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edejom
Boulder climber
Butte, America
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Aug 24, 2010 - 09:47pm PT
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Down into the annals of history, sir Blue:-)
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Douglas Rhiner
Mountain climber
Tahoe City/Talmont , CA
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Aug 24, 2010 - 09:51pm PT
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Blue,
Fox News makes all of the MAINSTREAM MEDIA look left-leaning.
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Aug 24, 2010 - 09:56pm PT
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Knott to get sucked into this because it's a pretty silly thread (IMHO) but peeking in and seeing this:
"...I have never claimed that FOX is a bastion of absolute truth, although they do as good of job as all others, if not better."
Pretty much sums up everything about where Sir. Blue comes from.
Cheers,
DD
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Aug 24, 2010 - 10:06pm PT
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Oh, and I didn't know FOX was #1...
That explains so much.
Thanks Skippy for the info.
Cheers,
DD
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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Aug 24, 2010 - 10:18pm PT
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The thing with NPR is that it's the only place I hear reasonable and intelligent explanations of republican/conservative agendas. When I watch FoxCNNwhatever-bc, which is rarely, all I see is a bunch of blowhards yelling at each other.
Kind of like another place I know......
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
Arid-zona
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Aug 24, 2010 - 10:30pm PT
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brokenclock said Nice try, Gary....You're actually going with the Reagan socialist crap? If he was such a socialist, commies like you would love him, right? Like Nixon and Eisenhower?
Actually you guys are making Nixon and Reagan look like pretty swell dudes. Reagan raised taxes when it was needed and his administration (lead by Koop) kicked the anti-smoking movement into high gear. He also envisioned a world without nuclear weapons and believed in engaging with ones enemies. Based on those points alone you'd probably call him a socialist. Hell, you'd probably hate him simply because his administration ACCOMPLISHED things. Nothing worse than a functioning government.
Goldwater would be kicked out of the RNC as a "RINO" based on his 1964 Presidential platform...you know...the one that turned the entire south Republican and laid the foundation for the modern conservative era.
skipt said hey still don't understand how the world works and it is frickin' hilarious.
Everyone bow to the puppet master.
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edejom
Boulder climber
Butte, America
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Aug 24, 2010 - 11:01pm PT
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No, they hate us for our "freedoms"--not because we hate them...
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
Transporter Room 2
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Aug 25, 2010 - 12:12am PT
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The flames!
I'm a commie. (insert evil laugh here)Stick it in yer pipe & smoke it.
Use the flames.
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Todd Eastman
climber
Bellingham, WA
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Aug 25, 2010 - 12:26am PT
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Yo Skipt, how does this issue fit with the Constitution, in your opinion?
Please give me the facts... from your viewpoint.
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Hawkeye
climber
State of Mine
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Aug 25, 2010 - 01:59pm PT
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This is about being deferential to people with murdered family members.
so the entire muslim religion is at fault? are they really to blame for 911? the whole damn passel of them?
meanwhile those catholics are busy raping our children, where is their deference?
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Aug 25, 2010 - 02:49pm PT
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so the entire muslim religion is at fault?
It's OK if the Greek Orthodox Church builds there, even though terrorists of that faith have murdered Americans. It's just the Muslims that deserve the special treatment of blanket condemnation.
I'm still waiting for someone in favor of the ban to address this.
Please.
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blahblah
Gym climber
Boulder
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Aug 25, 2010 - 03:14pm PT
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Oh Gary, wait no longer.
Assuming members of the Greek Orthodox Church have murdered Americans, they do not do in in their roles as member of the Greek Orthodox Church--it is merely a coincidence.
When Catholics rape little boys and girls, they do not do in their roles as Catholics, but rather in express disregard of Catholic teachings, which forbid raping little boys and girls.
The 9/11 perpetrators, on the the other hand, committed their horrific crimes in the name of Islam.
Seems pretty simple to me, hope I've explained it well enough for you.
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Aug 25, 2010 - 03:23pm PT
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blahblah wrote: blah blah blah
No, you didn't explain it well. When Palestinian terrorists are Christians, it seems to never be mentioned. George Habash wasn't just a terrorist, he was founder of the PFLP and leading proponent of the use of terror in the PLO. The guy practically invented hijacking airplanes. It's never mentioned he was a Greek Orthodox Christian.
Why is that, Mr. blahblah?
If all of Islam is condemmned by the action of a few radical fundamentalists, why shouldn't the same logic apply to Greek Orthodoxism?
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blahblah
Gym climber
Boulder
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Aug 25, 2010 - 03:32pm PT
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Gary, I don't know if you are trying to be argumentative and are just not a very good arguer, or if you are just really, really stupid.
If you can't understand a distinction between:
(1) people who happen to be of a particular race/religion/whatever, who commit crimes for reasons unconnected with their race/religion/whatever, and (2) people who are of a particular race/religion/whatever, and who commit crimes AND SAY THEY DO IT BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IS REQUIRED BY THEIR RACE/RELIGION/WHATEVER,
then neither I nor anyone else can help you grow a brain.
Please turn of your computer, start wandering the streets and muttering your nonsense, and have a nice life.
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Aug 25, 2010 - 04:51pm PT
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If you can't understand a distinction between:
(1) people who happen to be of a particular race/religion/whatever, who commit crimes for reasons unconnected with their race/religion/whatever, and (2) people who are of a particular race/religion/whatever, and who commit crimes AND SAY THEY DO IT BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IS REQUIRED BY THEIR RACE/RELIGION/WHATEVER,
Quit projecting your biases. Or just go ahead and admit you're prejudiced. It will be healthier for you mentally when you don't have to do so much rationalizing of your fears.
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Aug 25, 2010 - 06:30pm PT
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Being raised a Catholic, then becoming an agnostic and now a bona fide atheist, I am proposing building an atheist temple on Ground Zero. We will call it the Tower of Babel and dedicate it to all Supertopians, of course, including myself. It will reach to the skies and be a conduit to GOD, or is that GAWD?
Did you know that GOD spelt backwards is DOG?
When I die I will go to that eternal kennel in the sky.
Ummmm, I think I have gone off thread, this thread is about commies, pinkos, leftists and their sordid lot. I am glad that our country is being led, or in charge, of capitalists, who will rape your savings and life blood, sort of like the Vatican, not to pick on the Catholic Church. When I was nine, I wanted to be the first American pope, thank the heavens when I was ten I wanted to be an astronaut. Always reaching for the heavens that is me, head in the clouds.
More importantly, my loved Jennie is being discharged from hospital tomorrow (August 26, Thursday) after 57 days in hospital, into my care. I have quit my job to be her primary caregiver, but my former editor said not to quit, he will make me redundant (and get back 60% of my redundancy cheque from the government). He is somewhat of a liberal (his dad certainly is - Phoenix Magazine) but also a businessman and entrepreneur, yet he is willing to give up some company money to me (why not, after almost 11 years of up and and down service to him - I have given him more grief that he has me, and some of the rows...).
He didn't have to do that, but the great thing is that he is no longer my boss, but my friend (employers and employees really can't be friends, so to speak). He made my best friend in Ireland here, Martin (advertising) redundant in March (the recession) but I bought tickets for the three of us to see Carlos Santana this September 29 in Dublin.
What does this have to do with Communism and this thread?
Hell, I don't know, I just know that I have a big job ahead of me, as Jennie's condition is called the Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, and as primary care giver I have a job ahead of me tomorrow when she is put in to my care, especially with her short-term memory loss.
But if I can somehow tie this all in to this thread...
...hmmm, give me a second.
But I do believe in universal healthcare, does that make me a commie?
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Aug 26, 2010 - 02:00am PT
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So Patrick, what has this all to do with the sacking of Constantinople in 1204, during the fourth crusade?
ps Hope all goes well with Jennie and your new 'job' - your recent low profile is explained.
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