tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864616.post115094852268176749..comments2023-07-25T08:58:50.067-05:00Comments on ChurchGal: staying the course, even if it kills us. literally.Delia Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864616.post-1162680686260323562006-11-04T16:51:00.000-06:002006-11-04T16:51:00.000-06:00ding, the battlestar galactica quote your talking ...ding, the battlestar galactica quote your talking about is actually a paraphrase of an actual speech by Mario Savio during the Berkely Free Speech movement of 1964.<BR/><BR/>His actual words were: "There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part, you can't even passively take part, and you've got to put your bodies upon the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864616.post-1151120594109718452006-06-23T22:43:00.000-05:002006-06-23T22:43:00.000-05:00Well, considering the past two elections in our co...Well, considering the past two elections in <I>our</I> country have been fraudulent...Wasp Jerkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15893089391441423862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864616.post-1151088932492522832006-06-23T13:55:00.000-05:002006-06-23T13:55:00.000-05:00i'd honestly like to know how what we're doing the...i'd honestly like to know how what we're doing there is spreading democracy. and i guess that's what's killing me about all of this.<BR/><BR/>what exactly <I>are</I> the metrics for spreading democracy and fighting the war on terror?<BR/><BR/>if no one can tell us that then what the hell are we doing there?Delia Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864616.post-1151071434210129682006-06-23T09:03:00.000-05:002006-06-23T09:03:00.000-05:00I can understand why conservatives don't want to "...I can understand why conservatives don't want to "cut and run" for whatever democracy-spreading, terror-stopping reasons they think this is about. But this is also bankrupting the country. We're more than $8 trillion in debt already. And they say liberals like spending money and that they like big government. Hmmm.Wasp Jerkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15893089391441423862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864616.post-1151004094046026652006-06-22T14:21:00.000-05:002006-06-22T14:21:00.000-05:00The Dems have traded in their spines for complacen...The Dems have traded in their spines for complacency. Both parties disgust me. I haven't even registered to vote in this county since the move and I'm not going to bother to do so either. Sure, I could vote my conscience w/the Libertarian party but why bother.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864616.post-1150952913470727782006-06-22T00:08:00.000-05:002006-06-22T00:08:00.000-05:00it would be nice if some democratic leader actuall...it would be nice if some democratic leader actually had the balls to say something like that - and the rest of the party could follow.Delia Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864616.post-1150952838828939582006-06-22T00:07:00.000-05:002006-06-22T00:07:00.000-05:00unfortunately, the dem leaders don't seem to be do...unfortunately, the dem leaders don't seem to be doing much to stop them. while i think of myself as unapologetically lib'rul, i wonder at our commitment to change.<BR/><BR/>i keep thinking of a scene from battlestar galactica. (bear with me; it'll be relevant!) it's the season two finale and Chief Tyrol says:<BR/><BR/>'There comes a time when you realize that the engine you built with your Delia Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864616.post-1150949662914494292006-06-21T23:14:00.000-05:002006-06-21T23:14:00.000-05:00Ah yes, good ole 'Murican values:-Write discrimina...Ah yes, good ole 'Murican values:<BR/><BR/>-Write discrimination into The Constitution, can't let them queers destroy marriage!<BR/><BR/>-Use tax dollars to fund religion (faith-based initiatives).<BR/><BR/>-Wire tapping w/o warrants.<BR/><BR/>-Invade Iraq under false premises.<BR/><BR/>Let's see, so far that would include lying, promoting prejudice/discrimination, and invading privacy. Yes, themAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com