Messages From Marilyn Burge
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Porn attracts porn
My California sister forwarded me a e-mail a week or so ago asking people to access a certain Internet site and 'sign' a petition that stated "okay, folks, we concede that he had sex, and we concede he lied about it. Now can we get on with the country's business?" I wrote back telling her that as painful as the process was, I felt it best in the long run that we allow it to continue, since it seemed obvious

This damn freaking echo
So I'm upsetting you. Live with it. I make my own decisions, and accept input from no one regarding how I conduct myself. That's the way it is. It works for me, and there's nothing you can do about it. Worst case scenario: He dupes me. Big fucking deal. I've lost nothing but a bit of my time. My time is a pretty cheap commodity, now that I'm retired. I may end up somewhat embarrassed by the fact that I've

This damn freaking echo
No, in this case it also involves telling off those who are nice to him.

Appleton Delusion
If you want to understand creationism, simply read Genesis 1:1-2:10, and take every word literally. There you have it!

This damn freaking echo
to Do as you please. You're not the one reaming me out for being nice to him. All my comments are directed at only one person, and to that one person, solely because she reamed me out for being nice to him (like that is some Federal offense, or something). Things have come to a fine pass when we have to defend ourselves for treating somebody decently around here. I'm about to turn off the echo, just because it's come

EXTRA! Crone about to run
I've always considered myself to be one of the more polite people in this echo, overall. I was never impolite to you that I can recall, unless you regard telling somebody the obvious end of their reasoning is being impolite. No, I don't think so. I have a hard time relating to somebody so dynfunctional that they regard empathy as a reason to tell somebody off. And a Quaker, at that! Go figure! I'll miss a lot of you

This damn freaking echo
I'm amazed, also. I'm amazed that somebody who was reared a Quaker could be so hostile toward somebody for committing an act of kindness and empathy. I'm also amazed that she would go to you to try to get you to take sides against me, even though you are in no way involved in the altercation. I'm equally amazed that she would bring up what is ancient history to support her position, particularly when she has no supporting evidence for

This damn freaking echo [1]
Perhaps to some extent, but I believe they manifest only that which actually exists in them and that they give permission to be manifested. so Yes, she did. All that business to you about the inconsistency of my behavior toward Louie as compared to my behavior toward Michael Hardy and Al Schroeder was nothing more than an attempt to win you over to her position that it was okay to bomb me. It was brought up to justify the way

EXTRA! Crone about to run
Let's be logical about this. Since Staal is always wrong (he's a fundy, so that goes without saying), then it follows that you are either wrong to be agreeing with him, or he was wrong to take your position in this matter. <grin>

Score one for church/State separation
From: owner-auscs@list.us.net <owner-auscs@list.us.net> To: undisclosed-recipients:; <undisclosed-recipients:;> Subject: AU press release re Pennsylvania school voucher case Date: Thursday, October 15, 1998 2:52 PM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joseph Conn October 15, 1998 Rob Boston PENNSYLVANIA COURT STRIKES DOWN PRIVATE SCHOOL VOUCHER PLAN AMERICANS UNITED APPLAUDS RULING REJECTING DELCO COUNTY SCHEME A Delaware County, Pa., judge ruled yesterday that the Southeast Delco School Board cannot create its own voucher plan. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, one of the groups

EXTRA! Crone about to run
I don't regard bluntness as impoliteness, but I do regard insulting the messenger as impoliteness. So is stating ones point of view in unnecessarily offensive ways, such as when I called the Jehovah of the OT an asshole. That was impolite. i could have made the same point by calling him a tyrant, or, even more politely, inconsistent with the image portrayed in the NT. All three descriptions are, however, accurate from my point of view, and all three descriptions

Murdered Gay UWyo Student
Is it just me, or does this have the ring of Paul's epiphany on the Road to Damascus? It doesn't really matter. I would think that in every state where there is a capital murder law, it applies to death in the commission of a felony, as well in deaths that are otherwise premeditated. Does Wyoming have a capital murder law? I don't see much relevance to the case in this little snipped. That does a pretty

Higher Criticism.
Cal Coolidge was the President of the United States just prior to Herbert Hoover. The economy was already in the toilet when Hoover took office, and, unfair as it probably is, therefore gets 'credit' for the Great Depression. In all likelihood, Silent Cal is the one who ought to be given that distinction.

Prophecy.
No, she said 'the grass is greenest over the septic tank.' That's also the name of one of her books. (Wouldn't I know?)

Atlantis
Crater Lake was created by the eruption of Mt. Mazuma. There's a mountain-climbing club by the same name.

Murdered Gay UWyo Student
An open-handed slap across the chops is a long, long way from a pistol whipping. What's with males and their testosterone these days, anyway?

Atlantis
My mistake. It's Mt. Mazama. My mind was hashing that word and Montezuma, for some reason.

[REU] US: Gay Wyoming College Student Dies After Beating
That's that loon in Kansas who has been showing up with a small retinue at every high-profile funeral for a homosexual, regardless of where in this US it is taking place. He's got a website called godhatesfags.com, if you care to check it out. I think that preachers like him, and legislators who talk about homosexuality as if it is something that needs to be cured, like some congressmen and senators have recently done are going a long way toward

Another lying, cheating, adulterous preacher
I suspect it was a plea bargain. Cathlamet is one of those towns that is in a rural county. They have another situation in a rural county in Washington at the moment where they are going to have to lay off a whole mess of county workers in order to try a capital case. The estimated cost? One million dollars. The county already has a shortfall of about a million, and the only way they can try the case involving

Higher Criticism.
That scripture doesn't say what he claims it says, anyway. What it says is that you'll obey his commands if you LOVE him. Loving is not the same thing as gratitude. If he thinks it is, he must've made a piss-poor parent.