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Cut him slack, Q. Way he

acanuck — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:04:21 +0000

In reply to Reno? Shot a man (or two) in

Cut him slack, Q. Way he tells it, he did not shoot the deputy.

Harmon died for chrissakes. I

Richard Day — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:38:53 +0000

In reply to Those guys in Reno.... You

Harmon died for chrissakes.

I went thru a list of folks dead in 2011 and I was going to blog about some of them.

Harmon was God in my neck of the woods; growing up. I do not know how many times I have bored people with the fact that in 1961 I was present to view Mantle and Maris and Harmon hit home runs in the same damn game. We lost of course.

Nowadays it is hard to find heroes who do not have some political taint.

Harmon was for Truth, Justice & the American Way.

The old Washington Senators had come to Minnesota.

Decades later we win two World Series!

Heroes.

WE NEED MORE HEROES!

Reno? Shot a man (or two) in

Qnonymous — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:29:17 +0000

In reply to Bless me Father for I have

Reno? Shot a man (or two) in Reno?

http://youtu.be/dYP2EJb1nTQ

Those guys in Reno.... You

Qnonymous — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:19:28 +0000

In reply to Bless me Father for I have

Those guys in Reno.... You sure you didn't do it just to watch them die?

Also, for those in the Twin Cities region, it is now acceptable to offer up 3 Hail Harmon's as an equivalent to 3 Hail Mary's.

http://youtu.be/v4mpWSgnVzU

Bless me Father for I have

Richard Day — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:48:00 +0000

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Bless me Father for I have sinned.

It has been 18,257 days since my last confession and these are my sins:

I quit praying to God since he never seemed to get around to even whispering to me let alone grant my petty wishes.

I continued to keep playing with my junk or getting myself into some situation where some fine maiden stepped into helping me in my path towards belief.

I never entered into some adulterous ventures myself; but I certainly was quite taken by certain married women with nice racks and succulent behinds.

I never stole anything during all this time although this might have been due to the fact that I recognized no real facility in this area of professional acumen; although there were times when a friend or an enemy might have wowed me with his new wheels!

I never murdered anyone (except for those two guys outside of Reno that one time when my ownership of a lottery ticket was at issue) although I did wish at times that certain individuals might be hammered to death with baseball bats.

I have at times denied the goodness of the Lord (as it were depending upon how that term is defined).

I have cursed the very existence of certain individuals during this hiatus but then again, I have cursed my own existence more often. (this is an estimate of course since I never was very good at keeping records on this subject.)

I have blasphemed when the spirit has moved me--which is no more than ten or twenty times a day.

I never had much honor for my father or my mother but dad died prior to my escaping the clutches of the church. I certainly never honored his memory.

THE PRIEST: Say three Hail Mary's and a good act of contrition. Then go ahead a purchase a small caliber pistol and blow your frickin brains out.

Hail Mary full of grace

The Lord has made you a single mother and we are never going to let you become a welfare queen regardless of you silly explanations...

NOTHING IS REVEALED

I went to the link for the

Ramona — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:27:27 +0000

In reply to Lies My Pastor Told Me

I went to the link for the Christian Defamation Commission and it took me to their About Us page. I actually got chills looking at that page. White and black and blue, small, tight, no-nonsense print. . . It could have been a prop in any movie ever made about dystopian societies. . .Fahrenheit 451, Brave New World, 1984. . .no surprise, though, that it is real. And not a bit funny.

It took me a while to be able to laugh again, but by the end of your post I could at least smile a bit.

Someday I'll thank you for sending me there. Right now I need my hot chocolate with a slug of Bailey's.

Well done, Genghis. I'm

Oxy Mora — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:47:48 +0000

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Well done, Genghis. I'm reminded that the kinds of deviant behavior the Christians were accused of by the Romans remain in their playbook today to use against others.

My favorite example of

Michael Wolraich — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:31:16 +0000

In reply to Hmm. And then there is:

My favorite example of Catholic Church hypocrisy comes from the 1977 battle against a Miami law to protect gays from employment and housing discrimination--the dispute that made Anita Bryant so notorious.

The Church opposed the law, of course. The Archdiocese of Miami expressed concern that allowing gay men to teach children would be like letting "a fox in the chicken coop."

25 years later...

"Church Kept Accused Priest on Job," Miami Herald, 3/23/03

Hmm. And then there is:

Aunt Sam — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:19:40 +0000

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Hmm. And then there is:

550 sexual abuse claims filed against Milwaukee Archdiocese

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46236534/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

But, this is just a small segment of the lawsuits filed against the Catholic Church and I'm sure there's at least triple the amount of abuse cases not reported.

Every time, and I do mean every single time, that the Separation of Church and State is not upheld, we all need to stand up and speak out loudly and clearly, over and over.

Appreciate!

Yeah, I may have read just a

Michael Wolraich — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:14:44 +0000

In reply to That's so spot on, I'm not

Yeah, I may have read just a tad too much religious right propaganda. But I thought that the title would give it away.