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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6328 Posts |
Posted - 04/09/2008 : 13:50:53
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Well God has shares in Exxon doesn't he?
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"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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BLONDIE
Barsoom
272 Posts |
Posted - 04/09/2008 : 13:52:29
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| Sorry but I just can't resist it.......................Eskimo Nell ! |
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Tombstone Blues
Earthsea
2260 Posts |
Posted - 04/09/2008 : 18:28:07
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Eskimo Nell, that's wonderful . . .
Just to refresh the memories of some and to inform those benighted souls who've never encountered 'The ballad of Eskimo Nell', here it is:
http://www.rugbysongs.net/028%20Eskimo%20Nell.htm
Warning, not for the faint-hearted, or easily offended! |
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Anubis
Barsoom
417 Posts |
 Posted - 04/09/2008 : 21:31:55
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Originally posted by Tombstone Blues
Eskimo Nell, that's wonderful . . .
Just to refresh the memories of some and to inform those benighted souls who've never encountered 'The ballad of Eskimo Nell', here it is:
http://www.rugbysongs.net/028%20Eskimo%20Nell.htm
Warning, not for the faint-hearted, or easily offended!
Thanks for the memories, Tombstone. I was a teenager when I last heard that ode recited (a shorter version I think?!). There was another one also at the time -- called "poor Blind Nell" -- I vaguely remember a couple of verses of that one also. |
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Fluffy Sheep
Discworld
1225 Posts |
Posted - 04/09/2008 : 22:11:33
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| When I hear stuff like all these Political leaders claiming to know/interpret `God`s Will`...I only wish that some (any!)Church leaders had the GUTS to publicly reprimand them for `taking the Lord`s Name in Vain`! I despair for those folks (of any denomination, any religion)who hold their Faith gently and with dignity, when politicians hi-jack the name of GOD for their own political expediency. I respect most genuine believers -whatever it is they believe - but I deplore any and all who seek to manipulate the beliefs of others. |
Row faster, slaves! Caesar wants to waterski! |
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Daveb
Earthsea
2520 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2008 : 06:35:59
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If you have a faith or believe in a god and the holy books of that faith state the god created the universe, then ALL believers are creationist.
Palin, I guess is a god fearing woman with Christian values.
Just what you need for a world leader! |
We're all doomed!
Head for the hills before they start heading for you! |
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Anubis
Barsoom
417 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2008 : 10:20:13
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Originally posted by Daveb
If you have a faith or believe in a god and the holy books of that faith state the god created the universe, then ALL believers are creationist.
Palin, I guess is a god fearing woman with Christian values.
Just what you need for a world leader!
You'd never be without friends at a Republican conference, Daveb. It's not old hat .....
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/21/mccain-backer-hagee-said_n_102892.html
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Daveb
Earthsea
2520 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2008 : 13:58:53
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Certainly NOT, Anubis. What an absurd statement.
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We're all doomed!
Head for the hills before they start heading for you! |
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Tombstone Blues
Earthsea
2260 Posts |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6328 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2008 : 14:30:01
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| Of course it is photo-shopped ... that stomach has never stretched for 5 kids! |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Anubis
Barsoom
417 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2008 : 19:54:18
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Originally posted by Miriam Binder
Of course it is photo-shopped ... that stomach has never stretched for 5 kids!
Not sure they've touched the stomach, Mim !? |
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Anubis
Barsoom
417 Posts |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6328 Posts |
Posted - 11/09/2008 : 15:58:48
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The spin on campaigns ... it seems that there is a difference between truth and substantive truth that no longer holds in some campaigns
As Campaign Heats Up, Untruths Can Become Facts Before They're Undone
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"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Anubis
Barsoom
417 Posts |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6328 Posts |
Posted - 25/09/2008 : 15:46:21
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| Terrifying woman! |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Daveb
Earthsea
2520 Posts |
Posted - 25/09/2008 : 20:00:10
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You have been warned about looking in the mirror! |
We're all doomed!
Head for the hills before they start heading for you! |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6328 Posts |
Posted - 25/09/2008 : 20:05:19
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Originally posted by Daveb
You have been warned about looking in the mirror!
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"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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camelot
Barsoom
USA
400 Posts |
Posted - 26/09/2008 : 05:47:55
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As a US citizen (with the zed) ...
Under the "just kill me now" heading...
NEW YORK - Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin defended her comment that the proximity of Russia to her home state of Alaska gives her foreign policy experience, explaining in a CBS interview aired Thursday that "we have trade missions back and forth."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080926/ap_on_el_pr/palin
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Tombstone Blues
Earthsea
2260 Posts |
Posted - 04/10/2008 : 09:16:22
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Daveb
Earthsea
2520 Posts |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6328 Posts |
Posted - 14/10/2008 : 13:22:42
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McCain and the Raging Right
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"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Anubis
Barsoom
417 Posts |
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Daveb
Earthsea
2520 Posts |
Posted - 20/10/2008 : 20:27:52
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Sarah has reach the height of being called the same as George W Bush.
A Post Turtle
A turtle balanced on top of a fence post
Story...........
While suturing a laceration on the hand of a 70-year-old Texas rancher (whose hand had caught in a gate while working cattle), a doctor and the old man were talking about George W. Bush being in the White House.
The old Texan said, "Well, ya know, Bush is a 'post turtle'."
Not knowing what the old man meant, the doctor asked him what a post turtle was.
The old man said, "When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle."
The old man saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to explain, "You know he didn't get there by himself, he doesn't belong there, he doesn't know what to do while he's up there, and you just want to help the poor stupid guy get down."
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6328 Posts |
Posted - 20/10/2008 : 20:51:16
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"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6328 Posts |
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BLONDIE
Barsoom
272 Posts |
Posted - 28/10/2008 : 13:57:13
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Best laugh I have had for a long time Mim. But I cannot download it to send to someone else.
Any ideas??? |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6328 Posts |
Posted - 28/10/2008 : 14:14:18
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| I don't think it can be downloaded Blondie ... You'll just have to send them the link: http://www.palinaspresident.us/ |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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BLONDIE
Barsoom
272 Posts |
Posted - 28/10/2008 : 22:42:46
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| OK. Many thanks Mim. |
Edited by - BLONDIE on 28/10/2008 22:43:43 |
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Anubis
Barsoom
417 Posts |
Posted - 29/10/2008 : 10:16:32
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This post is exactly the only seriously sensible way to approach the coming electoral event!
The US constitution exists as a system of checks and balances against democracy. It has an indirectly elected monarch, who exercises enormous executive powers. The president is head of state, chief administrator and commander-in-chief of the armed forces. He appoints all secretaries of state (ministers) and members of the Supreme Court - who serve for life. The two houses of congress - the House of Representatives and the Senate - exist to ratify presidential proposals. If, for one reason or another, he is met by stubborn refusal, the president can veto the congress and try again. Suffice to say, popular initiatives and pressures from below can be held back and frustrated - either by the presidency, the Congress or the Supreme Court.#8232;#8232; Democratic forces in America - including popular leaders such as Mercy Otis Warren, James Warren and Eldridge Garry - had little trouble in recognising the constitution as "a victory for the Tories" (as the country’s conservative right was then called). They opposed not unity, but unity without liberty. In her Observations on the New Constitution Mercy Otis Warren (1728-1814) objected to the lack of democratic guarantees - no press freedom, no right of conscience, no right to trial by jury. In addition she opposed the standing army as “the nursery of vice and the bane of liberty”. Furthermore, she objected to representatives setting their own salaries and called for annual elections. The electoral college - which to this day elects the president - was branded an “aristocratic junta”
Whether the Republicans or the Democrats hold the presidency or have a majority in the Congress, it is the plutocracy which wields real power. Elections are about money and buying politicians from either persuasion. Today the gulf separating rich from poor has never been greater. Blacks remain the poorest of the poor. For the vast mass of the US population democracy is purely formal. They have, as Karl Marx famously said, “the right” every four years to “choose who will misrepresent them”. No wonder millions abstain and only a minority vote in presidential elections.#8232; |
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Daveb
Earthsea
2520 Posts |
Posted - 29/10/2008 : 11:23:22
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It's a fair point.
If nobody voted, what then? |
We're all doomed!
Head for the hills before they start heading for you! |
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SARAH PALIN - VICE PRESIDENT ?????
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