Comments on: Memo from the Book of ®ove http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/05/15/memo-from-the-book-of-%c2%aeove/ America's favorite blog Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:46:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/05/15/memo-from-the-book-of-%c2%aeove/#comment-16329 Thu, 18 May 2006 06:11:46 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/05/15/memo-from-the-book-of-%c2%aeove/#comment-16329 cooper, Odd lot? Make that a fascinating lot of lively minds (ok, so some of us are a bit odd...). cooper,

Odd lot? Make that a fascinating lot of lively minds (ok, so some of us are a bit odd…).

]]> by: cooper http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/05/15/memo-from-the-book-of-%c2%aeove/#comment-16325 Thu, 18 May 2006 02:50:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/05/15/memo-from-the-book-of-%c2%aeove/#comment-16325 Murray, after hearing about your recent exploits, I went to Shuster's voting record on Vote Smart and it is abysmal. I then went to my Congressman's (Robin Hayes) voting record - remarkably similar. I knew he was conservtive and leaned towards favoring business interests, but I was ashamed and astounded by his votes. I will say this for him, whenever I harangue him (often), he does write back. At least the Democrats have come up with an opponent - time will tell on this one. Anyway, best of luck, buddy. Adam, you certainly attract an odd lot, don't you now? Murray, after hearing about your recent exploits, I went to Shuster’s voting record on Vote Smart and it is abysmal. I then went to my Congressman’s (Robin Hayes) voting record - remarkably similar. I knew he was conservtive and leaned towards favoring business interests, but I was ashamed and astounded by his votes. I will say this for him, whenever I harangue him (often), he does write back. At least the Democrats have come up with an opponent - time will tell on this one. Anyway, best of luck, buddy.

Adam, you certainly attract an odd lot, don’t you now?

]]> by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/05/15/memo-from-the-book-of-%c2%aeove/#comment-16317 Wed, 17 May 2006 23:01:36 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/05/15/memo-from-the-book-of-%c2%aeove/#comment-16317 Bush I understand. Blair I'm not sure I'll ever quite understand. The Economist provided some helpful perspective, but I don't think they quite grasp just what a debacle without a positive possibility Bush and Blair have made of Iraq, nor do I think they are willing to talk about what actually motivates the Bush administration's determination to maintain an occupation force and establish a mammoth embassy and about a dozen garrisons in the shambles the coalition has made of Iraq. As a doctor who is in the upcoming HBO airing of the documentary on the Army trauma center in Baghdad said, it is necessary for him to believe that what is happening there will ultimately leave Iraqis in a better place, because otherwise it is insanity. He's right on both counts. Bush I understand. Blair I’m not sure I’ll ever quite understand. The Economist provided some helpful perspective, but I don’t think they quite grasp just what a debacle without a positive possibility Bush and Blair have made of Iraq, nor do I think they are willing to talk about what actually motivates the Bush administration’s determination to maintain an occupation force and establish a mammoth embassy and about a dozen garrisons in the shambles the coalition has made of Iraq.

As a doctor who is in the upcoming HBO airing of the documentary on the Army trauma center in Baghdad said, it is necessary for him to believe that what is happening there will ultimately leave Iraqis in a better place, because otherwise it is insanity. He’s right on both counts.

]]> by: cooper http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/05/15/memo-from-the-book-of-%c2%aeove/#comment-16310 Wed, 17 May 2006 17:46:29 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/05/15/memo-from-the-book-of-%c2%aeove/#comment-16310 Well, it seems the Brits do have a rather jolly good sense of the absurd after all - http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=6916012 Hard to believe, but Blair's popularity rating is at 31% - same as W's. How low can you go? Well, it seems the Brits do have a rather jolly good sense of the absurd after all -
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=6916012

Hard to believe, but Blair’s popularity rating is at 31% - same as W’s. How low can you go?

]]> by: Murray http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/05/15/memo-from-the-book-of-%c2%aeove/#comment-16307 Wed, 17 May 2006 14:55:43 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/05/15/memo-from-the-book-of-%c2%aeove/#comment-16307 Stephen It is always better to inoculate than to isolate. You can either tell your kids why something is bad or you can let another kid tell you child why this same thing is good. Keeping your kids ignorant is the easiest way to get them into trouble. Stephen

It is always better to inoculate than to isolate.

You can either tell your kids why something is bad or you can let another kid tell you child why this same thing is good.

Keeping your kids ignorant is the easiest way to get them into trouble.

]]> by: Murray http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/05/15/memo-from-the-book-of-%c2%aeove/#comment-16306 Wed, 17 May 2006 14:49:48 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/05/15/memo-from-the-book-of-%c2%aeove/#comment-16306 Well, while you guys were debating the finer points of Faux Bible Jive, I spent 10 hours as a polling place Moonie in Altoona yesterday. PA had its primary and the Gutless Democrats (DG) managed to not field a candidate for US representative against an especially powerful and odious congressman, Bill Shuster. My close friend Tony was so angered that he decided to run a write-in campaign (with 2 weeks to go) to be placed on the ballot in November. Our job was to inform the voters that in order to stop Shuster they had to write in Tony's name. I spent the day handing out cards explaining how to do this. (I only approached Democrats who were receptive to ousting Shuster, so I wasn’t as annoying as most of the other poll vultures). We needed 1000 write-ins. The official count is not in yet but it appears that Tony is now the Democratic nominee for congress in PA’s 9th district. A small miracle. Now we need a large miracle. For those of you coming to Felberpalooza you will get to meet Tony. For several years he has helped me with tours and anytime I have a large group so he was already scheduled to help with the Labor Day Bash. For those who wanted this party to have a political aspect to it, this will probably be it. With in the next several months I will get to be very familiar on a personal level with the Book of Rove. It is guaranteed to be part of the attack machine we are naively heading into. Lobster help us. Well, while you guys were debating the finer points of Faux Bible Jive, I spent 10 hours as a polling place Moonie in Altoona yesterday.

PA had its primary and the Gutless Democrats (DG) managed to not field a candidate for US representative against an especially powerful and odious congressman, Bill Shuster. My close friend Tony was so angered that he decided to run a write-in campaign (with 2 weeks to go) to be placed on the ballot in November.

Our job was to inform the voters that in order to stop Shuster they had to write in Tony’s name. I spent the day handing out cards explaining how to do this. (I only approached Democrats who were receptive to ousting Shuster, so I wasn’t as annoying as most of the other poll vultures).

We needed 1000 write-ins.

The official count is not in yet but it appears that Tony is now the Democratic nominee for congress in PA’s 9th district.

A small miracle.

Now we need a large miracle.

For those of you coming to Felberpalooza you will get to meet Tony. For several years he has helped me with tours and anytime I have a large group so he was already scheduled to help with the Labor Day Bash.
For those who wanted this party to have a political aspect to it, this will probably be it.

With in the next several months I will get to be very familiar on a personal level with the Book of Rove. It is guaranteed to be part of the attack machine we are naively heading into.

Lobster help us.

]]> by: Stephen http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/05/15/memo-from-the-book-of-%c2%aeove/#comment-16305 Wed, 17 May 2006 13:14:46 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/05/15/memo-from-the-book-of-%c2%aeove/#comment-16305 Dale- I think most would say they do it to "protect" themselves and their children. If you don't want to put in the time educate your children and teach them to stand strong against temptation on their own, it is way easier to just try and make sure they never see anything that might tempt them to do wrong. Hence, the increase of Home School. Personally, I would rather my children learn to stand strong in their faith regardless of what is going on around them. That way I don't have to worry if they move out from behind the "Wall of Security."(tm) Dale-

I think most would say they do it to “protect” themselves and their children. If you don’t want to put in the time educate your children and teach them to stand strong against temptation on their own, it is way easier to just try and make sure they never see anything that might tempt them to do wrong. Hence, the increase of Home School.

Personally, I would rather my children learn to stand strong in their faith regardless of what is going on around them. That way I don’t have to worry if they move out from behind the “Wall of Security.”(tm)

]]> by: Dale http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/05/15/memo-from-the-book-of-%c2%aeove/#comment-16303 Wed, 17 May 2006 04:18:15 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/05/15/memo-from-the-book-of-%c2%aeove/#comment-16303 One other Elizabethan English quibble: "gay" means happy. One other Elizabethan English quibble: “gay” means happy.

]]> by: hedera http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/05/15/memo-from-the-book-of-%c2%aeove/#comment-16302 Wed, 17 May 2006 04:05:39 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/05/15/memo-from-the-book-of-%c2%aeove/#comment-16302 Thank you, ACW! If you're going to do Elizabethan English (which is what the Bible is), then read some Shakespeare - or for that matter the King James Version - and do it right! Thank you, ACW! If you’re going to do Elizabethan English (which is what the Bible is), then read some Shakespeare - or for that matter the King James Version - and do it right!

]]> by: Dale http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/05/15/memo-from-the-book-of-%c2%aeove/#comment-16301 Wed, 17 May 2006 03:50:20 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/05/15/memo-from-the-book-of-%c2%aeove/#comment-16301 What I don't get is: why, if the fundamentalist evangelist Christianists are all so convinced that in the next life they will be saved and enjoy eternal bliss while the rest of us burn eternally with divinely-imposed incomparable suffering...why can't they leave us alone here on earth? Their zeal with making us suffer now makes me a little suspicious of their certainty about God's judicial plans. In other thoughts--has Rove considered condensing his ideas and sending gay married couples to patrol the border? It oculd use a little sprucing up... What I don’t get is: why, if the fundamentalist evangelist Christianists are all so convinced that in the next life they will be saved and enjoy eternal bliss while the rest of us burn eternally with divinely-imposed incomparable suffering…why can’t they leave us alone here on earth? Their zeal with making us suffer now makes me a little suspicious of their certainty about God’s judicial plans.

In other thoughts–has Rove considered condensing his ideas and sending gay married couples to patrol the border? It oculd use a little sprucing up…

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