tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post6020405144079286742..comments2024-03-28T21:32:41.763-05:00Comments on driftglass: Sad Eyed Jebus Is Saddriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-33164577749777584212014-06-10T11:01:53.163-05:002014-06-10T11:01:53.163-05:00 Monster from the Id @11:19
Considering that reli... Monster from the Id @11:19<br /><br />Considering that religion and economics are things we humans made up, and the belief that money has value is a required “faith” for the broader economic model to work, transitioning from the guy in the sky being god to money being god isn’t that far apart, and to the super rich and many others ‘mammon’ usually does become their god of choice as it has been for many millennia. But the point of my statement about the “faithful” screaming “it’s god’s will” is that it is, and has also been for many a millennia, a one size fits all excuse for doing all sorts of stupid, vile, pernicious shit by those who believe in their particular version of guy in the sky god.<br /><br />So, I don’t disagree with your statement about the broader mammon is god in the USA, but that isn’t the point of my use of the statement “it’s god’s will…” The god in my statement does refer to the guy in the sky version.<br /><br />A long winded attempt that I hope clarifies what I was trying to say.<br /><br />Regards,<br /> <br />Anonymous @8:01<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-55550162997811493372014-06-10T08:01:00.128-05:002014-06-10T08:01:00.128-05:00I've recently had a theory that the appeal of ...I've recently had a theory that the appeal of GoT lies in its being the only major media property willing to even suggest the brutal but eminently reasonable proposition that some problems just can't be fixed, and that other problems could have been fixed at one point but not any more. I much prefer that presumption, with its sunnier view of human nature, to my earlier belief (formulated when my tolerance for gratuitous character-abused ran out about a third of the way into <i>A Clash of Kings</i>) that its popularity stems from people wanting to know that, no matter how bad they have it, those poor fucks in Westeros have it worse.Neo Tuxedohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15455041641080873400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-80968450868070966642014-06-09T23:41:21.364-05:002014-06-09T23:41:21.364-05:00I'm partial to giants and felt bad for the one...I'm partial to giants and felt bad for the ones that got killed in the episode, but the comparison to the Night's Watch fits.<br />Especially when you consider that the wildling hordes are driven forward by icy white-skinned monsters of alien temperament.Cliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04198405937534052637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-55555891635732699662014-06-09T23:38:51.036-05:002014-06-09T23:38:51.036-05:00When you purchase a home, is it hate that drives y...<i>When you purchase a home, is it hate that drives you to make the purchase?</i><br /><br />I dunno, now I kind of want to buy a house out of sheer spite.Cliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04198405937534052637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-7587704633646422182014-06-09T23:19:19.817-05:002014-06-09T23:19:19.817-05:00"it's god's will, etc."
The god...<i>"it's god's will, etc."</i><br /><br />The god in question of course, being the false god who has always been the actual god of the USA: Mammon.<br /><br />Monster from the Idnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-84577317116166718772014-06-09T20:01:55.208-05:002014-06-09T20:01:55.208-05:00The “faithful” as well as being consumed with hate...The “faithful” as well as being consumed with hate and fear have also reached the point where they “couldn't pour piss out of a boot if you put the instructions on the heel.” So, indeed it’s a thread bare existence trying to hold the line against their rage filled 200mph drive, sans helmet and seat belt, into the retaining wall while screaming : “it’s god’s will, and Obama has a Hitler mustache.” Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-18574824770608561142014-06-09T18:46:54.702-05:002014-06-09T18:46:54.702-05:00Jerry & NT:
Also, don't forget the unacc...Jerry & NT: <br /><br />Also, don't forget the unaccountable, easily hacked vote-counting computers.<br /><br />Or the shrewdly disguised--more effective because disguised--suppression of potential voters who aren't likely to vote for the reactionary candidates.<br /><br />Or the gerrymandering so precise that if the same intellectual effort had been put into the space program, the Lunar colony of the movie <i>2001</i> would have existed in the real 2001.<br /><br />Selah.Monster from the Idnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-64020419206079956752014-06-09T17:47:08.694-05:002014-06-09T17:47:08.694-05:00I just don't see how the right has majorities ...<i>I just don't see how the right has majorities in any demo.</i><br /><br />Because, almost a quarter-century after the Berlin Wall came down, 27% of the country still thinks any leftward movement in this country would make the Baby Jebus cry and the Baby Karl Marx giggle, and a depressingly high percentage still coddles the delusions of that fucknozzle 27%.Neo Tuxedohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15455041641080873400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-12415150770662728042014-06-09T14:25:52.163-05:002014-06-09T14:25:52.163-05:00Thanks for the link to Jim Wright at Stonekettle. ...Thanks for the link to Jim Wright at Stonekettle. You both share the gift of crafting eloquent righteous rants. I've been reading his stuff for awhile now.Kathleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-60644252437336678872014-06-09T13:04:47.585-05:002014-06-09T13:04:47.585-05:00Thomas Kinkade: Painter Of Crap
Ric - from the la...Thomas Kinkade: Painter Of Crap<br /><br />Ric - from the land of sky blue watersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-70611142882574561782014-06-09T12:38:38.262-05:002014-06-09T12:38:38.262-05:00How many good decisions are made in a fit of rage?...How many good decisions are made in a fit of rage? When you purchase a home, is it hate that drives you to make the purchase?<br /><br />I want NASA to explore space, because "I hate not knowing what is out there?<br /><br />Hate has been extracted, condensed and bottled.<br />The trpublican Tea Potters are proof that the emotional chenical compound actually works.<br />The only thing is, it is a chemical reaction that must have a willing host.Robtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-59335398085791693072014-06-09T12:21:03.478-05:002014-06-09T12:21:03.478-05:00I just don't see how the right has majorities ...I just don't see how the right has majorities in any demo. They've quite proficiently poked just about everybody in the eye with the pointed stick of insanity that is the modern GOP's preferred method of governance.<br /><br />Rich white guys and toothless rednecks just can't create enough votes to win elections.JerryBnoreply@blogger.com