Why? Because he talks like this:
6Then God declared, “A great sheet-like expanse shall come between the waters, and it shall divide waters from waters!”
If the writers at conservapedia’s Bible project really believe in the all-powerfull vengeful kind of God, they ought to be quaking in their boots. I know if I were some kind of omnipotent being and some bunch of yahoos made me sound like a dork, I’d be smiting their ass, big time.
The only thing that cobranchi.com and conservapedia.com have in common is the first two letters of the URL. Nevertheless, some marketing genius seems to have confused the two:
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DedicatedNOW, Inc. is a privately owned, multi-million dollar corporation located in Clifton, New Jersey and founded in 1997 with over 4500 servers in management right now. We host everyone from small mom & pop businesses to F500’s.
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I’m sure DedicatedNow has a fine bunch of servers. I question their dbase skilz, though. The email is obviously a mailmerge. My guess is that they somehow drifted a line or two so that they mismatched URLs and Whois contact info.
I ought to be allowed to have some fun with this. Maybe I could transfer conservapedia.com to a new server? At the very least, I think I’ll write up a good conservative article on the value of spot checking your work prior to spamming lots of folks with websites.
If it was dangerous to pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel, it’s downright suicidal to spam folks whose ink is free.
But, just for fun, here’s Colbert’s take on conservapedia’s reimagining of the Bible:
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Prosecution != persecution
And I’m not sure that not being allowed to homeschool ought to be grounds for granting political asylum in the US.
Uwe and Hannelore Romeike are not like other asylum seekers, people fleeing war or torture in places like Afghanistan, Iraq or Somalia. They’re music teachers from a village in southern Germany. And yet, in what appears to be the first case of its kind, the couple and their five children were granted asylum in the U.S. last week by an immigration judge who ruled that they had a “well-founded fear of persecution” in their home country for engaging in what has become a popular albeit somewhat controversial American practice — homeschooling their children.
Have you ever heard the term “over-exposed”? The Super Bowl is neither the time nor the place to be “preaching” about a controversial political issue.
So that you can teach your kids real science and history as opposed to wacko Christianist/GOP propaganda.
McLeroy flipped through the pages and explained what he saw as the gaping holes in Darwin’s theory. “I don’t care what the educational political lobby and their allies on the left say,” he declared at one point. “Evolution is hooey.” This bled into a rant about American history. “The secular humanists may argue that we are a secular nation,” McLeroy said, jabbing his finger in the air for emphasis. “But we are a Christian nation founded on Christian principles. The way I evaluate history textbooks is first I see how they cover Christianity and Israel. Then I see how they treat Ronald Reagan—he needs to get credit for saving the world from communism and for the good economy over the last twenty years because he lowered taxes.”
Views like these are relatively common in East Texas, a region that prides itself on being the buckle of the Bible Belt. But McLeroy is no ordinary citizen. The jovial creationist sits on the Texas State Board of Education, where he is one of the leaders of an activist bloc that holds enormous sway over the body’s decisions. As the state goes through the once-in-a-decade process of rewriting the standards for its textbooks, the faction is using its clout to infuse them with ultraconservative ideals. Among other things, they aim to rehabilitate Joseph McCarthy, bring global-warming denial into science class, and downplay the contributions of the civil rights movement.
Battles over textbooks are nothing new, especially in Texas, where bitter skirmishes regularly erupt over everything from sex education to phonics and new math. But never before has the board’s right wing wielded so much power over the writing of the state’s standards. And when it comes to textbooks, what happens in Texas rarely stays in Texas. The reasons for this are economic: Texas is the nation’s second-largest textbook market and one of the few biggies where the state picks what books schools can buy rather than leaving it up to the whims of local districts, which means publishers that get their books approved can count on millions of dollars in sales. As a result, the Lone Star State has outsized influence over the reading material used in classrooms nationwide, since publishers craft their standard textbooks based on the specs of the biggest buyers. As one senior industry executive told me, “Publishers will do whatever it takes to get on the Texas list.”
So, in the next few years, g-school textbooks across the country might teach the kids that McCarthy was right, that Ronald Reagan should be beatified, and that Newt Gingrich was (and is) a visionary.
FSM save us from Texas!
Just bought a nearly new $350 ladder for $100.
SC’s educational radio station is running a show next week during which they’ll debate whether or not SC Gov. Mark Sanford has a legitimate shot at the presidency in 2012.
I had to check the calendar to make sure it was January 1st and not April 1st.
Civil war on the far right fringe. Cool.
The Tea Party is for Christians only. Good to know.
Tea Party people stand for values
I am concerned for our country. Our liberties are being taken away, one liberty at a time. There are people who have no idea what is going on.
For those who don’t know, 9/12 is nine principles and 12 values.
The principles are:
1. America is good.
2. I believe in God (Christ); He is the center of my life.
3. I must always try to be more honest than I was yesterday.4. The family is sacred. My spouse and I are the ultimate authority, not government.
5. If you break the law you pay the penalty. Justice is blind and no one is above it.
6. I have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; there is no guarantee of equal results.
7. I work hard for what I have and will share it with whom I want. Government can’t force me to be charitable.
8. It’s not un-American for me to disagree with authority or share my personal opinion.
9. The government works for me. I don’t answer to them, they answer to me.
The 12 values are: honesty, reverence, hope, thrift, humility, charity, sincerity, moderation, hard work, courage, personal responsibility and gratitude.
These are the principles of the Tea Party people. This is why they are marching and trying to tell the government to stay out of our lives.
Watch Fox News or listen to Family Radio Network if you want to know the truth.
Clydean Sawyer
Fayetteville
OneNewsNow takes on Conservapedia’s Bible Project. Inanity ensues.
Mr. Castillo is back. I’m not sure why.
All schooling should be evaluated
When I wrote about home schooling (”Home-schooling may limit education,” Sept. 30), there were many thinking that I was talking about them. I was talking about myself, and how I was home-schooled by the church, and the many untruths that were told to me while growing up, and how I was divided by religion and race by untruth.
I also understand that those who are home-schooled get the necessary tools to be self-supporting and find good jobs or move to excellent careers.
What I have witnessed here in Fayetteville is young people graduating from public schools with a diploma saying they had finished 12th grade, and cannot pass a basic entrance exam into military service, or obtain a good job.
We, the adults, whether we have school-age children or not, need to look at all schooling, making sure that our country has a future by having a well-founded school system, and an education that gives our children the tools they need to make a good living that is non-biased, and to be able to support their future families, however we choose to school our children.
Anthony P. Castillo
Fayetteville
Now I have a question: Was he really homeschooled?
Be “reassigned”
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — In a management shake-up Friday, General Motors acting chief executive Ed Whitacre pulled long-time auto executive Bob Lutz out of his role as head of marketing, putting him in a new role as an advisor on global design and product development.
I have absolutely no evidence that this move was related to Lutz’ call for the federal gov’t to increase gasoline taxes, but if I were CEO I think I’d want my head of marketing to have some sense of the market. Calling for the feds to raise gasoline taxes in a terrible economy just so GM can sell more cars is just plain stupid.
How to lose friends and negatively influence consumers:
Government help at the local and national levels will be needed to make a car like the Volt a commercial success, said Lutz in a question-and-answer session following his speech.
First, federal gasoline taxes would need to be higher to push the price of fuel up to the point that paying the extra cost of a battery-powered car would be worthwhile.
“We’re not advocating that,” he said, “but if we don’t do that it’s going to get very difficult to sell these vehicles.”
Shorter GM: Yeah, the car is uncompetitive, so we want the feds to punish every other car company and all consumers so that we might be able to sell a few more Volts.
Fuck ‘em and the car they rode in on.
It burns!
This anti-NASA piece made my brain hurt. Just a little taste (since misery loves company):
$577 million for heliophysics, the study of the sun and its effect on the solar system, equaling the amount of Missouri transportation projects to be funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Of course. Studying the Sun is wasteful. Much better to give that money to Missouri to fill in potholes. I mean, it’s the Sun! It’s 93 million friggin’ miles away! That’s like even further away than France.
It was a cute marketing gimmick when most folks had high-speed access only at work. Now nearly everyone does their online shopping from Thursday at midnight on. Please kill Cyber Monday once and for all.
Did anyone outside Seattle know that there was a big soccer game (match?) yesterday?
The LOTD really does capture well the “spirit” of Fayetteville, NC.
Thanks to those who help others
I am impressed by the quick response of those concerned who came by to help me take care of my car that suddenly stopped on my way to my doctor’s appointment.
I can’t find a word of how to express my feeling of gratitude towards those men who came by and, with their helping hands, pushed my stalled car out of the roadway into a proper place. (This goes to the Ray Auto Parts service technicians, Auto Zone parts manager, military man and to Brian of the I&M Repair Shop.)
Here in North Carolina, particularly in some areas, we can still find beautiful Christian people who have a good heart and are willing to help. Truly, they believe that God, the creator, exists. I believe that there are many souls rejoicing in heaven because of people like them who have love for one another.
By doing so, we fulfill to follow the steps of our Lord, Jesus Christ, in the glory of God through the works of the Holy Spirit.
Thank you and many more blessings come to family Christian people and to those who sincerely believe.
Leonor L. Aguilar
Spring Lake
I wonder if Mrs. Aguilar has ever read (and understood) the story of the Good Samaritan.
You remember all those stories we told ourselves about becoming professional pinball (or video game) players? Totally silly. Except that some folks really can make a little money playing games. Jonathan (age 10) was among 10 gamers invited to participate in a Flash game tournament based on his scores on some game site. First prize is a $2000 Alienware laptop.
He’s made it to the finals.
This story is really strange. A guy strangled his wife while he was dreaming. Weird, huh? The article says that fewer than 50 cases of this disorder (called “automatism”) have been documented worldwide. What’s even weirder is that I’ve had this happen to me. Years ago I was having some kind of violent dream and sat up in bed, drew back my fist, and was preparing to punch Lydia. It was only her shouting at me that woke me up before I could really hurt her.
Nine more hours today. I decided to try to listen to the wingnuts as performance artists in an absurdist comedy. They make much more sense when viewed that way.
Mary Ann Lauer is right about only one thing here. Rush Limbaugh is quite intelligent (compared to her).
Popularity not worth appearing weak
The world doesn’t “like” us any better. They liked us fine before. They just need to be reminded. Ask a Frenchman if he speaks German, and if he says “no,” reply “You’re welcome.” Remind him of the 60,757 Americans buried in France, giving their lives to restore France’s freedom. The same throughout Europe: There are more than 104,000 American serviceman buried there. All we asked in return was a place to bury our dead. How many French, Dutch, Italians, Belgians or Brits are buried on U.S. soil, defending us against our enemies?
We don’t ask for praise, but we don’t need to apologize, which is what our president did on his recent trip overseas. And that deserves a peace prize? He has made us appear weak so, of course, they like us. Many other deserving people who have been mentioned in other letters have been passed over for this honor.
How about Obama staying home and making us feel better about ourselves? Do we really care if the other countries like us? They want our money, they want to come to our country and not learn our language, and still accept our charity here also.
It may be that Rush Limbaugh speaks the truth you are afraid to hear. He’s really quite intelligent and undeserving of name-calling.
Also the “motivational” speech given to school children? The final speech was totally different than originally planned. It was changed after many parents complained upon hearing it.
Mary Anne Lauer
Foxfire Village
If I remember my WWII history correctly, the war started in 1938 and we immediately jumped in on the Allies’ side. What’s that? You say we didn’t get into the war in Europe until almost 4 years later when Germany declared war on us? And that we were officially neutral while Germany took France? But I thought we were Europe’s savior.
As for Obama’s speech being changed after many parents complained upon hearing it, I call “Bullshit!” Many parents complained about what the super-genius Limbaugh and his dittoheads thought was in it. That’s a completely different animal.
Why? Because the idiots at the AFA put them at the top of their (alphabetically sorted) “nice” list. I’m shopping at all of the stores on the “naughty” list, of course. BN.com, here I come!
I drove up from FAY to NJ today. Nine hours in the car. Along the way I must have heard bits and pieces of about 37 different Republicans and their water-carriers pontificating about the decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in the US. What fucking morons! I swear all 37 don’t come up to 100 points on the IQ scale. Combined. The absolute dumbest “concern” was expressed by some really, really dumb congressman who wondered if Mohammed were acquitted would he be released into the US. Now why would/how could anyone even think that was a possibility? Do we have a special line at ICE for alleged terrorist masterminds who escape conviction?
I have no idea what this means but it sounds cool:
The Nudes of Dr. Moreau
An Internet Bricoleur Questions Photographic Ontology
A: This NC school decided to sell better grades as a fundraiser
Q: What is “Reason #4,506,345 to homeschool”?
And “God Damn Godzilla!”
I’m a born (in the Bronx) and bred Yankees fan, so I’ve been walking around wearing a smile all day.
Another Life in Fayetteville LOTD. This one is all about home ed and the Truth:
Religious blinders create division
Cheers to you, Kelly Biermann, for a well-written letter (”Home-schooling a positive experience,” Oct. 14). As a graduate of a North Carolina homeschool, I would like to add that you can participate in the North Carolina Home School Graduation. The graduation takes place every May at the N.C. Home School Convention in Winston-Salem. The ceremony is very similar to graduating from any public high school.
The speech given to my graduating class was very moving. The speaker told us that he was very sorry because his generation and our parents’ generation had let things go for far too long. His speech (as I understood it) could be summarized to say that we the graduates have a lot of work to do to turn this country around, and this was almost 10 years ago.
What I’m trying to say is that the general public fails to understand that this is “One Nation Under God” and it is “Indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all,” but when you take God out of the picture it makes us divisible by money, race and culture. Where is the line that divides true liberty from liberalism? How can we provide justice when you throw the Judge out of the equation?
The Bible may not contain the only laws, but it does contain the most important ones. If we as people would throw our religious blinders away and find true faith, then we could find the truth: Jesus.
Justin Hall
Hope Mills
That may be the most religiously bigoted letter I’ve ever seen. Talk about blinders!
We’re not handing out candy this year. It’s eeeeevil.
During this period demons are assigned against those who participate in the rituals and festivities. These demons are automatically drawn to the fetishes that open doors for them to come into the lives of human beings. For example, most of the candy sold during this season has been dedicated and prayed over by witches.
I do not buy candy during the Halloween season. Curses are sent through the tricks and treats of the innocent whether they get it by going door to door or by purchasing it from the local grocery store. The demons cannot tell the difference.
Yes, candy is eeeeeevil. But is it concentrated Evil? That’s what I want to know.
More questionable umpiring in Game 2 last night, one against each team.
I got both calls right in real time.
Are y’all watching Mr. Deity Season 3? If not, you decent sample of random atheist liberals ought to be. The latest has Lucy/Lucifer arguing for science and rationality.
For years and years they claimed that their surveys said consumers didn’t care about mpg. They lied.
Well, this reinforces my earlier decision to never buy a GM product.
Yes, I really was serious. No more money until after the Senate passes a bill with a real public option. Snowe’s trigger would be a billion dollar gift to the deservedly hated insurance industry. If the Democratic Party wants to commit electoral suicide, I don’t feel it necessary to assist the suicide with my dollars.
UPDATE 3:20 p.m. Harry Reid has just announced that the bill put forward to the floor will include the opt-out public option!
The good doctor is speaking specifically about alternative “treatments” for cancer, but the ideas are equally valid for vaccines. The anti-science wackos should, but won’t, take note.
Yeah, the education guru had some radical ideas. And the fundies hated him, too.
Oh, noes! All of the pastors are heading directly to jail because the Dems have finally passed the hate crimes bill. ONN is not happy.
The umpires at last night’s Yankees-Angels game should not be allowed near an MLB park ever again. Blown calls left and right, including a rules interpretation by the crew chief that was so obviously wrong that I was amazed the Angels didn’t play the game under protest.
The umpires are making a joke of the playoffs. MLB had better do something about how crews are chosen for the postseason. The current “system” is broken.
Has there been another Canadian HEK who has won the Nobel in Physics?
Since we’re talking about religion, here’s the LOTD. It’s a typical Life in Fayetteville one:
Good deeds bring us closer to GodPeople never cease to amaze me. I wrote and published a book, “Are You Going To Heaven?” I show people. I’m told, “I don’t need that, I go to church when I can or every Sunday.” That’s great, but that alone won’t get you to heaven.
You have faith; what about deeds? “What do you mean?” I explain, read your Bible every day; start with James 2:14-24. The more time you spend with the Bible, praying, doing for others you don’t even know in nursing homes or hospitals, visiting the sick to cheer them up, that’s what God wants us to do.
Many people swear, misuse the Lord’s name; it’s a no-no. Don’t swear in front of children, who pick it up not knowing it’s wrong.
God wants people of integrity, open and honest. Pray, “Father, I trust you to work in and through me. Make me strong so I may accomplish all that you ask of me. Amen.” Don’t love the world or anything in it, for boasting of what one has or does is not from the Father. Men who do the will of God live forever. Don’t be afraid, the Lord your God goes with you, will not forsake you.
Read Proverbs 6:16-19 and Proverbs 4:1-25 to get wisdom and understanding.
All that I have accomplished was by God’s power and grace. All the glory must go to God!
Esther Holcombe
Fayetteville
I think I’m going to write a LttE singing the praises of the FSM.
Poor Rush Limbaugh. It’s all Obama’s fault, of course.
Question: What goes just right with a book and Bible burning?
CANTON, N.C. (October 13, 2009)—The Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Canton, N.C. will celebrate Halloween by burning Bibles that aren’t the King James Version, as well as music and books and anything else Pastor Marc Grizzard says is a satanic influence.
Among the authors whose books Grizzard plans to burn are well known ministers Rick Warren and Billy Graham because he says they have occasionally used Bibles other than the King James Version, which is the sole biblical source he considers infallible.
According to the church’s Web site, members will also burn “Satan’s music such as country, rap, rock, pop, heavy metal, western, soft and easy, southern gospel, contemporary Christian, jazz, soul (and) oldies.
“We will also be burning Satan’s popular books written by heretics like Billy Graham, Rick Warren, Bill Hybels, John McArthur, James Dobson, Charles Swindoll, John Piper, Chuck Colson, Tony Evans, Oral Roberts, Jimmy Swagart, Mark Driskol, Franklin Graham, Bill Bright, Tim Lahaye, Paula White, T.D. Jakes, Benny Hinn, Joyce Myers, Brian McLaren, Robert Schuller, Mother Teresa, The Pope, Rob Bell, Erwin McManus, Donald Miller, Shane Claiborne, Brennan Manning (and) William Young.
During the book burning, according to the Web site, barbecued chicken fried chicken and “all the sides” will be served.
Canton is 5 hours from here. That’s way too close, IMO.
I miss the good ol’ days when Zero Intelligence would blast edu-crats for their complete idiocy in enforcing zero tolerance policies. This story, in my old home town, would have probably made his Top Ten of All Time.
Finding character witnesses when you are 6 years old is not easy. But there was Zachary Christie last week at a school disciplinary committee hearing with his karate instructor and his mother’s fiancé by his side to vouch for him.
Zachary’s offense? Taking a camping utensil that can serve as a knife, fork and spoon to school. He was so excited about recently joining the Cub Scouts that he wanted to use it at lunch. School officials concluded that he had violated their zero-tolerance policy on weapons, and Zachary was suspended and now faces 45 days in the district’s reform school.
I had one of those utensils in Cub Scouts, too. The knife has a blunt end. You couldn’t cut butter with it, let alone a person.
UPDATE: There’s even a bit of a homeschooling angle to this.
“Something has to change,” said Dodi Herbert, whose 13-year old son, Kyle, was suspended in May and ordered to attend the Christina district’s reform school for 45 days after another student dropped a pocket knife in his lap. School officials declined to comment on the case for reasons of privacy.
Ms. Herbert, who said her son was a straight-A student, has since been home-schooling him instead of sending him to the reform school.
Heh, Traci– Maybe DHEA can give her a call to see if she needs some help.
Here’s the kid:
Another nail in the coffin for the existing “health care” system. After Obama signs the HCR reform bill into law, I think we ought to send a big “thank you” to the insurance companies for making it possible.
QOTD:
We need to rethink the whole four year college experience – this isn’t working, and it may be setting us further back as a society.
More here.
You must eat at least once every 6 months. This is an absolute requirement for healthy living. Your government strongly urges you to eat at least once every six months.
Signed,
Kathleen Sebelius
Limbaugh: “You’ll be healthier” if you don’t listen to the government. Limbaugh stated on his nationally syndicated radio program, “I’m not seeing these mass deaths from the swine flu. … All I see is a bunch of typical government panic and hype.” He added, “Who put the notion that you gotta have this shot, or this nasal spray — whatever the hell the vaccine is — whoever the hell put in your head the notion that you gotta do it? Government did. The Obama government, to be specific. It is one of my fervent objectives and goals … to convince as many people as possible that the damn government is not God, and nobody in it even comes close to being as competent as you are to run your life. And yet, ‘Oh my God, the government report says …’ The next time you hear ‘The government says…’ don’t believe it. You’ll be healthier, trust me.” [The Rush Limbaugh Show, 10/7/09]Limbaugh: “Screw you, Ms. Sebelius! I am not going to take it, precisely because you’re now telling me I must.” Limbaugh stated in response to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’ call for widespread use of the vaccination, “Screw you, Ms. Sebelius! I am not going to take it, precisely because you’re now telling me I must. It’s not your role, it’s not your responsibility, and you do not have that power. I don’t want to take your vaccine. I don’t get flu shots.” Limbaugh later added, “I’m just like — I’m a contrarian, I’m a non-conformist — you have some idiot government official demanding, telling me I must take this vaccine. I’ll never take it.” [The Rush Limbaugh Show, 10/7/09]
Limbaugh and Beck seem to be in a race to see who can kill more people by promoting anti-vax hysteria. Morons!
These are two real projects from the Religious (Extreme) Right:
Adopt a LiberalTM (Seriously. They really did register the mark.) [via Amygdala]
The Conservative Bible Project [via the General]
I think our side may be winning.