Re: Starving people refuse to eat food aid
R H Draney
>
>The reputaton of horse dealers has lasted to this day - a used car salesman
>could be Santa by comparison.
>
>
>Hmmm. I wonder what is currently seen as _the_ least reputable profession?
My money's on "political lobbyist" (with a side-bet on "telemarketer" to
place)....r
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cryptoguy
> Strobe filted:
>
>
>
> >The reputaton of horse dealers has lasted to this day - a used car salesman
> >could be Santa by comparison.
>
> >Hmmm. I wonder what is currently seen as _the_ least reputable profession?
>
> My money's on "political lobbyist" (with a side-bet on "telemarketer" to
> place)....r
Lobbyists? How about the politicians themselves?
pt
R H Draney
>man
>> >could be Santa by comparison.
>>
>sion?
>>
>> My money's on "political lobbyist" (with a side-bet on "telemarketer" to
>> place)....r
>
>Lobbyists? How about the politicians themselves?
The politicians are incrementally more trustable because we at least know who
they are....r
Charles Wm. Dimmick
> Strobe filted:
>> The reputaton of horse dealers has lasted to this day - a used car salesman
>> could be Santa by comparison.
>>
>>
>> Hmmm. I wonder what is currently seen as _the_ least reputable profession?
>
> My money's on "political lobbyist" (with a side-bet on "telemarketer" to
> place)....r
>
>
Ralph Jones
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> Judges. They are politicians and lawyers in one. Now if they are
> also ministers of the Gospel we have a trifecta.
"The world will never be truly free until the last judge is strangled
with the guts of the last priest." -- Voltaire
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Keith F. Lynch
>> Strobe filted:
>>> profession?
>> My money's on "political lobbyist" (with a side-bet on
>> "telemarketer" to place)....r
> Televangelists.
Perhaps "televangelist," like "spammer" and "bank robber," is a kind
of criminal, not a kind of professional. Of course some might say the
same about telemarketers.
Bill Snyder
<k...@KeithLynch.net> wrote:
>Charles Wm. Dimmick <cdim...@snet.net> wrote:
>> R H Draney wrote:
>>> Strobe filted:
>>>> Hmmm. I wonder what is currently seen as _the_ least reputable
>>>> profession?
>
>>> My money's on "political lobbyist" (with a side-bet on
>>> "telemarketer" to place)....r
>
>> Televangelists.
>
>Perhaps "televangelist," like "spammer" and "bank robber," is a kind
>of criminal, not a kind of professional.
So you disbelieve in the existence of professional criminals?
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Hatunen
<k...@KeithLynch.net> wrote:
>Charles Wm. Dimmick <cdim...@snet.net> wrote:
>> R H Draney wrote:
>>> Strobe filted:
>>>> Hmmm. I wonder what is currently seen as _the_ least reputable
>>>> profession?
>
>>> My money's on "political lobbyist" (with a side-bet on
>>> "telemarketer" to place)....r
>
>> Televangelists.
>
>Perhaps "televangelist," like "spammer" and "bank robber," is a kind
>of criminal, not a kind of professional. [...]
Which reminds me: Sic transit gloria, Oral Roberts.
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Keith F. Lynch
> Which reminds me: Sic transit gloria, Oral Roberts.
And it's all our fault for not sending him enough money. He warned us
what would happen if he didn't get enough millions.
Dorothy J Heydt
Keith F. Lynch <k...@KeithLynch.net> wrote:
>> Which reminds me: Sic transit gloria, Oral Roberts.
>
>And it's all our fault for not sending him enough money. He warned us
>what would happen if he didn't get enough millions.
A higher court will judge him.
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Richard Casady
wrote:
>Strobe filted:
>>
>>The reputaton of horse dealers has lasted to this day - a used car salesman
>>could be Santa by comparison.
>>
>>
>>Hmmm. I wonder what is currently seen as _the_ least reputable profession?
>
>My money's on "political lobbyist" (with a side-bet on "telemarketer" to
>place)....r
You ever hear of tech support? How about twenty minutes talking to
some Indian with a written script and no knowledge, English the third
language, who never bothered to mention that they were having problems
at the server.
Casady
David DeLaney
>> R H Draney wrote:
>>> Strobe filted:
>>>> Hmmm. I wonder what is currently seen as _the_ least reputable
>>>> profession?
>
>>> My money's on "political lobbyist" (with a side-bet on
>>> "telemarketer" to place)....r
>
>> Televangelists.
>
>Perhaps "televangelist," like "spammer" and "bank robber," is a kind
>of criminal, not a kind of professional. Of course some might say the
>same about telemarketers.
Hey! Careful where you aim the Death Ray there!
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Louann Miller
news:KuqAF...@kithrup.com:
>>> Which reminds me: Sic transit gloria, Oral Roberts.
>>
>>And it's all our fault for not sending him enough money. He warned us
>>what would happen if he didn't get enough millions.
>
> A higher court will judge him.
These are the main occasions when I wish I DID believe in a deity. It would
be a satisfying feeling.
Don Freeman
> Hatunen <hat...@cox.net> wrote:
>> Which reminds me: Sic transit gloria, Oral Roberts.
>
> And it's all our fault for not sending him enough money. He warned us
> what would happen if he didn't get enough millions.
Took him long enough.
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Ralph Jones
>On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:23:09 +0000 (UTC), "Keith F. Lynch"
><k...@KeithLynch.net> wrote:
>
>>Charles Wm. Dimmick <cdim...@snet.net> wrote:
>>> R H Draney wrote:
>>>> Strobe filted:
>>>>> Hmmm. I wonder what is currently seen as _the_ least reputable
>>>>> profession?
>>
>>>> My money's on "political lobbyist" (with a side-bet on
>>>> "telemarketer" to place)....r
>>
>>> Televangelists.
>>
>>Perhaps "televangelist," like "spammer" and "bank robber," is a kind
>>of criminal, not a kind of professional. [...]
>
>Which reminds me: Sic transit gloria, Oral Roberts.
I'll never forget the "Saturday Night Live" sketch on that business. A
guy playing Oral answered a knock at his office door, fog poured into
the room, and there, standing backlit against the clouds, was Charlton
Heston saying "You have the money?"...
rj
Dorothy J Heydt
Warren Oates
Don Freeman <free...@cosmoslair.com> wrote:
> Took him long enough.
>
And it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. You reckon he went to hell?
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Don Freeman
> In article <4b290bcc$0$1596$742e...@news.sonic.net>,
> Don Freeman <free...@cosmoslair.com> wrote:
>
>> Took him long enough.
>>
>
> And it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. You reckon he went to hell?
Let's just say that if there really is a god, a heaven, and a hell.
Then he's got one heck of a burn going right now.
--
-Don
Dorothy J Heydt
Warren Oates <warren...@gmail.com> wrote:
>In article <4b290bcc$0$1596$742e...@news.sonic.net>,
> Don Freeman <free...@cosmoslair.com> wrote:
>
>> Took him long enough.
>>
>
>And it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. You reckon he went to hell?
I have no idea. I shall probably find out some day.
"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, will enter into
the Kingdom of Heaven, but he that doth the will of my Father
that is in Heaven." (I'm not good at memorizing Bible verses,
but I used to sing that one every Sunday at the Ren Faire.)
Louann Miller
>>These are the main occasions when I wish I DID believe in a deity. It
>>would be a satisfying feeling.
>
> Satisfying feelings are the least part of it.
I'm post-religious, not non-religious, so I don't think catching it again
is likely.
Scott Lurndal
>In article <4b290bcc$0$1596$742e...@news.sonic.net>,
> Don Freeman <free...@cosmoslair.com> wrote:
>
>> Took him long enough.
>>
>
>And it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. You reckon he went to hell?
Nah, just worm food.
scott
William December Starr
djh...@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) said:
> "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, will enter into
> the Kingdom of Heaven, but he that doth the will of my Father
> that is in Heaven." (I'm not good at memorizing Bible verses,
> but I used to sing that one every Sunday at the Ren Faire.)
Why is "that" matched with "he"? (The "that" in "that is in
Heaven," I mean. Shouldn't it be "he that doth the will of my
Father is in Heaven," or "he that doth the will of my Father, he is
in Heaven?")
-- wds
John Francis
It isn't - you're parsing it wrong.
It's "he (that doth the will of <my Father that is in Heaven))
[will enter into the Kingdom]".
Dorothy J Heydt
Read it "the one who does the will of my Father who is in Heaven."
Also translated "my heavenly Father," which avoids ambiguities,
but I was quoting the Tudor-period text we used to sing.
William December Starr
jo...@panix.com (John Francis) said:
And thusly do I fill my daily quota of I Feel Stupid.
-- wds
Richard Casady
<warren...@gmail.com> wrote:
>In article <4b290bcc$0$1596$742e...@news.sonic.net>,
> Don Freeman <free...@cosmoslair.com> wrote:
>
>> Took him long enough.
>>
>
>And it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. You reckon he went to hell?
It almost makes you want to believe in a god, just so one could think
he will get his.
CAsady
Charles Wm. Dimmick
Possibly both. In Mark 9:46 it says
"Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched."
Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)
That sounds like it's a veiled reference to non-stop sex. :)
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R H Draney
>
>Charles Wm. Dimmick wrote:
>> Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>> Warren Oates <warren...@gmail.com> writes:
>>>> In article <4b290bcc$0$1596$742e...@news.sonic.net>,
>>>> Don Freeman <free...@cosmoslair.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Took him long enough.
>>>>>
>>>> And it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. You reckon he went to
>>>> hell?
>>>
>>> Nah, just worm food.
>>
>> Possibly both. In Mark 9:46 it says
>> "Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched."
>
> That sounds like it's a veiled reference to non-stop sex. :)
Or a really bad episode of Iron Chef....r
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Keith F. Lynch
> Warren Oates <warren...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> And it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. You reckon he went
>> to hell?
> It almost makes you want to believe in a god, just so one could
> think he will get his.
Why all the malice toward Oral Roberts? I see him more as a figure
of ridicule than someone deserving of hellfire. Did he do something
really evil that I'm not aware of?
Unfortunately, there are plenty of truly evil people out there. In
the news today, James Bain was freed after spending 35 years (!) in
prison for a crime he didn't commit. I don't think anyone deserves
eternal punishment since nobody has done infinite harm, but I think
the people who put him in prison should spend 35 years in Hell.
Or in Purgatory, or whatever. Especially those who kept blocking
his attempts to have a DNA test done.
Lon
I'm somewhat surprised the 600 foot tall Jesus he threatened a local
hospital board with never got much mention.