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FWIW, I feel no shame in

Verified Atheist — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:56:20 +0000

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FWIW, I feel no shame in admitting that I like listening to Ke$ha. (I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I'm a philistine, and I know it.)

Dick, see! Mo' is

Peter Schwartz — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:49:40 +0000

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Dick, see!

Mo' is plagiarizing me:

"Once elected, those presidents curbed the id with the ego, common sense and reason. But now the G.O.P.’s id is unbridled. The horse has thrown the rider; the dark forces are bubbling. Moderates, women, gays, Hispanics and blacks — even the president — are being hunted in this most dangerous game."

Richard, I never thought I'd

Peter Schwartz — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:16:30 +0000

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Richard, I never thought I'd win this award.

I'm blushing like an Oscar winner...and honored!

We may lose the seat but then

Richard Day — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:44:01 +0000

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We may lose the seat but then again; perhaps the repub will be caught with his hands in the cookie jar or the lap dancer or whatever!

We got a shot!

Peter I hereby render unto

Richard Day — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:42:28 +0000

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Peter I hereby render unto you from all of me the Dayly Line of the Day Award for this here Dagblog Site.

THE EVIL ID.

Damn. Let's do a play together. hahahaaha

I just love this as a title.

The vote to defeat the

Aunt Sam — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:41:05 +0000

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The vote to defeat the proposal was 51 to 48, with one Republican, Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine, voting with 50 Democrats against the amendment offered by Sen. Roy Blunt, R- Mo.

Three Democrats, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, and Joe Manchin of West Virginia, voted with most Republicans for the proposal.

MSNBC. Cannot believe it was so close and three so called Dems voted for it, so glad Nelson is soon gone.

I, too, am a bit overwhelmed.

Peter Schwartz — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:23:51 +0000

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I, too, am a bit overwhelmed. It seems there's no bottom for the candidates or the party. It really is getting beyond my ability to understand it.

It didn't seem to be this way when I was younger. Or maybe it was, but now enhanced communication lets us see so much more of it and so quickly.

When I was a kid, they used to advertise "X-ray" glasses in the backs of cheap magazines. "See through other people's clothing!"

I actually asked my father for money to buy those things, and he quickly kaboshed my little fantasy.

Anyway, now it seems we can take scans of people's minds and emotions through the Internet and 24-hour news. Or maybe these media encourage the id to emerge and dance upon the public stage. I dunno.

but does anyone in their right mind believe that logic would have any effect whatsover on the conclusions of the ten million Americans who absolutely love rush?

Absolutely not. He tickles their evil id, and there's no real talking to the id.

THE SENATE JUST BEAT THIS

Richard Day — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:02:04 +0000

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THE SENATE JUST BEAT THIS DAMN BLUNT AMENDMENT 51-48--MSNBC!

There's no such thing as an

Richard Day — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:56:54 +0000

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There's no such thing as an innocent man!

But there are those whose good deeds far outweigh the bad things done unto others.

Humility is an ability, a talent to see one's own sins so that the humble are better able to understand the sins of others.

This presidential campaign just pisses me off more and more every day. hahaha

Much too too Catholic this morning I guess. hahahaha

We have problems concerning

Michael Maiello — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:27:01 +0000

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We have problems concerning forgiveness in this country (and most probably everywhere else). Even following the point where amends (there cannot ever be perfect amends after all) have been made we are not really ready as a society to forgive.

I think this is the core of many of our problems. Why, for example, do we strip felons of their right to vote (in many states, anyway?) Why do we do this when some felonies are ridiculous and don't even amount to serious crimes? Fine, fine, what about the things that we all agree are wrong? Theft, violence, the production and sale of Ke$ha records... can society ever forgive these things?

We tend to think of criminality as an identity when, it seems to me, that most people experience moments of criminality. We're wired, judging by our fiction, especially pulp stuff and comics, to think in terms of absolutes. Bad people are like Dr. Doom or Dr. No. They always have college degrees and they always want to take over the world all of the time.

Nowhere do we consider that sometimes, people who are "good" during the vast majority of their waking lives, will have moments of malice, greed and carelessness. There's a lot to think about here, though. Because I know I can sure get my dander up if somebody has committed a crime that really pushes my buttons, just as I can be forgiving when the crime at hand doesn't bother me so much.