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good neve making conditions, no?

awwww....not even a little spray?

i thought oil was god?

its important to have hobbies

uh, is there an english version?

the bottom line is still that the era of discovering new, easily developed oil "elephants" is over - its great of course that the spice won't stop flowing overnight, but even this new brazilian find won't last forever, and we're now into the era of having to look into more and more difficult places to get oil

everything i have to say on the subject of good and bad was stolen by perry ferrell: "I am skin and bones, I am pointy nose; But it motherfuckin' makes me try. Makes me try, and that ain't no wrong. I'll tell you why... There ain't no right! Ain't no wrong now, ain't no right. Ain't no wrong now, ain't no right. Only pleasure and pain. Motherfuckin' bad wind came, blew down my home. Now the green grass grows. Bad wind came, blew down my home. Goddamn goodness knows! Where green grass grows there can't be wrong. And goodness knows, there ain't no right! Ain't no wrong now, ain't no right. Ain't no wrong now, ain't no right. Only pleasure and pain. Bumped my head, I'm a battering ram. Goddamn took the pain. Cut myself, said So what? Motherfuckin' took the pain. Said So what? I can't be wrong. I thought so but there ain't no right! Ain't no wrong now, ain't no right. Ain't no wrong now, ain't no right. Only pleasure and pain."

the babel fish killed god

sorry, it's not - it was actually "Demolition Man" i remember the killer taco bell food the movie sponsored http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106697/

hey, dru made me learn something today (and why the hell do you know this, btw?) from the wikipedia-hole: "Raëlism or Raëlian Church is a UFO religion founded by a purported contactee named Claude Vorilhon. On a foundation of accepting the universal ethic, the group is non-theistic, hedonistic, and supports human cloning. Raelians believe that God and souls do not exist; instead they believe that extraterrestrials known as Elohim created life on Earth, including humanity, and through many visits, sparked the founding of many major religions. The Raëlian Church has a quasi-clerical structure with a height of seven levels. At the top is Claude Vorilhon, now known as Raël. Raël founded the Raëlian Movement in Paris, France in 1974 after a large conference. Women are a minority among Raëlians but remain relatively visible when advocating refinement and erotic sensualism as members of Rael's Girls and the Order of Angels. The Raëlian Church has attracted priests and bishops from other religions. About one-third of Raëlians pay dues to the Raëlian Church. Members are asked to follow the Raëlian ideals that speak against the use of recreational drugs, tobacco and limit alcohol to moderation, if at all. Sensuality is an important part of the Raëlian doctrine, though Raëlians recommend a non-contractual agreement between matured sexual partners. Joining the movement involves a transmission ceremony as well as an official apostasy from other religions in recognition of Elohim, as the creators of life from the heavens. Raël founded Clonaid (originally Valiant Venture Ltd Corporation) in 1997, but then handed it over to a Raëlian bishop, Brigitte Boisselier, in 2000.[1] The company claimed in 2002 that an American woman underwent a standard cloning procedure that led to the birth of her new daughter Eve (b. December 26, 2002). Although few believe the claim, it nonetheless attracted national authorities, mainstream media, and young adults to look further into the Raëlians' cult status. The use of the swastika in its original logo halted Raëlian requests for territory in Israel, and later Lebanon, for establishing a Third Temple, despite the creation of a new logo without the swastika. The Raëlians have officially revived the logo with its original meaning as a symbol of peace."

you are part of a long and (not so, maybe) proud heritage outerspace - take 2 nut tools up on a monday and you can build an entire rack after a busy weekend!

probably as difficult as converting pope to clipping bolts actually, if it was one of the churches were by converting i'd be immediately privy to the stable of buxom 17 year-olds i'll be diving into the pew (so to speak)

naw, that would be fun as hell (pun belatedly intended) - could be in the same spirit as my frat's old "heaven n' hell" mixers - you bring the fruity-n-refreshing beverages and we bring the cinamon and brim-stone tasting shit

he's crazy too, but that nice-grandpa kinda crazy where you don't feel so alarmed when he has a steak-knife in his hand over a thanksgiving dinner

so my questions is, did anyone manage to finish any of the preceding paragraphs to the great big red flashing warning of anti-jesus death? its kinda hard not to just stampede to the clitoris on it... so, promised meself to lay low on the whole religion-thang this week, but good christ, its fucked up paranoid shit like this that makes me pathologically incapable of taking any person who believes in the big JC and the heavenly hitters seriously - i realize this paints all religious folks w/ the same crazy-brush, but it just seems that view points like this are the logical conclusion for believing in sacred texts and avenging umpires in the sky.

i'm on the "all send" list for a 90-something year old ww2 vet who's good for mostly sending out the most bizarre emails i usually get - thought this one had to be shared with the group - enjoy - all of the colored sections were like that in the email of course --------------------------------------------- Scroll down to read all to the end. Scary!!! What a Black Columnist has to say about Obama. Ken Blackwell - Columnist for the New York Sun. It's an amazing time to be alive in America. We're in a year of firsts in this presidential election: the first viable woman candidate; the first viable African-American candidate; and, a candidate who is the first front-running freedom fighter over 70. The next president of America will be a first.We won't truly be in an election of firsts, however, until we judge every candidate by where they stand. We won't arrive where we should be until we no longer talk about skin color or gender. Now that Barack Obama steps to the front of the Democratic field, we need to stop talking about his race, and start talking about his policies and his politics.The reality is this: Though the Democrats will not have a nominee until August, unless Hillary Clinton drops out, Mr. Obama is now the front runner, and its time America takes a closer and deeper look at him. Some pundits are calling him the next John F. Kennedy. He's not. He's the next George McGovern. And it's time people learned the facts.Because the truth is that Mr. Obama is the single most liberal senator in the entire U.S. Senate. He is more liberal than Ted Kennedy, Bernie Sanders, or Mrs. Clinton. Never in my life have I seen a presidential front runner whose rhetoric is so far removed from his record. Walter Mondale promised to raise our taxes and he lost. George McGovern promised military weakness and he lost. Michael Dukakis promised a liberal domestic agenda and he lost.Yet Mr. Obama is promising all those things, and he's not behind in the polls. Why? Because the press has dealt with him as if he were in a beauty pageant. Mr. Obama talks about getting past party, getting past red and blue, to lead the United States of America. But let's look at the more defined strokes of who he is underneath this superficial 'beauty.' Start with national security, since the president's most important duties are as commander-in-chief. Over the summer, Mr. Obama talked about invading Pakistan , a nation armed with nuclear weapons; meeting without preconditions with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who vows to destroy Israel and create another Holocaust; and Kim Jong II, who is murdering and starving his people, but emphasized that the nuclear option was off t he table against terrorists - something no president has ever taken off the table since we created nuclear weapons in the 1940s. Even Democrats who have worked in national security condemned all of those remarks. Mr. Obama is a foreign-policy novice who would put our national security at risk.Next, consider economic policy. For all its faults, our health care system is the strongest in the world. And free trade agreements, created by Bill Clinton as well as President Bush, have made more goods more affordable so that even people of modest means can live a life that no one imagined a generation ago. Yet Mr. Obama promises to raise taxes on 'the rich.' How to fix Social Security? Raise taxes. How to fix Medicar e? Raise taxes. Prescription drugs? Raise taxes. Free college? Raise taxes. Socialize medicine? Raise taxes. His solution to everything is to have government take it over. Big Brother on steroids, funded by your paycheck.Finally, look at the social issues. Mr. Obama had the audacity to open a stadium rally by saying, 'All praise and glory to God!' but says that Christian leaders speaking for life and marriage have 'hijacked' - hijacked - Christianity. He is pro-partial birth abortion, and promises to appoint Supreme Court justices who will rule any restriction on it unconstitutional. He espouses the abortion views of Margaret Sanger, one of the early advocates of racial cleansing. His spiritual leaders endorse homosexual marriage, and he is moving in that direction. In Illinois, he refused to vote against a statewide ban on all handguns in the state. These are radical left, Hollywood, and San Francisco values, not Middle America values.The real Mr. Obama is an easy target for the general election. Mrs. Clinton is a far tougher opponent. But Mr. Obama could win if people don't start looking behind his veneer and flowery speeches. His vision of 'bringing America together' means saying that those who disagree with his agenda for America are hijackers or warmongers. Uniting the country means adopting his liberal agenda and abandoning any conflicting beliefs.But right now everyone is talking about how eloquent of a speaker he is and - yes - they're talking about his race. Those should never be the factors on which we base our choice for president. Mr. Obama's radical agenda sets him far outside the American mainstream, to the left of Mrs. Clinton. It's time to talk about the real Barack Obama. In an election of firsts, let's first make sure we elect the person who is qualified to be our president in a nuclear age during a global civilizations war. Kind of scary, wouldn't you think? Remember--God is good, and is in time, on time, every time. According to The Book of Revelations the anti-Christ is: The anti-Christ will be a man, in his 40s, of MUSLIM descent, who will deceive the nations with persuasive language, and have a MASSIVE Christ-like appeal....the prophecy says that people will flock to him and he will promise false hope and world peace, and when he is in power, will destroy everything. Is it OBAMA?? I STRONGLY URGE each one of you to re post this as many times as you can! Each opportunity that you have to send it to a friend or media outlet...do it! If you think I am crazy.. I'm sorry but I refuse to take a chance on t he 'unknown' candidate. Think about this!!!

i'd gladly trade the gorge's infestation of poison oak for one of ticks

surely a man of many medical problems...

you go to war w/ the office pool you have, not the office pool you want!

i find it interesting and irritating too...probably more the latter than the former in the opinion of my wife and kids i aim in life to embody the philosophy of the drill instructor from "full metal jacket" - "here you are all equally worthless."

i was inspired to go and see what the man thinks of himself - he does appear to waffle a bit, so he probably wouldn't make a good liberal (like jesus in that respect - not probably as true for moses and mohammed) the llama dog has been quoted as saying: "If someone asks me whether I am the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama," he said, "then I answer, without hesitation, yes. This does not mean that I am the same being as the previous Dalai Lama. Some Dalai Lamas are a manifestation of Manjusri. Some are a manifestation of Chenrizi. Chenrizi is the manifestation of compassion. Manjusri is the manifestation of wisdom. I have a special connection with the Thirteenth Dalai Lama and the Fifth Dalai Lama. I have felt some kind of karmic relations or connections even with the Buddha. I feel I can say I have some kind of connection with the previous Dalai Lamas, some of the previous masters, with Chenrizi, even with the Buddha." at any rate, yes, i think him and his followers are full of shit if they actually believe we have souls and those souls find new bodies after death. i note as well that, given buddhism's (similiar to christianity's) pacific message, the religion tends to be honored more in the breach than in the observance. if nothing else, i dig on the dalai far more than the founders of the other faiths i was harshing on in that he is incredibly accepting of alternative faiths, and not consigning the vast majority of humankind then to hell for merely differing on the proper form of worship.

Really? So you buy that the Dali Lama is the 14th incarnation of an "enlightened being"? THAT is NOT a "fantasy character"? Interesting. no - to be certain i don't believe in reincarnation - i'm not even certain to what extent HE thinks he is the reincarantion of siddartha guatama.

warm rock to be had - spare me from the tempation of doing the illicit solo lap on beacon! o-god-zone, broughtons, whatever...seems kinda silly to drive all the way out to smith on a day like this...

actually i was at the gym, but i'm back now... dude, the dalai's got that look you can't put down! that "i might look like i'm here for business but really it's time to party" thing. it's pretty easy to denigrate fantasy characters from a moldering 2 millenia plus fairy-tale. at least the big DL can be sampled in the flesh (in a totally not-gay way, mind you). still...fuck the dalai! there, i said it. i have far greater faith in him and his followers not coming to cut my balls off than the islamojudaechristofascists. don't recall any of them coining a groovy, groovy phrase like "if you meet muhammed on the road - kill him!"

i'll have the lasagna