He's ADMONISHING HIS god that he needs McCain to win so that non-Christians won't think god is a pantywaist?
Oh, fer fuck's sake. I quit.
I'm a lemur. Humanity is too stupid a species to belong to in dignity anymore.
Zoe: What's that, sir? Mal: Freedom, is what. Zoe: No, I meant what's that? Mal: Oh. Yeah. Just step around it. I think something must've been living in here.
'Out Of Gas'
Natter 61*
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Strix - Oct 11, 2008 12:36:03 pm PDT #4098 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Lee - Oct 11, 2008 12:37:29 pm PDT #4099 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
You know, up until fairly recently, I respected John McCain, even though I don't agree with his views, and I think this is a very sad end to his political career, which please let this be.
Barb - Oct 11, 2008 12:40:05 pm PDT #4100 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
I'm a lemur. Humanity is too stupid a species to belong to in dignity anymore.
This needs to be on a t-shirt.
Jesse - Oct 11, 2008 12:40:48 pm PDT #4101 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm watching (non)Olberman and Maddow from last night, and Ana Marie Cox made a really good point about how there are always crazies at political rallies, but now those are the only people McCain has left -- and he may lose them after saying that Obama is a good man and not to be feared.
aurelia - Oct 11, 2008 12:51:29 pm PDT #4102 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I'm a lemur. Humanity is too stupid a species to belong to in dignity anymore.
I may steal this at some point.
Lee - Oct 11, 2008 12:56:09 pm PDT #4103 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Aurelia! I get to see you in just a couple of days! YAY
aurelia - Oct 11, 2008 12:57:25 pm PDT #4104 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Yay! I still don't have hotel info. I hope they don't plan on putting me on the Equity cot.
brenda m - Oct 11, 2008 12:58:16 pm PDT #4105 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
"I would also pray, Lord, that your reputation is involved in all that happens between now and November, because there are millions of people around this world praying to their god — whether it's Hindu, Buddha, Allah — that his opponent wins, for a variety of reasons," [Pastor] Conrad said.
"And Lord, I pray that you would guard your own reputation, because they're going to think that their god is bigger than you, if that happens. So I pray that you will step forward and honor your own name with all that happens between now and Election Day,"
Let's get ready to rrrruuumble! Five gods walk in, some equal or lesser number walk out!
Theodosia - Oct 11, 2008 1:06:24 pm PDT #4106 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Wasn't that an episode of South Park already?
Anyway, there is something unbelievably presumptuous about telling God that He'd better shape up or He'd be emboldening the terrorists. I think the Greeks called that hubris, in fact.
JZ - Oct 11, 2008 1:22:07 pm PDT #4107 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
there are millions of people around this world praying to their god — whether it's Hindu, Buddha, Allah
Adding an almost parenthetical ::headdesk:: here -- there's so much Teh Stupid in the entire invocation it's almost not worth breaking it down, but: Hindu? A faith, not a god. Buddha? A person, not a god. Allah? Some fairly substantial doctrinal differences in the expressions of faith, but generally acknowledged to be basically the same god as the one you're praying to, moron.
Plus, as Theo points out, the gigantic hubris of telling God to stop dicking around and honor His own name by making everyone vote the way we think they should.
Speaking as a Christian, this guy's theology is made of utter epic fail. And I can only imagine how irritating, obnoxious and nauseatingly offensive the whole thing must be to atheists and agnostics.
Can I join the lemurs, too?