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okay, so I think I missed what's going on. God hates pork, is that it? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 29, 12:42 6
- Only the Old Testament God. We have a new one now. -- nm - mara Jan 29, 12:46
- and toe sucking -- nm - oblique Jan 29, 12:43 2
  - Well, given that some faiths have laws requiring feet to be washed very often, he might not be too against it. - Beryllium Jan 29, 12:44 1
    - Oh Senator Craig, stop that, I took a shower this morning and my feet are fine thank you -- nm - zeitgeist for dogs Jan 29, 12:46
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  - At least we agree on something. -- nm - Jews Jan 29, 12:43
TigerDirect has a decent desktop computer build for $180 -- (link) - oblique Jan 29, 12:37
nudges mara to look at wordscrpaer -- nm - tRUMaN Jan 29, 12:33
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- *laughing* nut job -- nm - Loyola Jan 29, 12:33
- oh, with the Shyamalanesque twist! -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 12:31 1
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also, reading the posts at stuff accountants like, the writer is an accountant. -- nm - tRUMaN Jan 29, 12:28 3
- yeah, these things pretty much have to be inside jobs. - Reagen Jan 29, 12:29 2
  - I wish I could write for the accoutants site. -- nm - tRUMaN Jan 29, 12:31 1
    - I've thought about doing a Stuff Canadians Like blog. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 12:32
all this religion talk reminds me that I need to finish a book, god's problem. -- nm - tRUMaN Jan 29, 12:21 12
- let me guess... - TFox Jan 29, 12:28 11
  - eh, wrong. - tRUMaN Jan 29, 12:33 6
    - cute. -- nm - TFox Jan 29, 12:33 5
      - I'm not into guys, go hit on amoxy. -- nm - tRUMaN Jan 29, 12:34 4
        
        if you ever finish expanding that bumper sticker into a full book, make sure to keep us posted. -- nm - TFox Jan 29, 12:36 3
        
        umm - tRUMaN Jan 29, 12:38 2
        
        ah. i called the wrong dude cute, i guess. -- nm - TFox Jan 29, 12:41 1
        
        see, amoxy is the lady for you. -- nm - tRUMaN Jan 29, 12:43
  - Ferengi. -- nm - Gord's Problem Jan 29, 12:30
  - split ends. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 12:30
  - Nope. - mara Jan 29, 12:29 1
    - close - prayformojo Jan 29, 12:30
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- "Whether a major superstar or a complete unknown, all rappers are His children, and He loves them all" - Subversive Jan 29, 12:25
On the topic, I really recommend reading UnChristian. It's from the Barna group which does statistical polling but it also focuses on the subject of - oblique Jan 29, 12:11 4
- An ex-pastor friend of mine told me he once opened a class by reading, verbatim, Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. Afterward, many groups of students were - not2fast Jan 29, 12:14 3
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    - kinda like the story about passing a petition for citizens to sign and getting $hit about it, the articles? only the first 10 bill of rights -- nm - zeitgeist for dogs Jan 29, 12:31
    - ^5 -- nm - TFox Jan 29, 12:18
I wonder how long it took to write all this. Cut n paste summary enclosed. - Loyola Jan 29, 12:11 2
- So in the end they recommend rampant masturbation? -- nm - Dano Jan 29, 12:19 1
  - It's just one guy's opinion. But he writes well. -- nm - Loyola Jan 29, 12:21
Is Easter Sunday generally a big travel day? Will the highways be packed, or do you think they'd be manageable? -- nm - kelly Jan 29, 12:08 9
- It ain't Memorial weekend -- nm - zeitgeist for dogs Jan 29, 12:45
- Usually dead -- nm - con_carne Jan 29, 12:37 1
  - but it's starting to pick up by Monday. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 12:42
- I think there is usually more traffic on the roads. -- nm - tRUMaN Jan 29, 12:37
- Are you going somewhere Jelly? -- nm - Redmond Jan 29, 12:10 3
  - I'm not sure yet. - kelly Jan 29, 12:13 1
    - its not a huge travel day in sin infested Oregon -- nm - Redmond Jan 29, 12:14
  - I don't think she's ready. -- nm - TFox Jan 29, 12:11
- I have found it kinda busy. -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 12:09
decide my life, please: should I go get my laptop at karen's house now or tomorrow? - the year of the ox loves mandy lane Jan 29, 12:03 14
- now. Keep Friday open -- nm - oblique Jan 29, 12:13
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- its probably for sale on Ebay right now -- nm - Redmond Jan 29, 12:11 2
  - oph yeah! -- nm - Clay Buchholz Jan 29, 12:13 1
    - *laughing* -- nm - kelly Jan 29, 12:15
- I vote for tomorrow. -- nm - Krusty Jan 29, 12:10
- When the sun'll come out. -- nm - Shaun Jan 29, 12:09 1
  - Tomorrow. -- nm - Annie Jan 29, 12:10
- tomorrow -- nm - lileve Jan 29, 12:08
- Will getting it now mean more or less beer drinking tonight? -- nm - Don Homer Jan 29, 12:03 4
  - nonfactor. -- nm - the year of the ox loves mandy lane Jan 29, 12:04 3
    - as in, it impacts it not at all. -- nm - the year of the ox loves mandy lane Jan 29, 12:04 2
      - Understand. I'll say tomorrow. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 29, 12:05 1
        
        But she needs to know now! -- nm - mara Jan 29, 12:46
Tropic Thunder: A- (spoils) - CQ Jan 29, 11:59 1
- Yes!!! totally redeemed himself in my opinion - so out of personal character and he sunk himself into that role full force! -- nm - Epiphany Jan 29, 12:21
Amy, are you getting better at it? -- (link) - Reagen Jan 29, 11:58 [Backboard] 1
- Well, I don't have a high score on the board or anything. -- nm - Amy Jan 29, 11:59
So how much military spending is in the stimulus bill? I'm no hawk but if you're spending to put people to work it seems like a good place to spend. -- nm - Dano Jan 29, 11:58 36
- you want *MORE* millitary spending??? - Dane Duke Nuuk Jan 29, 12:47
- I'm pretty sure there is some in there, though I wish it were none. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 29, 12:02 2
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  - I wish there didn't *need* to be any in there but I think it's a good place to spend especially if you're looking to spend just to spend to some degre -- nm - Dano Jan 29, 12:04
- Title IV - znufrii Jan 29, 12:01 30
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    - None of his IM as written equates to an earmark. -- nm - Max Jan 29, 12:22 1
      - Thank you. -- nm - znufrii Jan 29, 12:25
    - Those are appropriations. not earmarks. -- nm - znufrii Jan 29, 12:04 25
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        not in the slightest. none of the amounts listed constitutes an earmark, based on the definition I've previously set forward. -- nm - znufrii Jan 29, 12:05 23
        
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        It's only an issue because those who have a vested interest in Obama's failure are taking every bit of spending they don't like - znufrii Jan 29, 12:12 13
        
        It's only an issue because Obama said "no earmarks" -- nm - Strongbad Jan 29, 12:35 7
        
        so certain segments of the rightwing punditry comes up with scurrilous and easily refutable accusations of earmarks being present, - znufrii Jan 29, 12:38 6
        
        I'd say more are against it purely based on the pork - Strongbad Jan 29, 12:41 5
        
        fair enough. at least that's argument based on actual content versus meaningless perjoratives - znufrii Jan 29, 12:45
        
        and one of my bigger issues - Strongbad Jan 29, 12:43 3
        
        this is actually a very interesting point that I hadn't considered. I'm afraid to say that your concerns are justified, more likely than not. - znufrii Jan 29, 12:47 2
        
        although Bush was no stranger to using the emergency appropriations technique either, in terms of how he went about funding the Iraq war. -- nm - znufrii Jan 29, 12:48 1
        
        Agreed. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 29, 12:53
        
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        well, if it was any other president with a "D" behind their name, I'd expect them to take exactly the same tack. - znufrii Jan 29, 12:22 2
        
        You're projecting your BDS onto Republicans. - Dr.Vermin Jan 29, 12:32 1
        
        no, I'm characterizing the response of a certain segment of right-wing punditry to this matter. -- nm - znufrii Jan 29, 12:40
        
        /agrees with Jack - Dr.Vermin Jan 29, 12:21
        
        and you have yet to argue how that difinition is wrong and/or explain what definitino you are using to determine what is and is not an earmark. -- nm - znufrii Jan 29, 12:08 7
        
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        Here are a few - Strongbad Jan 29, 12:16 1
        
        funny, neither of those seem essentially different than my "out-of-the-ass" definition I came up with. -- nm - znufrii Jan 29, 12:20
        
        then link it. -- nm - znufrii Jan 29, 12:14 3
        
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        then summarize it for me, and be sure to point out the flaws in my definition. -- nm - znufrii Jan 29, 12:28
        
        Each congressman has access to allocated funds for earmarks. None of them were applied to the stimulus bill. No earmarks. - Max Jan 29, 12:26
  - *decides not to hold his breath waiting for a right winger to call those earmarks or even pork* -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Jan 29, 12:03
- *concurs strongly, but she's not biased or anything* -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 12:00
my roommate was actually a bit miffed that while Obama gave a shout out to "non-believers" he didn't say any thing about pagans. -- nm - znufrii Jan 29, 11:58 7
- pagans as a group are not much of a voting block -- nm - zeitgeist for dogs Jan 29, 12:33
- "I wanna give a shout out.. to the Eskimos! I wanna give a shout out... to the Army Navy Air Force Marines!" - Obama Jan 29, 12:04 3
  - An Onion article for you. -- (link) - Reagen Jan 29, 12:06 2
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    - Wonderful. Thank you. -- nm - TFox Jan 29, 12:09
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  - Don't get us started. -- nm - Lesbian Eskimo Midget Left-Handed Ninja Albinos Jan 29, 12:01
more to the point, I'm not sure a lot of people who call themselves religious have really thought about what that means. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 11:58 40
- I have. From the time I was 6 or 7 years old it's been pretty easy to figure out. - Trish Jan 29, 12:11 2
  - I like that -- nm - oblique Jan 29, 12:12 1
    - It's kinda short, sweet, and to the point. - Trish Jan 29, 12:14
- Very much so -- nm - oblique Jan 29, 12:06
- maybe people should get to choose what it means for them. just sayin. -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 12:01 20
  - if you're just using it as a security blanket (note: the royal 'you'), I find that a bit disingenuous. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 12:04 17
    - What do you care what people use it for? How can you even *tell* what people use it for? - Dr.Vermin Jan 29, 12:08
    - I don't think it's anyone else's business what motivates people to practice their religion. -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 12:05 15
      - perhaps not, but the world would be better off if people took a closer look. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 12:07 12
        
        I think it's the foundation of human nature to believe "the world would be better if everyone reconsidered their own ideas and thought more like me." -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 29, 12:15 8
        
        in actual fact, I'm not asking people to think like me. Just to think. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 12:16 7
        
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        religion's just the topic up for debate right now. - Reagen Jan 29, 12:24 1
        
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        I think you are. - Dr.Vermin Jan 29, 12:19 3
        
        well 1 - this assumes that I'm not currently in a state of introspection about my beliefs. - Reagen Jan 29, 12:22 2
        
        If I failed to read your assertion that *everyone* should be introspective about their beliefs, I apologize. - Dr.Vermin Jan 29, 12:35 1
        
        I didn't state it originally, but yes. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 12:45
        
        probably true, but for the purpose of the survey, they wouldn't be lying about it being part of their life. - loosilu Jan 29, 12:08 2
        
        this isn't about the survey. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 12:09 1
        
        then I've lost track, sorry. -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 12:09
      - or what makes it "important". - TFox Jan 29, 12:07 1
        
        but hey - introspection! I'm cool with that. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 12:08
  - I think he's saying that he's not sure how many take that opportunity -- nm - Roger More Jan 29, 12:04
  - Yes. Who are the non-religious to decide what it means? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 29, 12:02
- And yet ultimately, what it means to each individual person is all that really matters. -- nm - TFox Jan 29, 12:00
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  - I think "hate the sin, love the sinner" is more common than you think. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 29, 12:17 2
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      - Then I join you in contempt for that kind of hate, and agree it's inconsistent with Jesus's teachings. - Dr.Vermin Jan 29, 12:24
  - it's not inconsistent with religion, exactly - znufrii Jan 29, 12:04
  - Except, y'know, that some translations of the Bible have quotes that say things like "God hates that". - TFox Jan 29, 12:02 5
    - except that modern Christianity isn't really about those teachings anymore. There's a second chapter :) -- nm - oblique Jan 29, 12:07 4
      - I wish that was unanimous. -- nm - TFox Jan 29, 12:10 3
        
        God Hates Shrimp! -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 12:11 2
        
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        probably some sort of uncleanliness thing. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 12:14
  - *burns the heretic at the stake* -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Jan 29, 12:02
- yep -- nm - Guy is so happy to be back in Portland Jan 29, 11:59
- exactly. -- nm - znufrii Jan 29, 11:58
/prays for B2 -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 29, 11:56 1
- *preys on B2* -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Jan 29, 11:57

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