Displaying 0 To 0 Of 0 Comments HuffNo Friday Music Night: The Realm of Possibilities People chuckle about the rosary, but a lot of religious traditions have prayer beads. And when you’re totally spazzing out, there’s something calming about clutching your beads and saying the same thing over and over! ;o) » Posted By kesmarn On November 7, 2009 @ 7:48 am Well, it’s approaching 1 a.m., so I have to call it a day. And I never made it over to the trivia contest! Ah well, maybe next time. Good night, all. » Posted By kesmarn On November 6, 2009 @ 9:56 pm Netflix has some amazing stuff, no? I think science totally compatible with adult level theology; it’s the simplistic (maybe simple-minded) warped notions that run off into the ditch. They’re misinterpretations of both theological and scientific ideas. But then, them thar ideas is goldurn dangerous things to some folk. » Posted By kesmarn On November 6, 2009 @ 9:43 pm Exactly. Having grown up Roman Catholic as well, I can say that evolution was never regarded as a “taboo” notion and the Bible was not taken literally. (Never figured out how you could do that and reconcile the contradictions of the old and new testaments anyway!) Never heard about Big Thunder in Mongolia. I’ll have to check that one out! My son suggested the Orphan’s Lament, although I knew about throat singing before. That one is really poignant, though. » Posted By kesmarn On November 6, 2009 @ 9:31 pm I believe a Roma would be a person once referred to as a “gypsy,” now no longer a PC term. Correct me if I’m wrong, friends. » Posted By kesmarn On November 6, 2009 @ 9:20 pm Who would have guessed that totally white hair could be so edgy? » Posted By kesmarn On November 6, 2009 @ 9:12 pm About a year ago I went to a lecture given by a little Dominican nun–about 24 years old, five feet tall, maybe a hundred pounds. She’s a physicist working on the CERN project (sadly kinda derailed at the moment) in Europe–aptly named the “search for the God Particle.” (This is the one with the gigantic, circular underground super-collider.) She was amazingly brilliant. She grew up in Poland, the daughter/granddaughter of a sort of family dynasty of women-scientists. So it never occurred to her that women couldn’t do math/science. It was as natural as breathing to her. Okay, now the music. This is not for the faint-of-heart. This is called “Orphan’s Lament,” and is an example of Mongolian “throat singing.” Possibly an acquired taste, but I find this very moving.
» Posted By kesmarn On November 6, 2009 @ 9:00 pm javaz, you fit in here! And even if you can’t watch the YouTube vids, you can join in the conversation! » Posted By kesmarn On November 6, 2009 @ 8:34 pm How it is that the Teabagger Movement is bogus Welcome, Dobson! You arrive on an “interesting” day! Please stick around. » Posted By kesmarn On November 6, 2009 @ 8:06 pm Bitohistory, let me second that. AdLib is not only technically more than capable; he has a steady hand at the helm when it comes to the guiding philosophy of the site. Those two skills combined make PlanetPOV work in every sense of the word. This does feel, as someone said, like a “bit o’ history” (pun intended) in the making. A great online community. » Posted By kesmarn On November 6, 2009 @ 7:54 pm Twelve Shot Dead and Thirty One Wounded at Fort Hood. Exactly. Well, just got called in to the hospital, so I’ll see y’all later. Peace. » Posted By kesmarn On November 5, 2009 @ 2:02 pm There are SO many people out there who are truly ‘ready to blow.’ I see it in my work. I’m sure many of you do, too. The following was in our newspaper today: Michigan Social Workers Fear Threats Over Delays Michigan social workers struggling with mounting welfare, food stamp and Medicaid caseloads said yesterday they fear for their lives after being assaulted or threatened by recipients frustrated by delays in state aid. Employees of the Department of Human Services said at a legislative hearing that they are overwhelmed with bulging caseloads and people seeking help are taking out their frustration on workers. … …a client frustrated by the wait threw a chunk of concrete through a window. The office has been broken into three times. The computer server was stolen for scrap metal. … …more than 20 percent of Michigan’s residents get some type of government assistance–400,000 more than a year ago. People are desperate. » Posted By kesmarn On November 5, 2009 @ 1:51 pm Is this the definition of cognitive dissonance? ohio gozaimas! (sp?) » Posted By kesmarn On November 5, 2009 @ 1:57 pm Heh. You got my unspoken analogy! » Posted By kesmarn On November 5, 2009 @ 1:32 pm Right, javaz! And the partners of the “big bad gummint” in almost all of those human rights accomplishments, were those equally “big bad” UNIONS! » Posted By kesmarn On November 5, 2009 @ 1:29 pm The refusal to engage in actual dialogue and the insistence on just making a lot of endless, repetitious noise seems to be the current M.O. on the right. The only thing it compares to is a tantrum. Plain and simple. » Posted By kesmarn On November 5, 2009 @ 1:24 pm 7 dead, 20 wounded. Terrible. » Posted By kesmarn On November 5, 2009 @ 1:15 pm Not to intrude here, but I just have to say congratulations on the excellent test result you got, bitohistory! And I think you have a point on the “ignoring” part, too. » Posted By kesmarn On November 5, 2009 @ 12:30 pm The images you sent to Monk in the link you posted could arguably be free expression, too. » Posted By kesmarn On November 5, 2009 @ 12:23 pm Troubling, indeed. Something is very wrong there. » Posted By kesmarn On November 5, 2009 @ 12:18 pm To back up to the original post, I would argue that Pepe didn’t use generalizations about the tea party movement. A true generalization would imply (or directly state) that ALL members of a given group have x characteristic. (Such as, “all Liberals use the word teabagger with the deliberate intention of being insulting.” That’s a generalization.) But more importantly, if we’re going to comment on the essence of an article–its core idea–then I think the first question we have to ask ourselves is: what is my motivation here? Is it to clarify? Is it to see a side of something I didn’t know before? or Is it merely to WIN? Is my goal to be able to go back to HuffPo and say: “Wow, I went over to their little site and kicked ass! I wreaked total havoc on their discussion!”? I surely hope that isn’t the case for any of us. So maybe the most valid question that can be posed (to anybody) at this point is: » Posted By kesmarn On November 5, 2009 @ 12:02 pm Pepe! Don’t apologize! We’re tough, smart, good-natured people! We can deal! Keep on postin’! » Posted By kesmarn On November 5, 2009 @ 11:41 am The term often used is “phony outrage,” and I think that is the technique that is being tried out on this thread. » Posted By kesmarn On November 5, 2009 @ 11:34 am Exactly! And the thing is, in your original post you never SAID that ALL tea partiers are elderly, uneducated, unemployed etc. You were careful to use words like “many” and “likely” to qualify your statements. So to derail the discussion by saying you were “generalizing” is to take the focus off the point you were actually making: namely, that these people are critical of the very system that they depend upon and are more than happy to use. » Posted By kesmarn On November 5, 2009 @ 10:09 am Paradise…alas…was temporary. Still and all, an open door is an open door. Sigh. » Posted By kesmarn On November 5, 2009 @ 10:03 am nellie, I tried asking the same question, with minimal results. It’s not enough for the tea partiers to say over and over what they’re against and then never offer realistic, positive alternatives! » Posted By kesmarn On November 5, 2009 @ 9:59 am @Keven. » Posted By kesmarn On November 5, 2009 @ 9:49 am Can we agree as well that the Democratic Party is just that, and not the “Democrat Party”? Nor is our President’s name “Barry.” I’m not saying you’ve done that. But if we’re going to agree on terminology, we should mention the above, also. » Posted By kesmarn On November 5, 2009 @ 9:36 am Point well taken, Monk. Hoover’s FBI was a nightmare. And the CIA during Viet Nam…not good. » Posted By kesmarn On November 5, 2009 @ 8:37 am I guess I made the assumption that since you were very familiar with the tea party movement, you would be familiar with their ‘platform,’ so to speak. On the Patriot Act issue, the very crux of the issue would be that it could impact me very directly and I might not even know it. I’ve been an active member of a Peace Group that was quite vocal about demonstrating and protesting the Iraq War. During Bush’s admin, was I on any sort of list? Was there a warrantless wiretap on my phone? Was my email scrutinized? I may never know. That is not the America of my youth, though. » Posted By kesmarn On November 5, 2009 @ 8:09 amComments Posted By kesmarn
She saw no contradiction at all between her life as a Catholic nun searching for God and her work as a scientist. Quite the opposite; they complemented each other. She talked about the Big Bang and said that while this tells us a great deal about the development of the universe, we still know next to nothing about the origins of it. The implication being that an enormous creative intelligence might have been involved. A force, though, which did not have a long white beard, a preference for blood sacrifice, or any inclination the speak directly with Michele Bachmann. (OK, that last sentence was mine, not the nun’s.)
What is going on?
But Pepe didn’t do that. He used appropriate qualifiers, such as “many” or “likely are,” which would be an observation, but not a generalization.
Why are you here?
If you think back to the presidential campaign, a perfect example was the reaction to Barack Obama’s use of the old cliche: “You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.” Immediately, umbrage was taken!
Just because Sarah Palin had described herself as a “pitbull with lipstick,” the right had to gasp and moan:”Aaawwwwwwww! He called Sarah Palin a pig!” Well, of course, he did nothing of the kind. But it played well, briefly, on AM radio and FOX. Obama wisely took the wind out of their sails when he called them on it.
Keven Bacon?
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