1601. John McCain: America a Christian nation, needs Christian president

Comment #190251 by mordacious1 on June 8, 2008 at 4:06 pm

Either one will be an improvement, Border's dog would be an improvement too, better command of the English language.

1602. John McCain: America a Christian nation, needs Christian president

Comment #190248 by mordacious1 on June 8, 2008 at 4:02 pm

Border

Does he have a position on protecting the border? Oh...wait a minute....

1603. John McCain: America a Christian nation, needs Christian president

Comment #190194 by mordacious1 on June 8, 2008 at 2:03 pm

Maybeline

True. But science and law work differently, and the Constition can be interpreted differently as the centuries past, unless you're a real right wing republican. Also the Constitution can be ammended to meet new needs, that's kind of what scientists do with evolution as they discover new facts.

Sorry Don't want to be rude, but I gotta go, so if I don't reply it's not because I'm ignoring you.

1604. John McCain: America a Christian nation, needs Christian president

Comment #190191 by mordacious1 on June 8, 2008 at 1:58 pm

Maybeline

Your question would take pages.

I'm assuming that your from the UK or one of it's offspring, as we are. All of our law basicly centers on English Common Law and documents formulated over time. Your government, at least the judiciary, does the same thing as we do here, they just don't use that phrase that bothers you. But they still have to discuss, for example what the Magna Carta means. It's just the way countries work.

1605. John McCain: America a Christian nation, needs Christian president

Comment #190184 by mordacious1 on June 8, 2008 at 1:49 pm

lostpoet

Don't read Darwin either, he's dead, can't offer advice, so why bother...

If you read constitutional law, the justices refer to letters, writings, etc. by the founding fathers to get a grasp of how they were thinking. How they were thinking is the basis of law for the U.S. when the Constitution doesn't address isssues directly.

1606. John McCain: America a Christian nation, needs Christian president

Comment #190175 by mordacious1 on June 8, 2008 at 1:38 pm

FightingFalcon

methinks you should support Bob Barr.

1607. John McCain: America a Christian nation, needs Christian president

Comment #190171 by mordacious1 on June 8, 2008 at 1:33 pm

robotaholic

You will never advance in your rights with a Rep. in charge...where have you been during GW's admin.? Obama will sign Dem. legislation, I think he's actually pretty liberal...just needs to sound xian if you want to corner the black vote or be a mover and shaker in the black community. I didn't vote for him in the primary, but look at the choices...

1608. John McCain: America a Christian nation, needs Christian president

Comment #190165 by mordacious1 on June 8, 2008 at 1:24 pm

Maybeline

The founding fathers wrote the Constitution, the supreme law of the land, when the Supreme Court has to interpret the Constitution they sometimes have to return to the reasoning of the founding fathers to decide what it really says. That's the way it should be done, not always though. So the xians are trying to rewrite history, so they can bring religion into schools, etc.

1609. John McCain: America a Christian nation, needs Christian president

Comment #190161 by mordacious1 on June 8, 2008 at 1:19 pm

Ah, good ol' Obama...let's not piss off anyone.

1610. John McCain: America a Christian nation, needs Christian president

Comment #190156 by mordacious1 on June 8, 2008 at 1:11 pm

Uh...old school Federalists believed in a strong central government...Hamilton ring a bell...he wanted a monarchy.

1611. John McCain: America a Christian nation, needs Christian president

Comment #190155 by mordacious1 on June 8, 2008 at 1:07 pm

Whatever you label Jefferson, and I think he would be called an atheist today, he had a repulsion of religion. He tried to build a strong wall between church and state. Madison, Jefferson, Paine...and don't forget Franklin who was quite a slut for a xian.

1612. John McCain: America a Christian nation, needs Christian president

Comment #190150 by mordacious1 on June 8, 2008 at 1:00 pm

The points are: he promised to appoint religious judges, and if he wants to be re-elected he cannot be a moderate in office. It does not matter how he voted in the Senate. The only thing that will stop him is Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress.

1613. John McCain: America a Christian nation, needs Christian president

Comment #190147 by mordacious1 on June 8, 2008 at 12:53 pm

FightingFalcon

1) SUPREME COURT JUSTICES

2) He may want to get re-elected, if he lives long enough.

1614. John McCain: America a Christian nation, needs Christian president

Comment #190142 by mordacious1 on June 8, 2008 at 12:47 pm

oh BTW, even war heroes can be fucktards sometimes, I know quite a few....so don't get offended when I call this man who served his country bravely an offensive name...it fits in this case, especially lately, hmmm?

I saw a piece where he is having trouble raising money, no real base. He has to pander to the xians or he'll go broke.

1615. John McCain: America a Christian nation, needs Christian president

Comment #190137 by mordacious1 on June 8, 2008 at 12:41 pm

Remember...this guy promised to appoint Justices in the mold of Roberts and Scallito...

Too bad he never read a history book on the founding of our nation.

1616. John McCain: America a Christian nation, needs Christian president

Comment #190132 by mordacious1 on June 8, 2008 at 12:35 pm

Sorry Irate...

F U C K T A R D !

1617. Prayer to feed the hungry

Comment #190126 by mordacious1 on June 8, 2008 at 12:21 pm

Instead of praying all day Sunday, how about planting a garden, or raise money to donate to planned parenthood orgs in the affected nations, or...oh wait, god would damn you to eternal fire for doing that. Sorry.

1618. Couple charged in Norway over genital mutilation of daughters

Comment #190122 by mordacious1 on June 8, 2008 at 12:16 pm

pinkvoils

"dismaid"....pun or typo?

1619. Albinos, Long Shunned, Face Threat in Tanzania

Comment #190066 by mordacious1 on June 8, 2008 at 10:09 am

Wow, this kind of shit never ceases to amaze me.

At least the government doesn't seem to be ignoring the problem.

I'd be willing to donate a gallon of sunscreen and some 9mm ammo.

1620. Couple charged in Norway over genital mutilation of daughters

Comment #190064 by mordacious1 on June 8, 2008 at 10:04 am

Vanitas

I understand your point. My question is, why did the article not specify the religion? I think they may (I know, big assumption on my part) be afraid of criticizing a certain religion (and we all know what that religion is). Whenever someone leaves out an important fact like what the religion is, it makes me suspicious.

1621. New Way To Think About Earth's First Cells

Comment #190058 by mordacious1 on June 8, 2008 at 9:43 am

Mike

"The membrane and DNA are all de novo". Wow, this is really something then, I AM impressed. I'll have to check out the original article and follow their research closely. We may be close to getting a solid theory on how the first cell emerged. One big gap filled in by mankind, one little mind for the believers...

edit: and by close, I don't mean tomorrow...but before I meet Satan hopefully.

1622. Holiday in Hellmouth

Comment #190056 by mordacious1 on June 8, 2008 at 9:37 am

thewhitepearl

Actually, most of my comments are no more than snide remarks...but thanks anyway.

1623. Holiday in Hellmouth

Comment #190054 by mordacious1 on June 8, 2008 at 9:33 am

Border

Actually, I worried a little last night, because I said "England" instead of Britain. Maybe he's a Scott, or Welsh...I may have offended him...hope not. Oh well, after seeing the pictures of him sailing, I'm too envious to be too sorry.

1624. New Way To Think About Earth's First Cells

Comment #190038 by mordacious1 on June 8, 2008 at 9:11 am

OK explain it to me like I'm a four year old. Did they "create" a protocell from scratch, from compiled parts, or re-engineered downwards from an already existing cell?

1625. Couple charged in Norway over genital mutilation of daughters

Comment #190036 by mordacious1 on June 8, 2008 at 9:03 am

Is it the imans who do the mutilation? Whoever performs such things, should be fined, jailed, then deported. These guys have a plush life in the west, they won't want to go back to Somalia, or the Sudan.

1626. Prayer to feed the hungry

Comment #190032 by mordacious1 on June 8, 2008 at 8:56 am

The new GW policy. We airdrop a loaf of bread and a fish or two over Myanmar, and on the way down it transforms into enough to feed millions. Brilliant!

With my food budget going up, I might have to resort to this soon. Please Jesus, turn my 6 pack into a 12 pack.

I just saw a piece on fox news: "A study shows that praying is good for your brain." Uh, doesn't seem so to me...

1627. Holiday in Hellmouth

Comment #189929 by mordacious1 on June 7, 2008 at 6:02 pm

kaiserkriss

I'm sure thewhitepearl doesn't expect her GF to rock the boat, but healing through the laying on of hands is pushing the envelope.

thewhitepearl

I think what qomak is suggesting is: go up to your GF and say "Wow, last week I saw this Islamic Iman put his thumbs on a blind man's eyes, prayed to Allah, and the man could instantly see! I'm convinced and am converting to Islam!". Of course, GF will say, "It's all fake, it's fake". Then you say, "Well, kinda sounds like when you lengthened that guys leg...".

1628. 'In Our Time': Trofim Lysenko

Comment #189914 by mordacious1 on June 7, 2008 at 2:55 pm

Some people still believe in some of the things in here that we laugh at. The example, not Lysenko's, that giraffe necks are longer because they spent generations reaching for higher leaves is one. Many people today, if they didn't say goddidit, would assume this is true, knowing nothing of Natural Selection. Sad comment on our schools.

Lysenko would bury sacks of wheat seed in the snow to create a winter wheat. Typical of this guy's thinking. Typical of what happens when you mute peer review, in this case with the threat of a bullet to the head. Also typical of what happens when you have leaders, that know nothing of science, making the decisions over those who do. In this case people starved to death. In our case people remain paralyzed or die of Parkinson's or Alzheimer's.

1629. 'In Our Time': Trofim Lysenko

Comment #189860 by mordacious1 on June 7, 2008 at 11:40 am

Thanks Richard.

1630. Storm erupts over 'virginity' divorce

Comment #189859 by mordacious1 on June 7, 2008 at 11:39 am

1400 Posts and appleby is finally gone? Took long enough. I think I know where he might be, my neighbor's peacock was making a hell of a noise last night...

1631. Reality wins in Texas!

Comment #189854 by mordacious1 on June 7, 2008 at 11:17 am

BorderCollie

TheWhitePearl is from Dallas.

1632. 'In Our Time': Trofim Lysenko

Comment #189853 by mordacious1 on June 7, 2008 at 11:15 am

Anyone else having problems getting this to play?

1633. Faith no more as World Youth Day fans flames of disbelief

Comment #189851 by mordacious1 on June 7, 2008 at 11:13 am

People are free to believe what they want, it becomes a problem when they become President or get on the Supreme Court and talk to god before making decisions.

1634. Reality wins in Texas!

Comment #189850 by mordacious1 on June 7, 2008 at 11:09 am

These cretinists are like whack a mole, you smash 'em and they pop up again with a new name, so expect them back.

1635. Reality wins in Texas!

Comment #189847 by mordacious1 on June 7, 2008 at 11:06 am

Since when is epeeist in Texas, hold your tongue man, or do they have a Texas in England?

1636. Faith no more as World Youth Day fans flames of disbelief

Comment #189843 by mordacious1 on June 7, 2008 at 11:01 am

We need to keep the religious around, what would comedy be without them? If I need a laugh, I turn on the 700 Club, it's a side-splitter. Sobering though when you realize how many people believe this nonsense and what harm they do.

1637. 'In Our Time': Trofim Lysenko

Comment #189838 by mordacious1 on June 7, 2008 at 10:53 am

MuNky82

You are squating? Who gives a crap, besides you while you're squating?

1638. A word for nonbelievers

Comment #189662 by mordacious1 on June 6, 2008 at 10:56 pm

JuxtaMonkey

Don't worry about being rude on this site, you have no idea how we get. You were very polite btw.

I don't think we should try to get the fundies to fear us, but they do, we stand against everything they believe in. No one wants to find out that there is no Santa. My son is dating a girl with fundie parents, if they find out he's an atheist, he's toast. They think atheists have the plague or something, in league with satan, evil, it's very sad.

1639. A word for nonbelievers

Comment #189658 by mordacious1 on June 6, 2008 at 10:42 pm

Free Thought Radio has a nice "Imagine No Religion" billboard that they've designed and is available to anyone who wants to pay for the placement. You save on designing the ad that way. $22,500 seems steep for a couple of months (probably because it's on the interstate in an urban area).

1640. A word for nonbelievers

Comment #189654 by mordacious1 on June 6, 2008 at 10:34 pm

The guy has the right idea...organize atheists and other non-believers...but it is like herding cats. In fact, it's like herding cats being chased by Appleby.

1641. A word for nonbelievers

Comment #189652 by mordacious1 on June 6, 2008 at 10:31 pm

That guy's 70? Being an atheist can keep you lookin' good.

I'd put guards on that sign though.

1642. Male circumcision is a weapon in the sperm wars

Comment #189638 by mordacious1 on June 6, 2008 at 8:43 pm

Who crushes the nuts? The vise squad?

1643. Blogger spreads the gospel of science

Comment #189621 by mordacious1 on June 6, 2008 at 5:58 pm

Kent, WA...probably named after Clark Kent.

edit 2: oh crap, just saw re. to superman above, not original joke.

epeeist

There's an Oxford, Mississippi too, but Faulkner was born there, so we can't criticize too much.

edit: I once counted 26 Lancasters in the world, including Alaska,so those guys got around a bit.

1644. Storm erupts over 'virginity' divorce

Comment #189587 by mordacious1 on June 6, 2008 at 3:03 pm

Appleby

As sort of an experiment, I asked my neighbor's goat if she'd be willing to have consentual sex with you. All she said was "Naaaaaaa". So sorry, just trying to fix you up.

1645. Storm erupts over 'virginity' divorce

Comment #189579 by mordacious1 on June 6, 2008 at 2:32 pm

Al

Your joke reminds me of a gay professor I had in college who cemented in his yard because he hated grass. He just used a leaf blower, no lawnmower, must have been gay. Great place to shoot hoops though.

1646. Hints of 'time before Big Bang'

Comment #189577 by mordacious1 on June 6, 2008 at 2:27 pm

Theories about this, time before big bang and multiple universes, abound. It is just that they have evidence, to support existing theories, from the CMB from 400,000 years ago. If this is so, this is exciting indeed.

Steve, you've been hanging around alot lately. Just can't stay away, can you?

1647. Male circumcision is a weapon in the sperm wars

Comment #189568 by mordacious1 on June 6, 2008 at 2:07 pm

Sperm Wars

An accurate description, since mine are shot out of a cannon (sorry, couldn't resist)

1648. Storm erupts over 'virginity' divorce

Comment #189087 by mordacious1 on June 5, 2008 at 11:43 am

Circles, circles, an oval, more circles...

1649. A moral test for true believers, Rudd style

Comment #189078 by mordacious1 on June 5, 2008 at 11:21 am

The more I read about Australia on this site, the more it sounds like the U.S. And that is not a good thing most of the time.

1650. Stupid flies live longer: study

Comment #189076 by mordacious1 on June 5, 2008 at 11:19 am

I dunno. The smart flies in my house tend to live up to 5 minutes longer while I chase them around. One was so clever at escaping me, that I finally captured it in a net and let it go, out of respect for its abilities.