Please do not get me started on what HAS been done to us military in times of war.....you do not wanna go there This is true.....but why not go there? A little perspective might be useful. Let's see what we can find. Links, anyone?
Well, if you want to go back a couple decades in time, Hopalong Cassidy and Roy Rogers started the marketing of their characters in the 50s, with boots, hats, clothing, lunchboxes and toy guns. Davy Crockett hats and rifles were very popularly marketed toys as well. Gene Roddenberry continued the tradition in the 60s with his Lincoln Enterprises, marketing early Star Trek merchandise. This continued int
I heard on the radio this morning that the Rabbi (I'm sad to say I came into the room a couple seconds too late to get his name) who introduced Madonna, and through her, Britney Spears and many others to the wonders of Kaballah, recently made a wonderfully profound and enlightening statement. It seems that the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis in the Holocaust died because they were not practitioners of Kaballah. Yes, that's right; they
Kingbee---- a: what does that have to do with anything? It's wrong to swear loyalty to your country just because it's not mentioned in the Constitution? Just because there's nothing that says you HAVE to do something is no reason not to do it. If the Constitution made point to state that you had to swear a loyalty oath to the nation, you'd no dobt find problems with that, too. You know, you libs love to
Isn't it great how the conservatives can take a few posts and joke around a little, but the libs feel obligated to keep pounding away? My oh, my, but aren't they serious, don'tcha know? By the way: for those of you libs who can't find your dictionaries (whoman69 take note): According to the Webster's Concise English Dictionary---- JOKE n : Something said or done to cause laughter. A jest. That said, I'll mov
whats an avatar? Get out that famous dictionary of your'n. a) grossly innapropriate, because if sexual harrasment is
No, it wouldn't, and for that matter, why should you care whether I say the pledge or not? My silence does not reflect a lack of beliefs that the United States stands for, nor does it mean that I think the people who say it are pagans or heathens. It's my choice and that's, ironcally, one of the beliefs the flag stands for.</TD
This conversation about trespassing and Jehovahs Witnesses has gone far afield of the original subject, therefore I declare it completed and ask that we direct all remaining comments to the principle issue. I agree. Well said.
Look, let me just make a pre-emptive strike here by saying that I'm not calling anybody a traitor for not wanting to say the Pledge; that's your right as an American. I just can't understand why you won't say it just as a way of showing your support and loyalty to your country, that's all. If you don't want to say the "under God" part, then don't say it. That's your right (just as it's MY right to keep it in). But the very fact that you have th
I have no problem being loyal to my nation. Then I have trouble seeing why you feel it wrong to pledge your loyalty to its symbol, which indeed stands for more than itself. It's the ~~ideals~~ the flag symbolizes that you're pledging your loyalty to, not the
I actually asked once some guy I knew who was a Jehovah’s Witness what they did when they saw a “No soliciting” sign in front of a house. He said that those signs were irrelevant since they weren’t soliciting, but rather just talking and enlightening people; their primary goal isn’t to convert you apparently, but rather to bring
Reply #75 By: jeblackstar - 1/11/2005 5:03:40 PM I, at least, don't say it because I feel it's idolatry. The supreme Court says I don't have to say it, and in fact says I can't be required to say it either. For drmiller, Idolatry, as I and many others define, includes swearing an
He's a sadist and an egomaniac, pure and simple, and he won't be happy until he can exercise his sadistic desire to eliminate God from everyone's life. I just can't figure why/how we're letting a handful of people push us around like this. It's just absolutely ridiculous; people like Newdow make up a ti
Now, this I agree with. I don't say the pledge because I believe it to be a loyalty oath, but I don't get in a tizzy over someone else saying it. ----Giddy Mackdaddy It's fine that you don't mind others saying it, but I'm curious as to what's wrong with making an oath to uphold the ideals of your country
Anyways, you would be more likley to get the information from the person from bribing them with special treatment or better detainment or something or lesser charges for helping. [/quote)---Sandy2 I see your point, but I have to ask a question; how much is the reward for information leading to the capture of bin Laden up to now? We've been offering that since 2001, and it's gotten us exactly nowher
Reply #51 By: Rightwinger - 1/11/2005 5:25:32 AM We're in trouble, the righties have gotten the dictionary out again. I don't want my government using torture or extortion to gain information. We are the United States of America and we hold our nation to a higher standard. I don't know what's so hard to understand there. <
GM: Very good point.....one might say ~"excellent"~. The antitheist vs. the atheist. Interesting point of view. Never thought of it that way. Preacherman: Your point reminds me of a joke Jay Leno made a little while back. I guess a fairly famous and vocal atheist recently recanted his former position and, at the age of 80, has accepted the existence of God. Leno asked if it may have had "anyt
A new Superman movie will be released in 2006. The primary roles and the actors filling those roles are as follows: Lex Luthor: Kevin Spacey Lois Lane: Kate Bosworth Superman/ Clark Kent: Brad Rue (?) The actor playing Superman is an unknown soap opera actor who I've never heard of. I'm actually glad to hear this, as it's fitting. This was the route they took when they cast Christopher Reeve in the 1978 movie version. For tho
one of the things thats being totally overlooked here is the failure of companies to actually pay out the retirement benefits they promised our parents. what makes you so sure, they wont default on your investments if the economy isnt as rosy as they projected 30-40 years earlier? One of the best exam
the men who founded the country also made a very distinct point of not mentioning god or christ or jesus or any other diety/prophet/creator in the constitution. some of the founders were christians...others werent. they very deliberately created a secular state, believing that anything other than that deprived individuals of th
NJF: Great post. Glad to have you on our side. I look forward to reading stuff from you in the future
One of the things being considered, though, is investment in something like a 401K plan, or something similar. That wouldn't be a bad thing, as long as it could be guaranteed that they would never be tapped into. Not at all sure I like the idea of investing my retirement in the stock market, though. I might as well invest it in the lottery; it's only a little less reliable. I admit to not having too much knowledge about this subject, thou
there's a huge divide between an icon and what that icon supposedly represents. if that wasnt the case, there would be no need for the third commandment. if there was a mention of the consitution in the pledge--as there is in the oath of office prescribed by the constitution--id find
it seems to me reminiscent of hitler forcing the german military to swear allegiance to him personally rather than to the german state). ----kingbee Pledging general loyalty to a state symbol and pledging personal
We're in trouble, the righties have gotten the dictionary out again. I don't want my government using torture or extortion to gain information. We are the United States of America and we hold our nation to a higher standard. I don't know what'
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