BrandoFan

Can we all agree that William Buckley vs Gore Vidal smackdown was off da hook HI-LARIOUS?

It's rare that we disagree. Most of your posts are dead-on, so I don't get to "tutor" very often.

I'll carbon-date Zambrano myself. That "kid" is 22 like Pujols is 24. 25 and 26 respectively would be my guess.

Oh and by the f***ing way.... It's myriad topics, NOT myriad OF topics.

Or maybe they are like the co-dependent twins in Dead Ringers. If one is banned, the other can't formulate a coherent BS trade rumor.

Which one of you does the juggling?

. Just for the record, where do you stand on contraception and pre-marital fornication?

I am glad you're adhering to a healthy lifestyle now, 420.

There is no attacking, just some heated arguements. Hehe. Everyone knows you're a good guy who can think for himself. The rest is a technicality. So we disagree, big deal.

Very important moral and scientific considerations touched upon by FSJ and CW aside, the difference between genocide, slavery, torture, etc...and abortion is: THE LATTER DOES NOT INVOLVE ANOTHER LIVING HUMAN BEING!! A woman is not aborting YOUR wife's fetus. She is aborting HER fetus, something that's a part of HER, that grows inside of HER , depends on HER-- belongs to HER really-- until the very act of birth. Her life and future are at stake. Hello! You may wax theological about the nature/origin of life, expressing your disgust at "infant-killers" and their liberal protectors until you're blue in the face. You may place the "=" sign between "genocide" and "abortion", thinking that just because you've made a parallel, it's automatically valid. You're entitled your opinion. As I am entitled to my contempt for the sanctimonious ANTI-Choice/ANTI-woman's well-being/PRO-overpopulation-related poverty, disease and destruction crowd. Andrea D says all intercourse is by default violence. She is "disgusted" by it. She "believes" the subjugation and sexual discrimination are immoral. She also thinks if just a single 'no-oo" is uttered during copulation, it creates grounds for rape charges. On some legalistic and philosophical level, she is technically correct in all respects. Just as woman-marginalizers are technically correct that early-stage fetus is "alive". But so damn what! With some impressive abstract gymnastics, aided by logical extrapolation, you could make a case for almost anything being a crime/sin. Complete with analogies, historical examples, scientitifc research, the works. It's been done. You talk about "dangerous slipping slopes". Using "but Bible says...." as your policy-shaping guide and abusing the highest executive priviliges to engineer homogeneous morality is as steep as it gets. There are a lot of things I find unsavory or objectionable (abortion is one of them) but I don't dovetail the Constitution with basic rights-usurping amendments into fitting my narrow and hypocritical world-view. I know you mean well, Bob. It's not directed at you personally.

When the extra few mill Ray got out of it (properly invested) are paying for their condoes and boats and trophey wives (or husbands) , the "kids" will be grateful. Plus the kids are much more resilient than you give them vredit for, and with cell phones and I-net and money to travel during vacations, the friendships won't be broken.

PR. PR. BS. PR. I wouldn't "blame" Ray even if he demanded 3/30. He has a right to make what he wants to make. I also don't blame the Sox for not overpaying him and screwing up the team even further, something they've "excelled" in the recent years. Bring on Wiilijuan Harrisuribe!

Give me cap, or give me death!

Moral relativist! Burn her! Burn the wench!

Is there anybody who DOES?! (Such accusations come from the same insenstive, perverted mentality that among other things produces such gems as the implication that "welfare queens" are riding their ovaries all the way to the bank. I mean, do we really want to call that type of bill-to-bill ghetto existence "making out like a bandit"? And yet many do.)

I know you're kidding, but was it really that bad being a teenage girl? I ask because I don't know, but would like to know. "What iz eet l'aik to bee a voomn?"

No. Luckily, I am not predisposed as noone smoked in my mother's family AND my father was able to quit literally overnight after smoking for more than a decade. When it comes to nicotine and smoke, I could use any break I can get. "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar" - snapped Zigmund Freud, after his disciples repeatedly asked him to interpret his own propensity to smoke large cigars.

Is Pujols really 24? Is Zambrano really 22? Is Juan Cruz really 24?

I do not believe it. We already know how Jose was gonna give Sox a discount. Alomar. These players lie. To the fans, to GMs, to their spouses and themselves even. Ray at 6.5 Mill (his 2002 salary) was a stretch. He ended up getting 21/3 from SanFran-- and they were coming off a World Series appearance, provided bigger exposure, warmer weather and better reputation and more prestige. You just can't pay 14% of your payroll over 3 years to a 32yo Ray. You can't. I was fine with Jimenez at 350K.

Stop being different and use the QUOTE feature then.

Bill Hicks =

I also tend to lovingly refer to each and every cute little spermie as "half my baby", but I still "spill it on the ground" on daily basis when push comes the shove. I wouldn't want my future child to be aborted, but I have the luxury of not being a woman. It's all about compassion and understanding of POV's that are foreign (to you or me). Once again....you don't like early-stage pregnancy terminations? DON'T HAVE THEM.

No thanks. "Out there" is damn right. There is also "evidence" that Martians are stealing my thoughts. For every book and scholarly article pushing the FDR-knew-and-let-it-happen thesis, there are 100 that soundly dismantle it. CW is correct, 9/11 comparison is apt.

How many of them are fronting as neo-martyrs? How many of them have his immense fame and clout, which they then use to foist their propaganda on the public? How many of them are in MY face when I pick up a newspaper? I normally shrug at ol Mel and his hypocrisy and asshat-ness. But at the same time, when I feel like calling him what he IS or taking a shot at Passions, I do that whether his fans like it or not. Russell Crowe gets a lot of flak for pushing some dorky BAFTA shrub around. He isn't HALF the bigoted lying asshole MG is, nor does Russ present himself as a paragon of virtue, a Chosen Agent of Truth. Hence you don't see me talking s*** about Maximus. Meh.

Have you ever felt like you and ONLY you deserved that super-dooper fire-truck because you were more special than the other kids on the block? Face it, we view ourselves not only in terms of abstract absolutes and ideals, but also in terms of other people. What fun is it to go to Heaven if it's also full of the assorted undesirables you spent your entire life sneering at? You would infer that in God's eyes you're NO "better" than them. Heaven is the ultimate country club. Non-Catholics need not apply.