tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post2928255982369169267..comments2023-10-16T08:25:47.205-05:00Comments on PARSLEY'S PICS: Signs of HopeLeslie Parsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-5731061349237009132012-03-28T09:12:41.199-05:002012-03-28T09:12:41.199-05:00They are a bit invasive, to say nothing of being t...They are a bit invasive, to say nothing of being tenacious. Once they lock their jaws around your throat, they just can't see to let go - much like pit bulls.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-23049115520851601652012-03-27T07:04:34.582-05:002012-03-27T07:04:34.582-05:00“How is the religious war going at your place?”
W...“How is the religious war going at your place?”<br /><br />Well I think it has run its course for now. <br />I’ve been having related exchanges for a while now I’m kind of religioned out<br /><br />How many ways can you say “look I don’t have a problem with your religion per se, I don’t even really care, I just don’t want it invading my life”.<br /><br /> Or “no, me supporting the rights of Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15489091434613178568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-77879464359739818722012-03-26T16:38:04.822-05:002012-03-26T16:38:04.822-05:00Thank you.Thank you.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-40202436945468856102012-03-26T16:37:47.909-05:002012-03-26T16:37:47.909-05:00I don't know how you stomach those sites; they...I don't know how you stomach those sites; they make me want to throw up. Unfortunately, I personally know a lot of people who really do believe this claptrap. How is the religious war going at your place? ;)Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-9800422695274161282012-03-26T16:35:21.451-05:002012-03-26T16:35:21.451-05:00Oh yes. Very interesting, isn't it?Oh yes. Very interesting, isn't it?Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-40453206557533441682012-03-26T05:26:04.665-05:002012-03-26T05:26:04.665-05:00“It's not surprising that 52% of Mississippi G...“It's not surprising that 52% of Mississippi GOP voters believe Mr. Obama is a Muslim.”<br /><br />I spend a fair bit of time in the comment streams of Right-wing blogs.<br />So often… I have seen someone declare that Obama is a Muslim… and I know… that maybe half the people commenting there themselves know… that that is a lie… and yet they do not challenge it… because the person who said it Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15489091434613178568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-3949761176053241902012-03-26T03:31:40.946-05:002012-03-26T03:31:40.946-05:00Then too, there's the interesting correlation...Then too, there's the interesting correlation of states that receive federal tax dollars well out of proportion to what they pay in federal taxes, and being predominantly Republican/Tea Party states.S.W. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16521540043304710796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-4052419047775876142012-03-17T06:26:37.039-05:002012-03-17T06:26:37.039-05:00MS has the highest rates (#1) in poverty, teen bir...MS has the highest rates (#1) in poverty, teen births and church goers, and the 2nd lowest number of HS grads in the country. AL does slightly better, ranking 6th in poverty, 8th in teen births, 5th in HS grads and 2nd in church goers. I'm not sure I'd classify all of them as stupid but they're certainly ignorant. I don't really need a poll to tell me this because I live around itLeslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-31307372481935353502012-03-16T23:20:35.623-05:002012-03-16T23:20:35.623-05:00How can the fact that about 50% of likely GOP vote...How can the fact that about 50% of likely GOP voters think Obama is a Muslim be anything but ignorance? These people are just plain STUPID,!Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-74411639123640014482012-03-16T17:00:18.038-05:002012-03-16T17:00:18.038-05:00There is this poll from a few days ago which puts...There is <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/12/obama-religion-mississippi-alabama_n_1338990.html" rel="nofollow">this poll </a> from a few days ago which puts 45 to 52% of Alabama and Mississippi likely GOP voters who think he is a Muslim.Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-63628005906929678532012-03-16T15:11:17.875-05:002012-03-16T15:11:17.875-05:00I wonder if there's anything more recent than ...I wonder if there's anything more recent than this early 2008 poll?Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-11081855587304140552012-03-16T08:48:14.191-05:002012-03-16T08:48:14.191-05:00"Is there a connection between ignorance and ..."Is there a connection between ignorance and allegiance to the GOP?"<br /><br />Every page I check, as with last year, seems to be all over the place. One with more Democrats being educated, and the other with more Republicans being educated.<br /><br /><a href="http://pewresearch.org/databank/dailynumber/?NumberID=509" rel="nofollow">This page</a> shows the overall "Obama is a dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-27625968138709409682012-03-12T20:04:39.452-05:002012-03-12T20:04:39.452-05:00It's not surprising that 52% of Mississippi GO...It's not surprising that 52% of Mississippi GOP voters believe Mr. Obama is a Muslim. It's about the same percentage in Alabama.<br /><br />It's also interesting to know that Mississippi and Alabama are two of the poorest and least educated population states in the US.<br /><br />Is there a connection between ignorance and allegiance to the GOP?<br /><br />We ask; you decide.Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-91655558388012996962012-03-12T16:39:05.761-05:002012-03-12T16:39:05.761-05:00Good point. I love that quote but for some strange...Good point. I love that quote but for some strange reason, I always thought it was from Benjamin F. LOL. But Franklin did say, "A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant blockhead."Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-77705006988116317502012-03-12T14:59:59.450-05:002012-03-12T14:59:59.450-05:00I think, for the first time since I can remember, ...I think, for the first time since I can remember, a group of politicians have learned to simply be quiet and let the idiots destroy themselves, all by themselves. <br /><br />Unlike the boisterous conservatives, who apparently can’t control their mouths, progressives have a propensity for not speaking loudly, thereby avoiding being obnoxious and in this case, that's a very good thing.<br /><Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13829283375082711360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-77363967277116378962012-03-12T10:50:01.767-05:002012-03-12T10:50:01.767-05:00"I've been going back and forth between d..."I've been going back and forth between detached listlessness to active disgust lately." Me too, along with a hell of a lot of depression and outright fear. Articles like this one at truthout.org don't help:<br /><br />http://www.truth-out.org/republican-implosion-myth-how-republicans-are-winning/1331221630<br /><br />I will hasten to add that I find this site so often full of Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-36666531787817817552012-03-12T10:39:25.068-05:002012-03-12T10:39:25.068-05:00The good news has a way of getting lost, doesn'...The good news has a way of getting lost, doesn't it?Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-12824485575145640642012-03-12T10:38:22.606-05:002012-03-12T10:38:22.606-05:00I'd agree, but the problem is that they are (v...I'd agree, but the problem is that they are (very deliberately) tearing the country apart and I'm not sure it's anything we'll recover from anytime soon, if ever.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-11993049687044655422012-03-12T06:48:32.711-05:002012-03-12T06:48:32.711-05:00"I, too, missed the "little boy presiden..."I, too, missed the "little boy president,""<br /><br />I missed that too. But I did catch Limbaugh declaring that Obama was a Muslim many many times per day. <br /><br />Not that there is anything wrong with being a Muslim. But our President is not one. Has Limbaugh done a half-ass apology for this yet?dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-86576352559236858872012-03-12T02:36:02.762-05:002012-03-12T02:36:02.762-05:00I appreciate this balancing of news. I've been...I appreciate this balancing of news. I've been going back and forth between detached listlessness to active disgust lately. Sometimes I think if I have to endure one more smarmy, boastful lie from Gingrich, one more transparently deceitful position switch by Romney or see any more pandering to paranoid religious bigots by Santorum, I'm going to lose whatever my last meal was.<br /><br />S.W. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16521540043304710796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-55465093842103022862012-03-11T11:20:27.674-05:002012-03-11T11:20:27.674-05:00Wonderful commentary as usual. It's nice to he...Wonderful commentary as usual. It's nice to hear good news very now and then.Collin Hindshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01375423449281715902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-34173216864777753822012-03-11T09:31:23.489-05:002012-03-11T09:31:23.489-05:00My hope is that the Right keeps on doing what it&#...My hope is that the Right keeps on doing what it's been doing. If so, well, I don't need to state the obvious.<br /><br />Great post, Leslie!jadedjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569736113526368917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-29787986350201797632012-03-11T08:49:15.931-05:002012-03-11T08:49:15.931-05:00Thanks, Jayne. I think we need to stop and take a ...Thanks, Jayne. I think we need to stop and take a look at the good things - no matter how few and far between they are - or we'll go batty.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-12803736801568207252012-03-10T21:35:57.482-06:002012-03-10T21:35:57.482-06:00Excellent! Thanks for giving me reason to live an...Excellent! Thanks for giving me reason to live and fight on another day.Jayne Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01053366144206401836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-12592261778380840062012-03-10T09:53:30.285-06:002012-03-10T09:53:30.285-06:00Good. It's a slow process but every little eff...Good. It's a slow process but every little effort is so important.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.com