OT - Glenn Beck shows us all what _real_ courage looks like

Fred J. McCall wrote:
"Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" wrote:

Fred J. McCall wrote:
"Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" wrote:

Fred J. McCall wrote:
"Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)"
wrote:

Fred J. McCall wrote:
Pat Flannery wrote:

On 9/5/2010 2:17 PM, Quadibloc wrote:

As far as Glenn Beck's courage is concerned, though, well - he
probably isn't terrified that Santa Claus is not going to
bring him anything for Christmas either.

Do Mormons believe in Santa Claus, like normal people do?


Do North Dakotans believe in Santa Clause, like human beings do?

Mormons are from North Dakota?


No, but Pat is...

Not **** sherlock.


Then why did you ask?

I'll let you figure that out. I'll give you a hint. Pat's comment
wasn't necessarily "snotty".


Oh? So there are Mormons and there are 'normal people'?

Yeah, nothing snotty there.



Let me help you out. Sequence was:

1) Pat made a snotty comment about Mormons.

2) I made a similar snotty comment about a group Pat belongs to.

As his comment wasn't necessarily snotty, but yours was admittedly
was, it says a lot about you.


The fact that you think Mormons are not 'normal people' says a lot
about you and none of it is good.

So, are Jews 'normal people'? How about Muslims? Or Catholics? Or
Baptists? Are Blacks 'normal people'? How about Asians?



Are you starting to catch on here?

Hint: TAT!

[And no, I'm not Mormon. I just don't care for religious bigotry.]



Are you getting it yet?

Apparently everyone but you got it.

On Sep 7, 2:32*am, Pat Flannery wrote:

Where everything is at in The Hollow Earth; one of my favorite wallpapers:

Quite comical...

Making Mammoth Cave an entrance is, of course, interesting...

xyzzy!

John Savard

On Sep 7, 3:32*am, Pat Flannery wrote:

This is the same problem Larry Niven ran into with his "Ringworld"
concept in the original book. The ring will indeed stay centered around
the star's equator, but there is nothing to stop the star from floating
around inside of that circle till it runs into the ring itself.
He fixed that in the second book by having giant thrusters that kept the
ring's surface at an equal distance from the star's surface.

Not having Scrith, I think the obvious thing to do is to have a rock
ring orbiting the Sun, and then have a belt on rollers with the living
space: so the rock ring is slowed slightly, and the living space sped
up to provide gravity - so that the total mass of the ring orbits the
Sun, and the rock part provides support for the living space.

Still impossible in the real world, of course, but now slightly less
so.

John Savard

On Sep 7, 10:37*pm, Pat Flannery wrote:

Damn Mormons...but at least they aren't Jehovah's Witnesses. ;-)

Well, at least *we* don't go around murdering Mormons and Christian
Scientists, even if we don't think they're "real" Christians.

Ahmadiyya Muslims aren't so lucky. Needless to say, _they_ believe in
religious tolerance.

John Savard

Fred J. McCall wrote:
"Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries" wrote:

Fred J. McCall wrote:
"Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" wrote:

Fred J. McCall wrote:
"Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)"
wrote:

Fred J. McCall wrote:
"Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)"
wrote:

Fred J. McCall wrote:
Pat Flannery wrote:

On 9/5/2010 2:17 PM, Quadibloc wrote:

As far as Glenn Beck's courage is concerned, though, well -
he probably isn't terrified that Santa Claus is not going to
bring him anything for Christmas either.

Do Mormons believe in Santa Claus, like normal people do?


Do North Dakotans believe in Santa Clause, like human beings
do?

Mormons are from North Dakota?


No, but Pat is...

Not **** sherlock.


Then why did you ask?

I'll let you figure that out. I'll give you a hint. Pat's comment
wasn't necessarily "snotty".


Oh? So there are Mormons and there are 'normal people'?

Yeah, nothing snotty there.



Let me help you out. Sequence was:

1) Pat made a snotty comment about Mormons.

2) I made a similar snotty comment about a group Pat belongs to.

As his comment wasn't necessarily snotty, but yours was admittedly
was, it says a lot about you.


The fact that you think Mormons are not 'normal people' says a lot
about you and none of it is good.

So, are Jews 'normal people'? How about Muslims? Or Catholics? Or
Baptists? Are Blacks 'normal people'? How about Asians?



Are you starting to catch on here?

Hint: TAT!

[And no, I'm not Mormon. I just don't care for religious
bigotry.]



Are you getting it yet?


Apparently everyone but you got it.


Well, Roundly Cheeseburger and Fries, why are you all twitching and
screaming? Poor Sensitive Pat can't stand up for himself? Or perhaps
he's bright enough to realize he doesn't need to, unlike, say, YOU.

You sound upset.

Fred J. McCall wrote:
Well, Roundly Cheeseburger and Fries, why are you all twitching and
screaming? Poor Sensitive Pat can't stand up for himself? Or perhaps
he's bright enough to realize he doesn't need to, unlike, say, YOU.


You're missing the point yet once again. There's nothing for him to to stand
up for. In fact I'm not sure Pat would stand for much.


--
Greg Moore
Ask me about lily, an RPI based CMC.

On 9/7/2010 1:44 PM, Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries wrote:

Are you getting it yet?

Apparently everyone but you got it.

Damn Mormons...but at least they aren't Jehovah's Witnesses. ;-)

Pat

Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries wrote:

You sound upset.


He should have some tea.

--
Greg Moore
Ask me about lily, an RPI based CMC.

On 9/7/2010 8:31 PM, Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote:
Fred J. McCall wrote:
Well, Roundly Cheeseburger and Fries, why are you all twitching and
screaming? Poor Sensitive Pat can't stand up for himself? Or perhaps
he's bright enough to realize he doesn't need to, unlike, say, YOU.


You're missing the point yet once again. There's nothing for him to to stand
up for. In fact I'm not sure Pat would stand for much.


Why, no sooner than had I finished writing my last posting on this
subject than there came a knock on the door, and who should be standing
there but two Mormons!
Immediately I invited them in, which surprised them to no end, as the
normal response they get is people slamming the door in their face so
hard that a Mormon missionary's success is measured by how many times
he's had his nose broken.
"Now, let's get to the bottom of this Santa Claus stuff in relation to
The Church Of Latter Day Saints." I said, and asked them if they would
like anything to eat or drink.
"Just warm water and stale bread for us..." they replied "...as we wish
to remain pure."
"That's too bad, as I've just finished grilling three filet mignons and
have opened a bottle of Chateau Petrus, but I admire your piety."
"Although we wish to remain pure, it is sometimes impossible in a wicked
world like this...I do hope you let the Petrus air properly, as I see
it's vintage 1998, and that year was noted for a bit more of a tannin
bite than most." was their answer, and I think I got only around half an
once of that wine when all was said and done; but as yet they were
hesitant to talk about the man in red, as it is considered a church
teaching known to only a select few.
When we were deep into the second bottle of Laphroaig whisky and on our
third Havana cigar, they finally spilled the beans on the matter. It
seem that Santa Claus was really the angel Macaroni, brother of Moroni,
and his elves are nothing less than the Ten Lost Tribes Of Israel,
condemned to live at the North Pole for their disbelief in the divinity
of Jesus and drinking coffee.
I also found out that Michael Jackson is now also an angel, and ruling a
planet of zombie children orbiting a star named Kolob or Kobal, (their
speech was becoming somewhat slurred by now) which is apparently at war
with the Cylons.
They asked me if I wanted to become an angel also, and also get to rule
a planet. "Hot Damn, Yes!" was my reply "I want the planet Mongo, and I
want to inflict my will on those filthy Hawkmen so severely that they
will wish they'd never been hatched!"
"Everyone wants to rule Mongo...but it's already taken...Hitler is
running it." they responded.
"Hitler was a Mormon?" I asked in astonishment.
"It's a fact we don't advertise much, but you note he neither smoked or
drank." was their reply. "Would you settle for The Planet Of The
Vampires?" I told them I would think about it.
When we had finished the third bottle of Laphroaig they had to call it
an evening, as they had to be up early the next morning to beat the crap
out of some Jehovah's Witnesses who had been seen going door-to-door in
the neighborhood. "This is our turf, and no way are we going to let
those mofo's go treading around on it. We are going to cut their white
asses." ;-)

Pat

Pat Flannery wrote:
On 9/7/2010 8:31 PM, Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote:
Fred J. McCall wrote:
Well, Roundly Cheeseburger and Fries, why are you all twitching and
screaming? Poor Sensitive Pat can't stand up for himself? Or
perhaps he's bright enough to realize he doesn't need to, unlike,
say, YOU.


You're missing the point yet once again. There's nothing for him to
to stand up for. In fact I'm not sure Pat would stand for much.


Why, no sooner than had I finished writing my last posting on this
subject than there came a knock on the door, and who should be
standing there but two Mormons!
Immediately I invited them in, which surprised them to no end, as the
normal response they get is people slamming the door in their face so
hard that a Mormon missionary's success is measured by how many times
he's had his nose broken.
"Now, let's get to the bottom of this Santa Claus stuff in relation to
The Church Of Latter Day Saints." I said, and asked them if they would
like anything to eat or drink.
"Just warm water and stale bread for us..." they replied "...as we
wish to remain pure."
"That's too bad, as I've just finished grilling three filet mignons
and have opened a bottle of Chateau Petrus, but I admire your piety."
"Although we wish to remain pure, it is sometimes impossible in a
wicked world like this...I do hope you let the Petrus air properly,
as I see it's vintage 1998, and that year was noted for a bit more of
a tannin bite than most." was their answer, and I think I got only
around half an once of that wine when all was said and done; but as
yet they were hesitant to talk about the man in red, as it is
considered a church teaching known to only a select few.
When we were deep into the second bottle of Laphroaig whisky and on
our third Havana cigar, they finally spilled the beans on the matter.
It seem that Santa Claus was really the angel Macaroni, brother of
Moroni, and his elves are nothing less than the Ten Lost Tribes Of
Israel, condemned to live at the North Pole for their disbelief in
the divinity of Jesus and drinking coffee.
I also found out that Michael Jackson is now also an angel, and
ruling a planet of zombie children orbiting a star named Kolob or
Kobal, (their speech was becoming somewhat slurred by now) which is
apparently at war with the Cylons.
They asked me if I wanted to become an angel also, and also get to
rule a planet. "Hot Damn, Yes!" was my reply "I want the planet
Mongo, and I want to inflict my will on those filthy Hawkmen so
severely that they will wish they'd never been hatched!"
"Everyone wants to rule Mongo...but it's already taken...Hitler is
running it." they responded.
"Hitler was a Mormon?" I asked in astonishment.
"It's a fact we don't advertise much, but you note he neither smoked
or drank." was their reply. "Would you settle for The Planet Of The
Vampires?" I told them I would think about it.
When we had finished the third bottle of Laphroaig they had to call it
an evening, as they had to be up early the next morning to beat the
crap out of some Jehovah's Witnesses who had been seen going
door-to-door in the neighborhood. "This is our turf, and no way are
we going to let those mofo's go treading around on it. We are going
to cut their white asses." ;-)

I'm glad you were able to clear that up. Thank you for your hard work.