Comments on: Self-Destruction Derby Standings

By: Mistress Cynica

Mistress Cynica — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:50:18 +0000

In a desperate bid for attention and to keep their horse in the race now that he's being held incommunicado in his in-laws gated community in FL, the Columbia, SC newspaper is reporting on the e-mails from the gov's office arranging his state-funded trip to BA so he's have his evenings free.

By: Original Andrew

Original Andrew — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:40:13 +0000

@rptrcub:

Jeebus was actually pretty cool, which is the krayzeeist thing of all.

How the teachings of New Testament hippie Jeebus got transformed into the “fuck the poor,” and “you’re ah-gonna fry in eternal Hay-ell if you don’t believe exactly what I believe” and “Gawd hates fags” mentality of the majority of AmeriKKKa’s xtians would make a nifty social psychology thesis.

By: rptrcub

rptrcub — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:08:17 +0000

@flippin eck: @cuthbert: Indeed. We lurves teh wandering subjects. Including the Jesusy ones (Jesus was a pretty cool guy from what I've actually read in the new testament. I hope when/if He comes back, he'll bitchslap fundamentalists like they owe him money).

By: flippin eck

flippin eck — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:07:09 +0000

@cuthbert: Never apologize for being extremely knowledgeable and/or wonky about any subject here...and sometimes the more obscure, the better. That's one of the beauties of this place.

By: rptrcub

rptrcub — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:05:43 +0000

@Benedick: Hell is Sarah Palin fucking Mark Sanford.

By: Benedick

Benedick — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:39:14 +0000

@cuthbert: This is the stuff we need to know here.

By: Benedick

Benedick — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:38:28 +0000

@Mistress Cynica: Which would be the logical thing to do.

By: cuthbert

cuthbert — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:37:29 +0000

@rptrcub: The Southeast Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church is not unlike the Anglicans in wanting to align with the African churches to bring in the very fundy, conservative power. Flippin is right, there is a huge spectrum in the UMC, and around Asheville NC, and urban areas there are quite a few liberal churches in the South. The Bishops tend to be way more liberal than the locals. Enough inside baseball. Sorry about that.

By: Benedick

Benedick — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:36:59 +0000

@rptrcub: You say schism, I say you're going to hell. BTW, relative to nothing but... Did anyone see the recent American Masters on Garrison Keillor? It was fantastic. I thought of it because he seems to have a genuine religious belief and great sweetness and intelligence. A true republican, in the virtuous, old fashioned meaning of the word.

By: Mistress Cynica

Mistress Cynica — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:33:50 +0000

@Benedick: As a child, I was forced to attend my grandfather's Presbyterian church, UNTIL they explained the whole election thing in Sunday school. I then refused to go because there was no point--If it was already decided whether I'd go to heaven or hell, why should I get up on Sunday AM, when nothing I did could change my fate? My Episcopalian grandmother backed me up, as this would let us get to brunch and Bloodies at the country club earlier.