Jeff1958's Comments (176)

“Fail. I'm speaking to the crowd, not criticizing Obama. Didn't drag him through any mud here. You are non-responsive.”

“I'm not sure. I'm not white, but from what I could tell, they were basically for smaller government and less taxes for both the rich and poor.

And they seemed to be against *illegal* immigration, not against immigration in general.

It's sort of like anti-globalization activists who blame corporations for outsourcing American jobs.

Tea baggers seem to be against illegally importing labor, which also deprives Americans of jobs.”

“Jeff1958 - Indeed, you are so right. Investigating the investigators (actually journalists) hardly seems the best use of their time.”

“Jewish values that they stood on their head. But then they did steal our book in the first place.”

“No, Atenism is ancient Egypt is the oldest documented monotheistic religion. Pharaoh Akhetaten, the father-in-law of King Tut, declared that only one god existed, around 1400 BC. His religion, by all appearances, was considerably more enlightened in some regards than Judaism. Interestingly, he did not posit a personal god; his religion was a rather abstract Deism using the solar disc as a symbol of the divinity: God was "It," not "he" or "she," and was not anthropomorphized in art. After his death, Atenism was wiped out by the priests of Amun-Re, who deleted as many references to it as they could find. They did not destroy all, hence our knowledge of the religion, which includes the "Great Hymn to the Aten."

It should be observed that in 1400 BC the Hebrews, as a separate people distinct from other Canaanites, had not yet come into existence. And the Hebrew Genesis, which like the Hebrew language did not come into existence until centuries later, is a redaction of various sources, themselves based in some cases on earlier Akkadian ones, and is not monotheistic throughout. Many acts in it are attributed to "Elohim," which is a plural term meaning "the gods."

In nay case, we may be certain that atheism, Deism, and other forms of monotheism had existed for millennia prior to Atenism, at least on a personal level. Application of ordinary human reason and logic to any particular religion not infrequently leads to atheism, agnosticism, or Deism.”

“I would say all murders that are committed in the name of Jesus are denounced by other Christians.”

“What exactly is your point? Reaction to this rampage is not limited to Christians, and is motivated by concern for the safety of our armed forces. Some small, unknown percentage of muslims in the American military may have jihadist leanings. We know that one did, and we see the apparent result. Should we not be concerned? I expect that no particular action is necessary; after this, there will be greater scrutiny.”

“OK enlighten us all and tell us how votes for someone who has pulled out of the race "count".
They go in the circular bin along with the votes for Minnie and Mickey Mouse. To a democrat, I guess that "counts".”

“Rahm is the one who created the opening.
The local republicans screwed up. That would be tantamount to sneaking Ann Coulter ontoo the ticket as a democrat. You'd scream about that I'm sure.

The folks you mention simply drew people's attention to the fact that there was a dem in repub clothing, that's all. So we won't kill the messenger like y'all do.”