Displaying 61 To 90 Of 485 Comments When To Give Terrorists What They Want And When Not To successful! 🙂 » Posted By Scheherazade On December 30, 2009 @ 12:54 pm Haha! I’ve not seen him in days. 🙂 Life is good. 😉 *giggle* » Posted By Scheherazade On December 30, 2009 @ 12:54 pm Thanks. 🙂 Sorry I was away for a day or two. I was dealing with a few things that made my ability to focus my attention challenging. Hehe. All is well now though. » Posted By Scheherazade On December 30, 2009 @ 10:49 am You have echoed many of my thoughts perfectly. » Posted By Scheherazade On December 30, 2009 @ 10:27 am Fantastic article, Abby! I found it highly informative, and sobering to say the least. I realize that what we often think of as the terrorism of the Middle East is not simply religious but also political. Bernard explained this beautifully. Yet, I still think that the mixing of politics and religion will ultimately have disasterous effects. Either side will always feel that whatever accommodations are made don’t go far enough. If memory serves Queen Elizabeth was viewed by the Puritans as not being Protestant enough, and their activities which were technically illegal continued on even to this day, but it isn’t nearly as prevalent as it once was; at least that’s my understanding of it. This is one reason why I am proudly atheist. I do believe that religion can do good works and often does, but extremeism is always a concern. That extremism leads to things like the murder of Dr. Tiller. I am sure that throughout our history humankind has looked to the heavens and wondered what made things like the sun move, the lightning flash, the trees grow, and sickness occur to name just a few examples. I’m certain that patterns were obviously looked for, and in the hopes of achieving some control over the world around us we tried to use divine understanding to explain things. At least that is the way I think of it. Yet, much like Jung points out there are certain elements that are common within all cultural mythologies, and these archetypes speak to us all. Sadly, fanaticism is ultimately a deadly thing. It’s that fanaticism that scares me. I don’t agree with the idea of accomadating seperate rules of law over secular laws. This ultimately leads to anarchy because then any law can supercede a previous one and become dominant. Thus, all that is opinion will become legally binding in some way. I don’t see that we can observe everyone’s civil libertes by granting particularly dangerous accomadations to a select few without applying those laws more broadly. If I made the rules I would never allow for an “honor killing,” but I would never say that one cannot practice a traditional religion. Yet, then there are things like $cientology. I’m passionately against that “faith” because of the way in which it has destroyed so many people’s lives. Indeed, I know what it was born out of it, and that makes me all the more concerned. Years ago, before I declared myself to be an “athiest,” I studied under a number of spiritual systems. The Golden Dawn being one of them. Knowing that Crowley’s student hooked up with Hubbard so many years ago, and thus gave him some of his ideas bothers me immensly. So where does one draw the line? I feel that religion and politics must remain separate and never allowed to intertwine. We’ve seen what can result by observing the GOP. They’ve actually conned Christians into believing they will get Roe vs Wade overturned, but they never do this. Indeed that’s one reason so many became disillusioned with Reagan. Forgive me for my long winded response, but upon these matters I have many feelings. In the end we cannot expect that terrorism will ever go away. It will remain with us in some for or fashion for as long as there are people who are willing to use violence to fight the establishments with which they differ. Nevertheless, we must maintain a consistent separation of religion and secular laws. Otherwise extremism will prevail over us. This is the case whether it’s religion or political extremism. It seems that religion can be abused to justify almost anything. » Posted By Scheherazade On December 30, 2009 @ 10:26 am That is wonderful news, Emerald! 😀 I’m so glad to hear it. I’m sorry I just now finished reading your article a moment ago, and now I see you’ve offered an update. Forgive me for being slow to respond. I’ve kept you and your sister in my thoughts despite not having posted very much over the past few days. 🙂 I’m overwhelmingly happy to learn that she is doing better. *HUGS* » Posted By Scheherazade On December 30, 2009 @ 11:29 am Huffington Post AKA It’s All Obama’s Fault: This Week’s Meme Obama Weak on Terror She means on here. » Posted By Scheherazade On December 29, 2009 @ 2:59 pm Abby, try to hover over it. See if it’s a link. I think I know what you’re talking about. It’s there so that you can request that your post be deleted if you wish. Like say you posted something and had a change of heart about it then you could request it be deleted. » Posted By Scheherazade On December 29, 2009 @ 2:56 pm I don’t know who is posting that on there. 🙁 » Posted By Scheherazade On December 29, 2009 @ 2:51 pm I’m just blown away by this article! IT’S AWESOME! 😀 Magnificent job, Khirad! » Posted By Scheherazade On December 30, 2009 @ 10:47 am Arlen Specter: GOP Already Thinking Ahead to 2012 Okies. » Posted By Scheherazade On December 28, 2009 @ 5:34 pm The GOP is Poised for Possible Gains in 2010 Hello abby. 🙂 » Posted By Scheherazade On December 29, 2009 @ 8:32 am You may be right. My feeling is that the economy will be in much better shape six months from now, and people will be going back to work. If that does happen then the economy isn’t a solid issue for the Republicans. Thus, they will default to HCR, and that’s what concerns me most because of the way the Republicans have been able to run wild with this issue. It’s my feeling that what can be done for the economy before the 2010 midterms has been. There may actually be more that should be done, but I expect it would have little, if any, effect upon the economy in 2010. So, it seems that no matter what happens the HCR issue is going to be make or break for Congress next year. In my view the subject of health care reform needs to be emphasized as the strength it should be rather than something that can be used against the Dems next year. » Posted By Scheherazade On December 28, 2009 @ 5:47 pm AMEN!!! *HIGH FIVE* » Posted By Scheherazade On December 28, 2009 @ 1:15 pm You should use that as a slogan against her. Although she’s going to claim it’s “sexist.” 😛 Heh. McCain Campaign Plays Gender Card, Accuses Democrats of “Sexist” Attacks on Palin » Posted By Scheherazade On December 28, 2009 @ 1:08 pm Carly Fiorina… don’t even get me started… » Posted By Scheherazade On December 28, 2009 @ 12:57 pm I think it » Posted By Scheherazade On December 28, 2009 @ 12:37 pm Jim Lehrer Sits Down With President Obama You can download the mp3 here. » Posted By Scheherazade On December 28, 2009 @ 11:31 am Nominations – The Planet’s Top Posts of 2009 you’ve got mail » Posted By Scheherazade On December 27, 2009 @ 11:30 pm From the BBC: Police search London flat in US plane bomb probe Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, from Nigeria, is alleged to have had an explosive device hidden in his clothes. …continued on BBC’s website. » Posted By Scheherazade On December 26, 2009 @ 3:52 pm Emerald, that was touching beyond words. I’ve not stopped thinking about your sister. Even now I sit in tearful silence hoping that she will pull through. Anyone as dear and precious as you are must have a sister equally awe-inspiring. I will keep both you and her in my thoughts. *HUGS CLOSE* » Posted By Scheherazade On December 26, 2009 @ 4:31 pm » Posted By Scheherazade On December 26, 2009 @ 4:42 pm Cher, you and I have a number of interesting things in common. 🙂 I’ve studied both Hebrew and Russian, and in college my double-major was psychology and comparative religion. I was brought up in a Christian home (my mother Catholic & my father Protestant), but a better friend to the people of your heritage you will never find. In fact even when money has been extra-tight I’ve still given to local Jewish communities. This might amuse you to hear, but I actually have been inclined to feel envy for the people I know who grew up in a Jewish household. For example, my partner’s best friend growing up is named “Mitchel.” Recently he was home from his studies overseas. When I walked into the house he grew up in I felt a longing to have been a child in that very sort of house. I can’t explain it, but I found the environment to be calming. I am sorry that this time of year has given you disconcerted feelings, but for me I’ve come to see beyond the religious implications. Granted, that might be easy for me because I didn’t grow up thinking of Christmas as being something that I feel seperated from, but even so I’ve come to think that given the many origins of the yule season it naturally has many different religious aspects to it. Just as the traditions of trees and candles came from more pagan roots, so too can they be brought into other experiences. I am an idealist, though. 🙂 Cher, you are a wonderful person. Your vibrant and endearing personality comes through with every post and article I read that you have authored. I hope that even if this time of year doesn’t feel quite the way you’d like it to, you at least feel the warmth of care from those of us who treasure your friendship. 🙂 *HUGS TIGHT* » Posted By Scheherazade On December 26, 2009 @ 4:26 pm He’s a chauffeur and works for a ceramics company making sculptures. He has no authority in any of his jobs, but he does have two children. One of whom has spent most of his young adult life in jail due to drugs and alcohol. The other is in his early teens. So, in that sense he is passing on his hatred, which is one reason why I refuse to remain silent in the face prejudice. There is nothing in this world that angers me like prejudice – NOTHING! I’ve spoken out against it since I was a child having been taught from a young age what it is: evil. The saying “hell hath no fury” does NO justice to the anger that such people invoke within me. May no child among us today grow up learning the hatred that such evil brings. » Posted By Scheherazade On December 27, 2009 @ 5:12 am Thank you everyone for your words of support. 🙂 I’m very fortunate to have such wonderful friends. » Posted By Scheherazade On December 26, 2009 @ 3:38 pm Hahaha! 😀 That’s awesome! » Posted By Scheherazade On December 25, 2009 @ 7:25 am LOL! Thank you, auntie. 🙂 I needed that laugh! » Posted By Scheherazade On December 25, 2009 @ 7:26 am Peacekitten, that was a post so beautiful and touching that none could doubt it came from the heart. 🙂 Well done my friend! Allow me to add: co sign! 🙂 » Posted By Scheherazade On December 25, 2009 @ 5:39 am Twas The Night Before Christmas – A Parody *standing ovation* BRAVO! 🙂 *whistles* *throws flowers* Well done! 🙂 » Posted By Scheherazade On December 25, 2009 @ 6:01 am The Tea Party is Biting the Hand that Feeds Them? Haha! Yes there’s endless irony in this one! 🙂 I can’t even begin to imagine FNC trying to walk it back with the tea baggers, but I don’t see how they can back them on this one since it will totally be counterproductive. What’s more, the tea party movement is primarily the brainchild of FNC. So, there’s more irony for ya! 😉 It’s hilarious to me. » Posted By Scheherazade On December 24, 2009 @ 10:46 amComments Posted By Scheherazade
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