A Ron Paul moment....

[damfast]

  Yep, the good old days.  Before television, computers, computer games, before organized sport activities for the kids.  Before you had to be a rocket scientist to get a job.  When we had manufacturing and anyone who wanted a job could get one.  Before the super rich and the corporations out sourced all of our jobs.  Yes, the good old days.

  Oh yes, the churches.  The place to go to hear the same old shit about how if you're good you will go to that invisible old guy in the sky who watches you every second of your life and if you break any of his stupid laws he will send you to hell, because he loves you. 

  Back then the church was the place to go.  That's where you caught up on all of the gossip and the only place you could afford to go.  It's where you went to be brain washed every week, hell and damnation.

  One reason we think it was the good old days was, we were kids and we did know what was going on in life.  All we care about was having fun, where we were going to ride our bicycles without a helmet or the fear of the cops throwing you in jail, he was your friend.

  The only way I would want the old days back is, if I could be a kid again and see my mother, father and my grandma and grandpaw.  The days when I didn't have a care in the world and everything was great.   

i know troll, you dont have the same belief system regarding christianity that i have.   not for the sake of arguing about it...i grew up in a family full of preachers.  my grandfather was a preacher, my uncles were preachers, all different denominations.  it made  for some classic "discussions" on sunday afternoon at my grams house.  they would go into the "good living room" which was off limits to us kids, and "discuss". If you sat really quiet in the dining room, no one would know you were there, and boy could you get an education!  of course it was always a great place to find out all the adult gossip.  but i did grow up with a true belief that we are not alone here, that this place we grow and work and live and love is a dressing room.  that we move on through our spirit to become part of a wonderful world of perfection.  i guess if you dont believe it, you dont. i truly respect that.  but i also believe that because of my faith, i am still here, enjoying my family, continuing my journey here and bringing love to those i love.  without that faith, that belief, that i could continue after personal tragedy, i wonder.  would i have had the strength to fight what is not seemingly winnable, and survive something that is almost always not survivable? 
and i do believe that ignorance is bliss, werent we just blissful kids?

[Anne]

 

[The Troll]

  Well written, but as you grow older you will find out all that they say about religion is not true.   Also you don't not have to have some invisible person in the sky to lead you through you life to be happy and satisfied.   

[damfast]

i rhink i will just keep hopin there is someone up there.  the fellows down here dont seem to be doin such a hot job....

[The Troll]

i rhink i will just keep hopin there is someone up there.  the fellows down here dont seem to be doin such a hot job....

  If there is a Sky Daddy and there is nothing he can't do.  Well, he's doing a damn poor job with his flock down here on earth. 

[dan foster]

  If there is a Sky Daddy and there is nothing he can't do.  Well, he's doing a damn poor job with his flock down here on earth. 

There may very well be other beings "out there", but none presented, so far, make any sense and ALWAYS prove themselves (through their believers) impossible.   

[Palehorse]

There may very well be other beings "out there", but none presented, so far, make any sense and ALWAYS prove themselves (through their believers) impossible.   

I just think the other beings see how fucked up this planet and the majority of its inhabitants are, and they wisely choose to stay away from us!

[dan foster]

i rhink i will just keep hopin there is someone up there.  the fellows down here dont seem to be doin such a hot job....

The only hope is that those of us who don't need "someone up there" will become the majority and we can get on with solving our own problems rather than wishing them away through prayer (http://godisimaginary.com/).

It may very well be that there is energy out in the universe that someone can tap into and do "miraculous" things (yogi's, ghandi, etc).  However, that has nothing to do with the judeo-christian, muslim (hot-headed desert religions) BS.

[damfast]

if Ron Paul wins, do we get do-overs?

[me]

if Ron Paul wins, do we get do-overs?

Oh I hope so. 

[The Troll]

if Ron Paul wins, do we get do-overs?

  Ron Paul has as much chance to win as the Troll breaking the bank at  Hoosier Park. 

[damfast]

uh oh, does anyone know how to get ron paul for president stickers off the bumper?

[The Troll]

uh oh, does anyone know how to get ron paul for president stickers off the bumper?

  If it is a foreign car, Junk it.   

[me]

uh oh, does anyone know how to get ron paul for president stickers off the bumper?

WD-40 works great. Ya have to take a razor blade to start it so you can get it to absorb though if it's a shiny finished one. 

[Bo D]

WD-40 works great. Ya have to take a razor blade to start it so you can get it to absorb though if it's a shiny finished one.

DON"T use a razor blade. You will likely scratch the paint, no matter how careful you are.

Heat up the sticker with a hair dryer for a couple of minutes. Start peeling the edge back as the glue softens and keep heating as you pull it back on itself.