tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000892193344053581.post4002860052295329314..comments2023-12-10T10:18:21.368-08:00Comments on Bits and Pieces: Contentious News of The WeekJoe Pereirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09353399105160153877noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000892193344053581.post-28106552705686740122013-07-30T04:49:11.232-07:002013-07-30T04:49:11.232-07:00Excellent comparison Michael. But what can we do a...Excellent comparison Michael. But what can we do about it? Apart from keeping on beating the drum of common sense in the hope that the senseless will hear. Joe Pereirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09353399105160153877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000892193344053581.post-90323829676602467542013-07-30T04:43:13.114-07:002013-07-30T04:43:13.114-07:00You're probably right GB, it always amazes me,...You're probably right GB, it always amazes me, the religious people's obsession with dicks and vaginas, well, sex in general. <br /><br />As for church loans surely they'd have to be interest free!? Ran by volunteers, I'd expect...maybe notJoe Pereirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09353399105160153877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000892193344053581.post-35205948016842679222013-07-30T01:01:27.464-07:002013-07-30T01:01:27.464-07:00My nation embarrasses me more every day. I think I...My nation embarrasses me more every day. I think I'm beginning to understand what some Germans felt like when they saw what was happening to their country in the mid-30's. It's like there's a train coming, and you're trying to warn people off the tracks, but they won't listen. A blithe sense of entitlement, and arrogance makes them believe that the train wouldn't dare hit them. We'll end up with a society that will consider people like me persona non grata, if I'm lucky.Michael Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12028189262699615039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000892193344053581.post-22528540222459130652013-07-28T12:22:26.077-07:002013-07-28T12:22:26.077-07:00Hah! I'm 90% sure they were more upset about h...Hah! I'm 90% sure they were more upset about her using the words "dick" and "vagina" than the argument she was making. It would great if the church got into the sub-prime lending business. I'd be fascinated to see what interest rate they could charge that would cover their administration costs and defaults.Gorilla Bananashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044093013423635830noreply@blogger.com