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  • Watch and Al Sharpton speech and you will see this idiots tacts.

  • Practicing with his friends the Teleprompters. He is a false HOPE>

  • You can't excercize anything Bama. Monkey Man Sucks.

  • Fox News = Racists

  • thank god for the soon come european super state,and have fuck all to do with this idiotic country.

  • This speech is pretty mich the same as eminem's final rap in 8 mile

  • its hard to believe a man with such good communication skills isnt the illusion the real people in power put out there, i mean why wash the dishes when youve got a dishwasher. Dont ask where that example came from but if you step outside your shoes for a min doesnt it seem that the real people in power would create an illusion by giving a man a big white house and letting a crowd elect the one who has the ability to persuade you into buying a bag of poop if he needed to using skills like NLP hmm

  • People try to say Obama is screwing the US. Now, I don't fully support him, but the republicans started us down a bad road, and I feel what Obama has done to help was simply too little too late.

  • As a veteran, this is why I voted for Obama over McCain, and it wasn't even a close call.

  • 666=18 it's in the name, work it out.

  • @Mr9s9s9s9s9s

    Please stop with the melodramatic conspiracy theories. You can find triple six in many of the symbols used to rtepresent our country and government. get over it.

  • oh'really,

    tell that to your family in a few months when israel nukes iran and russia, and china nuke the USA,

    gog and mogog!! and so it is. holy holy holy.

    buy food and store it up

  • Change doesn't come from Washington. Change comes to Washington

  • Obama pretty much owned McCain here.

  • i have so much respect for President Obama!

  • how can you have respect for someone trying to destroy this country?

  • he not tryna desrtoy the country... he tryna fix all the damage that curious george lookin Bush fucked up.

  • ok first off learn how to spell. what is it that obama is so good at?? name 3 reason why you voted for him.

  • @yellashelly curious george lookin bush :D:D:D:D ahahaha

  • peace doesn't always protect people. If China said they were going to destroy America would you say that is ok. Have you completely lost it? Has America lost it? Quit taking LSD. You would elect Bill Ayers President. Liberals love fighting, blowing things up, calling police pigs and anything that is disrespectful. Eliwood1: did you know the federal deficit has tripled since Obama has taken off. And you thought Bush was bad. Get the shit out of your ears and quit defending Obama's ass.

  • wow, that is wrong in every way. wow. Peace doesn't make you weak. If China attacks, you should defend, yes. But that doesn't mean u create enemies with everyone that doesn't agree with you. Nothing wrong with saying, hey, we don't like each other, but we don't have to attack each other.

  • baby killer. traitor to his country which he himself said he will not defend in a time of war cause he doesn't believe in it. a socialist. A man who would sit down with osama bin laden. He has tripled the deficit since taking office. what is good so good about him people? O wait, wait that's right he's black. Or half black. What fraud!

  • A man who would sit down with osama bin laden.

    because hes black?

    not defend in a time of war cause he doesn't believe in it. a socialist.

    because hes... peaceful? and you want people to die?

    baby killer.

    so obama killed babies? god. you already made a foul of yourself.

    I will call you a republican, conservative racist.

  • where the hell have you been?

    what about the european tour he did apologizing for all america's "mistakes" and how we should be ashamed

    what about when he took over GM and chrysler?(facism not socialism)

    what about calling the guantanimo detainees criminals and not prisoners of war?

    wake the fuck up you communist piece of shit!

  • Wow, thats pretty ignnorant...i'm sorry but yea!

  • U wouldnt go to war for him if u think he's wrongly taxing u, but u patriotic somehow? U probably in that "seceding" crowd! Thats patriotic somehow, simply becuz of a difference with the prez? As long as things are going ur way, they dont need change! But when u dont get ur way, everything has to go! And dont forget, when ur other friends were in office, they sat down with bin-laden! All of u, "I wish it would stay the same" folk have a problem! U only want change ur way, apparently!

  • U gotta see this new upcoming talent. He's sort of like an obama jr. just type in ashton obama speech to see his two videos.

  • The thing I don't understand, when people say I don't trust Obama. You just had a president in the white house who try to buy you phone records. Ruin this courty stock market, started a war. He.Order to drop bombs in the middle of a downtown area in Iraq. Killing thousands of children.and women. He sat back and watch this country bleed to death. While he did nothing, millions of people lose their jobs. But you don't trust Obama ? This country is on the ropes due to Bush.. Not Obama

  • well take alook at the air you breathe the water you drink the family you still have bush kept you safe and all of us free from attacks you dont know what youre saying if you think bush is at fault you are wrong bush cannot destroy a nation alone he needs the help of senate congress democrats are just as at fault obama is a superstar atleast bush doesnt apoligize to other countries and say i am glad you dont hold me accountable and let us look like idiots bush loved this country and defended it.

  • If the old president was run by the same people, what makes you think Obama is not? Obbama is a decieving liar, far worse than bush...he has made things far worse and broguht in very very terrible bills...Obama is the same as Bush these puppets work for the same people.

  • stop being racist

  • Well until u find ou who the bosses are, i ainrt finna keep chasing bush or obama aroubnd! they doing a job from someone higher according to u! So why keep talking to small rat (obama, bush) when the fat cat is laughing at us? Lets go over their heads then! otherwise, u talking up a fight that will never happen, cuz u aint really looking for the real criminals! The D.EA. knows what im talking bout!.

  • I heard some retard at the voting place during the election say some shit along the lines of "Obama be talkin bout small town america bad, he ain't gonna get the vote of McCain supporters if he gawna be talking like that"

    Well not shit Sherlock. Being that they are McCain supporters, I'm assuming they will vote for the man they are advocating.

    Funny story I thought I'd share with you.

  • america is the basis for the order of the new age an it is now being perfected we will soon have a utopia an obama will be the king of it he is the matrayia  hail satan

  • ok im just going to tell you we are fucked we are in like a 10 trillion dollar dept which ill be fucking paying.i still like obama but utopia i dont think so

  • lol after all that?

  • Obama has won in an electoral landslide, for all the reasons listed below, and many more. We worked for, and elected the best president we've ever had! GO 'Bama! Yes! We did it! Hillary is nominated for Secretary of State.

  • i don't trust him, neither the others wich america could chose...

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  • WRITE THIS DOWN! McCain will not win the election. The fears are, if he does win. He may be put under a microscope one day. He might be questioned about his Dad's involvement in the USS Liberty cover up. Putting our relationship with Israel under the same microscope, and they don't want that to happen now that America is overstretched, in the Mid-East. That's why Obama has overwhelming financial support.

  • Well made point sir...

  • McCain has absolutely nothing to offer as far as economic policies goes. McCain has voted w/ Bush 95% of the time. McCain also voted w/ Bush 100% of the time as far as economic policies goes. All McCain can attack Obama on are lies and more lies.

  • Mcbush/Falin O NEVER!!!

  • Yup, exactly, just like Bush did, he served America as a Christian, he invaded Iraq to defeat terrorism, and he fixed our economy. He secured our retirement accounts, and he helped with education, and he fixed our highways and bridges. He also made everyone in this world love America more than ever. McCain will do exactly what Bush did, keep America as a christian nation, and end terrorism, and secure our living :)

  • it's the people like you that have ruined our country, our reputation and our planet. When will you people learn? What do you need to happen to show you that you need to step away from your sad, old ways. Open your eyes and learn to think for yourself

  • You didn't get it, i was being sarcastic :) LOL

  • LOL... RELIGIOUS RIGHT FEAR MONGERS, WAKE UP YOUR VALUES "mCAINS VALUES" ARE WHAT GOT US IN A MESS, AND IRAQ WAS A DICTATORSHIP NOT A TERRORIST STATE UNTIL WE GOT THERE

  • You didn't get it, i was being sarcastic, lol

  • Anyone who follows Reverend Wright cannot be patriotic.

  • I guess we will need to send Palin to school first, because dispite she does not have a double barrel mouth, so far she is just shown ignorance, this is very serius. As for Mcain, he is basically the same old school backed up by Bush that lead this country's economy to a disaster. Same principles, and represents no change whatsoever. This is not about christian values, this is about fixing the country's problems. Obama might not be the best president, but certainly, he represents change.

  • It is very dangerous to have a leader who wins his vote because of his high charisma. He is nothing but full of charisma. Think about yourself if you are not affected by it before you vote. Use your own judgement. All infamous but charismatic politicians are in the history books to help you...... I'm really worried.

    Nonpartisan

  • Yeah, I think we are finally waking up. Keep spreading the emails. WE are a force.

  • Godamn you're an idiot.

    Yes.. Sure... lets just BLINDLY continue fighting in wars that had nothing to do with 9/11, and lets just ignore the facts on the ground, to you know... "Honor the memory" of all those who have died.

    You sir, are a DISHONER to all Americans.

    Now run along now, go vote for McPalin, it won't matter.

    AMERICA HAS WOKEN UP.

  • perfect!

  • hey check out the black genocide webpage and why Planned Parenthood endorses Obama

  • Barack Hussein Obama belonged to a racist church for 20 years. His mentor and pastor of 20 years-Jeremiah Wright- is an anti-American bigot.

  • WOOHOO!

    BARACK ON!

    OBAMA/BIDEN '08!

  • Yes, serious debate please. Thank you, Obama.

  • Both Parties are ultra globalist

    Vote constitution party in 2008, we can do things better.

  • Since Obama refused to place his hand over his heart when other Dem candidates and he was the only one who did not means he doesnt think it is important or necessary right? So that means that all military will NOT have to salute Obama if he becomes PRes. Right? Cause it wasnt important to him. I am retired military and I would NEVER EVER salute this man as PRes and I hope other military would do the same!!

    McCain _Palin 08!!!!!

  • Oh really? Well let me let you know Mr. retired military, if the man becomes the President you HAVE to salute him. Noo one gives a shit about your personal feelings towards the President in the military. Try not saluting the President in my Sqaud, I'd smack you upside that retarted head of yours. Retired military my ass, and if you actually are, God knows all you were were a god damn Chair Force desk jockey spewing shit out of his mouth.

    -SSG Akhtar 505th PIR 82nd ABN.

  • 1st: thanks for serving. 2nd Obama is a terrorist supporter. By oath you need to kick HIS ass to defend our country so get to it. 3rd I wouldnt cross the freakin street to see the man he is a disgrace to this country.

  • Google Obama Ayers Google Obama Khalid al-Mansour Google Obama Donald Warden Google Obama Mohammed Hasan Chandoo Google Obama Rezko Google Obama Saul Alinski Google Obama Wright Google Obama Khalidi Google Obama Malcolm X Google Obama Alwaleed bin Talal Google Obama Farrakhan Google Obama Woods Fund
  • Google the economy, Google our retirement accounts, Google our education ratings for school graduates, Google how many love America, Google the Iraq War and how we messed up in the wrong place, Google how many people are hungry in the so called the richest planet in the nation, Google how many genocides had happened in the world because we were busy in the wrong war, Google how much alqaida had grown and how terrorism had grown instead of being diminished, Google how many jobs are being shipped

  • Well, the richest nation in the planet, whatever... Google how stupid our Bush and McCain is, Google how our borders are still open, Google how many illegals are still in here, Google how much drugs do we still have, Google how we are ignoring alternative clean energy when countries in Europe and Japan are way ahead in power generation and automobiles, Google how many more jobs we will loose by serving the big corporations only while big corporations are shipping overseas anyway, Go OBAMA...

  • Exactly...well said

  • OBAMA '08 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Thank you to another poster for this:

    Will "Christians" ever catch a clue that Jesus did not wage war, did not torture anyone, did not bomb Rome, and would not condone any of the phony "just-war" excuses used over the last 8 years?

  • Obama has received nearly six times more in donations from soldiers deployed overseas than McCain has.

  • That's because Obama's smart.

  • Mate I believe you mean genius.

  • obama rocks!

  • 911deadnewyorkers: you and your grandaddy, have been weighed, you have been measured, and you have been found wanting. you should be afraid, very afraid...........

  • yes im sure your drandaddy hanged some "niggers" and he also probably had sex with his sister and your momma

  • Obama is a clear thinking and clearer speaking man than McCain and has actual content to his lengthy oratory. McCain is a stooge, nothing more than a puppet of the GOP and the appointment of the "barracuda" for VP is proof that he's lost it and the GOP is hoping to take Alaska for a dime after he's 6 feet under. McCain would never endure the strain of the office for 4 years...too old and feedble. LOSER

  • Amazing, I love this man.

  • lol its funny because neither mccain or obama are patriotic americans...

  • it is the measure of a man and the values that he treasures that show in his actions he truly does not believe in this country that is why he is about change! oh and by the way i am about the issues, not a cheerleader for a party that is told what to think like most of you party zombies! i am a independant voter! i do my own reseach and come to my own conclusions and vote with my conscience.oh and in case you dont know the dems have the power right now and your pelosi walked out on the people!

  • "i am about the issues, not a cheerleader for a party that is told what to think like most of you party zombies! ...and your pelosi"

    Dude, I totally agree. And she isn't MY nancy pelosi so quit making sweeping judgments. Do you even know what party I am affiliated with or who I am voting for? NO you don't so save it. It's safe to say I know who your voting for (McCain) and what party you come from (republican). You think just because Bush wears a flagpin that makes him more noble bombing kids?

  • rambinman24-congress requires more than the majority to get things passed. The Dems do not get a good grade from me, but you know that they do not have the votes to override a veto from our great president. The Dems have not shown much of a spine, but I hope they get there. I am an independent. I supported Ron Paul and I was disgusted at how the republican party treated him. Obama should make him a part of his advisory team

  • well i will just tell you i am older than obama is and have always put my hand over my heart.i dont know what generation you are referring to. my father is 82 and has always done the same as well

  • What does whether or not he puts a hand on his heart or wears a flag pin have to do with his policies? You right wing fools argue too much about NON issues. First off, who cares what his faith is, we live in a country that has FREEDOM of RELIGION. Secondly, the only people that have done shit unconstitutional are the neocons in power right now. How about debating the facts at hand instead of taking your ques from the likes of sean hannity and bill o'reilly.

  • "Respect the Second Amendment: Millions of hunters and shooters own and use guns each year. Barack

    Obama believes the Second Amendment creates an individual right, and he respects the constitutional rights of

    Americans to bear arms. He will protect the rights of hunters and other law-abiding Americans to purchase,

    own, transport, and use guns."

    THERE IS A DIRECT QUOTE FROM HIS PLAN TO TO PRESERVE SPORTSMANSHIP...Notice the "other law-abiding" part. Quit talking crap you know nothing about!

  • Also, some of you guys are so concerned with not choosing Obama or McCain because of ONE issue...even if Obama was against bearing arms, do you really think it would go anywhere past his own mouth? Nobody would let that happen. We should focus on the majority of the issues and not just one single issue (unless of course it is something you feel so strongly about that you wouldn't want your president to disagree even if he could do nothing about it).

  • We need all the support from all Veterans accross the country. St. Joseph,Mi City Manager Frank Walsh banned the low income residents and disabled Veterans at the St. Joseph Housing Commission from cable TV.

    We need all of you to call him at City Hall and tell him to remove the cable TV ban from the Veterans at the Housing Commission.

    Call City Hall at 269-983-5541. Thank you for your support.

  • if you was a true american mechatamago you would understand what it means to wear the symbol of this great nation and to hold your hand over your heart when the national anthem is played and the judgement not to do so say's a great deal about a man or woman!this man is a fake!

  • I don't know how old you are...but you are actually NOT supposed to put your hand over your heart during the National Anthem. That has become kind of a "monkey-see, monkey-do" phenomenon. Proper Star-Spangled etiquette is to put your hands behind your back and stand at ATTENTION. Educate yourself.

  • that certainly is the proper ettiquette for u.s citizens to follow but if you are military personal you are to salute the flag or the music from first note to last note.so i think you had better do what you preach and go study up.

  • Right, but what I'm saying is it didn't used to be. It's generational. They used to never cross their hearts for the National Anthem. That's why I said something about how old you are.

  • This is the problem with politics... instead of worrying about what's important, politicians blow things out of porpotion forgetting that these small matters aren't going to fix the problems we now have.

  • Hes running a negative campaign because you need to be held accountable Barry Obama. I can't believe that you would bring up judgement, Barry. You attended a "Church of Christ" church for 20 years. What is taught inside that church is not Christianity. It's Black Liberation Theology. Those who think it's the same thing, need to read more Bible and less Cone. You see Barry, whether you were there every Sunday morning just going through the motions, or you sincerely believe that junk...

  • it says a lot about your JUDGEMENT and character. It will be interesting to see how many people you are able to fool this Novemeber, Barry. Hopefully it won't be enough to kill this country.

  • this man is not a patriot, dont wear a flag pin or put his hand over his heart when the playing of the national anthem!truly not a freedom fighter and certainly not a leader!

  • What does wearing a flag pin really prove? A leader is someone who has the ability to lead, he should be judge on his actions not what he wears.

  • In reality, if you will examine his plans for this country, he will strip our great country of many things that make us who we are. The things that set us apart from the rest of the world. The things that we founded our country on. He is against the right to bear arms.....I don't even think that should have to be explained further. You're screwing with the Constitution there Mr. Obama. Obama's policies of welfare and such government aid will also strip us of our country's value.

  • The one consistent thing that I recognize in Obama is his lack of ability to actually say something worth anything. Every thing I have researched about him.....he says pretty words and gets the masses all roudy over politics. But does he actually ever stand there and say anything different than other politicians? No. He coats his left wing speeches and politics in the fact that he is the "savior" of America and the "wrong" things we do.

  • Obama /Biden Laden? = Osama Bin Laden?...;-)

  • vote for obama if you want higher taxes

  • Barf Bag time: Nobama for me! We do not need leaders who pledge allegiance to

    Israel...or AIPAC. Write Cynthia Mckinney in for president and look up her

    al-Nakba speech and the Green Party position on Israel/Palestine. Your vote will

    speak volumes.

  • Nobama is a communist!

  • It seems to me like a lot of the people who are spouting off their opinions about Obama AND McCain's issues are totally uneducated on them. Go to the websites and actually check them out before you pretend to know what's going on. You cannot believe everything you read or everything your friends tell you. Take the initiative to educate yourself for once. Quit being so damned lazy!

  • THats Right!!!!!!

    OBAMA 08!!!!!!!!!

  • Truth..Obama wants to give all the illegal immigrants licenses..Mcain wants to put you in jail for having an abortion...two wonderful choices.

  • no he is not against abortion.

  • YOU are an idiot. Before you start spouting off "truths" go educate yourself. His issue with immigration is to make illegal immigrants pay a fine, learn english, then go to the back of the line for the opportunity to become citizens!

    Quotes from his cite: "He supports additional personnel, infrastructure and technology on the border and at our ports of entry."

    & "Obama will remove incentives to enter the country illegally by cracking down on employers who hire undocumented immigrants."

  • obama isnt going to win and good. hes against the right to bare arms, which is on the constitution soooooo....hes dumb. hes racist, he can deny it all he wants but seriosly if he was listening to that reverend whrite guy all these years you know he agrees with him, no matter how many times he denies it. im not saying mccain is perfect because no president is perfect but hes much better than that anticonstitutional, antiamerican shithead.

  • the only reason he's not gonna win, cause votes dont matter, theyelect whoever they want ....mccain is gonna get it...and iam moving to europe....fuck this

  • What does it matter what race that person is? Stop making us conservatives look bad, you sound like trailer trash. Stick to the issues.

  • Liberals are wusses. They don't love this country. They're the people that go around apoligizing for America's very existence.

  • fuck mccain and fuck fox news

  • Barf Bag time: Nobama for me! We do not need leaders who pledge allegiance to Israel...or AIPAC. Write Cynthia Mckinney in for president and look up her al-Nakba speech and the Green Party position on Isarel/Palestine. Your vote will speak volumes

  • You guys are fools if you keep falling into starcatcher's bullshit. He's just trying to rile you up. He's clearly ignorant and has nothing better to do than sit around and insult more intelligent people to make himself feel better for being so hated :D

  • "I didn't decide to run for president to start a national crusade for the political reforms I believed in or to run a campaign as if it were some grand act of patriotism. In truth, I wanted to be president because it had become my ambition to become president. I was sixty-two years old when I made the decision, and I thought it was my one shot at the prize."

    John Mccain

  • obama is such a baby, Obama has dozens of attack ads running on a local level, even attackign MCCAIN's wife.

  • "Are you too stupid to know that I just take the (-) rated one that make you liberals piss your pants and just refresh them:) LOL"

    Hmm, more stupidity it seems. Don't you have a freeway to be playing in right now?

  • starcatcher888:

    "Hey how many horses for your squaw sister? Can she pack? Oh how about that fine art of Volcano eruptus? Toss in a virgin and fix it right on up! BTW I think that was way before we have you squaters rights on the reservation and fed you! Hey, are you from the Buffalo fuck tribe or the Coyote Sodomites?"

    Tell me, do you have a set of insults on wordpad ready to copy and paste or are you just too stupid to realize your saying the same shit repeatedly? Senile moron...

  • This is hitting back???????

    McCain rapes Obama, and Obama begs McCain for an apology.

  • he is not going down to mccains level....YES i said down....Mccain is scared cause Obama is ahead....he fears about his loss coming near.....so he turns to politcal attacks....why because he has nothing else to talk about, Mccain is a great patriot but he is not a good leader.....Obama 08

  • McCain didn' go to Germany and bad-mouth America. He didn't say that China was a better run Country than America. Obama did.

    Now he gets up and says he's patriotic?

  • Aug. 20 - In a sharp turnaround, John McCain has opened a 5-point lead on Barack Obama in the latest Reuters/Zogby poll.

    MCCAIN NOW LEADS OBAMA among likely U.S. voters by 46 percent to 41 percent, wiping out Obama's solid 7-point advantage in July, a 12-point swing.

  • Nah, that's just Fox propaganda. Barack will win. Obama will be the next President. Stop being blind to the fact that he's in another stratosphere and McCain only has the "war veteran" and "white thing" going for him which is consequently neutralized by Joe Binden, Obama's VP -a white war vet who's awesome on foreign policy and political debates. So Fox can take those polls and shove em lol. OBAMA/BINDEN 08. woohoo!

  • ummm i hope u know that ur wrong......Mccain is down by 5% and i know this because of the politcal news i watch......Obama is winning and it is clear because Obama has won the heart of america....Mccain is another bush....and wat do the majority of people think about bush....that he is a terrible leader....so Obama will be our next leader....Obama is now ahead of Mccain

  • It's the best way to argue politically. Ever since 9/11, you don't need facts or logic anymore. You just accuse the other person of being unpatriotic.

  • What kind of fool? Again Mr. Obama has wandered mentally into some kind of delirious stupor. We are just to Assume (Right). that both candidates fit the bill. Excuse me for engaging in a certain amount of intolerance while my B.S. Meter suggests that it's time for Hip boots. If you think I would willfully Flake Out and ignore the importance both of those qualifications play in my choice for a representative you're probably skipping through some fantasy with a snoot full of fairy dust!

  • i'm not an idiot but i don't know everything :D

  • That man talks with too many words. McCain don't use many words I'll vote for him.

  • I'm not saying you are, but you are coming off extremely pompous. Like you are allowed to say things like "raghead" and "strawpeople" because you happen to be a minority but it's absolutely wrong if white Christians say it. It's wrong if anybody says it. You victimize yourself by giving yourself different standards like that.

  • Like you are allowed to say things like "raghead" and "strawpeople"

    UM lol, first I don't use racist language, it shows lack of intelligence. Secondly strawman refers to a tactic of debate where you start arguing a different point to the one presented. I.E....

    PERSON 1- "I think so an so will make a good candidate because of his strong stance on pro choice abortion"

    PERSON 2- "He beat his wife, and he was convicted of a felony in his early years"

  • well then how does "now you are attacking strawmen" even make sense?

  • ...? I don't understand, do you want me to point out were you changed the point to Islam or do you want me to break down the sentence structure in reference of using the word strawmen?

  • You said, and I copy and pasted it, I assume the "we" was a type-o: "Now we you are attacking strawmen."

    ...How does that refer to a tactic of debate? Cuz I seriously don't get it.

  • To "set up a straw man" or "set up a straw man argument" is to describe a position that superficially resembles an opponent's actual view but is easier to refute. It's like us debating on whether or not christians on youtube are jerks and then you saying islam is evil. You set up the islam argument to bring us away from the original point of these "bible thumpers". Thus creating something that I can't defend against. I would then have to start arguing about islam being evil.

  • Okay, I'm understanding that. But is to say that I am "attacking" strawmen the same thing as saying that I'm setting up a straw man [argument]?

  • Oh lol, yea, that was just my particular figure of speech in reference to you talking about Islam atrocities. Meaning I was using your whole argument as a noun in the subject. I.e. Strawmen=Your point(s)

  • I see. Now that's what was confusing me...the actual word "attacking". Now that we've cleared that up, I feel smarter. lol. And we've already talked more about my point in doing that over the messages, and that it was not my goal to divert the topic of debate to something else, but to rather bring in the fact that we share blame. Right?

  • Of course, I know I am part of the problem, as far as blame is concerned. I work on that every day. Trust me it's hard. But I see how far I have come but still have a very long way to go. But one thing I have learned is not to push my religious Ideologies on people and not to be racist. But alas sometimes I make foot in mouth statements such as "white christian" when confronted with ignorance and racism. I guess I get goated into the same ignorance as well.

  • We all do.

  • Maybe so. But every race and religion has to do that within their respective groups. And you are pointing a lot of fingers at us without recognizing some of your own shortcomings. They are there.

    And you should also acknowledge that there are just as many conservative that happen to be Christians and are not racists, as there are conservatives who are Christians who are racists. I live 9 months/yr of my life a Baptist-based southern university, and I can pretty much split the 2 right in half.

  • Either way, it's getting old having religion interfere in politics. Not everyone can be christian.

  • Nor should everyone be Christian. However, it cannot be denied, and, being "conservative" as many Christians are, politicians will never be able to exclude faith in their platforms. Their jobs are to give the majority of the people what they want, and, in this country, for a while longer at least, that majority happens to be Christian. Separation of church and state will NEVER truly exist b/c it's the people of the church that control the state.

  • "Separation of church and state will NEVER truly exist b/c it's the people of the church that control the state."

    And thus the cycle repeats. We will keep doing brainless shit in the name of religion instead of using logic. And I told you being conservative has nothing to do with being christian. It's a political ideology. I am not saying don't have faith, just don't put YOUR personal beliefs in front of the people, no matter how much religious moral high ground you think you have.

  • I'm assuming "you" is general in your comment and will agree with you on that. I'm one of those people who will NEVER try to convert anybody to my beliefs. Nor will I ever try to prove somebody else's beliefs wrong with the teachings of my faith. Nobody, not one faith, in my opinion, has in completely wrong. Nor do I believe that anybody has it completely right. Now, does that mean that I think that when Mohammad said that men should hide their women 1,400 yrs ago, that it is still right today?

  • Absolutely not. Nor, for that matter, do I think it was right back then. I do not believe that women should be stoned to death or sentenced to prison for being raped. I do not believe that the two girls from my high school who were murdered by their OWN FATHER for asking him if they could start dating should have tombstones right now.

    But I also don't believe that if I step on a spider I'm going to hell.

    Or that divorce is some horrible sin.

    Or that graven images will prevent me from...

  • ...being in God's good graces.

    Or that sacrificing any sort of animal will please any higher being (whoever that higher being is).

    But their are degrees. That father should rot in prison for the rest of his life, and I would personally be okay if he got raped every single day he was in there. But people certainly shouldn't be persecuted for praying a certain way or not having graven images or not having windows in their church. There has to be a limit to tolerance.

  • "But their are degrees. That father should rot in prison for the rest of his life, and I would personally be okay if he got raped every single day he was in there."

    Please stick to the point...

  • OK, first of all, we got off the point a long time ago. The point of this whole bulletin's existence is to talk about the video to which it is attached.

    Secondly, I wasn't attacking "strawmen" (and why is it okay for YOU to use words like that and not other people?)...I used examples from EVERY religion I could think of.

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    Finally, my goal was to point out that all religions have their quirks but that some things cannot be tolerated. (Women covering up in their country is their business, here, it's ours. Honor killings overseas are their business, here, it's ours). Which is another reason church and state can never be fully separated. That was my point.

  • Yea I know there are religions that do stupid shit, even ones that exist today in theocracies throughout the world. But that's the whole point of keeping religion out of politics and law. But also keeping it free to practice whatever religion or belief system you want. If you think an atheist scientist can't do a better job at running political offices that is absurd. We have ethnics you know, shit that humans rely on instead of superstitious beliefs. It comes down to the person, not the faith.

  • I agree, the person practices the faith, therefore it comes down to the person. Absolutely. But, if I'm understanding you correctly, you contradict yourself. If it comes down to the person and not the faith, then why is it an atheist scientist would be better at running political offices? COULD one be better? sure. WOULD one be better? not necessarily. No.

  • I am not saying an atheist WOULD be better. I am saying it wouldn't matter if he was an atheist or a man of faith, just as long as he kept it out of government. See, it is always gonna come down to this. Someone who still believes in these middle eastern religions who won't take no for an answer. I have my own faith. You don't see me bringing it up or defending it. Why? Because I can keep it out of politics, it has no place there, it's a personal relationship, not one that should affect others.

  • Okay, and I agree with that. But unfortunately it's not that simple. Is it ideal? Absolutely. But unless there are some extremely dramatic changes in the coming decades, I think it'll be a cold day in hell before a non-religious man or woman is elected president. There a just too many Christians out there that need to be reassured that they live the correct life and that whoever is in charge agrees with that and, not only has no desire to change it, but wants to reinforce it.

  • "I think it'll be a cold day in hell before a non-religious man or woman is elected president."

    And once again, that is the problem, we refuse to progress beyond these points and into the realm of science and mathematics. Why can't science and god be hand and hand. Why is it always "my way or the highway" with you guys? I don't see buddhists attempting mass conversions, nor hindus? But why only these violent middle eastern one god dogmatic religions? I don't understand.

  • OK, I don't know if you are enjoying this, but I will ask you ONE more time to stop saying "you guys" and "you Christians"...at this point it's just frickin rude. I will continue to have a intelligent conversation with you, but only if you respect what I have asked you to do a million times. Now it's just getting old.

  • I am gonna send you a message, I want you to check it out. And no it's not gonna be trying to convince you of some religion or anything like that. But I just want you to see something.

  • No. Not until you agree to stop saying things like that. It's offensive to me. You didn't like being offended by that guy, so stop doing it to me. Any offensive thing I have said to you has strictly been about something YOU have said...NOTHING about anything Native American or anything.

  • Ok, I sent you that. I am just attempting to give you my perspective here. I don't know what I said to offend you. I am talking about the christians I am running into. Not YOU. So please quit taking it like that. I know it's not you.