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"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
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That was an interesting interview. I love that his HT companion was Undersecretary of the Treasury (under W), Randal Quarles, of whom I've long been a great admirer. Bro. Quarles wrote an outstanding and very clever rebuke of the Church Membership Department approx. 40 years ago when he was a young membership clerk in a Manhattan Ward. He expressed dismay that the weekly pouch from SLC always contained mountains of membership records for people who had moved into neighboring ward, not his, requiring him to miss out on the many things Manhattan had to offer so that he could spend his nights redirecting the records. He acknowledged that he was but one lowly clerk "in a whole religion of clerks," but begged SLC to stop harassing him. I have a copy of the letter that, were it possible, I'd love to post here. It's very funny.Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View PostComment
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Can you imagine growing up in the Reid household?!Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
No conflicts at all. Originally, if you worked in the gaming business, you could not be a [Mormon church] member in good standing, couldn't get a [temple] recommend, but that changed on or about that time. Now you can do whatever you want — just don't gamble, and I don't gamble. I was very strict with my five children on this point. I had very few rules: no carnival rides, no motorcycles and no gambling.Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.
Dig your own grave, and save!
"The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American
"I know that you are one of the cool and 'edgy' BYU fans" -- Wally
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So if his kids were to have spent an evening pursuing just loud music, hard liquor, and fast women, he would have had no complaints.Originally posted by falafel View PostCan you imagine growing up in the Reid household?!"I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
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I'm not a fan of Harry. The thing that bothers me is not so much his positions, which I generally disagree with, but that I don't believe his political conduct has always been honorable and he justifies the dishonorable portion of his conduct using ends-justify-the-means rationalization. Humans have an amazing capacity for compartmentalization and self-justification.Last edited by BigFatMeanie; 01-23-2017, 04:38 PM.Comment
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I loved his "I'm right. They're wrong" answer to whether there was any conflict between his religion and the work he did in Senate leadership.Jesus wants me for a sunbeam.
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I loved that response too, but to be clear it wasn't in response to the question of whether there was any conflict between his religion and his politics. I think it was a broader response, basically meant to say that his Democratic policy positions have always been right (regardless of context).Originally posted by Green Monstah View Post
Have you always been a Democrat?
My mom and dad had not much of a home, but I can remember so clearly my mom had a royal blue pillowcase with gold fringe. On it was written, "We can. We will. We must. Franklin Delano Roosevelt."
My parents were Depression children. They believed in Roosevelt so I was always a Democrat. I have said many times the reason I'm a Democrat is because I'm a Mormon. Those who have criticized me over the years because of my political positions are wrong and I'm right.Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.
Dig your own grave, and save!
"The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American
"I know that you are one of the cool and 'edgy' BYU fans" -- Wally
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Nice. Go to 3:55 if you don't want to watch the whole 5+ minutes.
Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!!
For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.
Not long ago an obituary appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune that said the recently departed had "died doing what he enjoyed most—watching BYU lose."
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Haha, that's pretty cool. I've got a few people I'm gonna send that to I think they'd love it.Originally posted by myboynoah View PostNice. Go to 3:55 if you don't want to watch the whole 5+ minutes.
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Pretty sure this was posted on the UFC thread back in 2011 when it happened.Originally posted by myboynoah View PostNice. Go to 3:55 if you don't want to watch the whole 5+ minutes.
You're actually pretty funny when you aren't being a complete a-hole....so basically like 5% of the time. --Art Vandelay
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Oh myOriginally posted by Walter Sobchak View PostGive 'em Hell, Cougars!!!
For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.
Not long ago an obituary appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune that said the recently departed had "died doing what he enjoyed most—watching BYU lose."Comment
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That's okay. This is the first time I've seen it.Originally posted by myboynoah View Post"Seriously, is there a bigger high on the whole face of the earth than eating a salad?"--SeattleUte
"The only Ute to cause even half the nationwide hysteria of Jimmermania was Ted Bundy."--TripletDaddy
This is a tough, NYC broad, a doctor who deals with bleeding organs, dying people and testicles on a regular basis without crying."--oxcoug
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God bless the Senior Missionaries.
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cul...n-the-darknessI was in Lesbos a year ago, helping Syrian refugees. At Moria, the biggest camp on the island, thousands of refugees were being processed every day. The crisis had been ongoing for more than six months. I’d heard that every big N.G.O. had taken a turn at leading the camp, but each one failed because of mismanagement, backstabbing, interagency bickering, governmental interference, what have you. But, as horrid as the situation was in the camp, I thought that it was being well managed, as well as it could be with so many people in and out. I met this unassuming man, a retired Mormon from Utah, who had been volunteering at the camp since the first boats arrived. He spoke no Arabic or Farsi, had no medical training of any kind, none of the identifiable skills, yet both volunteers and refugees sought him out with every conceivable question about what to do. It seems that he had arrived to offer whatever help he could. He slowly began to fill in wherever he was needed. As the N.G.O.s began to wash their hands off the camp, he was needed more and more. When I was there, he was running the damn place.
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Sometimes, sometimes only mind you, your posts make my nipples hard!Originally posted by YOhio View PostDo Your Damnedest In An Ostentatious Manner All The Time!
-General George S. Patton
I'm choosing to mostly ignore your fatuity here and instead overwhelm you with so much data that you'll maybe, just maybe, realize that you have reams to read on this subject before you can contribute meaningfully to any conversation on this topic.
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