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"Random Acts of Badness" in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

"Random Acts of Badness" is a book, the autobiography Danny Bonaduce, that I picked up for a buck at the dollar store. Bonaduce, as some of you may recall, got his break in acting at a young age playing the chubby, redheaded drummer "Danny Partridge" in "The Partridge Family" from 1970-74. He later gained a reputation as the "poster boy for child stars gone bad". He at present, at the time the book was published, at least, works as a successfu

Reply to Is Blackface EVER Appropriate? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

The Mel Brooks classic "Blazing Saddles" is the example I use on this subject. It was a great spoof on the issue of racism. It was an equal opportunity destoyer, leaving no race untouched. At the same time, it got the viewer to laugh at the whole stupidity of racism. Yeah...there's another good example.

Reply to WAR! What is it good for? (volume 1) in Misc JoeUser Forums

Powered body armor (from what my little civilian mind can grasp of it) sounds very intriguing and futuristic. Exciting even. An article I read a couple years ago in "Popular Science" or "Popular Mechanics" was about "21st Century Soldiers". It said t

Reply to Is Blackface EVER Appropriate? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Being a judge, he should have shown better judgement, yes. But then, being a judge, he's probably seen quite a few black faces in handcuffs and orange jumpsuits, accompanied by police. This doesn't make it right, of course, but it could be seen as social commentary as humor. "White Chicks" was very funny movie, I thought, although I have to question whether two white actors would have been allowed the same leeway in the other direction.

Reply to CHRISTMAS SYMBOLS ARE PAGAN in Current Events JoeUser Forums

One thing I forgot to mention: Ever consider that the Evergreen boughs the Romans used as symbols of "immortality" might also apply, for us Christians, to the "immortality" that you get from accepting Jesus? Think about it. Hmmm...if you change one letter....the "n"......"Santa" becomes.......SATAN!!!!!! Muwahahahaha!!!

My problem with homosexuals 2: The story of in Misc JoeUser Forums

As promised, I have decided to expand on my article and write this little history of the gay man whom I called "Mike", an abrasive co-worker of mine I described in the previous post. Mike, when he first started working with us, was a nice, reserved young man of 19; responsible, caring, very religious and involved in his church, and fun to be around. He was engaged to be married to a nice young lady

Reply to Kids Given More Rights Than Adults in Current Events JoeUser Forums

A mom listens in on a conversation between this kid and her 14yr old daughter on her phone in her house which she pays for. I said the exact same thing to my wife when we heard about it. <TD class="m

Reply to CHRISTMAS SYMBOLS ARE PAGAN in Current Events JoeUser Forums

So what? My Christmas tree looks beautiful. My church has a Christmas tree. In the sanctuary. If Myrrander's agreeing with you, you're doing something wrong. Look, I know that the major symbols of Christmas....trees, wreaths, miseltoe...are all pagan symbols. Do we worship those things at Christmas? No. Do we make th

Reply to My problem with homosexuals.......... in Misc JoeUser Forums

Heh, be careful there...Lott escaped because he was a 'godly man' only to be taken advantage of by his own daughters when drunk...so in a convoluted way one could then say that while the Bible condemns homosexuality it condones incest! Well, that wasn't Lot'

Reply to My problem with homosexuals.......... in Misc JoeUser Forums

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Reply to My problem with homosexuals.......... in Misc JoeUser Forums

I see....kind of. Sorry......been a long day. Worked 14 hours on about 2 hours sleep, then had to go back out this afternoon for a few. I was gonna say----I didn't recall criticizing anyone for having multiple sex partners (it WOULD BE rather hypocritical to criticize yourself, don't you think?). So I'm not senile, then?

Reply to My problem with homosexuals.......... in Misc JoeUser Forums

Messybuu--Unless I'm misunderstanding you here.....you're dumping on me by using a quote from someone else.

Reply to THE MARTHA STEWART CASE IS A FARCE in Current Events JoeUser Forums

So, perjury is a serious offense now? I thought many people thought it was wrong that Clinton was impeached for it. Bless you my child, you took the words off my keyboard! By the by...where

Reply to My problem with homosexuals.......... in Misc JoeUser Forums

I hate it that people are judged for their sexuality. They are born that way. You can't just decide one day that you are gay....that is of course unless you are in it for experimentation purposes. Gay people just seem to know and recognize fellow gay people, hence the concept of gaydar. People are just people..gay,straight, bi--w

Reply to My problem with homosexuals.......... in Misc JoeUser Forums

It never ceases to annoy me when gays...(not ALL gays, christ im tired of having to add these types of disclaimers to everything i write on JU but if i dont, some idiot is bound to remind me that NOT ALL GAYS behave this way..give it a rest, ok?)...feel the burning desire to TELL people they are gay within moments of meeting them

Reply to The truth about the Vietnam War in Vietnam War JoeUser Forums

Hmmm...I thought from the article that you were a vet yourself. Must have misread something. Oh well...God bless'em all, anyway.

Reply to The truth about the Vietnam War in Vietnam War JoeUser Forums

When I was 17, I founded a project in my hometown to erect a memorial to our area's Vietnam veterans. The monument was dedicated in a ceremony on Memorial Day 1986. Through this project I got to know many of the vets from my town (Wheeling, WV). They were all nice guys, and not one was a crazed, drugged-out babykiller living on the streets. I came to admire them all, and to call some of them friends. It's sad how people are often surpris

Reply to My problem with homosexuals.......... in Misc JoeUser Forums

Nice point-whoring post...now delete my comment and blacklist me STAT! Now, the more I see this, the more this offends me. Why would I want to delete and blacklist you? Because you don't agree with me? So what? If everyone blacklisted everyone else who disagreed with them, none of the discussions o

Reply to My problem with homosexuals.......... in Misc JoeUser Forums

That's called a stereotype. --- Molly Within each stereotype exists a basis in truth......otherwise they wouldn't exist, as a wise someone on this site once pointed out to me. <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95%" align=center bgColor=#FFF394 class="mb

Reply to New and Improved Christmas in Current Events JoeUser Forums

And the lockjaw was oh so fun! As long as you had your tetanus shot, you were good to go!

Reply to FOR EVOLUTION TO HAVE OCCURRED IS VERY IMPROBABLE in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Marvin, have ever considered the possiblity that evolution is a fact, but that it was touched off and guided along the way by God? I went over this one one of your other posts. I thinkit was "Proof of the existence of God" or something like that. I agree that spontaneous evolution and random adaptation are unlikely. So many things would require intelligent design to have occurred, like instinct, for one. Knowledge can't come from nowhere. It has

Reply to Santa Claus in Misc JoeUser Forums

"Some people think that this was a good article". And.....you didn't? That's okay. I found some of it very informative.

Reply to New and Improved Christmas in Current Events JoeUser Forums

tonka trucks still exist, yes, but most are, like every other "American" toy (made by your favorite Indonesian sweatshop worker, of course), most Tonkas are now plastic, ironic since most plastics are made of...umm, petroleum based products! How sad......I always liked the way they rusted and scratched.

Reply to New and Improved Christmas in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Have toys always been so dumb? I don't think so......toys used to be based on tv shows and movies and such; now it's the other way around. Since the 80s, really, come to think of it. There were exceptions to this, though. Anyone remember "Stretch Armst

Decorating the Family Tree in Misc JoeUser Forums

A little less than a year ago, my wife and I moved to a new city. This meant that we left the wonderful, large, 3-bedroom house we lived in back home for a miniscule, 1-bedroom apt. where there's almost enough air for both of us to breathe at the same time. This meant, in turn, that the nice, big, full 7-foot Christmas tree we always stood in our picture window that faced the street was left in storage, and substituted this year with a pissy little