I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

And finally, hypocrisy personified:

I thought when I saw this.....is anything really free ?????   Most of the "FREE" stuff I've gotten was not worth the price paid for it.  Seems some people ( as in what RL said ) would like to have no limits where they are concerned, but jus the fact they are bringing it up so often means that they are wanting to limit you.    Ok for me, but.  Sort of puts a whole new light on who the REAL takers are, and they want to keep right on.  In their world it seems to be ME,ME,ME, and not much of anything else unless it is the ability to misquote or misunderstand things that were meant for everyone from the original inception.

Jackie

I recall Alec Baldwin lost his job recently for homophobic remarks.  Why didn't the right take up his cause.  Oh, I know.  He isn't right wing.  Just ignorant. 

But then so is the DD caricature.  So why the different response?

I just sort of think this says it all :  A&E initially released a statement from Robertson in which he said he would "never treat anyone with disrespect just because they are different from me." But the network declined to comment itself until Wednesday night, when it announced the suspension. 

My thoughts are if Robertson said he would " never treat anyone with disrespect just because they are different from me ", then why did he ????  I personally see it as fairly disrespectful to sit in judgment and take on jury and sentence as well, since it is Robertson's opinion that these people will deny themselves the same chance as he for going to heaven.  Didn't he ever read that part about throwing the first stone.  We have all the televangelists we need, and certainly don't need the 'expressive ' language and ideas foisted on those who are different.  If no one has to behave......why have the laws.  I do think it goes back to minding p's and q's and choosing appropriate behaviors for yourself and your family......but the rest of us may not need or want it. 

Since I'm not for realty-type shows....it is just my opinion and may count for nothing.  Que sera, sera. 

Jackie

Not to be too off-topic but something I just glimpsed and thought to share:

Oh, some of the jewels that turn up:

Jackie - this is the first Xmas I've not had to cook for 12 years - I deserve it!! Staying in an hotel and eating our or at our daughters suits me just fine. 

you could go with the caricature and throw  a couple of shrimp on the Barbie.  Have a wonderful holiday Suzie

One more and I'm through with those of his ilk:

Good Morning Friends,

Can't believe it's already Saturday ... the time is flying by.  What's everyone doing for Christmas?  Do you celebrate on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day?  Our holiday will be really simple this year.  I don't think my family will be coming, except maybe my mom on the 25th.  We already exchanged gifts between my mom, sis and I on Thursday when I drove down to NC.  It's about a 2 1/2 hour drive to get to my mom's house ... sure wish she lived closer to me.

Sunnyflowers ... I have to tell you about our weather today!  The high is going to be 68 ... yeehaw!  I'm even going open the windows.  It's supposed to stay warm and start raining for the next couple of days.  Tim is back in NC and he is so glad to be away from all that snow. 

Gumby ... I think the Duck thing is kind of silly as well.  Does it really matter what some Bible-thumping redneck has to say about anything.  Those Ducks are so far off my radar ... they are on another planet.

Suzie ... The bbq sounds delicious.  Glad you had a good time.  Wonderful that you don't have to cook for 12 days!  I never cook, so I can understand that joy.

PiP ... Thinking of you today and your nephew.  I am so sorry for the loss to your family.

Jackie ... That picture of the Duck is funny.  That fool can say whatever he wants.  Who in their right mind would take anything he has to say seriously.

Hope everyone has a good day,

Bren

Sunny - it wasn't a "study" even though someone thought it was - it was the view of one professor and it was on the thread that you refuse to visit - I didn't read it, wasn't interested.

Can't believe you're having such warm temps - we are expecting freezing rain through here starting this afternoon and going on all night - hopefully the wires hold - I've lived through enought ice storms (in South Carolina) to last me a lifetime - hope you've got everything you need to wait out the weather.

The catch to this one is at the bottom......good read though:  http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/12/20/sanders-obamacare-single-payer/

Rained yesterday afternoon, late, most of the night and now pouring rain this morning and will all day.  The good news ( for which my fingers are crossed ) is that ice or sleet or any of that will stay well back to the west and north of us.  Dh and I kept quite a watch as we have already had days and days of ice.......I do though feel for those who won't miss it and may be having to deal with it for perhaps the second time.  We started out with temps that were close to summer-time.  The one day almost 65.  So, the rain now is not a surprise.  Just a really odd time to get so much rain through so many hours. 

Sandy...thanks for clearing the "Yale" thingy up.  I was afraid I put something in and the link didn't set properly which seems to happen to me.  I don't get into links and "studies" from any other threads etc.  I actually only scan on occasion which over time has gotten somewhat rare.  I don't care to read anything where the abundance of material is just idiotic personal attacks.  I have better things to do than wade through a plethora of juvenile name calling and if this is indicative......no wonder the Repugs and Tehadists get a toe hold only to turn around and fall completely on their face.

Jackie 

LOL – that post of the blogger and that Yale Study don’t
represent the study at all!  Kind of
ironic that both the poster and the link demonstrate exactly what the study
author Kahan was trying to demonstrate.  What we see and what we want to so badly
believe are sometimes in opposition.

When study participants were presented with "fake
studies," they would more likely to want to pick the wrong conclusion
(despite their ability to do the math on the fake numerical outcomes of those
studies) that matched their political beliefs if the study, for instance,
involved subjects like gun control, e.g..  If the studies involved
subjects like rashes and hand cream usage, the subjects were more likely to
interpret the fake results correctly.

This worked equally
for Conservative and Liberal study participants.  The real crux of the study showed that the
higher one’s numerical abilities, Conservative or Liberal, the more likely the participant
would dig further into the numbers to try and come out with a conclusion that
matched his/her beliefs.

The
link posted over there was by a Conservative blogger who twisted the true
conclusions of the study, probably by focusing on one "fake study"
presented to the participants that showed only liberals getting to the wrong
conclusion due to their biases. The blogger worked pretty hard to refute the
real conclusions!

I will add, think about Nate Silver’s POTUS election
predictions that had Romney loosing by several % points in 2012.  I don’t need to be reminded how that same
group of posters would dispute that over and over and go to the one outlier
poll that supported their beliefs of Romney winning the election.  Guess it is pot calling kettle black time.

I’m having grave problems with my computer and had
to type this in word.  Ofcourse, I have
HUGE problems with cut/paste in BCO, so the combination is deadly for the
outcome of this post.