tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post3985995885883867439..comments2023-10-30T09:23:42.803-05:00Comments on Some Assembly Required: SAR #13123Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-273674818876167372013-05-03T13:55:58.228-05:002013-05-03T13:55:58.228-05:00Thom - You are on a good roll today - I'm sett...Thom - You are on a good roll today - I'm setting some aside to rework into intros...Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-37886572809694473392013-05-03T12:07:50.840-05:002013-05-03T12:07:50.840-05:00Experimental Results
If it blows up, and it isn&#...Experimental Results<br /><br />If it blows up, and it isn't a factory, it must be terrorism. That's what the boob tube says...Thom Foolerynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-91144492237152721992013-05-03T12:06:07.823-05:002013-05-03T12:06:07.823-05:00Without a Prayer
As someone who survived (to this...Without a Prayer<br /><br />As someone who survived (to this point, at least) growing up in a fundamentalist, apocalyptic Christian household, this news comes as no surprise. USAmerican foreign and environmental policies are largely determined by these terrifying beliefs. (Whenever my friends lament the fact that religious whackos in Pakistan have nukes, and that Iranians might get them, I have to keep from laughing in their faces, since our religious whackos have had them for 70 years. Nothing like access to the "football" to help facilitate Ragnarok.)<br /><br />The continued presence of this mindset doesn't bode well for the continued existence of humanity or a viable planet. Thom Foolerynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-75798124889417578942013-05-03T11:57:26.045-05:002013-05-03T11:57:26.045-05:00Quoted.
"We can never retake the legal and m...Quoted.<br /><br />"We can never retake the legal and moral high ground when we claim the right to do unto others that which we would vehemently condemn if done to one of us."<br /><br />It hasn't stopped the US before, I don't see why it will stop us in future. Hypocrisy and denial are America's greatest luxuries, and Americans really don't seem to possess a strong sense of irony.Thom Foolerynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-66712548762075051352013-05-03T11:31:58.273-05:002013-05-03T11:31:58.273-05:00Experiments. My personal Head of Science, The Lad...Experiments. My personal Head of Science, The Lady, reminds me that if you mix vinegar with sodium bicarbonate you get much the same. Arrest all vinegar buyers now.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-82481610151219044412013-05-03T11:27:08.585-05:002013-05-03T11:27:08.585-05:00"Porn O'Graph: The Two Percent solution, ..."Porn O'Graph: The Two Percent solution, interested?"<br /><br />since im a saver...i have found these policies "dis-intresting"<br /><br />but certainly good for the country during the mother of all recessions<br /><br />mtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-9106115984420995432013-05-03T11:24:29.104-05:002013-05-03T11:24:29.104-05:00the three abrahamic religions not only believe in ...the three abrahamic religions not only believe in apocalypse, but more to the point, welcome it <br /><br />and more frighteningly than that, the most faithful are more than willing to do what eve they can to bring about end times which they think will occasion a "lifting of the veil", or "revelation of true knowledge" and the coming of the savior to do battle with evil<br /><br />i would call those people who want to advance the destruction of the earth so that their religious myths can be fulfilled, .... saboteurs<br /><br />mach turtleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-44905409120591512652013-05-03T10:59:23.668-05:002013-05-03T10:59:23.668-05:00Religious ideology as a reason to resist accepting...Religious ideology as a reason to resist accepting and/or dealing with climate change reminds me of James Watt, Ronald Reagan's first Secretary of the Interior, and his attitude toward conservation:<br /><br /><br />"Remember James Watt? In the early 1980s, as Secretary of the Interior in the Reagan administration, he stirred up enormous controversy by linking his faith and his environmental policies.<br /><br />He wrote that he viewed the earth as "merely a temporary way station on the road to eternal life...The earth was put here by the Lord for His people to subdue and to use for profitable purposes on their way to the hereafter." There was no need for long-range management of oil reserves or forests because "we don't know how much time we have before Jesus returns."<br /><br />Mr. Watt provided a remarkable convergence of an extreme theology, an influential political position, and a lack of judgement about when to speak up. But his statements express -- both then and now -- the beliefs of a substantial number of people, including many movers and shakers in government and business. "<br />http://www.eco-justice.org/E-020726.asp<br /> mistah charley, ph.d.noreply@blogger.com