I hate this benchmark. Googling 'cheese filled my pants' returned 767,000 results. Can't we all just decide that Google always returns a ridiculous amount of sites?
It's true; Jesus told them he disagreed with what they were doing, but he didn't exclude them. He told them what he thought about it, and that was that. He didn't try to beat it out of them, or send them to France, or any such thing; his was a policy of inclusion, and what I'm saying is that inclusion is a good policy.
emocrats need to show those with faith that the values of Jesus are the values of the Democrats. This will mean downplaying things like gay rights and abortion.
The Old Testament says that homosexuality is a sin, but Jesus preached inclusion, and regularly dinned with whores and tax collectors. Gay Rights fit right in there.
Abortion is a tougher nut to crack. The Cuomo defense is the simplest; "I don't believe in it, but I don't think it's my place to stop you from doing it." Clinton reflected this idea when he said that abortions should be "safe, legal, and rare." Being pro-choice is not about wanting to kill babies; it is about letting people choose their own way in an area that we as a nation cannot agree on. And Jesus doesn't really deal with grey areas, because, being God incarnate, he didn't have to see in greys. The rest of us do.
That said, I agree with you completely that Democrats need to start showing their faith and stop being afraid of it. Being socially conscious is very Christian, very Islamic, and very Buddhist (and probably others). But in order for this to work, the atheistic wing of the party needs to understand that you can be religious without be a fundamentalist.
At the San Diego Zoo, they have an exhibit called "Absolutely Apes" (which you can watch live. The exhibit has both Orangutans and Siamangs inside.
One of the "enrichment" items in the exhibit is a "terminte mound" made of concrete that the keepers put treats inside of: honey, barbecue sauce, etc.
The orangutans are smart enough to use tools like twigs to get the treats out, but the saimangs do not understand this concept.
This seems a tad unfair, but the siamangs are smart enough to wait until the orangutans get the goodies out, and then the smaller apes sneak up and steal the tasty twigs!
Did you ever notice how in the Jetsons, the cars can just float around without a need for power (other than that whirring noise), but all the buildings are build on stilts?
This might seem confusing, but then you realize that it's a cartoon.
You'll probably get it too -- the country is so evenly divided that the winner of the 2004 presidential election will very likely not have a majority. I don't see how it would help, though... two of the last three Presidential elections were won that way (2000 and 1992), and people pretty much shrugged it off each time.
Sorry, but no... Clinton in '92 handily beat Bush Sr, popular vote and electoral.
It's true; it was his fault for choosing bad tools. The last time my car exploded, I tried putting it back together with a glue gun and it didn't work, so it's obviously a problem with my tool choice, and not at all the fact that my car shouldn't just explode.
Something about a sow's ear and a silk purse comes to mind.
Did you RTFA? They ask him 'how can we get people to buy into this dream' and 'how do we convince people this is worth it' and 'what do we do when we encounter failures, like in your books?'
I'd say he's probably spent more time thinking of these things than most people have.
a lump of metal can be deadly if it moves fast enought.
Now if only we could design a way to move small hunks of metal very fast horizontally, so we don't need to fly to do it. We could call them 'guns.' Sure, the first prototypes will likely be large, but I believe that some day we might be able to fit these things into the palm of your hand!
You click the checkbox that turns on sshd. It's right under to the one that turns on Apache, and right above the one that turns on CUPS printer sharing.
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I hate this benchmark. Googling 'cheese filled my pants' returned 767,000 results. Can't we all just decide that Google always returns a ridiculous amount of sites?
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It's true; Jesus told them he disagreed with what they were doing, but he didn't exclude them. He told them what he thought about it, and that was that. He didn't try to beat it out of them, or send them to France, or any such thing; his was a policy of inclusion, and what I'm saying is that inclusion is a good policy.
The Old Testament says that homosexuality is a sin, but Jesus preached inclusion, and regularly dinned with whores and tax collectors. Gay Rights fit right in there.
Abortion is a tougher nut to crack. The Cuomo defense is the simplest; "I don't believe in it, but I don't think it's my place to stop you from doing it." Clinton reflected this idea when he said that abortions should be "safe, legal, and rare." Being pro-choice is not about wanting to kill babies; it is about letting people choose their own way in an area that we as a nation cannot agree on. And Jesus doesn't really deal with grey areas, because, being God incarnate, he didn't have to see in greys. The rest of us do.
That said, I agree with you completely that Democrats need to start showing their faith and stop being afraid of it. Being socially conscious is very Christian, very Islamic, and very Buddhist (and probably others). But in order for this to work, the atheistic wing of the party needs to understand that you can be religious without be a fundamentalist.
At the San Diego Zoo, they have an exhibit called "Absolutely Apes" (which you can watch live. The exhibit has both Orangutans and Siamangs inside.
One of the "enrichment" items in the exhibit is a "terminte mound" made of concrete that the keepers put treats inside of: honey, barbecue sauce, etc.
The orangutans are smart enough to use tools like twigs to get the treats out, but the saimangs do not understand this concept.
This seems a tad unfair, but the siamangs are smart enough to wait until the orangutans get the goodies out, and then the smaller apes sneak up and steal the tasty twigs!
I never knew that Unix was designed on an episode of Wheel of Fortune.
Did you ever notice how in the Jetsons, the cars can just float around without a need for power (other than that whirring noise), but all the buildings are build on stilts?
This might seem confusing, but then you realize that it's a cartoon.
Your hypothetical wife would hate you.
The half that doesn't think so apparently hasn't seen Bush or Chimp.
Shouldn't this post be modded redundant to itself?
What, Armageddon?
For a long time, Apple used to play surf rock. Beach Boys, Ventures, etc. Definitely different; made waiting much nicer.
Well, looks like Mr. Grumpypants hasn't gotten his Moon Pony yet.
Sorry, but no... Clinton in '92 handily beat Bush Sr, popular vote and electoral.
"Excuse me, stewardess: I speak jive."
--Old Lady in Airplane: The Movie
Their success has driven them mad; here's the pilot afterwards explaining that "I saw a woman up there with huge breasts!"
It's true; it was his fault for choosing bad tools. The last time my car exploded, I tried putting it back together with a glue gun and it didn't work, so it's obviously a problem with my tool choice, and not at all the fact that my car shouldn't just explode.
Something about a sow's ear and a silk purse comes to mind.
Yeah, Apple's patent on transparency is here, and we talked about it before.
Did you RTFA? They ask him 'how can we get people to buy into this dream' and 'how do we convince people this is worth it' and 'what do we do when we encounter failures, like in your books?'
I'd say he's probably spent more time thinking of these things than most people have.
a lump of metal can be deadly if it moves fast enought.
Now if only we could design a way to move small hunks of metal very fast horizontally, so we don't need to fly to do it. We could call them 'guns.' Sure, the first prototypes will likely be large, but I believe that some day we might be able to fit these things into the palm of your hand!
You click the checkbox that turns on sshd. It's right under to the one that turns on Apache, and right above the one that turns on CUPS printer sharing.
Where could they possibly have gotten the Linspiration to make sure amazing apps?
George W. Bush, is that you?
Seriously, people, this whole black and white thing has to stop. And if you're not with us in trying to stop it, you're against us!
Ah, that fateful day when Columbus climbed into the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria and blasted out into orbit to observe the world's shape.*
* Substitute Leif Erikson if you prefer. **
** Substitute Various Mathemeticians if you prefer. ***
*** Substitute Cowboy Neal if you prefer.