JohnS

Like no one's allowed to question the silliness of their beliefs or practices? As if there is some sanctity about it where it is not allowed to be questioned?

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So have you been to the valley lately?

Have you noticed the shepherd is gone?

So walk gently lady

As you walk along

Cos I once had fought for his forces

But that cross bears nothing now

I've seen all but your Crusades succeed

And it's growing sour

Gonna be a long time waitin'

Things are always look a little better

When you're on the back-side of them

And then you know all that you think you might need to know

But even then, my little wing, ya you'll have to grow

So have you been to your God lately?

No Jesus Christ, he ain't nowhere to be seen

He is not there matey

He has never been

So have you been to your church lately

No cannot find the key to your home

They got no support for you now my friend

They got problems of their own

http://jbtserver.com/blog/music/john-butler-1998/

Sure looks that way!

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at20...

Should this guy step down or stay since he represents the right wing's ability to just pretend whatever they want is true?

Republican chairman Michael Steele drew criticism from within his own party Friday, including calls to resign, after saying the 9-year-old commitment of U.S. troops to Afghanistan was a mistaken "war of Obama's choosing."

As criticism swelled, Steele issued a statement stressing his support for U.S. troops, but he did not acknowledge his factual error about a war launched by former President George W. Bush in response to the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. A senior official in Bush's administration said it would be impossible for the Republican National Committee to speak with credibility on foreign policy if Steele remained chairman.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100703/ap_on_go_pr_wh...

I mean, really believe them. I used to think you guys were just hacks, but Im beginning to think youve convinced yourselves the GOP talking points are actually true, like the Kenya thing, the idea the federal govt has ignored the border (vs reality- which is that AZ gets more border agents than just about anybody- and that there are more agents NOW than there EVER have been before), the repubs apologizing to BP for causing the spill and not being able to clean it up, fighting wall st. reform at the same time claiming to fight for main st...?

A New Mexico mother is accused of fatally abusing her 5-year-old daughter. Investigators said Jessica Barron, 27, beat the girl over and over in their Anthony home. The child died at the hospital Thursday night. Doctors said she had severe bruising, brain bleeding and bite marks all over her body. Barron is jailed on a $100,000 cash bond on a child abuse resulting in death. Her two other children are in state custody. It's unclear if they were also abused.

http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/crime/police-young-gi...

or does he just not exist?

"It's unpleasant to think about, and I really hope it's not true, but it may be time for a discussion about whether GOP lawmakers are trying to deliberately sabotage the economy to help their midterm election strategy,"

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/republican_part...

The first and worst, BP's spill in the Gulf

The second, is BP's 100,000 gallon spill in Alaska..

http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/...

And this morning there's a 20,000 gallon spill running through the streams of Salt Lake City

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700039797/Oil-s...

are these record temperatures for an ENTIRE CONTINENT going to convince deniers it hasnt stopped? Im just trying to use their own logic to figure them out, since using science doesnt convince them.

A hellish heat wave hit Pakistan last week, sending the mercury to an astonishing 53.5°C (128.3°F) at the town of MohenjuDaro on Wednesday May 26, reported the Pakistani Meteorological Department. While this temperature reading must be reviewed by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) for authenticity, not only is the 128.3°F reading the hottest temperature ever recorded in Pakistan, it is the hottest reliably measured temperature ever recorded on the continent of Asia.

Record heat also hit Southeast Asia in May. According to the Myanmar Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, Myanmar (Burma) had its hottest temperature in its recorded history on May 12, when the mercury hit 47°C (116.6°F) in Myinmu. Myanmar's previous hottest temperature was 45.8°C (114.4°F) at Minbu, Magwe division on May 9, 1998. According to Mr. Burt, the 47°C (116.6°F) measured on May 12 this year is the hottest temperature measured in Southeast Asia in recorded history.

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comme...

First, we live in an oil based society, no denying it. But people waste so much oil. Some people still dont care and wont even carpool or buy local food, or any of the hundreds of ways they could be helping. I have done everything I can but am always looking for more ways to cut oil out of my life.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/06/caught_in...

Is the CEO of BP going to have to come to your house and spray you in the face?

They are now building a custom made cap to try, but it;s going to take 4-7 days. In that time, they could keep pumping mud down into the well to hold down the oil. While they were pumping the mud this week, no oil was coming out. Why did they stop? Cant they do two things at once?

Man has a made a creature with no ancestors. We have duplicated the beginning of life (albeit not with the same ingredients), so I guess now the only argument creationists have is what ingredients were around?

Id post a link but I think itll be used to get my question deleted. It's been all over the news.

Sea surface temps are already hitting mid summer levels, and el nino is dying down. Last time this happened was 2005. El nino is what causes the upper level wind shear that kills hurricanes.

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comme...

I was introduced to his books when I was 12. They opened my eyes. They helped me understand the world and recognize the difference between science and pseudoscience.

For those who knew him, what is your favorite book, video or quote?

edit- LOL Y/A suggested I put this question in the les/gay/trans section!

when we look at it for what it is; all these things came to be from the relatively simple laws of physics, rather than to ascribe supernatural powers to their creation?

Almost 7 billion people in the world now, why do we have to hear about it every time someone dies of something other than natural causes? About 305,000,000 in America. Population is growing out of control.

Matter flows from place to place and momentarily comes together... to be you

Assuming the stage of denial has progressed at least the where Bush is, where are the scientific facts supporting natural warming? Dont forget if you claim a cycle or sun you need to show scientific proof that it is happening today. Not that it happened naturally in the past.