"Yes, not everyone thanks a deity for their survival and nobody should thank their god for a vicious tornado that wiped out so much of what people owned and even took lives, especially the lives of innocent children.
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Comment by Steph S. on July 21, 2012 at 11:05pm -
Funny cat picture for you all!
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Comment by Steph S. on July 21, 2012 at 10:40pm
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Oh Tony you are so right! Bravo! Such wisdom!
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Comment by Tony Carroll on July 21, 2012 at 10:31pm -
A society that devalues love devalues that upon which civilized society itself
is based. Should any form of that love for one another be discouraged?-Scott Bidstrup
Joan, marriage is a simple concept, yet fraught with pitfalls. It is based, in our current society, upon the concept of love, yet it is being subverted, in my opinion, with the thought of sex. Sex is NOT love. Wonderful when you can have both at the same time with another person, but hell, you can have an orgasm by yourself.
Love is a deeper committment, a mature, emotional response. I realize there are different levels of love, and we tend to bandy the word love around like a shuttlecock at a badmition match, but marriage should be based on the fuller, deeper meaning of love. I have told many a male friend that I love them, and invariably, they didn't take it in a sexual manner. They knew what I was saying.
If any two people profess that love, who are any of us to deny it, and try to stop their commitment to each other by something as trivial as denying them the right to marriage?
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Comment by Joan Denoo on July 21, 2012 at 10:08pm -
Tony, Great history of marriage!
sk8eycat, Sorry, from one who has no sense of humor, I don't get it!
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Comment by Joan Denoo on July 21, 2012 at 9:59pm
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STFU Oh! that is what it means. Luckily the computer knows all these things.
A new one: DIMI: Don't Insult My Intelligence. Thanks Flying Atheist. (or is that an old one that I just don't know about?) No, I can't find it in the deep, dark, orders of the computer.
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Comment by sk8eycat on July 21, 2012 at 4:33pm -
Tony, I don't know where or how they learned about the custom, but slaves, who weren't allowed to marry officially, "jumped the broom" in the American south. I remember reading about it, and seeing it performed in Alex Haley's Roots. Both the book and the TV version.
If marraige were a simple agreement between the bride and the groom...why not? It's classier than the un-funny fad of smearing cake on each other's faces at the reception. (When did that start, anyway? I never heard of such a thing in the 1950s and '60s when most of my friends were getting married.)
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Comment by Tony Carroll on July 21, 2012 at 2:56pm
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@sk8eycat. 'Jumping the broom' is still used colloquilary (sic) around here in this part of East Texas. Hear it in casual conversation all the time.
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Comment by Idaho Spud on July 21, 2012 at 1:52pm -
Always enjoy seeing people slide around --- as long as it isn't me.
That snowplow driver had to know he was going to cover the news reporter. lol
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Comment by sk8eycat on July 21, 2012 at 1:49pm
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PS: I just saw a news story about the Aurora, Colo shooting; the perp was described by a former neighbor as a "shy, quiet kid from a nice Presbyterian churchgoing family."
Roger Ebert wrote a good Op-Ed piece titled, "We've Seen This Movie Before"
The Usual Pundits will blame this on everything but easy access to military-type weapons in this madhouse we call a country.
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Comment by sk8eycat on July 21, 2012 at 1:41pm
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Just in case you are feeling sorry for yourself on these 90+ degree days...With humidity!click on the snowman:
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sk8eycat commented on Ruth Anthony-Gardner's group Hang With Friends"Tony, I love that clip! "Wolf Gets Blitzed"...tee-hee.
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The Flying Atheist commented on Ruth Anthony-Gardner's group Hang With Friends"Great clip, Tony. People need to realize that not everybody superfluously and automatically thanks god in a time of crisis. Maybe he's learned a lesson and become a smarter man. "
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Yaaaay here too.....our exterior renos start Wednesday!!!!"
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Wolf Blitzer. Open mouth, insert foot. LOL!!!"
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