Posts posted by Huckleberry
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14 hours ago, F250 said:
I am a Methodist myself and I am aware of the problems that are happening with this issue. I've followed William H. Willimon who was mentioned in the article for awhile on his blog, podcasts and books. He has been trying to prepare people for this eventual crisis for a number of years now. I remember when this was happening with the Episcopal church about a decade ago and was grateful the UMC wasn't involved. Well it is happening in our backyard now too. The same divide between U.S. and non-U.S. churches occurred with the Episcopal church as is happening with the UMC. I'm hoping the church remains united, as a denomination we have been supportive of the LBGT community for a long time and hopefully everyone on both sides of the issues will see that before any drastic measures are taken.
They literally just voted to say that LGBTQ people are not equal in their Church. That is not supportive.
You are hoping for your denomination not to split because it's part of you, not for the benefit of LGBTQ people. There are a shitload of raw feelings right now and for good reason.
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1 minute ago, tjhooker said:
because he votes 98% of the time with Club for Growth.
That's an incredibly weak argument, if you can call it an argument at all.
It is therefore your position that in order to be a better Congressman, all one would have to do is read the Club for Growth's position on any bill before the House for a vote and vote in accordance with their wishes. Seems flimsy.
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1 minute ago, Mole said:
I’m not aligned with him politically and am against ignoring sexual assault, but his office was extraordinarily responsive when I had an issue with the VA. They quickly identified and solved the problem and communicated clearly the entire time. My experience with getting help with the VA from other congressional offices has been very negative.
That doesn’t excuse some of his poorer traits, but he seems to run an efficient and responsive office.
Thanks, that actually is an important service that Congressmen should provide.
Still doesn't answer why tjhooker thinks he's one of the better Congressmen.
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Listen, @bad_teammate, this is a complicated situation and I actually do see the logic in both sides of the end result positions. But that's a lot more complicated topic I don't have time for right now. What I do have time for is to tell you that if you spell it Columbian just one more time I'm going to have to neg you. I mean the irony of someone arguing in favor of Latin American self-governance with zero American intervention but then spelling it Columbian instead of Colombian is rich as hell and I enjoy it, but enough is enough.
Have a blessed day.
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2 hours ago, Monster said:I assumed I'd have to find a new message board when I created the thread.
So far it looks like the most popular reaction to a coordinated campaign against a major religion in America is that 'Christians deserve ridicule".
So what do you have to say about how you were completely wrong regarding the reaction? Do you think your incredible misread of a segment of society and being completely wrong about their intentions and beliefs might be relevant to your thread idea here?
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I guess that depends on which contradictory post you're talking about.Two of the most repped posts here totally twist Johnny Sack’s words around. Sack is totally correct.If someone had their retirement wiped out by Enron that means they were stupid and greedy.That sucks and was not his fault.
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Most of us have always deployed it objectively. The UVA Rolling Stone story had bullshit called on it within 20 posts IIRC. There was arguing on that thread only because a couple of posters intentionally turn their bullshit detectors off when it comes to sexual assault claims.Just wanted to note that we flagged the “hmmm....something smells about this one” back around post 76 (I read the first info about the victims and posted about it, Lat followed with his concerns not long after). Historically, we’re not too bad at sniffing bullshit like this out. Hell, see how the initial reaction to the Jussie Smollett report around here was “yeah, that sounds fishy AF.” Pretty decent bullshit detectors around these parts, when we deploy them objectively. -
Your general pessimism and negativity is one thing, but I've had about enough of your British spellings here lately, sir. You are on notice.We'd have to remodel the bathrooms.
Not joking, btw. The rumour back when he was at KU was that their athletic department spent ~5 grand on custom plumbing to install an industrial-grade bidet that could hold his weight in the coaches' restroom. -
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2 hours ago, Valmy77 said:
We are on our way though. It is very frustrating to see.
https://texassports.com/sports/2013/7/27/FB_0727133417.aspx
There you go.
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It just seems selfish to surprise people with information they may not want after all these years. Suppose your father had been one of her 2 living sons and suppose he had a wife and kids. That news could break up a marriage and destroy a family. And for what purpose?
Obviously it's selfish because it's based on self-interest. But it's also absolutely not wrong.
None of us chose to be born. However, the vast majority of births were because a man and woman chose to have sex. Once you make that decision and a human being results then tough shit if that human someday wants to know more about their personal and genetic history. The child didn't force you to get your dick wet.
There are of course rare cases where the pregnancy was due to rape or where the revelation could carry a significant risk of abuse or violence. But that still doesn't make it wrong for a child to seek out their history.
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The House Oversight Committee 2019
in Cloak Room
@immamac thank you for cleaning up the thread. At this point, however, you need to go through and start deleting tjhooker's posts because he's the only one keeping that sidebar alive. He has a victim complex and loves to be persecuted. So as soon as he shuts up about it we can all move on. Thanks.