constant talk about "red states" (those that
voted for Bush in 2000) and "blue states" (those that voted for Gore.)
It just warms this liberal heart to hear a right-wing nutter proclaim
proudly that she is as Red as they get.
--
Gregory Gadow
techbear@serv.net
http://www.serv.net/~techbear
"If you make yourself a sheep, the wolves will eat you."
-- Benjamin Franklin
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Separation of church & state makes Ann Coulter cry |
25 Dec 2003 12:48:45 AM |
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In article <3fea32fa$0$970$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com>,
Brian Westley <westley@visi.com> wrote:
What a whiner:
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36304
She is so consumed by her own hate that I think that she really is
psychotic. The wonder is that anyone takes her spew seriously.
--
John Hachmann, aa #1782
- Question authority. Now more than ever. -
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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26 Dec 2003 08:41:00 AM |
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And so upon Wed, 24 Dec 2003 22:48:45 -0800 didst johac speak thusly:
In article <3fea32fa$0$970$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com>,
Brian Westley <westley@visi.com> wrote:
What a whiner:
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36304
She is so consumed by her own hate that I think that she really is
psychotic. The wonder is that anyone takes her spew seriously.
I'm not sure it's "hate" per se.
It's a common phenomena throughout feudal history for the aristocracy to
whip the commoners into a frenzy in order to get them to fight for the
privileges of the aristocracy.
Coulter uses many of the same tactics that have been used throughout
history to make the commoners believe she's "allied" with them against
"evil forces" so they'll fight and die for her benefit.
I'm not saying she's all that *smart but it's an old, old tactic that
doesn't necessarily take much intellectual effort.
That people *still fall for it is dismaying but, also, another strong
indication we are sliding back into feudalism in this country...
--
Mark K. Bilbo
"There is no system but GNU, and Linux is one of its kernels."
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| User: "johac" |
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27 Dec 2003 01:42:50 AM |
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In article <pan.2003.12.26.14.40.59.470023@il.huh>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <noem@il.huh> wrote:
And so upon Wed, 24 Dec 2003 22:48:45 -0800 didst johac speak thusly:
In article <3fea32fa$0$970$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com>,
Brian Westley <westley@visi.com> wrote:
What a whiner:
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36304
She is so consumed by her own hate that I think that she really is
psychotic. The wonder is that anyone takes her spew seriously.
I'm not sure it's "hate" per se.
It's a common phenomena throughout feudal history for the aristocracy to
whip the commoners into a frenzy in order to get them to fight for the
privileges of the aristocracy.
Coulter uses many of the same tactics that have been used throughout
history to make the commoners believe she's "allied" with them against
"evil forces" so they'll fight and die for her benefit.
I'm not saying she's all that *smart but it's an old, old tactic that
doesn't necessarily take much intellectual effort.
That people *still fall for it is dismaying but, also, another strong
indication we are sliding back into feudalism in this country...
Fanaticism is a well known weapon of mass destruction. It was used in
the Middle Ages, e. g. the Crusades. It is still used today, e. g.
suicide bombers, "War on Terror".
--
John Hachmann, aa #1782
- Question authority. Now more than ever. -
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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27 Dec 2003 06:08:25 AM |
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And so upon Fri, 26 Dec 2003 23:42:50 -0800 didst johac speak thusly:
In article <pan.2003.12.26.14.40.59.470023@il.huh>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <noem@il.huh> wrote:
And so upon Wed, 24 Dec 2003 22:48:45 -0800 didst johac speak thusly:
In article <3fea32fa$0$970$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com>,
Brian Westley <westley@visi.com> wrote:
What a whiner:
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36304
She is so consumed by her own hate that I think that she really is
psychotic. The wonder is that anyone takes her spew seriously.
I'm not sure it's "hate" per se.
It's a common phenomena throughout feudal history for the aristocracy to
whip the commoners into a frenzy in order to get them to fight for the
privileges of the aristocracy.
Coulter uses many of the same tactics that have been used throughout
history to make the commoners believe she's "allied" with them against
"evil forces" so they'll fight and die for her benefit.
I'm not saying she's all that *smart but it's an old, old tactic that
doesn't necessarily take much intellectual effort.
That people *still fall for it is dismaying but, also, another strong
indication we are sliding back into feudalism in this country...
Fanaticism is a well known weapon of mass destruction. It was used in
the Middle Ages, e. g. the Crusades. It is still used today, e. g.
suicide bombers, "War on Terror".
The real WMD? Weapons of Mass Deception...
--
Mark K. Bilbo
"There is no system but GNU, and Linux is one of its kernels."
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| User: "Robert Neinast" |
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| Title: Re: Separation of church & state makes Ann Coulter cry |
25 Dec 2003 03:40:54 PM |
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In article <jhachm-A306F5.22484524122003@news-central.ash.giganews.com>,
jhachm@remove.ixpres.com says...
In article <3fea32fa$0$970$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com>,
Brian Westley <westley@visi.com> wrote:
What a whiner:
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36304
She is so consumed by her own hate that I think that she really is
psychotic. The wonder is that anyone takes her spew seriously.
You know, if someone were to write an extreme parody
of her stuff, I don't think anybody would be able to
tell the difference between the parody and the real thing.
Bob
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.. . . and shun the Frumious Bandersnatch
Robert A. Neinast
Pickerington, OH
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Separation of church & state makes Ann Coulter cry |
27 Dec 2003 01:43:53 AM |
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In article <MPG.1a55233abba9d279896ff@netnews.worldnet.att.net>,
Robert Neinast <neinast@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
In article <jhachm-A306F5.22484524122003@news-central.ash.giganews.com>,
jhachm@remove.ixpres.com says...
In article <3fea32fa$0$970$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com>,
Brian Westley <westley@visi.com> wrote:
What a whiner:
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36304
She is so consumed by her own hate that I think that she really is
psychotic. The wonder is that anyone takes her spew seriously.
You know, if someone were to write an extreme parody
of her stuff, I don't think anybody would be able to
tell the difference between the parody and the real thing.
Bob
Probably the parody would sound more rational.
--
John Hachmann, aa #1782
- Question authority. Now more than ever. -
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| User: "stoney" |
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28 Dec 2003 09:31:47 PM |
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On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 22:48:45 -0800, johac <jhachm@remove.ixpres.com>,
Message ID: <jhachm-A306F5.22484524122003@news-central.ash.giganews.com>
wrote in alt.atheism;
In article <3fea32fa$0$970$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com>,
Brian Westley <westley@visi.com> wrote:
What a whiner:
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36304
She is so consumed by her own hate that I think that she really is
psychotic. The wonder is that anyone takes her spew seriously.
Didn't she get married to Automoron or Fester?.............
Stoney
"Designated Rascal and Rapscallion
and
SCAMPERMEISTER!"
When in doubt, SCAMPER about!
When things are fair, SCAMPER everywhere!
When things are rough, can't SCAMPER enough!
/end humour alert
alt.atheism military veteran #11
{so much for the 'no atheists in foxholes' rubbish}
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Separation of church & state makes Ann Coulter cry |
31 Dec 2003 12:37:17 AM |
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In article <h08vuvc1rcndb9ljikjgkkvehgh0ldjasc@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 22:48:45 -0800, johac <jhachm@remove.ixpres.com>,
Message ID: <jhachm-A306F5.22484524122003@news-central.ash.giganews.com>
wrote in alt.atheism;
In article <3fea32fa$0$970$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com>,
Brian Westley <westley@visi.com> wrote:
What a whiner:
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36304
She is so consumed by her own hate that I think that she really is
psychotic. The wonder is that anyone takes her spew seriously.
Didn't she get married to Automoron or Fester?.............
Have you by chance seen Miss Prissy Britches latest?
http://tinyurl.com/242x8
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PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND ON THE QURAN AND REPEAT AFTER ME
By Ann Coulter
The American Civil Liberties Union (news - web sites) began its
onslaught against Alabama Judge Roy Moore in 1995, when an ACLU
lawyer, depressed that he was not chosen to play Mrs. Claus in the
Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade that year, wrote a letter to all the
state judges in Alabama protesting their practice of having a prayer
in the courtroom every few weeks. (Obviously you can't have prayer in
court: It might distract all the people holding their hand over a
Bible and swearing before God almighty to tell the truth.)
Everything had been going just fine in Alabama -- no defendant had
ever complained about the practice -- but upon receiving a testy
letter from the ACLU, all the other Alabama judges immediately ceased
and desisted from the foul practice of allowing prayer in court. Judge
Moore did not.
For resisting the ACLU's bullying, Moore became High Value Target No.
1. Soon the ACLU and its ilk were filing lawsuits and anonymous ethics
complaints against Moore. The ACLU along with the Southern Poverty Law
Center sued Moore for having a Ten Commandments plaque in his
courtroom. (Poverty had been nearly eliminated in the South until a
poor person happened to gaze upon Moore's Ten Commandments -- and then
it was back to square one.)
An affirmative action, Carter-appointed judge (oh sorry, I forgot --
we're only allowed to say that about Clarence Thomas (news - web
sites)) found that the Ten Commandments plaque violated the First
Amendment. Apparently, in a little-noticed development, Judge Moore
had become "Congress," his Ten Commandments plaque was a "law," and
the plaque established a national religion. The Taliban had better
legal justification to blow up centuries-old Buddha statues in
Afghanistan (news - web sites).
The then-governor of Alabama, "Fob" James, responded to the inane
ruling by saying he'd send in the Alabama National Guard if anyone
tried to take down Moore's Ten Commandments.
That's all it took. The Alabama Supreme Court backed off from a
confrontation with the governor by dismissing the ACLU's suit on
technical grounds.
Both Moore and James were soon re-elected in landslides, Moore to
chief justice. Liberals reacted to the overwhelming popularity of the
state officials who resisted the ACLU by accusing them of stirring up
the Ten Commandments dispute as a publicity stunt. The president of
the Alabama ACLU said "the whole thing is political," and that Moore
and James were using it as an election issue. The ACLU sues, and for
not surrendering immediately, state officials are media whores.
Thus, according to Time magazine, Judge Moore has been on a "crusade"
since -- in Time's own words -- "he defended his right to display" the
Ten Commandments. It "should have surprised no one" the magazine
continued, when Moore installed the Ten Commandments monument in the
courthouse lobby and "forced a showdown by refusing to remove it."
In other words, Moore defended himself from one ACLU lawsuit and then
-- as if that weren't enough! -- he did not instantly surrender when
the ACLU filed a second lawsuit. That guy sure knows how to get
publicity.
Indeed, Moore maintained his disagreement with the ACLU's
interpretation of the Constitution as creating a universal ban on God
right up until he was out of a job.
A lot of conservatives said Moore was wrong to refuse to comply with
the court's idiotic ruling. The conservative argument for enforcing
manifestly absurd court rulings is that the only other option is
anarchy.
But we are already living in anarchy. It's a one-sided, "Alice in
Wonderland" anarchy in which liberals always win and conservatives
always lose -- and then cheerfully enforce their own defeats. Oh, you
see an abortion clause in there? OK, I don't see it, but we'll enforce
it. Sodomy, too, you say? OK, it's legal. Gay marriage? Just give us a
minute to change the law. No prayer in schools? It's out. Go-go
dancing is speech, but protest at abortion clinics isn't? Okey-dokey.
No Ten Commandments in the courthouse? Somebody get the number of a
monument removal service.
What passes for "constitutional law" can be fairly summarized as:
Heads we win, tails you lose. The only limit on liberal insanity in
this country is how many issues liberals can get before a court.
Apparently the only thing standing between a government of laws and
total anarchy is the fact that conservatives are good losers. If we
don't give liberals everything they want, when they want it, anarchy
will result. We must obey manifestly absurd court rulings, so that
liberals obey court rulings when they lose.
Point one: They almost never lose. Point two: They already refuse to
accept laws they don't like. They do it all the time -- race
discrimination bans, bilingual education bans, marijuana bans. They
refuse to accept the Electoral College (news - web sites) when their
candidate wins the popular vote, and they refuse to accept sexual
harassment laws when their president is the accused. If you don't let
them win every game, they walk off with the football.
I'm not sure what horror is supposed to befall the nation if the
liberals started ignoring the law more than they already do, but
apparently it would be even worse than a country in which the Ten
Commandments have been stripped from every public space, prayer in
schools is outlawed, sodomy is a constitutional right, and more than 1
million unborn children are aborted every year.
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John Hachmann, aa #1782
- Question authority. Now more than ever. -
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| Title: Re: Separation of church & state makes Ann Coulter cry |
01 Jan 2004 01:04:11 PM |
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On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 22:37:17 -0800, johac <jhachm@remove.ixpres.com>,
Message ID: <jhachm-5E09DE.22371730122003@news-central.ash.giganews.com>
wrote in alt.atheism;
In article <h08vuvc1rcndb9ljikjgkkvehgh0ldjasc@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 22:48:45 -0800, johac <jhachm@remove.ixpres.com>,
Message ID: <jhachm-A306F5.22484524122003@news-central.ash.giganews.com>
wrote in alt.atheism;
In article <3fea32fa$0$970$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com>,
Brian Westley <westley@visi.com> wrote:
What a whiner:
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36304
She is so consumed by her own hate that I think that she really is
psychotic. The wonder is that anyone takes her spew seriously.
Didn't she get married to Automoron or Fester?.............
Have you by chance seen Miss Prissy Britches latest?
I ignore the murderous malevolent *****.
(snip)
Stoney
"Designated Rascal and Rapscallion
and
SCAMPERMEISTER!"
When in doubt, SCAMPER about!
When things are fair, SCAMPER everywhere!
When things are rough, can't SCAMPER enough!
/end humour alert
alt.atheism military veteran #11
{so much for the 'no atheists in foxholes' rubbish}
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05 Jan 2004 01:15:25 AM |
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"stoney" <stoney@the.net> wrote in message
news:6or8vv8sh1t25vk0i5avu7sm6sqd73k01r@4ax.com...
On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 22:37:17 -0800, johac <jhachm@remove.ixpres.com>,
Message ID: <jhachm-5E09DE.22371730122003@news-central.ash.giganews.com>
wrote in alt.atheism;
In article <h08vuvc1rcndb9ljikjgkkvehgh0ldjasc@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 22:48:45 -0800, johac <jhachm@remove.ixpres.com>,
Message ID:
<jhachm-A306F5.22484524122003@news-central.ash.giganews.com>
wrote in alt.atheism;
In article <3fea32fa$0$970$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com>,
Brian Westley <westley@visi.com> wrote:
What a whiner:
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36304
She is so consumed by her own hate that I think that she really is
psychotic. The wonder is that anyone takes her spew seriously.
Didn't she get married to Automoron or Fester?.............
Have you by chance seen Miss Prissy Britches latest?
I ignore the murderous malevolent *****.
She's a cute, little, fuckable piece of *****, but that's about it.
Maybe one of the 18-year-old posters around here may give a damn what she
has to say.
-Donald in Austin
(snip)
Stoney
"Designated Rascal and Rapscallion
and
SCAMPERMEISTER!"
When in doubt, SCAMPER about!
When things are fair, SCAMPER everywhere!
When things are rough, can't SCAMPER enough!
/end humour alert
alt.atheism military veteran #11
{so much for the 'no atheists in foxholes' rubbish}
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