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Saturday, December 18, 2010

Countdown 52

 The following takes place at Home between the hours of 1am and 5 am.
My Status [formerly 'What's on your mind?'] will be posted Here.
Memoirs of a Mad Man has a dedication, introduction, and issues that provoke me.
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First week of the New Year!    [Twelfth Day of Christmas]   Stardate 11013.70
The tree goes down tomorrow...Epiphany and Feast of Three Kings.
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  The Ball drops tonight!    [Fifth Day of Christmas]              Stardate 10998.63
In Asia, it is already the new year.
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  4 Days to Year's End    [Second Day of Christmas]              Stardate 10987.3

Status  Sick...see Medical Log

Doctor Who at the Proms  /  Ending  /  more
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  7 Days to Year's End   [ Happy Christmas Eve ]                   Stardate 10978.08

Status  Waiting...
NORAD, the North Korean and Taiwan missile commands, Siberian EWS, US and European banks- are preparing for the harbinger of commercialism, Santa Claus.
Starfleet is also on high alert. You do know that Santa Claus is a Klingon, right? Beard, big paunch. hearty laugh...
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  8 Days to Year's End   [1.75 days to Christmas]                   Stardate 10975.343

Remembers almost being arrested last year for going down East 14th Street, yelling Ho ho ho! Sorry, only those who are from [or have lived in] Oakland would understand.

I was watching Human Target "The Other Side of the Mall"- SPOILERS follow...
  a song I was searching for* look for..."Really" [Windows phone ap ad]..."jackass" [the movie]
 "We're in Hell" makes fun of the suburbs, blogging, and book clubs  /  a kegger  / 

Wonderful Life word search... seems similar to Tomoyo After of the same title.
... also Lithium Flower ending of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex my favorite in various genre...

For those still looking for the perfect gentleman. Also for those who have faced rejection...even ten years after being married.
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  9 Days to Year's End   [2.5 days to Christmas]                   Stardate 10972.604
Status  Upper chest congestion, shortness of breath...anxiety attack [not emotional]

Politics takes a winter break, while the rest of us get furloughs, pay cuts, lay-offs, and delays in unemployment. So let us turn to tabloid entertainment...some of them did.
Sarah Palin...makes every blonde in the world a brunette! Dumber than a barbie doll! And YOU want to make her President?!? This is not sexism talkin'...we already had one idiot in Office recently. And she's not even cute!
Celebrity men who make it to the tabloids are idiots; women are just plain f'kn stupid! Be a Disney star! Be a Nick queen! Be a slut within a decade! Who now to look up to? A senator? pleeeease...
Parents, buy your daughter a female action figure! Ban Barbies who crossed the Mexican border into Beverly Hills!
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10 Days to Year's End                                                               Stardate 10968.493
Status  Stiff as a rock! because of the cold [get your mind out of the gutter]
I Like
          "No Facebook on Christmas Day" 'nuff said!
"You Can't Multitask, So Stop Trying" It's called 'juggling'! Let's not PC it!
          [best of the blogs] good reads for these cold times. Thanks Claire!
A 'new' toy. Flip Video...direct via USB! Don't smartphones already do this, wirelessly?

"Roses are reddish, violets are bluish;
if it wasn't for Christmas, we'd all be jewish"
- thanks Emily! I'll mention this to the Father at Mass

I Don't Like
          Grandma jokes; "write so that even Grandma can understand"- My Grandma was so smart, I didn't comprehend right away everything she was trying patiently to teach me!
          SpaceVids- as boring as watching grass grow!
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11 Days to Year's End                                                               Stardate 10969.863
Lunar eclipse in the Winter Solstice. The moon rests between Taurus and Gemini. The sun is aligned with the Galactic center in Sagittarius.
NORAD, the North Korean and Taiwan missile commands, Siberian EWS, US and European banks- are preparing for the harbinger of commercialism, Santa Claus.
Starfleet is also on high alert. You do know that Santa Claus is a Klingon, right? Beard, big paunch. hearty laugh...
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13 Days to Year's End [6.25 days to Christmas]
The Social [and anti-Social] Networks of 2010 is a great article of how our society uses the 'Net.'
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14 Days to Year's End                                                               Stardate 10961.656
There will be Links to continue my thoughts in previously posted subjects. This will eliminate the need to create more pages. As well as allow trains of thought to continue, instead of jumping back and forth.

Thursday, December 16, 2010

The Case of The Disappearing FaceBook

What would you do if FaceBook suddenly ceased to exist? Would you panic? Tweet a lament? Blog a memorium? Did you just lose part of who you are?

What lead me to this line of questioning?
I have had problems connecting to FB today. Even the root FB.com. When I did connect, temprorarily, I saw that the new profile was 'forced' upon me. Some minor changes too. Like hitting the 'enter' key instead of the 'comment' button to post the comment ['enter' used to be for thought/paragraph breaks]. I have no real control over what photos are pulled from an album and thrown onto the wall, what comments are blurted out, personal musings that you might not care about. "Settings" are choices, not to be confused with actual control. I have no desire to advertise my personals, but there is/was a page for you to see it, with my blessings. Everything has been explained, and is back to normal now.

Also for the past two evening hours, I have had the frustration of having "System Tool" pop up and tell me to pay for a program to disinfect my computer. Everything stopped... applications, no documents could be opened, no web link address. Good thing for Norton. All problems happened during the time FB was experimenting with its platform. Coincidence? I think not. Look, I know NOTHING about computer programming, codes, tweaking, or anything short of a soldering gun and hammer. So if there are any suggestions to avoid having another 'protection racket' like this from happening again, I would appreciate the input. Send me an e-mail. Direct me to a link.

Going back to FB. How much has it changed your life? Or a better question is, how much of your day-to-day life IS FaceBook? Many have followed the goings on of FB. The CBS news mentions it at least 3 times a week for half a year. South Park, Leno, and others have joked about it. Users complain about it as if it were a person. It is a communication tool. With a few combinations of protocols, not a personality. Just like your cell phone...ok I take that back.

Someday I WILL leave FB, I may fall back to MySpace. Or I may evolve into something else entirely, supplemented by my blog. I wish Zucker well with his $2B annual revenue. When that happens I will send you an invitation. As for now, I am waiting for FB to become available. If after a while you don't hear from me again, have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Discriminating Tastes

"All men are created equal"...after that. you're on your own.
Are you guilty of discrimination? Do you deal with or buy from places that discriminate?

"Membrship required"
"Do you have a Safeway card?" "Apply for a Koh's card and get an additional 10% off today's purchase" Congratulations, you just let marketers know your purchasing history and spending patterns, including where you were at any given date and time. A customer is obviously old enough to recieve an unwritten senior citizen discount, so why do they need to show an AARP card? Even your bank is getting ruthless with its already customers. "We will be charging $10 a month for free checking if you do not keep a minimum of $500 in your account." Just as bad as San Francisco charging toll for those that cross its borders [plus the other side charging twice as much the other way]. In the news, Rahm Emanuel cannot run for mayor of Chicago because he did not reside in the city for most of the year, because the Whiteouse had him abroad a lot. You have to be a prisoner of the city to be its mayor. Maybe he should have applied for membership.

"Handicapped Parking"
Ok, I agree that there should be compassion to the movement impaired or the the elderly, even the ungrateful ones. The city of Oakland cannot fill the potholes in its main streets. I have memorized each one down Fruitvale, between Foothill and International...until the neighborhood filled a few up temporarily. Yet it can add wheelchair ramps on every corner that extends beyond the original curb corner forcing cars to dangerously widen its turn, or mess up its alignment.

Equal Opportunity and Equal Protection
Just what does it mean? An EO employer may not discriminate on grounds of gender, color, or social background. Yet the same conpany is seen as not having enough women, blacks, or openly gay employees. Both sides of Education Title IX by the letter should disallow federal funding to schools and non-profits that are exclusive for certain religions, genders, and social status.

What started me down this track? A news 'clip' shows a twelve-year-old girl not being allowed to join the boys basketball team. The parks and municipality will hold a meeting about this. Here's a thought, why not have a third, co-ed league?

SNL Weekend Update with Seth Meyers
"The Democrats took a page from the music industry. If you don't sound like what you used to, break out the greatest hits." Obama brings out Bill Clinton.
"And...Can you do an English accent?" "I can try."- Seth Meyers and Paul McCartney

Friday, December 10, 2010

Changes, Not Just In The Months

Friday December 10, 2010 11:00 a.m.                                                     Stardate 10939.727
'I only have two emotions, fight or flight.'

In the News

Senate Republicans threatened to block all legislation until expiring tax cuts are extended and a bill is passed to fund the federal government, How? The average American only makes so much. Is it fair to tax the rich more because they are rich?

The upcoming Royal wedding is the biggest thing to happen in the UK since the last wedding and a funeral.

China has gone to extraordinarily lengths to stop any of political prisoner Liu Xiaobo's friends or family from attending Friday's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo. Of course he's not attending ...he's in prison. He's just lucky he is not recieving it posthumously.

Chinese official visits North Korea to show support for Pyongyang...right. Wouldn't want to piss of Palin's ally and have Kimie boy aim the missiles at Shanghai instead of Canada.

Is Julian Assange the new Saddam?
Hundreds of Internet activists attacked Web sites of multinational companies and other organizations. Thus declaring the start of a “cyberwar” against those who oppose WkLnks.

House passes immigration Dream Act
The bill gives young illegal immigrants a path to citizenship if they enroll in college or enlist in the military [a scene from "Gangs of New York" shows European immigrants getting off a ship, given citizenship, and given a Union uniform]. Wasn't there an amnesty program period a few decades ago? Oh, but the Republicans will block "any bill proposed by the Democrats."

Student drop-out rate decreasing in San Francisco
Student drop-out rate rising in Oakland
...which is it?!? Ohhh both you say?

Lame ducks Arnold Schwarzenegger, outgoing democrats in DC, and our poor bullied president fail, will fail, never had a chance at passing anything! Gavin hopefully continues keep his Ferengi smile out of the limelight; Dellums just disappears [wait! he was never here]. They all get to vacation at our expense; some longer than others.

Elizabeth Anania Edwards dies at 61- so sad. May she rest in Peace. Now This is sick!

Vets Remember Pearl Harbor- does anyone else?
Appeal Court Hears California Case re Marriage- why not just keep it in the Home?
CA Gov Plan Rebuffed- see above paragraph.
Iran's Nuclear Program Explained- an interesting read; not technical nor poli-blab.
Wal-Mart, Global Warming, and Gender Discrimination before the Supreme Court- now this is funny!
Tax Cuts and Unemployment- now this is not.

Euro-pean Crisis Widens / Yeonpyeong Island quiet / US-Japan War Games piss off China. Duh...
WikiLeaks in NY Times  / in Washington Post / about US Security / To Fed Workers: Don't Read It!
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On TV-

Gran Torino (2008)
Old-style American vet vs. stereotyped asian family and culture.
Near the end, I expected him to say either "Do you feel lucky punks" or "Make my day."

Unkown (2006)
Five men awaken in a warehouse with no memory of who they are and how they got there. One or more is a victim. The others are kidnappers or more. This is not a comedy. Ttwists until the end.

Firebreather (premier)
The Sims meets the First Race. Duncan is a human-Kaiju hybrid son of their king. In the upcoming battle he must choose which heritage to lead. He will reluctantly be battling other Kaiju that challenge his future reign.

Young Justice (2011 series) premiered
Justice League year three or after. Titans are established as a team, Debut of Superboy/Connor Kent.
- and Brave and the Bold

Tower Prep Tue 9/8c
It's not a cartoon. It's like an Academy for Harry Potter, the X-Kids, and Teen Titans. Except nobody knows how they got there. Nor how to get home.
 Wiki Videos

Timothy Dalton as Alexei Volkoff is hilariously crazy! in Chuck.
McGarrett and Danno always end up arguing over their differences while in the car, in every episode.
Clark meets his other-universe counterpart Ultraman [of DC Comics Crime Syndicate] in Smallville.
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FB...Here we go again...
I do not like the new profile format. I do not need to throw my personals, photo albums and FB 'suggestions' in your face. You are free to open them anytime with the tabs [which by the way are 'gone']. Where would my collection of links go? Unlike status updates, this IS my FB History! You can read them as a mini-blog!...

Do I have permission to plaster your photos on my front page? did you ask for mine?
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"FaceBook Manners and You" - Hillarious! thanks to SMD and CW
Top 10 Social Media Parodies

The bigger than my icon, I don't like *. To have FB 'suggest and post' I don't like. As for changing back to the old style, there should be an option for that. And for EVERYONE's information, I am not angry. These are comments to rudementary change and elicit no emotion from me.
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PostPost
   Shows photos, videos, and links straight from your Home page in a five column newspaper format.
This is NOT FaceBook...there are no security issues, since this accessed from your Home [not Wall] so only you see it
Warning" It does take more than "30 seconds" and may freeze up your computer.
Videos are two columns wide; Photos may rotate from one to two columns...it has 'moods';
*Icons are one column wide, so no need to strain your eyes- I am 50+ (-OuO-)
Click any item and it will open a new page, just like flipping through a newspaper. Click the aarticle, or the FB friend who posted it- it goes straight to their page.
The Best Part...No Ads!
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Things I Don't Like About Other WEB Pages
The name of it on the left 30% of the header because the other 70% is an ad from a sponsor.
Being invited to Subscribe before I even read a single article.
Too many photos of faces, cute animations, logos, anything that attracts my attention AWAY from the article or blog post.
A column that only takes up 40% of the width of the screen, show how much of their 'usable' brain is being used [that's 40% of the 10%, to be technical].
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I'm tired of our socitey of blipverts.
Car crash at intersection. "Didn't you see the light turn KOHLS?"

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Memoirs of a Mad Man

I dedicate this to my FaceBook Friends. Thus continues the musings of one who has too many memories to handle at one time. Like my mind, this piece of writing will grow, go through revisions, and not follow an orderly pattern. The only 'rule' is that the most current thoughts will be at the top, the most important ones probaby at the last. But don't panic [wait, another piece of literature used that phrase] I will place an index here...some day. You have been warned. FaceBook continues to be a stimulus for thought, ranging in topics from politics to economics, personal to marketing in this e-world, and my personal favorite, entertainment to speculative fiction. Since topics in the form of 'status' and comments are 'lost' after a week, it is my hope that entering them here will 'preserve' not just what was written, but the thoughts and emotions intended. I clarified "And for EVERYONE's information, I am not angry. These are comments to rudementary change and elicit no emotion from me." That is not entirely true. but I will usually tell you if I am angry or just venting. I never pounded on the keyboards, nor does my blood pressure rise because of it :-) see I'm smiling.
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I want to clear up a few things... frankly I seem to be sending out mixed signals.  Added Oct 2
I am a proud American, but I hate the politicians who bicker like bitches;
I believe the government SHOULD BE the servant of the people rather than the other way around;
I believe in God and Jesus, not the institutions created by man to control peoples;
... I will not bend my knee to ANYONE propped up by other people... saints, clergy, celebrities;
I believe that everyone has the right to do anything that does not interfere with the rights of others to do the same;
I am not prejudice... I hare every race equally; I do hate people who use race as a reason for anything;
I do not judge people... what's the point? it's not like I can execute them;
I have a medical condition, not a disease... nor am I in danger of dying (I am immortal);
I may complain, but I am NOT depressed; just as I am alone, not lonely;
I can be sarcastic, but don't take that as to be mean;
If I have ever offended anyone, I apologize... my goal is to offend EVERYONE!
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To clarify, I am not against citizens who are Ds or Rs. Just the politicians and those already in government. They hide behind their party like it was a religion, their god. Neither ideal supports citizens in any way. One is too stupid with no real ground to stand on, the other lording it over the citizens. Checks and balances using the Senate and the House is constitutional. Having two parties is not. Although that doesn't make it illegal... just like the IRS and Social Security. Dellums is now seen as a traitor and one who just "needs a paycheck." So what! He has been, and always will be, an idiot no matter what he does.
 Humans be proud! If not for you, there would be no stereotypical races scattered throughout the gaaxy. Your best and worst traits we have copied and made our own. Romulan paranoia, Vulcan snobery, Ferengi greed, Tellarite debaters, Andorian passion to family. Good and bad. It is our hope that you still exist by the time we are ready to meet you. It would do us proud to conquer you.

see what happens when you don't get your morning rakhtogino?

[  ] Top 10 Ways to Get Fired more  [  ] A strong person recognizes hir weaknesses, a stronger one seeks ways to correct them. A weak person needs others to point out their weaknesses, a weaker person has no friends to help them uncover those weaknesses. ~ K'Rod of Q'onos  [  ] I am at a loss for words... for once. [  ] I have a solution to our energy requirements. Let prisoners work time off their sentence by running a treadmill generator. Or, politicians' mouths... take your pick. [  ] Erin- Another Monday  Me- Just another manic Monday  pic  [  ] The internet allows me to go anywhere in the world. Facebook remains my inspiration to make the best use of it. My laptop (with router) gives me the freedom to move about the house for four hours; my phone, everywhere else for six, unplugged. My family keeps me grounded to reality. God is my connection to eternity.  [  ] Taking company property which includes using company property for pesonal use. Using the storeroom for anything other than storage. Not knowing that you are fired. Can you add any of your own?

[  ] TV Factoid: DNA can be readily obtained from the surfaces of a cell phone. Ted Danson to lead the night shift CSI team 'where everybody knows your name.'  [  ] 2011 The X-Factor  3 hours ago         [  ] Saw Natasha Leggero next to Simon Cowell on Leno. Hilarious.
 After a hard day's work, a man needs a screw and a smoke.
[  ] His followers wanted more from him! Those with the real power are waiting for him to fail. Everyone else wants miracles from him. Eventually to be crucifieded by his supporters. His same supporters to be fed to the lions or survive to wring their hands over their societal woes. ~ More Ways People Confuse Obama With Jesus
[  ] The sky is falling!  A repeat of SkyLab July 11, 1979      [  ] Feds to sut down Social Security. Oops, wrong Ponzi scheme...
Bele: It is obvious to the most simple minded that Lokai is of an inferior breed.
Mr. Spock: The obvious visual evidence, commissioner, is that he is of the same breed as yourself.
Bele: Are you blind, Commander Spock? Well look at me. Look at me!
Captain James T. Kirk: You are black on one side and white on the other.
Bele: I am black on the right side!
 Gov. Brown Decriminalizes Sangria and Infused Vodka This was illegal? We had been doing it since back in the mid-70s! Getting happy on the alc-soaked fruits.
 [  ] As much as I hate rap, it is an effective way to make money from emotional outbursts.
 [  ] Support family values... vote in another republican! Now if only ther was another democrat to run against Obama. $38K for dinner with Obama?!? That's gotta be one hell of a f'k... I mean date.
 [  ] Why do I see pictures of the same mangled dead boy, a malnourished half-dead child, women giving birth, and half-assed profiles and mobile uploads? I find these disturbing to say the least.
[  ] Start a quiet revolution! Dare your State and Federal representatives to disaccociate themselves from any political affiliation!
I for one voted for whatever stupid ass is thrown into the political arena. Look at the Republican debates. They are busy fighting against each other individually!
[  ] I have an open mind, but I would thank you not to step into it.
[  ] I own everything, you see. I just don't have access to it all.
[  ] 7 Ways Facebook Complicates Dating Do you REALLY post your ever-changing relationships? "I'm not going out with you! You have 35 hotties in your list with one wall-to-walling two dozen times a day! You change relationships once a week, i've seeen your comments, photos of your "friends" (that's gotta be photoshopped), and those baby pictures (pedo!)!
[  ] In America, english should be the required language in public places, govt buildings, stores, McDonald's. Unless you are in Chinatown, japantown, or International Avenue.
[  ] A Jedi Knight approached an arguing couple and said "May di vorce be with you."
[  ] He was so fat, the lap dancer had to perform under his chin. Really, I did not make this up!
[  ] Diplomacy is most effective with the biggest weapons behind you and the most money in front of you. - anonymous
[  ] Walls and fences, with their doors, windows, and gates were meant to hold off the elements and the wild. Locks, traps, and reinforcements offer a false sence of security. Just as with rules and treaties, anyone wanting to bad enough can break it.
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AS OF THE END OF LAST YEAR
I am a charitable person...Charity begins at Home; I do not give to those that beg...two points that the US Government should listen to.

Before you freely give out what you have to a person or organization you really know nothing about, ask yourself "am I putting myself in any possible future hardship? Will this person be able to help me when the need arises? "To give and forget, to recieve and remember" is BS!
- The flip side is to "give EVERYTHING to charity and follow Me." Can you do that. It was not a question.

It is against the law in most states to give to pan-handlers. Why? Because it allows them to rely on forcing a total stranger to give to them, rather than using some dgnity to ASK for help. When a person comes up to me at Dimond Safeway parking lot or Shell station nearby, four emotions come up, fear, doubt, and compaassion, apathy. "Is this guy about to mug me? is this a scam? I feel sorry for you, but get a job!" goes through my mind. This after the person in front of me at the checkout line with a diamond ring and a Cadillac paid with food stamps.

My niece [then 6] will give a man a on the street a quarter and both smile. I didn't tell her to, and I can see the happiness in their eyes.
I pass off a quarter, and I get the look of disgust...by the woman passing the plate at church.
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"Homelessness and the indignity of hurtful speech" via CW

“We loathe one another. We hate what we look like when we look into another’s eyes” and "...the anger some people have for the homeless is fueled by their own fears that they are only a paycheck or two away from being homeless themselves” pretty much sums it up.

As for this writer, who is not homeless but an admitted "transient", is reciving more than I get paid for a 12 day work month, has a small roof over her head, and a bar within walking distance...I can't feel sorry for her! I hate both whiners AND those who praise themselves.
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Ignorance leads to stupidity; stupidity and a big mouth maketh a good politician.

"We will block ALL Democratic bills..."- whoever said it, I don't care
Two schoolyard rivals face off with their 'posse' and other bystanders cheering [jeering?] them on?
The media, a great view of our two party political system at work....right. With US [yes I do mean the United States] stuck in the middle. Or at the side as the garbage starts flying!

I am glad to be an American AND be making less than $250,000 a year! Poor Republicans :-( an oxymoron)

And please do not mistake my sarcastic comments for anger. I just don't give a rat's ass about any breast beating [Planet of the Apes] political figure! Except perhaps for their spouse...Elizabeth Anania Edwards. May she rest in Peace. Now This is sick!
-  see Polly ticks
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Now THIS is really SICK!
Westboro Baptist Church to picket at Elizabeth Edwards' funeral
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‎"Let s/he who is without fault cast the first stone"- JC
The things I most abhore about the human race is its ability to harm children, the impaired, the elderly, and the desecration of the dead.
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Freedom of religion does NOT mean flaunting hate at the public. Using the first Apostols as an example, it is about the quiet discussion in the homes and later the congregations or Churches about teaching the faith. Not shouting rhetoric in the streets like a bunch of hoods. This Phelps is another dumb hick hiding behind A BIBLE!
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To hide behind the printed words, no matter how fundamental it is, is BS! The Bible, the Q'ran, the Constitution and the Bill...these will not provide your dinner, will not stop a bullet, will never replace compassion and common sense.

The worst part about this? The media that fans the evil that people do. They sensationalize, practically idolize the disasters and misfortunes. And those that create it. The politicians, the fringe religions, the psychopaths.

What is 'evil' and what is 'sin'? Evil is "the things men do." Sin on the other hand is the knowledge and aknowlegement of doing evil. So a psychopath, a mentally incapable person, and a person who just went to confession are said to have no sin [other than the mortal one].

So "Let s/he who is without sin cast the first stone" literally means that 'if you have no doubt that what you do is moral, go ahead and do it.' And that is exactly what these protesters do.