cautionbug's Comments (338)

“Can we start referring to the Republican-backed status-quo health care system as a pre-existing condition death camp?”

“That same YouTube member has many excellent videos regarding deniers of other scientific theories, like evolution and life's chemical origins. His videos are definitely worth broader exposure. Thanks for bringing this one out in the open!”

“This is the first i'm hearing this rumor. Maybe Livingston is seeking attention by bring a lawsuit for something that apparently doesn't get a lot of people's attention.”

“How about we agree here and now that we won't speculate on the future of bored-housewife-TV until Oprah actually DOES leave, and then when it happens, we forget that we were waiting until she leaves to care, and just don't.”

“i agree with CollinJE. If you're closed to the possibility of being wrong when shown an objective view of events around you, you're not opening discourse, just seeking comfort/co­mmiseratio­n.

If i claim that my small miracle is that i didn't spontaneously burst into flames, by what measure do we elevate that claim to miracle? Ignore the statistical improbability and jump straight to divinity? After all, my not bursting into flames was a real experience. i defy you to demonstrate otherwise (see how this faith thing looks from the outside?).

In order to see God in my daily life, i have to choose it and reconcile it against facts that point to God's absence. That reconciliation requires acceptance of glaring contradictions. Then picking the right deity, lest the others punish me for getting it wrong. (If you know which deity i should thank for intervening to prevent me suddenly flaming-on, let me know - but remember, my unproven eternal soul is at stake to get it right.)

i admit in my personal case, there is some low-level bitterness. My reason is this: believers have had the luxury of control for millennia and have never been held accountable for denying (and suppressing) evidence that contradicts the existence of God. Now there's a push for that accountability, believers simply continue to avoid verifying their claims while insisting that they're factual. This is a deliberate choice of ignorance, and does not make society better.”

“Damn, beat me to it. :)”

“Miracle: an effect or extraordinary event in the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers and is ascribed to a supernatural cause.

"Small miracles" is an oxymoron. Miracles by definition are HUGE - something completely impossible by natural means becomes possible. Asking God for the occasional 2 out of 7 successful matches on a Lotto ticket while you get one other isn't a miracle. Asking God to make two consecutive traffic lights green to your favor is not a miracle. These are desperate efforts to find a divine crutch where one should not be necessary.

And frankly, i find it troubling to pray for a miracle that their family doesn't fight for one night. Should you really rely on God for that miracle, or maybe put in some effort to provide a loving and peaceful home that doesn't require divine intervention? Families are dysfunctional, yes, but to let "God will tend to it" be the excuse for not affecting change is weakness. C'mon, make your world better through your own action, not praying and waiting for The Copilot to do the work.

And there's not a single thing wrong with asking God for direct verifiable evidence of Its existence (show Thyself to more than the loony with the invisible dragon in his garage!), especially when having faith and religion means denying evidence to the contrary. For that kind of evidence would TRULY be a miracle.”

“i wonder how long he'll be able to carry the entire team. To hit 55 points and only up by 1 in the last 20 seconds? Where was the rest of the team?”

“Racist!

i wasn't commenting on race. i was commenting on acting talent. Sarcastically, if you wondered. ;)”

“Casey Affleck is the next Sidney Poitier.

Poitier was a complete vvanker, right? No? Hm.

Well, at least Alba makes a good show of getting spanked. Stunt butt or not.”

“Booo! Down with test! It's a big leftist media conspiracy! Rise, "Hello World", rise!!!”

“Phil, we miss you.”

“The problem with the "start somewhere" approach is that when you build on a broken base, it may never get fixed. Do you think the public health care option will ever see reproductive rights funding, now that it's been so strongly omitted? How long before ALL Americans are allowed to buy into this plan, instead of only people who don't already have insurance through an employer, even if they don't want that plan? Not directing this at you personally, but this is the attitude that caused such huge concessions and weakened the potential of this reform during the whole process.Co­nvincing a single Republican to vote Aye only after removing any ability for a woman to make her own reproductive choices does not a bipartisan bill make.”

“Can someone explain where the "best health care system in the world" mantra came from? Last i heard, we were not even near the top 10 of health care systems among industrialized nations. Seems to me that with the current system being anything BUT the best, a little socialism that has worked more than well for those nations that ARE in the top 10 probably couldn't hurt us. In fact, there's little that could make our current system worse except the Republican "reform" proposal to not only keep the entire system private, but basically encourage a race to the bottom state AND make it easier for private insurers to continue to bend America over.”

“i have a pretty good feeling what his coaching "style" will be. He shouldn't be allowed within the distance of that 62nd homer of a pro baseball job on ANY level until he fully admits what everyone already knows.”

“Two letters, repeat ad infinitum: ew”

“So much for expecting more of America. i guess he was only talking to the middle class workers to do more...aga­in.”

“*biting lip, hard* Must...not­...give...­in...”

“"Full-throated"? Hmm?”

“Better than Repukelicans? Dips**t.”

“Being that Michigan's Senate has been controlled by the GOP for quite a while, maybe it speaks more to the failures of Republicans whose only means to "balance" a budget is to gut essential government services, destroy any competitive job market, and obliterate the education system. All this before the inevitable, and long overdue elimination of corporate tax credits that have netted no jobs, and tax increases where necessary. If those measures had taken place BEFORE this point, we would maybe have fewer people unemployed and the task of providing sufficient revenue wouldn't be so painfully felt.

Your remarks about "big government" tell me that even if you are a resident of either of these states (doubtful), then you are completely in the dark (eg. a Fake News watcher) and simply spouting what some GOP pundit told you to. Michigan has one of the most gutted state governments i know of because GOP legislators have refused to make the right decisions for the future of this state. Instead they continue to pander to corporate interests who keep asking for tax credits and free reign over our state's resources while offering nothing in return. What about THAT is socialist? It is about as far as "social" as a government can get.”

“My mistake. Still trying to tell all these shows apart from "Star Search" and "The Gong Show". At least "The Gong Show" didn't take itself so seriously.”

“What exactly makes it "fantastic"? In a long line of "talent" shows, this one doesn't really bring anything new or interesting. Especially when it needs a publicity stunt like putting a criminally indicted political has-been like Tom Delay on the air.”

“Where's the vote option for "Take this stupid show off TV"?”

“South Carolina + GOP + military-grade firearm...

It adds up.”