….an interesting indicator that Scalia has not been very present in this discussion.

The implication being that if anyone opposes what she ‘believes’, she’ll take her own advice and ‘Shut Up’!

Regards,

Chuck(le)
[Faith is more than mere words.]

P.P.S. Maybe I’ll send her some nice chamomile tea. That should calm her down. I’ll send her an envelope of loose leaf. That’s the VERY best…..

…whether she calls in the HAZMAT team and sics the BATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Flowers) on me remains to be seen…..

So I guess that puts you on Napolitano’s “Right Wing Extermist DOUBLE Secret Probation List”, huh? — Bilgeman

ToGA! ToGA! ToGA! ToGA!

Regards,

Chuck(le)
[I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part.]

Recognizing the ‘human factor’? Now?

The Israelites had faith; they tumbled a wall with a trumpet blast. — Scalia, at her regular site

So humans play a part after all? It wasn’t the Holy Spirit that did it, there were people who marched and sang and sounded instruments as an integral part of the ‘process’ to destroy Jericho.

Nice of her to remember that.

How do WE figure into this?

I recall a report from the 1990s, where a group of REAL christians prayed outside an abortion clinic that it would cease its operations.

A year later, the sisters who operated the murder mill died of cancer.

Not that the praying christians asked for THAT particular solution. As I understand it, they just asked that the murders stop.

Afterwards, the story has spread amongs the christians that our actions do have a useful function. But are they limited to prayer alone? I hardly think so.

Regards,

Chuck(le)
P.S. By the way, the only Guy I know who was perfect got nailed to a tree for His temerity…..the powers that be in His time on this ball o dirt were jealous…..

http://theanchoressonline.com/2009/04/16/he-says-it-so-much-better-than-i/

So I guess that puts you on Napolitano’s “Right Wing Extermist DOUBLE Secret Probation List”, huh?

Whattayou? Trying to make me jealous? I was flying yesterday.

FWIW, in soldari-tea with y’all, I ordered tea,(and since airplane coffee is invariably unutterably vile sludge).

Unless, of course, you consider moderates to be extremists, which I do not. — RV

….drive my point ‘home’.

It doesn’t matter whether you or I ‘consider moderates to be extremists’. I doubt if you or I can call down an squad of BATF, FBI or mech infantry to enforce the proverbial ‘law of the land’ on an individual.

Rather it’s what the government ‘feels’ is ‘extremism’. And, according to the passage I quoted in item #134 of this thread, they obviously consider me and a number of others—you might consider ‘moderates’—to be rather ‘extreme’.

Am I paranoid? You betcha. 27 years in the infantry, combined with IPB, taught me well, how to stay alive.

Regards,

Chuck(le)
[Even paranoids have enemies.]

I have to wonder what ‘form’ of Christianity she practices.

My readings and understanding lead me, and the members of my Friday Morning Mens’ Bible Study group to the idea that christians, the REAL ones, don’t “shove one another”.

Why does she think we do?

Does a body, barring cancer, war within itself? Hardly…..

So, I take exception to her statement. And I think she’s got a LONG ways to go in her walk of faith. The point here being:

(1) She’s blatantly wrong.
[2] She may be a ‘tool’ for people who are opposed to the REAL christians.

Regards,

Chuck(le)
P.S. Attended TWO tea-party events. Both had more participants than I had expected.

It doesn’t say moderate conservatives… — RV

It SAYS….

(U) Rightwing extremism in the United States can be broadly divided into those groups, movements, and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or ethnic groups), and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration — DHS [Note: Emphasis added for those who know English as a 'tertiary' language.]

Hope that helps.

I believe in States Rights. I’m opposed to federal laws that override them. I’m opposed to federally mandated abortion on demand, as I see such a law as being under the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, a state-level decision.

Regards,

Chuck(le)
P.S. Bilgeman, maybe you haven’t read the document, so the ‘tertiary language’ remark doesn’t apply to you. I know you a tad better…..