tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post2078198007987104016..comments2024-03-28T14:52:13.218-05:00Comments on Stonekettle Station: Recap: November 30, 2021Jim Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-38109867125881600522021-12-12T16:50:31.368-06:002021-12-12T16:50:31.368-06:00As always, absolutely spot on. Thank you. Have a w...As always, absolutely spot on. Thank you. Have a wonderful rest of your Sunday. ~ Sandi<br />Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16987983351735898372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-61795808911049709772021-12-10T13:04:15.624-06:002021-12-10T13:04:15.624-06:00Every time I hear or see Palin's name, I can r...Every time I hear or see Palin's name, I can remember vividly the on-camera interview she gave after the election with the dude slicing open turkey necks behind her.Deriliquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17208040242692758409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-39085394009705022092021-12-09T21:32:03.380-06:002021-12-09T21:32:03.380-06:00Keep your god to yourself. The vast majority actua...Keep your god to yourself. The vast majority actually don't believe in any higher power and we need LESS religiosity, not more. This Country started with No National Religion in it's founding documents and let's keep it that way. Tina Ruthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-78601108896691468772021-12-08T18:42:50.119-06:002021-12-08T18:42:50.119-06:00I used to think that the GOP couldn't get wors...I used to think that the GOP couldn't get worse than Sarah Palin. Apparently they interpreted that as a challenge.Ben Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18422985487768001979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-20818951772100216982021-12-08T18:35:02.254-06:002021-12-08T18:35:02.254-06:00And some people downplay the role Nixson's Sou...And some people downplay the role Nixson's Southern Strategy played in the modern Republican Party. Lie with dogs...... Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11595076534788170638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-66849882912733213842021-12-07T15:15:32.354-06:002021-12-07T15:15:32.354-06:00You ruin your whole argument with "...even if...You ruin your whole argument with "...even if you don't like Biden for being a corporate Democrat". Faint praise. Even fainter support.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-89092484244550824172021-12-07T12:39:24.101-06:002021-12-07T12:39:24.101-06:00"Lincoln would have beaten these miserable go..."Lincoln would have beaten these miserable goons with a hickory axe handle."<br /><br />I'd pay to watch that. <br /><br />Abe Lincoln, Moron Hunter.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02229607228674862682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-4783016124372714982021-12-07T12:34:21.431-06:002021-12-07T12:34:21.431-06:00Atheism is a belief system the same way bald is a ...Atheism is a belief system the same way bald is a hairstyle.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02229607228674862682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-53967303942436976212021-12-06T10:10:48.776-06:002021-12-06T10:10:48.776-06:00SNERT
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SNERT<br /><br />Heh Heh Heh Heh��<br />Vcuarto3https://www.blogger.com/profile/07092491190195690370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-91661274958663109632021-12-03T18:34:40.499-06:002021-12-03T18:34:40.499-06:00WHY?
Because it offers a positive moral message i...WHY?<br /><br />Because it offers a positive moral message in the face of hate.<br /><br />Because it is NOT about changing THEIR minds but changing OUR OWN MINDS: breaking this cycle of submission, victimhood, passive acceptance of oppression that most people have fallen into. It is a psychological punch thrown at a bully.<br /><br />Because it is poke in the eye to the "God Bless America! God Bless Trump!" scumbags.<br /><br />Because the VAST MAJORITY of all humans believe in a spiritual power, and that belief can be highly motivating. We need to motivate people to stand up and push back.<br /><br />Because the world does NOT function on "reason and logic". It functions on emotion and rhetoric, with reason and logic providing a mental toolkit for expressing our emotional rhetoric.<br /><br />Because the enemies of freedom and human dignity have always used God of any kind as a weapon to advance their agenda. We should reclaim God/spirituality and advance goodness and justice.<br /><br />Because pandering to the loudmouthed atheist minority has played right into the hands of the extremists for decades, allowing them to take control of religious institutions and drive out the open-minded majority. See how many churches have lost followers? That leaves the extremist unchallenged. It does not eliminate religion.<br /><br />Because God/spirit is something inside us that we manifest into the world through our thoughts and actions. Not something that comes from the sky, or from the blunt force of man-made religious dogma. "Leave God out of it" means leaving ourselves out of it. That's called "surrender".<br /><br />Because "God Bless Biden" or some other message forces us to put forth our own power, challenging the evil "out there" and challenging our own passivity which lets evil win.<br /><br />Why do atheists have to take God out of everything? <br /><br />I am an absolutist on the separation of church and state. All beliefs should be respected but extreme beliefs that bring harm to others should not be allowed to be put into action. That's what the right wing Dominionists are doing in league with the whole conservative movement, and why they must be stopped.<br /><br />No belief system (and atheism IS a belief system) should force others to convert to it's way of thinking. Ever.buckeyebobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-4733568368242137192021-12-03T06:24:58.233-06:002021-12-03T06:24:58.233-06:00Uh... WHY bring ANY god into it? Saying "God ...Uh... WHY bring ANY god into it? Saying "God Bless Biden" isn't going to change their behavior. MANY folks don't believe in any gods at all. I mean - if there IS a god... WHY isn't this god helping Biden already? Why does this god allow all these people to whom he supposedly said killing was NOT allowed to do this crazy shit all the time? Oh, right, AFTER they actually die, they'll suffer. Riiiiggghhhht. We need to keep pushing fact and reality... they won't listen to that, either, but at least it WILL be standing up to them rather than pushing religion.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10725656733210058159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-65607102432744956012021-12-03T00:30:43.097-06:002021-12-03T00:30:43.097-06:00You can fight with words. Words that originate fro...You can fight with words. Words that originate from a common source (such as Greek and Latin) bear weight. In the field of English grammars, I personally would compare the structure of perfect language usage as difficult to understand as Calculus...and certainly as much so as Trigonometry. I took a correspondence course in English Grammar back in 1975 when I could have cheated easily. But I was humbled by the rules governing English. Great Britain, and England in particular, carries a heavy weight in upholding the language. If it weren't so, no one in the Britain would speak with a dialectic brogue. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10229932046478143123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-11280680489506183582021-12-02T23:23:08.585-06:002021-12-02T23:23:08.585-06:00Hear, hear!!Hear, hear!!Hank Brandthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10440975906601732962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-91153182344272604362021-12-02T22:41:34.280-06:002021-12-02T22:41:34.280-06:00I wouldn't so much define or label her as a pr...I wouldn't so much define or label her as a prat. She, and quite a few more, well LOTS more, do fit that definition, But I rather like a word from the old AOL Chat rooms and message boards, a SNERT. A Snot Nosed Egotistical Rude Teenager. The behavior continually reminds me of an angst ridden teenager in the throes of puberty.LaurePWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-38401758672190236702021-12-02T22:36:18.501-06:002021-12-02T22:36:18.501-06:00Lincoln would have been, by modern day definitions...Lincoln would have been, by modern day definitions, a liberal or leaning left. We former Republicans didn't so much change parties as the parties changed thier ideologies and moved away from us. LaurePWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-60501470877875736402021-12-02T19:11:22.491-06:002021-12-02T19:11:22.491-06:00So true, and yet as a Democrat I'm kinda of re...So true, and yet as a Democrat I'm kinda of regretting the 2022 midterms. People love the shit that Republicans are selling, and by people, I mean like 50% of us.mr_noopyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07817233978224801441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-56988957176079658682021-12-02T16:22:22.654-06:002021-12-02T16:22:22.654-06:00I have met Ilhan Omar at a campaign event. She is ...I have met Ilhan Omar at a campaign event. She is highly intelligent, respectful of all people, charismatic and very, very nice. I am proud to have voted for her in each election she has run in. Boebert, Greene, Stefanik are the "Real Housewives of the KKK"Modelmartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17667310128801826122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-38097492520514967622021-12-02T12:53:15.280-06:002021-12-02T12:53:15.280-06:00The Racism is just gobsmacking in its overtness!The Racism is just gobsmacking in its overtness!Debs Evansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-64339594610268547372021-12-02T12:48:04.211-06:002021-12-02T12:48:04.211-06:00No idea what horrible thing fell out of King's...No idea what horrible thing fell out of King's rotted brain this time, but with Iowa state legislators threatening teachers with felonies for teaching, we have bigger problems than a washed-up, has-been contractor with an ancient bulldozer's musings. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-29745716916283992562021-12-02T11:58:22.579-06:002021-12-02T11:58:22.579-06:00The reason they have a preening delight is that no...The reason they have a preening delight is that no one ever punishes them, with jail, punches, kicks, hickory axe handles or that 2nd Amendment they are so sexually obsessed with. Bullys will continue until they are cracked...and HARD!<br /><br />This behavior is both part of Conservative sociopathic (diseased) mind, AND a deliberate strategy of PsyOps, psychological warfare that our host should know something about.<br /><br />Most people LOATHE confrontations and will not stand up for themselves and certainly not others. Rethuglican PsyOps is meant to break us all down and demoralize any resistance to their tyranny. This is standard in all totalitarian movements, Fascist or Communist, for at least 100 years.<br /><br />The only way to stop them is for "We the People" to stand up and use every means available to take our country back from this hideous ideology that already has majority control of almost all of social institutions.<br /><br />Lets start with a baby step: Say "God Bless Biden" all over the internet, on bumper stickers, flags, letters to the editor etc. Even if you don't like Biden for being a corporate Democrat, it's a start to punching back.<br /><br />Start from here: GOD BLESS BIDEN!<br /><br />buckeyebobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-31479733981085309822021-12-02T11:39:31.559-06:002021-12-02T11:39:31.559-06:00Extremely well said, Jim!! Some people don't l...Extremely well said, Jim!! Some people don't learn, either from history or the present, and those, are really crappy citizens. It's so far beyond appalling that I have no clue where we are now. smdh<br /><br />Keep on keepin' on, Chief. Your posts help keep me sane. Or, at least, as sane as I can be given the state of this "union".Mary Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02690675739944899103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-31945134699570605612021-12-02T09:48:31.118-06:002021-12-02T09:48:31.118-06:00I wish you wouldn't be so fucking nice to the ...I wish you wouldn't be so fucking nice to the bobo prat. I guess facefuck has suspended your Stonekettle site as all I see from you anymore is photos of bees, (not that there is anything wrong with bees, your photos are great).<br />Stan and Lindy Binnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08751824329401307765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-23279581187379912912021-12-02T09:09:09.199-06:002021-12-02T09:09:09.199-06:00“Never believe that anti-Semites are completely un...“Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.”<br />Jean-Paul Sartre, 1944Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-13520803483335476442021-12-02T08:24:45.719-06:002021-12-02T08:24:45.719-06:00Well said!! Well said!! Judi Klinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13316951759174230821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-9476432389194388242021-12-02T08:24:45.137-06:002021-12-02T08:24:45.137-06:00That's it, isn't it.
Keeping this gang o...That's it, isn't it. <br />Keeping this gang of lunatics in office depends on folks who are in the "my vote doesn't count" camp as well as the "all politicians are the same" and "I didn't get every campaign promise that I wanted" tribes.<br />Funny that the people who vote for these vile, racist, (insert category)phobic, ignorant twits never think that THEIR vote doesn't count - they ALWAYS show up at the polls. ArtLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03226709164404997478noreply@blogger.com