sox4lifeinPA

brown is the new black

own up steve...

steve just likes to mastertooth by himself

I'm actually a hour and a half from "amish country". I have to make due with the mennonites...same thing, but they're allowed to own a few modern conviences such as black cars

it's pretty tough to impregnate that gym sock, huh tex?

no, in fact, they DO :lol:

so no one agrees with me??

exactly... so why all this "Anyone but Bush" talk? nice question to answer a question, btw...

I hate his little rants he goes on about. "I dont like to pay taxes...waaaaaaaah" "I work and pay taxes, and and there are people sitting at home collecting unemployment from my taxes....wahhhhhhh" jim, don't you think for a second that some people don't CHOSE to be unemployed. Don't you think for a second that it's a good thing that we pay taxes that goes to umemployment so that families don't starve when, I don't know, evil corporations like enron terminate jobs due to corporate corruption. :fyou Jim Rome

basically that's a threat... and he's happy about it. How exactly is John Kerry going to make all of this better?

well, the "turn the other cheek" phrase depends upon some things. first of all, it comes right in the heat of the sermon on the mount. Jesus is listing all his beliefs on different topics and how we should be acting accordingly. I think people might have been asking him questions about their particular problems and he was just answering them as they came. Matthew and Luke were just writing things down as they went. Right before he discusses the "turn the other cheek" idea, he talks about our "yes" meaning "yes" and our "no" meaning "no". He's talking about integrity and he's talking about honoring each other. Then he discusses "an eye for an eye", which is where the "turn the other cheek" phrase comes from. I think Cwsox is on to the right idea. if we gouge out an eye every time someone wronged us, we'd all be blind. So what Jesus is talking about is the idea of mercy, forgiveness, persecution, and perseverence. if I'm beating up a midget and he turns the other cheek to be struck again, that's him doing me a favor. If a midget spits in my face, I don't strike him down and pummel him, I offer him my other cheek to spit on. As Christians, our first reactions should not be how can I repay the person that has wronged me, but it should be of witness and mercy. To give mercy to another person requires that the giver have some power over the other individual. That doesn't mean just brute strength, but also position of leadership, position of account, etc. In the situation with Dru's family, they're not literally going to give this psychopath another one of their children to murder, but they show him mercy and forgiveness through words, because on the day of judgement, this man will pay for his crimes. So jim, you're right, I just wanted to unpack it a bit more.

"whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat happppppppppened?" -a mighty wind

dimarzio I'm just looking at this point. I may just upgrade to the american pickups.

with promises of endless piles of meat, cheese, and virgins...you'd run like the wind too, if you hadn't eaten in weeks

appalachain trail (sp?) is pretty great. That's one of a few things I like about PA. I grew up as a boy scout and really liked the outdoors. Hawk Mountain is right near where I'm from, but I'd love to make it to Yellowstone, big bend, etc.

any ideas which would be best to upgrade my mexican strat? I'm looking at Texas Special Customs or Noiseless.

so you're in favor of terrorist attacks??

LMAO........... you and I are on the same page steve.

duely noted... yeah, mr foreman needs to be kicked in the nuts. "Thanks for the grill, george, but.....*WHACK*"

I agree. but getting back to the very original comment, who can't agree that naming your kids after you Magglio and Magglialina or whatever, is the stupidest thing you've ever heard? and besides, I was messing around with their names... the yetti's name is surely not "yanni"...

now, you've got it steff THAT made me laugh... (but seriously, don't we? )

actually, it's not a negative description of homosexuals. take a look: If I said, "hey, look at those two gay men, It looks like they really love each other." this sentence would be correct and would not offend anyone. If I said, "hey, look at those gays, I bet they really love the butt sex." this sentence would be incorrect and probably would offend someone. the problem I have, is that the word "gay" was hijacked in the sixties when clearly the word homosexual wasn't nearly as accepted. So now that the word gay has come full circle and means something else, it of course is deemed as intolerant or negative. Well to me, it means one thing, to you it means another. so, my point? that if you're looking to be offended and get all over someone for their usage of words, I would hope you'd see me as far a less dangerous threat as those who actually use words of hate, i.e. f*g, queer, fudge-packer. The word gay should never have belonged to the homosexual community, so I'm taking it back.

why? I think that's a great picture of you and besides, it's great publicity for my mythical creature's dominate the world picture.

I'm guessing it was a conflict in personality, because clearly all those little guys look the same

I would never.... you like my microsoft paint picture? I was bored at work.