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Getting the translation right

Richard Day — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:21:33 +0000

Getting the translation right is...everything! hahahaah

"This can't be happening !"

cmaukonen — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:33:07 +0000

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"This can't be happening !" "This isn't happening !"

How many times have you heard these lines in some movie or TV show. It's become almost trite. Where the character involved has had their world, their immediate reality turned inside out with possible life threatening overtones.

Pretty much what we are hearing form the extreme right. "A black can't be president !" "Terrorists can't have flown planes into the WTC !" "The government can't have given all the money to wall street bankers !"

A total rejection of the current reality, the current situation. Because it utterly defies their view, their fantasy picture of the world. Deeper than denial, total rejection. The inability to cope with a sudden change in environment. A state that in and of itself can be viewed as a kind of fantasy.

People whose lives consisted of neat, consistent, unchanging situations. People who spent their entire lives in the Little Boxes of Malvina Reynolds.

And now their little boxes are being threatened and they cannot cope and they lash out in an irrational, unreasonable manner.

Great post as always DD.

CVille Dem — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:27:30 +0000

In reply to BEWITCHED, BOTHERED & BEWILDERED

Great post as always DD. Lots of food for thought. But as to this:

"Does a Muslim male really believe that he will get access to 72 virgins?"

It's actually a typo. The original says that if they blow up a bunch of innocent people they get to heaven and are awarded a 72 year-old virgin.

You and Star Trek have me

Richard Day — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:15:31 +0000

In reply to "My poor Krell. After a

You and Star Trek have me laughing again! ha

"My poor Krell. After a

cmaukonen — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:02:23 +0000

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"My poor Krell. After a million years of shining sanity they could not have known what was killing them" - Dr. Morbius

Norman: What?
Kirk: He lied. Everything Harry tells you is a lie.
Kirk: Everything Harry tells you is a lie.
Harry Mudd: Listen to this carefully, Norman. I am lying.
Norman: You say you are lying, but if everything you say is a lie,
Norman: then you are telling the truth, but ...you cannot tell the truth because everything you say is a lie.
Norman: You lie -- You tell the truth --
Norman: But you cannot --
Norman: Illogical!
Norman: Illogical!
Norman: Please explain.
Norman: Only humans can explain their behavior. Please explain.
Kirk: I am not programmed to respond in that area.

It all depends upon your

Richard Day — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:09:26 +0000

In reply to I've heard there's a new book

It all depends upon your definition of 'is inhaling' is!

She also vetoed the guns on

Richard Day — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:59:17 +0000

In reply to Richard, thanks. I have

She also vetoed the guns on campus nonsense.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/19/jan-brewer-vetoes-birther-bill_...

And she reversed herself on that death panel nonsense a while back.

I have to say I am a little impressed by her actions lately.

Oh and great twist on the title here. hahahahah

Poor Mildred!

Richard, thanks. I have

Oxy Mora — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:07:51 +0000

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Richard, thanks. I have always thought the title to the song was "Bewitched, Bothered and Be Mildred."

At any rate, Brewer vetoed the Birther Bill, so I guess the deeply twisted legislators who voted for the bill will have to fore-go their perverted prospects of perusing circumcision certificates.

I've heard there's a new book

Verified Atheist — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:09:13 +0000

In reply to And these folks will just

I've heard there's a new book out there that talks about some of that. Inhaling Smoke or something like that…

And these folks will just

Richard Day — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 05:19:21 +0000

In reply to Gotta luv the Republicans and

And these folks will just keep voting against their own economic interests.

This is a cultural/social/psychological problem.

And you really cannot say the the dems are not trying to get the word out on MSM!