The idea behind the Trinity is that Jesus is 'One in being with the Father' (or 'consubstantial' if you want to get rid of the poetry of mass like certain sith Popes) so...yeah. I'm not sure what point you guys are trying to make?
But the Trinity is mostly Catholic, right?
I was perfectly prepared to hear him say "Jehovah" as being the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. that I would have accepted, kind of.
But Jesus is not. Jesus was not around and has no part of that particular covenant.
...I haven't started watching that. Anyone want another stream of consciousness rant that will take half an hour? I can't guarnatee it will be even half as good, and calling the first good is already stretching things.
it will basically end up with you ranting at people for brainwashing their children, exploiting their babies, and lamenting how these kids all seem like they could have had amazing personalities on their own if left to their own devices.
The idea behind the Trinity is that Jesus is 'One in being with the Father' (or 'consubstantial' if you want to get rid of the poetry of mass like certain sith Popes) so...yeah. I'm not sure what point you guys are trying to make?
But the Trinity is mostly Catholic, right?
I was perfectly prepared to hear him say "Jehovah" as being the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. that I would have accepted, kind of.
But Jesus is not. Jesus was not around and has no part of that particular covenant.
bah. Humbug.
Nope, trinity is basically bog standard for Christianity.
The idea behind the Trinity is that Jesus is 'One in being with the Father' (or 'consubstantial' if you want to get rid of the poetry of mass like certain sith Popes) so...yeah. I'm not sure what point you guys are trying to make?
But the Trinity is mostly Catholic, right?
I was perfectly prepared to hear him say "Jehovah" as being the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. that I would have accepted, kind of.
But Jesus is not. Jesus was not around and has no part of that particular covenant.
bah. Humbug.
I think Trinitarianism is pretty widespread among Protestants as well, but all you heathens look alike.
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Dude, you have to watch it. There's a great part where a seven year old boy tells me how great it is that "Mister Santorum" has an A+ rating from the NRA and will protect "our" gun rights.
It's like watching an infant heave a sigh of relief after taking that first long drag of sweet Virginia broadleaf after being stuck for two hours in a non-smoking restaurant.
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The idea behind the Trinity is that Jesus is 'One in being with the Father' (or 'consubstantial' if you want to get rid of the poetry of mass like certain sith Popes) so...yeah. I'm not sure what point you guys are trying to make?
But the Trinity is mostly Catholic, right?
I was perfectly prepared to hear him say "Jehovah" as being the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. that I would have accepted, kind of.
But Jesus is not. Jesus was not around and has no part of that particular covenant.
bah. Humbug.
I think Trinitarianism is pretty widespread among Protestants as well, but all you heathens look alike.
pffft, son please. My God does not have Multiple personalities. (mostly kidding i love you christian peoples please don't persecute me anymore )
Dude, you have to watch it. There's a great part where a seven year old boy tells me how great it is that "Mister Santorum" has an A+ rating from the NRA and will protect "our" gun rights.
Gun rights are very important to children.
Everyone knows that.
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The idea behind the Trinity is that Jesus is 'One in being with the Father' (or 'consubstantial' if you want to get rid of the poetry of mass like certain sith Popes) so...yeah. I'm not sure what point you guys are trying to make?
But the Trinity is mostly Catholic, right?
I was perfectly prepared to hear him say "Jehovah" as being the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. that I would have accepted, kind of.
But Jesus is not. Jesus was not around and has no part of that particular covenant.
bah. Humbug.
Nope, trinity is basically bog standard for Christianity.
As someone who was raised attending several different churches (and thusly several different kinds of Catholicism / Christianity), let me speak to how the common folks do this thing.
Catholics are more mindful of the holy trinity, and Christians are more into focusing on Jesus. Again, I'm not speaking about what the doctrine says, I'm speaking about what the church goers favor and speak of regarding their faith.
The idea behind the Trinity is that Jesus is 'One in being with the Father' (or 'consubstantial' if you want to get rid of the poetry of mass like certain sith Popes) so...yeah. I'm not sure what point you guys are trying to make?
But the Trinity is mostly Catholic, right?
I was perfectly prepared to hear him say "Jehovah" as being the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. that I would have accepted, kind of.
But Jesus is not. Jesus was not around and has no part of that particular covenant.
bah. Humbug.
Nope, trinity is basically bog standard for Christianity.
As someone who was raised attending several different churches (and thusly several different kinds of Catholicism / Christianity), let me speak to how the common folks do this thing.
Catholics are more mindful of the holy trinity, and Christians are more into focusing on Jesus. Again, I'm not speaking about what the doctrine says, I'm speaking about what the church goers favor and speak of regarding their faith.
Which kind of christians?
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The idea behind the Trinity is that Jesus is 'One in being with the Father' (or 'consubstantial' if you want to get rid of the poetry of mass like certain sith Popes) so...yeah. I'm not sure what point you guys are trying to make?
But the Trinity is mostly Catholic, right?
I was perfectly prepared to hear him say "Jehovah" as being the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. that I would have accepted, kind of.
But Jesus is not. Jesus was not around and has no part of that particular covenant.
bah. Humbug.
Nope, trinity is basically bog standard for Christianity.
As someone who was raised attending several different churches (and thusly several different kinds of Catholicism / Christianity), let me speak to how the common folks do this thing.
Catholics are more mindful of the holy trinity, and Christians are more into focusing on Jesus. Again, I'm not speaking about what the doctrine says, I'm speaking about what the church goers favor and speak of regarding their faith.
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In my experience, growing up in a Southern Baptist church, we had the trinity banged into our heads, but yeah with a much larger focus on Jesus. But they always said that all three are the same and thus Jesus.
Dude, you have to watch it. There's a great part where a seven year old boy tells me how great it is that "Mister Santorum" has an A+ rating from the NRA and will protect "our" gun rights.
It's like watching an infant heave a sigh of relief after taking that first long drag of sweet Virginia broadleaf after being stuck for two hours in a non-smoking restaurant.
I like when it shows the baby, and then the thought "He cares about my future" appears, and then the thought clouds go from the idea to the baby.
The baby isn't thinking it. The thought it being put in to the baby's head.
The idea behind the Trinity is that Jesus is 'One in being with the Father' (or 'consubstantial' if you want to get rid of the poetry of mass like certain sith Popes) so...yeah. I'm not sure what point you guys are trying to make?
But the Trinity is mostly Catholic, right?
I was perfectly prepared to hear him say "Jehovah" as being the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. that I would have accepted, kind of.
But Jesus is not. Jesus was not around and has no part of that particular covenant.
bah. Humbug.
Nope, trinity is basically bog standard for Christianity.
As someone who was raised attending several different churches (and thusly several different kinds of Catholicism / Christianity), let me speak to how the common folks do this thing.
Catholics are more mindful of the holy trinity, and Christians are more into focusing on Jesus. Again, I'm not speaking about what the doctrine says, I'm speaking about what the church goers favor and speak of regarding their faith.
Dude, you have to watch it. There's a great part where a seven year old boy tells me how great it is that "Mister Santorum" has an A+ rating from the NRA and will protect "our" gun rights.
It's like watching an infant heave a sigh of relief after taking that first long drag of sweet Virginia broadleaf after being stuck for two hours in a non-smoking restaurant.
I like when it shows the baby, and then the thought "He cares about my future" appears, and then the thought clouds go from the idea to the baby.
The baby isn't thinking it. The thought it being put in to the baby's head.
Typical liberal response, robbing our good, conservative babies of their right to have an opinion. That baby has been for Santorum since conception, when he became a fully formed human being with rights and cognition. He was just sitting in his mother's uterus, thinking about santorum.
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"19 reasons and counting to vote for Rick Santorum". ...there is no end to the number of things I could say about this. I grant it's moderately clever to co-opt the show name, but eh.
Let's review the reasons!
1. "The Santorums have been married for 21 years." (Mitt Romney has been married 43. Even that no-good dirty muslin kenyan socialist has been married for 20. You lose, Rick.)
2. "The Santorums are raising 7 precious children, and 1 in heaven." (Sorry, how is that an argument for being a president? I would think that an unmarried childless career policy wonk would be the best choice because they would have fewer personal responsibilities to interfere with the job. If you think more kids = more presidential, why aren't you running? Also, calling attention to the miscarriage they had, given what TMZ did to Michelle Duggar, suddenly allows me to watch a certain guilty pleasure TV show again. So something good came out of this video.)
3. "Senator Rick Santorum will fight for small businesses, and bring American jobs back home." (...and what will President Rick Santorum do? How will he do it? And for that matter, have you not heard about Obama's pro-business tax cuts for, among other things, businesses that bring jobs back to the US?)
4. Aaaand then they put a fucking baby in front of the camera and put words in his mouth (or rather head) with a thought bubble saying, "Rick cares about my future." (Fuck you, overpopulators. For exploiting a child who can't even talk yet, you get no mercy. The bubble even starts off independent and then insinutates itself towards the baby's head, rather than the baby having the thought by itself! Repulsive.) Then a girl (who I won't count as number 5, because it's not a reason) who can speak, but just barely, says "Wick Santowum fuh Pwesiden." It's not adorable. I don't mind mispronunciation, but I don't find mumbling adorable. I find enunciation adorable. Two fails in one!
5. "He wrote and lead the charge on the bill that ended partial-birth abortions." This is accompanied by a caption saying "100% pro-life". (I already discussed this in my other rant, but you are not 100% pro-life if you are not striving to outlaw abortion in one stroke and/or assassinating abortion doctors. They are killing babies by the millions, or so pro-lifers profess. This is not something you respond to with half-measures.)
6. "He's an honest man, not a flip-floppin' run-of-the-mill politician." This is accompanied by a caption saying "Honesty & Integrity". (...this I will grant only because I think the believes a frightening amount of what he says and probably wouldn't change his mind if God himself told him to, and would dismiss it as a liberal trick using gay Hollywood special effects to ensnare the souls of the weak in faith.)
7. "The son of a veteran, Rick believes in strong national defense. Peace through strength." (Is it disingenuous and speculative to assert that his idea for peace probably includes Israel starting a nuclear war in the Middle East to bring about Armageddon? Fuck it, no mercy. Also, "Peace through strength" is but one step away from "Peace through tyranny". Who said the latter? Megatron.)
8. "Senator Santorum was a tea party kinda guy before there was a tea party." (It's just a shame he was such a shitbird he got voted out before he could truly connect with his people. Also, the Tea Party? Are they anything but a despised faction of the Republican party anymore?)
9. "He's a defender of traditional marriage. Protecting the core of our families." (The core of a family is love. Rick Santorum spews hate.)
10. "Rick lead the fight on welfare reform. One of the largest cuts to any federal entitlement program. He knows how to cut government waste." (I should point out that these longer bits are separated into bullet points that the kids are reading verbatim, hence the dangling participles. In response to this one, I can only offer that for people of a Christian persuasion, they seem awfully opposed to helping the less fortunate. Matthew 5:40, anyone?)
11. "Senator Santorum has consistently stood for family values, and he lives them. *nod like ICP in the video for "Miracles"*" (I will say that he has never even been accused of infidelity, child abuse, or similar. People haven't even thought he would do it. But, again, spews hate, family is love, moving on.)
12. "Rick has a bold plan to balance our budget, in five years, cutting waste of our tax dollars." (Exactly one year longer than a single presidential term...convenient. And what is said plan? This is why short videos like this that go beyond simple character witnessing and attempt policy discussion fail.)
13. "He believes in securing our borders, so that we can deal with the immigration challenges in our nation." (How will he do that? Why do you think none of the other candidates "believe in securing our borders"? Explain, thirteen-year-old girl! EXPLAAAAIN!)
14. "Mr. Santorum received an A+ rating from the NRA, and he will defend our gun rights." Accompanying this is the caption, "100% for gun rights." (From woh? Haven't Democrats just said "Fuck it" with regards to ideas like gun control anyway?)
15. "Rick Santorum will fight for the Keystone pipeline, helping bring energy production, and jobs, to America." Accompanying this is the caption, "Domestic energy." (Y...you do realize Canada isn't the 51st state and it's still foreign oil, right? You do realize the oil is already coming into the US anyway and the pipelne just makes things easier, right? You do realize this won't create more than a handful of permanent jobs, right? You do realize it won't be completed for years and there certainly won't be anything like a lasting price drop at the pump, right? You do realize that tar sands oil is phenomonally destructive at the environmental level, right? But if you do, you probably don't care, so moving on.)
16. "He believes in defending our constitution, and the freedom of every American." (Wanting inroads against free speech, hating separation of church and state, sexist, homophobic...so, nope.avi.) 17. "Senator Santorum believes a strong economy starts with strong families." (...what does that even mean? Is that a family values thing again? If so, I move it be stricken from the counting.)
17. "He will only confirm judges and justices who understand the value of every human life and don't legislate from the bench." (So in other words, they'll be pro-life but won't strike down Roe v. Wade unless the right to privacy is annuled? Well, that's at least reassuring.)
18. "He's a very nice guy! He's funny too! And he smiles a lot!" (So is, and so does, Conan O'Brien.) 19. "He is a daddy and he loves his children, and his little Bella (?) loves him so much." (Wait, didn't they already discuss his kids? What, is this video for people with the short-term memory of goldfish? Stricken.)
19. "I like his sweatervests." (...dangit, that was both funny and cute.) "Like my sticker?" (oh god they put a sticker on their daughter no mercy fight the cute)
20. "Game on!" (...okay, that's not a reason.)
21. "I luh you Rih!" (That's not one either.)
Then the patriarch, and I have no problem calling him such, comes on and asks the viewer to join him in supporting Rick Santorum. The kids say "Rick Santorum for president" a few more times, and then there's a link, and a Bible reference, Proverbs 3:5-7.
That took longer than I expected.
In short, the Duggars probably got paid to spout off Santorum campaign talking points, and they made their kids participate. No discussion of policy, just pabulum, most of it unsourced, and almost all of it easily refuted by anyone who cares enough to look for it. It also demonstrated a terrifying willingness to use their children as political props and brainwash them to their own system rather than let them develop on their own. Oh, and there was that Bible verse citation they put on the screen at the end. Give me a second...
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.
7 Do not be wise in your own eyes;
fear the LORD and shun evil.
...that explains so much.
They also repeated a couple of reasons, but I'm convinced they did it on purpose so that every kid would have something to say while still keeping to 19 reasons while also having the parents involved. And they still didn't have every kid give a reason. So apparently they don't know how to count. Which... *points to verse*
All that said, I will admit I can see the reason why the Duggars have a show. Not because of any subversive "Women are brood mares" agenda at TLC or any such nonsense, but because that is one photogenic family.
I think the other one raged me out. I wasn't able to summon up much anger for this.
TPM has Illinois as "too early to call." So Romney ahead, but not instant call ahead.
Practically half of the state lives in Cook County (40.5%) and fully 2/3rds live in the 8 collar counties. So...yeah. You basically have to wait to get some results out of there to know how much of a blowout things will be and that takes a bit of time.
The idea behind the Trinity is that Jesus is 'One in being with the Father' (or 'consubstantial' if you want to get rid of the poetry of mass like certain sith Popes) so...yeah. I'm not sure what point you guys are trying to make?
But the Trinity is mostly Catholic, right?
I was perfectly prepared to hear him say "Jehovah" as being the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. that I would have accepted, kind of.
But Jesus is not. Jesus was not around and has no part of that particular covenant.
bah. Humbug.
Nope, trinity is basically bog standard for Christianity.
As someone who was raised attending several different churches (and thusly several different kinds of Catholicism / Christianity), let me speak to how the common folks do this thing.
Catholics are more mindful of the holy trinity, and Christians are more into focusing on Jesus. Again, I'm not speaking about what the doctrine says, I'm speaking about what the church goers favor and speak of regarding their faith.
Prairie Family (i think), 19 kids. Sold their souls and their children to TLC for a TV show. They started with 18 kids, but then one whole season was about the moms pregnancy with the 19th.
how the fuck do I know this shit when I don't even have a TV.....
I hate the Duggars. I feel for the children the same I feel when I watched "Jesus Camp".
Every time I see the Duggars I want to have 20 kids of my own just to combat their crazy.
Then Mrs. DoctorArch smacks me upside the head.
Good for her.
Only way that would happen is if you figured out how to become a seahorse.
Which could probably lead us into a whole crazy tangent of why the left just doesn't try to out-populate the crazy, which would take us into discussion on gender issues and roles, and things.
I hate the Duggars. I feel for the children the same I feel when I watched "Jesus Camp".
Every time I see the Duggars I want to have 20 kids of my own just to combat their crazy.
Then Mrs. DoctorArch smacks me upside the head.
Good for her.
Only way that would happen is if you figured out how to become a seahorse.
Which could probably lead us into a whole crazy tangent of why the left just doesn't try to out-populate the crazy, which would take us into discussion on gender issues and roles, and things.
Probably best to leave it there.
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But the Trinity is mostly Catholic, right?
I was perfectly prepared to hear him say "Jehovah" as being the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. that I would have accepted, kind of.
But Jesus is not. Jesus was not around and has no part of that particular covenant.
bah. Humbug.
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... Neither do Buddhists.
it will basically end up with you ranting at people for brainwashing their children, exploiting their babies, and lamenting how these kids all seem like they could have had amazing personalities on their own if left to their own devices.
Or rather, that's what happened to me.
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Nope, trinity is basically bog standard for Christianity.
I think Trinitarianism is pretty widespread among Protestants as well, but all you heathens look alike.
It's like watching an infant heave a sigh of relief after taking that first long drag of sweet Virginia broadleaf after being stuck for two hours in a non-smoking restaurant.
pffft, son please. My God does not have Multiple personalities. (mostly kidding i love you christian peoples please don't persecute me anymore
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Gun rights are very important to children.
Everyone knows that.
As someone who was raised attending several different churches (and thusly several different kinds of Catholicism / Christianity), let me speak to how the common folks do this thing.
Catholics are more mindful of the holy trinity, and Christians are more into focusing on Jesus. Again, I'm not speaking about what the doctrine says, I'm speaking about what the church goers favor and speak of regarding their faith.
Which kind of christians?
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Oh, Jesus Camp.
Protestants.
I like when it shows the baby, and then the thought "He cares about my future" appears, and then the thought clouds go from the idea to the baby.
The baby isn't thinking it. The thought it being put in to the baby's head.
christians, mostly?
Typical liberal response, robbing our good, conservative babies of their right to have an opinion. That baby has been for Santorum since conception, when he became a fully formed human being with rights and cognition. He was just sitting in his mother's uterus, thinking about santorum.
Here we go...
Let's review the reasons!
1. "The Santorums have been married for 21 years." (Mitt Romney has been married 43. Even that no-good dirty muslin kenyan socialist has been married for 20. You lose, Rick.)
2. "The Santorums are raising 7 precious children, and 1 in heaven." (Sorry, how is that an argument for being a president? I would think that an unmarried childless career policy wonk would be the best choice because they would have fewer personal responsibilities to interfere with the job. If you think more kids = more presidential, why aren't you running? Also, calling attention to the miscarriage they had, given what TMZ did to Michelle Duggar, suddenly allows me to watch a certain guilty pleasure TV show again. So something good came out of this video.)
3. "Senator Rick Santorum will fight for small businesses, and bring American jobs back home." (...and what will President Rick Santorum do? How will he do it? And for that matter, have you not heard about Obama's pro-business tax cuts for, among other things, businesses that bring jobs back to the US?)
4. Aaaand then they put a fucking baby in front of the camera and put words in his mouth (or rather head) with a thought bubble saying, "Rick cares about my future." (Fuck you, overpopulators. For exploiting a child who can't even talk yet, you get no mercy. The bubble even starts off independent and then insinutates itself towards the baby's head, rather than the baby having the thought by itself! Repulsive.) Then a girl (who I won't count as number 5, because it's not a reason) who can speak, but just barely, says "Wick Santowum fuh Pwesiden." It's not adorable. I don't mind mispronunciation, but I don't find mumbling adorable. I find enunciation adorable. Two fails in one!
5. "He wrote and lead the charge on the bill that ended partial-birth abortions." This is accompanied by a caption saying "100% pro-life". (I already discussed this in my other rant, but you are not 100% pro-life if you are not striving to outlaw abortion in one stroke and/or assassinating abortion doctors. They are killing babies by the millions, or so pro-lifers profess. This is not something you respond to with half-measures.)
6. "He's an honest man, not a flip-floppin' run-of-the-mill politician." This is accompanied by a caption saying "Honesty & Integrity". (...this I will grant only because I think the believes a frightening amount of what he says and probably wouldn't change his mind if God himself told him to, and would dismiss it as a liberal trick using gay Hollywood special effects to ensnare the souls of the weak in faith.)
7. "The son of a veteran, Rick believes in strong national defense. Peace through strength." (Is it disingenuous and speculative to assert that his idea for peace probably includes Israel starting a nuclear war in the Middle East to bring about Armageddon? Fuck it, no mercy. Also, "Peace through strength" is but one step away from "Peace through tyranny". Who said the latter? Megatron.)
8. "Senator Santorum was a tea party kinda guy before there was a tea party." (It's just a shame he was such a shitbird he got voted out before he could truly connect with his people. Also, the Tea Party? Are they anything but a despised faction of the Republican party anymore?)
9. "He's a defender of traditional marriage. Protecting the core of our families." (The core of a family is love. Rick Santorum spews hate.)
10. "Rick lead the fight on welfare reform. One of the largest cuts to any federal entitlement program. He knows how to cut government waste." (I should point out that these longer bits are separated into bullet points that the kids are reading verbatim, hence the dangling participles. In response to this one, I can only offer that for people of a Christian persuasion, they seem awfully opposed to helping the less fortunate. Matthew 5:40, anyone?)
11. "Senator Santorum has consistently stood for family values, and he lives them. *nod like ICP in the video for "Miracles"*" (I will say that he has never even been accused of infidelity, child abuse, or similar. People haven't even thought he would do it. But, again, spews hate, family is love, moving on.)
12. "Rick has a bold plan to balance our budget, in five years, cutting waste of our tax dollars." (Exactly one year longer than a single presidential term...convenient. And what is said plan? This is why short videos like this that go beyond simple character witnessing and attempt policy discussion fail.)
13. "He believes in securing our borders, so that we can deal with the immigration challenges in our nation." (How will he do that? Why do you think none of the other candidates "believe in securing our borders"? Explain, thirteen-year-old girl! EXPLAAAAIN!)
14. "Mr. Santorum received an A+ rating from the NRA, and he will defend our gun rights." Accompanying this is the caption, "100% for gun rights." (From woh? Haven't Democrats just said "Fuck it" with regards to ideas like gun control anyway?)
15. "Rick Santorum will fight for the Keystone pipeline, helping bring energy production, and jobs, to America." Accompanying this is the caption, "Domestic energy." (Y...you do realize Canada isn't the 51st state and it's still foreign oil, right? You do realize the oil is already coming into the US anyway and the pipelne just makes things easier, right? You do realize this won't create more than a handful of permanent jobs, right? You do realize it won't be completed for years and there certainly won't be anything like a lasting price drop at the pump, right? You do realize that tar sands oil is phenomonally destructive at the environmental level, right? But if you do, you probably don't care, so moving on.)
16. "He believes in defending our constitution, and the freedom of every American." (Wanting inroads against free speech, hating separation of church and state, sexist, homophobic...so, nope.avi.)
17. "Senator Santorum believes a strong economy starts with strong families." (...what does that even mean? Is that a family values thing again? If so, I move it be stricken from the counting.)
17. "He will only confirm judges and justices who understand the value of every human life and don't legislate from the bench." (So in other words, they'll be pro-life but won't strike down Roe v. Wade unless the right to privacy is annuled? Well, that's at least reassuring.)
18. "He's a very nice guy! He's funny too! And he smiles a lot!" (So is, and so does, Conan O'Brien.)
19. "He is a daddy and he loves his children, and his little Bella (?) loves him so much." (Wait, didn't they already discuss his kids? What, is this video for people with the short-term memory of goldfish? Stricken.)
19. "I like his sweatervests." (...dangit, that was both funny and cute.) "Like my sticker?" (oh god they put a sticker on their daughter no mercy fight the cute)
20. "Game on!" (...okay, that's not a reason.)
21. "I luh you Rih!" (That's not one either.)
Then the patriarch, and I have no problem calling him such, comes on and asks the viewer to join him in supporting Rick Santorum. The kids say "Rick Santorum for president" a few more times, and then there's a link, and a Bible reference, Proverbs 3:5-7.
That took longer than I expected.
In short, the Duggars probably got paid to spout off Santorum campaign talking points, and they made their kids participate. No discussion of policy, just pabulum, most of it unsourced, and almost all of it easily refuted by anyone who cares enough to look for it. It also demonstrated a terrifying willingness to use their children as political props and brainwash them to their own system rather than let them develop on their own. Oh, and there was that Bible verse citation they put on the screen at the end. Give me a second...
...that explains so much.
They also repeated a couple of reasons, but I'm convinced they did it on purpose so that every kid would have something to say while still keeping to 19 reasons while also having the parents involved. And they still didn't have every kid give a reason. So apparently they don't know how to count. Which... *points to verse*
All that said, I will admit I can see the reason why the Duggars have a show. Not because of any subversive "Women are brood mares" agenda at TLC or any such nonsense, but because that is one photogenic family.
I think the other one raged me out. I wasn't able to summon up much anger for this.
Exits have it 10 points.
Isn't that the trinity or something?
See thread.
Practically half of the state lives in Cook County (40.5%) and fully 2/3rds live in the 8 collar counties. So...yeah. You basically have to wait to get some results out of there to know how much of a blowout things will be and that takes a bit of time.
I though Protestants worshiped the country club.
Prairie Family (i think), 19 kids. Sold their souls and their children to TLC for a TV show. They started with 18 kids, but then one whole season was about the moms pregnancy with the 19th.
how the fuck do I know this shit when I don't even have a TV.....
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Every time I see the Duggars I want to have 20 kids of my own just to combat their crazy.
Then Mrs. DoctorArch smacks me upside the head.
They're a family that breeds endlessly. They have like 20 kids now.
Good for her.
Only way that would happen is if you figured out how to become a seahorse.
Which could probably lead us into a whole crazy tangent of why the left just doesn't try to out-populate the crazy, which would take us into discussion on gender issues and roles, and things.
Probably best to leave it there.
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Like I said, they aren't just popping out kids like a gumball machine. They're actually pretty photogenic.
So that moves the bar up by, like, half an inch, maybe? Still more of a challenge to limbo than highjump.
FYI, I usually have to do the "I was wrong and you are right" dance.
Depends on the level of indoctrination and/or control exerted by the parents/community.
When they're allowed to interact with outside stimulus, sure.
I'm not saying that these kids haven't made up their own minds, I'm sure the older ones have.
I'm more just shaking my head at them being on TV.
Dr Arch: There is a dance? hmm. You should teach this to Ecco. :P
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Is that foreplay for the production or a preventative measure?