tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488651241352366915.post6025598298368445807..comments2024-01-15T04:46:58.572-05:00Comments on Atheist Camel: Two days of Madness and Hate and The Straw that Broke the Camel's PatienceDromedary Humphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14165566701791663057noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488651241352366915.post-2157888451489940242016-01-19T11:06:47.578-05:002016-01-19T11:06:47.578-05:00Robert,
and thank you for the encouragement and su...Robert,<br />and thank you for the encouragement and support. Dromedary Humphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165566701791663057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488651241352366915.post-86431087454495944852016-01-18T22:04:03.042-05:002016-01-18T22:04:03.042-05:00Thank you for every word you wrote
Thank you for every word you wrote<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16286114158059103664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488651241352366915.post-58346056370118515172016-01-18T21:00:15.066-05:002016-01-18T21:00:15.066-05:00Janet,
Thanks! Glad to have you on board.
Janet, <br />Thanks! Glad to have you on board. <br /><br />Dromedary Humphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165566701791663057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488651241352366915.post-79448349410305003722016-01-18T19:50:21.939-05:002016-01-18T19:50:21.939-05:00I just happened on your blog because saw a link to...I just happened on your blog because saw a link to today's piece on the warmongering GOP ... THANK YOU! I'll be subscribing and reading .... Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03403886870481809715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488651241352366915.post-74634842930035393352016-01-18T13:29:51.577-05:002016-01-18T13:29:51.577-05:00Hi Karen!
yes, the same Christy ad infects my tv ...Hi Karen!<br /><br />yes, the same Christy ad infects my tv as well. You'd think as a "former US prosecutor" he'd recognize that holding people without trial forever - "until they rot" -is a violation of the Constitution. But, alas...neither he nor his supporters understand that. To them it's not even an issue.<br /> <br />I wouldn't worry too much about Trump being elected, as messed up as this nation may be, and as far in decline as it has come , I still have a glimmer of confidence that reason will prevail. Obama's election and re-election remind me of that.<br /><br />Anon,<br /><br />Thanks! <br />I have nothing against Libertarians per se, and agree with some of their positions. Extremism in any flavor, however, offends me. <br /><br />Here in New Hampshire the Free Stater Movement which has targeted NH (and where they've made marginal inroads)talks about eliminating zoning laws. Thanks.. but having someone buy the 10 acres next to me in this lovely rural residential zoned area, and turning into a pig farm and slaughter house would not exactly make me feel "liberated". <br /><br />Kudos on surviving in TexAss. Keep up the good fight. I hear people say it will be a blue state one day. From their mouths to Moloch's ears. Dromedary Humphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165566701791663057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488651241352366915.post-77046770613746511762016-01-18T08:58:16.862-05:002016-01-18T08:58:16.862-05:00Hump, I joined American Atheists this year just so...Hump, I joined American Atheists this year just so I could go to this dinner. Small government often means allowing people/businesses to discriminate and also environmental degradation. Strong defense that Silverman talks about in the video link requires quite a bit of government to do weapons research plus pay for everything.<br /><br />I have some sympathy for Libertarians, I'd like society to be as free as possible and the government to be as small as possible. I think I disagree on just how to implement the same.<br /><br />I'm living in Texas and the Republicans are bent on destroying the education system here, among their many ill advised schemes.<br /><br />I really appreciated this post, I've felt the same way for awhile now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488651241352366915.post-18159202905781624652016-01-17T19:34:03.654-05:002016-01-17T19:34:03.654-05:00Bart,
I am so disturbed by this upcoming elections...Bart,<br />I am so disturbed by this upcoming elections that I am looking into emigrating to Canada should a certain New Yorker's candidacy outlive the joke it is. <br />I agree with your views on this topic. <br />There is a very scary ad currently viewing for Chris Christie- when asked about prisoners at Gitmo he states they should all rot there. He states that 30% of those released by Obama have returned to a life of terrorism and therefore we are justified in refusing liberty to the remaining people imprisoned on our tiny corner of Cuba. Now, I am no mathematician, however my thoughts immediately go to the other 70% that have been released. Apparently they are law abiding people. I believe traditional American prisons have a rate of recidivism much higher than 30%. I am in no way minimizing terrorism, however, as you stated, a country that has been at war for 90% of its existence, can America truly be surprised at the prodigal son that has come home for justice?Karen Hemstocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488651241352366915.post-87605446566102236902016-01-17T13:21:01.801-05:002016-01-17T13:21:01.801-05:00Bumpas/ Bob,
Heheh..Thanks so much. and I wish yo...Bumpas/ Bob,<br />Heheh..Thanks so much. and I wish you an Jeebus the very best in your upcoming nuptials.<br /><br />talos1,<br />Thanks for that thoughtful analysis... I can find nothing to disagree with in what you said. Your perspective is the same as mine, including love of country. This phrase says is it all: <br />" I love America, but frankly, I think our country is a damn bully in many instances when dealing with others." <br /><br />Indeed, it is easier for us the thinking to look at ourselves as others see us. It is virtually impossible for the Right to understand that kind of self reflection and analysis...hence our not so wonderful reputation, and the fact we've been at war for approx 214 years of our 236 yr existence. Dromedary Humphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165566701791663057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488651241352366915.post-36162974402131817522016-01-17T12:41:00.718-05:002016-01-17T12:41:00.718-05:00Agree totally with your post on the release of the...Agree totally with your post on the release of the 10 Navy personnel, Hump. <br /><br />To hear Cruz up there running his mouth about how if he was President, Iran would pay deeply for what they did, revulsed me!<br /><br />What the F! Why doesn't Iran have the right to protect their sovereign borders? Every country has the right and obligation. It baffles me why Cruz and others of his ilk would think this way. Would our country do anything less than the Iranians<br />did?<br /><br />These people were released the following day or so. When was the last time anyone captured by Iran released before months or years had passed. That's what shocked me personally. Instead of making childish threats and slamming Obama over being " feckless" , the candidates should have all been congratulating Iran for their swift decision to release them, even though they certainly would have been in their rights to detain them longer, which we most certainly would have done in the same circumstances. <br /><br />I'm so pissed that our government is so hypocritical in dealing other countries. We don't give them the same respect we demand from them! I love America, but frankly, I think our country is a damn bully in many instances when dealing with others. <br /><br />Look how we deal with Russia for instance. We invaded Iraq on fabricated evidence of weapons of mass destruction, despite the UN not sanctioning the move, a clear violation of international law. Our history of using the CIA to foment overthrow of numerous democratically elected leaders in Latin America, Africa, and elsewhere over the passed 50+ years speaks volumes. Many of these acts were in response to complaints by American business entities who were mad because they were being told that they no longer wanted to be exploited. Our military was being used as armed thugs for the companies via our government policies. I think it was called "gunboat diplomacy"?<br /><br />We treat Russia like it's still the old Soviet system run by Stalin. Putin is not in the Communist party any longer and is trying to get his country into the 21st century and include more democratic reforms, because he realizes that the old system was excessively corrupt and repressive and inefficient. <br /><br />He is pissed that we try to treat him like some child who is only good enough to sit at the kids table. ISIS is a threat to his country as well as ours. Instead of trying to bully him, we should be trying to help him since after all, ISIS is a direct result of our stupid foreign invasion actions from Iraq which destabilized the region. <br /><br />Sorry about the long rant, but I'm so GD angry about all the bloodshed and money wasted in these endeavors. All those years and trillions of dollars spent could have been spent here for relief from droughts, floods and other natural disasters. F Ted Cruz and the Republican Party !<br />talos1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10057327506707388974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488651241352366915.post-292760966735112562016-01-17T12:06:42.242-05:002016-01-17T12:06:42.242-05:00Dear Hump,
AS a FB friend too, I will not announce...Dear Hump,<br />AS a FB friend too, I will not announce my upcoming marriage to Jeebus. Well written and thanks. I admire your work.<br /><br />Fellow Atheist<br /><br />Bob FinlayBumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03037397816311743600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488651241352366915.post-66376334951739601932016-01-17T11:26:07.192-05:002016-01-17T11:26:07.192-05:00Anon,
I can not even imagine.
I watched this You...Anon,<br /><br />I can not even imagine. <br />I watched this Youtube video. <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AINa22UR0S4<br /><br />...and while he espouses some very conservative bed rock concepts... he is in denial if he thinks that CPAC, or any meaningful number of Right Wingers, would hesitate a moment to have him killed, jailed, or deported to "North Korea" for his godlessness. He may as well be there telling them Jesus was a myth and being gay is not a choice for all the inroads he'll make. It's a fools errand, and perhaps an ego trip. <br /><br />I am not a dues paying member of Amer. Atheists. I already give my money to organizations that more closely represent my perspectives, priorities, sense of justice and ethics, and not with those whose only shared interest is being a non-believer. Dromedary Humphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165566701791663057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488651241352366915.post-92089392125390380622016-01-17T08:38:41.442-05:002016-01-17T08:38:41.442-05:00I'll be having dinner with David Silverman in ...I'll be having dinner with David Silverman in a few weeks. I'm very interested in his visit to CPAC and his ideas of bringing more conservatives into American Atheists. I'm wondering what those atheists are for if they are voting consistently Republican. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488651241352366915.post-16415033044989197892016-01-16T22:08:56.681-05:002016-01-16T22:08:56.681-05:00Den!s,
I do not want anyone to invoke "Godwi...<br />Den!s,<br /><br />I do not want anyone to invoke "Godwin's Law" so I try to avoid comparisons to the 3rd Reich.<br /><br />But the flavor,the smell, the sound the rhetoric, and the drum beats for war are reminiscent of the worst kind of culture, one I never expected to see again on this planet - least of all from us. <br />Dromedary Humphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165566701791663057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488651241352366915.post-44397999467797132112016-01-16T21:47:19.882-05:002016-01-16T21:47:19.882-05:00Today's tremendous news of the prisoner releas...Today's tremendous news of the prisoner release was a different matter for the GOP Presidential candidates, with them frothing at the mouth over it. It's absolutely incredible. They are fucking nuts, cookoo, bonkers, mentally ill. There are no words to accurately describe their behavior/mentality. They are....... ok, I'm going to say it......TERRORISTS! <br />Ok, if not terrorists, how about seditionists? The GOP is not supporting the entirety of the union of states, therefore you all should...... ______ them. Den!shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393112599995835149noreply@blogger.com