Free Republic

“FR is a conservative site that is AGAINST homosexualism.”

How did you come to this conclusion? I would submit that there are more than a few libertarians that don’t really care one way or another on the subject (and yes, I know that the founder is supposed to be an opponent of the gay-agenda, but he is an opponent of many other agendas as well). In any event, FR is now greater than the sum of its parts. In addition, simply being conservative does not mean one is a religious conservative.

There are all sorts of flavors of conservatism, and if FR was populated by only religious conservatives it would be a pale representation of what it is now. You may wish that FR was otherwise, but the Conservative cause (which the anti-gay agenda is only a subset in the religious category), has greater challenges than concerning themselves with whatever the gay-agenda du jour is at the moment.

In the end, “boresighting” homosexuals will not save the Republic when full blown Marxism is in the political winds. It’s time that the homophobes, whether religious or otherwise, improved their situational awareness.

If the Log Cabin Republicans will assist in derailing the Obamites, I couldn’t care less about their sexual preferences.

“The punishments gradually were reduced, but the writes of the Constitution and those who came after them obviously considered homosexual acts worthy of criminal penalty.”

So, you’re saying that simply making laws against homosexuality gets the country off the hook with God? So, if we make a law against say.....Muslims, Sikhs, or Hindus, then God will throw all sorts of blessings our way and the Republic will survive and prosper? I really do think it takes a bit more than that to gain the benefits of divine providence.

Sorry, your theory is becoming more “theoretical” the more you post.

“Homosexuality is a sin. It’s every influence in our country is the beginning of our country’s demise.”

You aren’t even making any sense. If the formation of the US was based on the presence absence of Gays, the country would have never started. Unless, of course, you are proposing that there were no Gays in the US the 1700’s.

Your premise and conclusion does not support historical fact.

Just with the crowd I run with, you'll find that the pros in the “hard” sciences question whether climatology is a science at all.

We have a whole sect, that views the majority of their science to be modeling complex systems. Well and good, but the problem is the disturbingly poor performance of their models at describing the actual systems. In a disturbingly high percentage of cases, the models and actual observations are not in accordance.

As for me, I figure the climatology simulators are basing their models on faulty PC premises. But that's just me.

“Ann is calling herself a ‘fag hag’”

Don’t really care. None of my business.

This kinda’ begs the question of how long this little “arrangement” has been in place. Was it just instituted, or is it long standing? How was the salary negotiated, and who were the parties that did the negotiating? I’m sure the AG will get into this, but this seems to have been an hideously cozy package.

Is Rizzo hooked up with the Mob? Other than stupid voters, there is little else to explain it.

“....the Supreme Court has shifted to Liberals with Kagan....”

Nah. It’s a wash. The equation is still the same as it was. It’s just a player substitution. As another contributor mentioned, it all comes down to Kennedy.

‘If attacked, Iran will annihilate US’

Well, that’s the title, but the text of the article doesn’t say that. It just says they “won’t let us off”.

Whew! Now I can sleep at night.

Does the picture of the spokesman look at all like “Baghdad Bob”?

“Me thinks “The One” is becoming more and more detached, angry and depressed...”

Well, that’s perhaps the most interesting observation of all. What, exactly, are the options if the POTUS goes round the bend? How nuts does a Pres. have to get before he has to be removed? LBJ had a big problem with the bottle (they had to keep him on the plane at BOS for a couple of hours before they got him sober enough to let lose on the public. You are aware of the doctor’s commentary on O’s last annual physical re. laying off the booze. Not to mention the burgers and fries (but that’s another story, especially for African-Americans).

Like any male, the “danger years” begin in the 40’s. Consider the problems of concurrent mental illness and pushing a rapidly disintegrating Marxist agenda. There’s quite a synergy there on a number of levels. Now, if he has an anarchist/sociopathic streak (and I think he does), then he may not be nuts at all. He may be living his dream.

One thing’s for sure, his intentions are becoming frighteningly apparent as time goes on. What was merely conjecture regarding what he was about, is becoming realized. In a couple of years, even the folks with stars in their eyes are less likely to hold on to their illusions as everyone is going to take hits from this guy.

Nah, they shouldn’t feel discriminated against. Though I’m sure that they reflexively think that.

You live by the ballot box, you die by the ballot box. It is the way of all crookd politicos (and there are plenty more), whether black or white. Plenty of whites have taken their hits for ethics violations. It would be discriminatory if it wasn’t applied across the board, just as it seems to be happening now.

It just happens to be their turn in the barrel.

“Where are the “Save The Dust” tee-shirts...???”

And would it be PC to actually wash such a shirt? I mean the dust has to go somewhere.

“The EPA must be abolished!”

Yeah.... Like that’s gonna’ happen. The EPA hasn’t hammered us too hard yet. However, I’ve been waiting for them to make this move for a little over a year and a half on this particular issue. It’s been in the wind for awhile (so to speak).

I’m figuring they’ll overplay their hand with this one. Personally, I’d like this one to be attempted. They’ll have far more to lose, than they can hope to gain when the dirt farmers get riled up.

Shrug.

“Alexander Hamilton probably had more of a Jewish upbringing than Disreali”

Thank you for this. I was not aware of it before. I will do a bit of “looking up”. Of late, there has been a recurrent thread with the position that the founders were a purely “Christian” state (mostly aimed at hammering Muslims I’m afraid).

It was always my impression that our founding was far more ecumenical than some of us evangelicals would like to believe. Your information gives me an excuse to do some overdue research on the subject.

“Sacha Baron Cohen, in his Borat incarnation, managed to get a large group of Americans to sing a song called “Throw the Jew down the Well”.”

I loved that movie. As you know Sacha is also Jewish, which astounded some of my Hebrew friends. When they realized where he was coming from, they all came back with something to the effect that it made the movie REALLY funny.

In any event, if experience in that part of the world is any indication (and I grew up in that sphere), >90% of the audience had never met a Jew. Rather than being biased against Jews, they were probably clueless about Jews which is quite a different matter.

“Britain, of course, has had a Jewish prime minister.”

Well, that’s not exactly true, if you’re thinking of Benjamin Disraeli. He was born into a Jewish family, but at the age of 13 his family fell away from the Jewish faith.

For the remainder of his life, Benjamin was a practicing member of the Anglican church, which probably accounts for much of his political success in that country.

Do not confuse ethnic extraction, and religious belief. It is a mistake that is commonly made rather like saying all blacks are Southern Baptists (which they are clearly not).

What Jesse wants, and what the individual members of his race “gets” is two different things.

Those guys that come into the major carriers with “the grueling series of ratings”, still have to get past the sim check at the end of their first year. Every pilot is under probation his/her first year.

It is dark in the sim. It does not matter what color you are. If you bust the ride, goodbye. It is rather like lowering the bar to get into CA’s leading universities. You may get in, but that does not mean you graduate.

The privilege of working in a major (and others) cockpit is still based on a meritocracy. Race will not keep you there. It still is, as it should be, which should comfort some of those that are unfamiliar with that particular “environment”.

“There’s nothing controversial about this,..”

In truth, I had really not thought about this lately. You are correct though. England has the same anti-semitic disease that the rest of Western Europe has had for...centuries. Perhaps to a lesser degree than some other countries, but they do have the fever.

Since WWII US children have lead a fairly cloistered existence when it came to anti-semitism. Kids from my generation just never thought that way. What is common behavior and attitude in Europe, would get you bounced out on the street in the US.

The US is generally where the Enlightenment went, when Europe became atherosclerotic.

“Lower standards. Hand out medical degrees like candy.”

No reason to. My orthopaedic surgeon is an AF Academy graduate, plus his MD (wherever that came from. He know his stuff. Oh yes, he’s black, if that makes any difference to you one way or another.

All I care about is that he put me back together nicely.