Posts by Rapunzel

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Hillary campaign completely derailed this morning.

by worldtraveller in

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motorcade police escort cyclist killed.. http://www.cnn.com/2008/politics/02/22/clinton.motorcade/index.html .

Rapunzel

World Traveller - In today's morning edition of my city newspaper, I read about yesterday's tragic accident involving the motorcycle police officer who was escorting Clinton's motorcade. The report did not make onto the first page; in fact it was a very short article appearing within the newspaper. In any case, it was just as I supposed: the accident occurred at the rear of Clinton's motorcade, therefore she was probably totally unaware of the accident when it happened. As the newspaper reported, Clinton displayed respect and compassion by cancelling a large scheduled rally and visiting the officer's family in the hospital.

I have to agree with BlackPearl - World Traveller is indeed acting like a prick in accusing me [without any basis whatsoever] of a lack of compassion. Just a procurer exploits young women, so is world traveller "pimping" [exploiting] this tragedy to suit his own personal agenda. Therefore, it is world traveller who is displaying an utter lack of compassion. To paraphrase the rapper, Ice-T, there are 99 reasons for not voting for Clinton, but this tragic accident ain't one. Moreover, it is an egregious and shameful violation of decency to "pimp" [exploit] this tragedy to advance a personal agenda. Whatever personal or political grudge that world traveller has against Clinton, he should not exploit this tragedy and use it as a weapon to hammer Clinton.

I agree with a former poster who said that Clinton's campaign may already have been derailed even before the tragic accident in question. However, I truly am utterly unable to grasp world traveller's point; I am totally unable to fathom how this tragedy might have any negative consequences or repercussions on her camaign. For the dead officer's family, this is a horrific tragedy from which they will never totally recover. But in terms of the national presidential camaign process, this tragedy will not even register a "blip" on the screen.

I notice that world traveller has been silent on this issue. I suppose that it would be expecting too much to ask for an apology from a coward. However, I do have a suggestion for the ole traveller: Instead of trying to exploitively "pimp" this tragedy to advance a personal agenda, I suggest that world traveller might perhaps make a contribution to help the surviving family members. Perhaps world traveller could contribute to a trust fund in the officer's memory. There may well be a trust fund established already by the Dallas police department. Perhaps world traveller could contact the Dallas police for information. If there is no trust fund yet, perhaps such a fund could be established. In any case, I would ask world traveller to refrain from acting in such a craven manner. Pimping is for cowards.

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Hillary campaign completely derailed this morning.

by worldtraveller in

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motorcade police escort cyclist killed.. http://www.cnn.com/2008/politics/02/22/clinton.motorcade/index.html .

Rapunzel

world traveller - I'm astounded that you could accuse me of a lack of compassion in my heart. For sixteen years, I worked with students. I was a professor. I loved my students as if they were my own children. And I once attended the funeral of one of my students who was killed by a drunk driver. I have as much compassion in my heart as any person. For you to accuse me of a lack of compassion is despicable.

When I was a prof, one of the courses that I taught was English reading. You would do well to take such a course. In my post, I said that what happend was a horrific tragedy for the family.What more can I say? What other words are there? And, yet, I still don't understand your point. What happened was a tragedy, but it was also an accident.

As I said, I also used to ride a motorcycle; so I know that they are dangerous machines. The officer in question ran into a curb. When you hit a curb on a motorcycle, chances are you are going to take a tumble. When you take a tumble on a motorcycle, there is a good chance that you will suffer serious injury or death.

Again, I still don't know how this tragic accident could reflect badly on Clinton. There is every possiblility that she was totally unaware of the accident when it happened. I wonder, and I am asking you, what it is that she could have done? She cancelled the scheduled rally. What more can she do? Do you somehow blame her for what happened? Do you think that she could have somehow prevented it from happening? She can take the blame for many other things. But for this tragic accident?!?! Do you think that the American public will somehow blame her? For what?

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The Borg's Current Take On The King of the North

by Rapunzel in

reading aleman's intelligent and erudite posts in regard to prophecies and other things biblical got me to thinking and prompted me to ask the following question - just what is the watchtower bible and tract society's current [as of this month, february 2008] interpretation on the identity of the wicked witch king of the north?

when i was in - many moons ago in the late 1970's - the king of the north was depicted, if my memory serves me correctly, as the soviet union.

but as the expression goes, s*** happens.

Rapunzel

Reading Aleman's intelligent and erudite posts in regard to prophecies and other things biblical got me to thinking and prompted me to ask the following question - Just what is the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society's current [as of this month, February 2008] interpretation on the identity of the wicked ~~witch~~ king of the North? When I was in - many moons ago in the late 1970's - the King of the North was depicted, if my memory serves me correctly, as the Soviet Union. But as the expression goes, s*** happens. And, as we all know, the Soviet Union imploded. As there is no more Soviet Union, the whole "prophecy" by the borg gets flushed down the toilet, which leads me to ask again: Just who or what is now the King of the North according to the organization? Just who or what currently occupies this position of opprobrium?

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Prophasies

by Aleman in

this is for the people who believe that jehovah god is the father and jesus christ is the son and that the end of times is here.

these are just a few biblical prophasies i have found that are yet to come.. 2 tim.3:1-5 ; 2 pet.3:3,4 ; mat.24:7 ; rev.6:4 ; dan.2:44 ; mat.6:10 ; dan.7:13,14 ; psa.46:9 ; 2 pet.3:13 ; rev.20:1-3 ; john 5:28,29 ; psa.37:11,29 ; acts 24:15 ; rev.

11:18 ; 1 john 2:2 ; psa.110:1 ; acts 2:34-36 ; isa.25:8 ; rev.21:1-4 ; 1 cor.15:26.... these are just a few, there are many more where that came from.

Rapunzel

Aleman - The word is spelled "prophecies," vato. That's p-r-o-p-h-e-c-i-e-s. Don't they teach you how to spell in the Kingdumb Misery School? In regard to biblical prophecies, the sad truth is that these "prophecies" were in fact written many, many years after the depicted events transpired. It's lamentable, but true. All of the biblical prophets "foretold" things that had already happened.

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Hillary campaign completely derailed this morning.

by worldtraveller in

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motorcade police escort cyclist killed.. http://www.cnn.com/2008/politics/02/22/clinton.motorcade/index.html .

Rapunzel

I'm by no means a supporter of Hillay Clinton. However, I fail to see how a motorcycle accident could possibly "derail" Clinton's campaign. I was formerly a motorcycle rider; and while they are fun and give many a great sense of satisfaction and freedom, motorcycles are inherently dangerous machines, as almost anyone can tell you. Every year, there are many motorcycle accidents in the U.S., resulting in death or serious injury such as amputation or traumatic brain injury. As noted, there have already been two motorcycle fatalities associated with Bush's motorcades. Of course, this is a horrible tragedy for the family of the officer involved, but motorcycle officers are well aware of the danger associatd with their jobs. They, of all people, would be the first to tell you that their job is extremely dangerous. And yet, I could read nothing in the story that would suggest that Clinton's campaign could be derailed. I mean: Is anyone blaming Clinton personally? Is there negligence on anyone's part?

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Who is God?

by real one in

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i have read a lot of posts since coming to this site and a lot of you dont seem to have a realistic view of god.

so tell me who do you think he is?.

please keep your comments simple and to the point .

Rapunzel

"I am at two with the Universe." - Woody Allen

"If only God would give me a clear sign! Like putting a large deposit in my name into a Swiss bank" - Woody Allen

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Who is God?

by real one in

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i have read a lot of posts since coming to this site and a lot of you dont seem to have a realistic view of god.

so tell me who do you think he is?.

please keep your comments simple and to the point .

Rapunzel

"God is silent. Now if we could only get people to shut up." - Woody Allen

"I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown." - Woody Allen

"I was kicked out of college for cheating on a metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul of the boy sittiing next to me." - Woody Allen

"If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think He's evil. But the worst that could be said of him is that he is an underachiever." - Woody Allen

"I don't intend to attain immortality through a lot of effort. I intend to achieve it through not dying" - Woody Allen

"I tended to put my ex-wife under a pedestal." - Woody Allen

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Theocratic Party

by Aleman in

today we have political parties from the republic and democratic sides trying to get your vote so they can get the presidency.

but, can you really trust them?

how secure are you to have a man or woman lead us to a secure and peaceful future?

Rapunzel

Aleman - You accuse Fifi of "blasphomy" [by the way, it's blasphemy - with an "e"] and state that she would have suffered death, had she been alive in another era. That's a very serious accusation to make, vato. And yet, you do not specify at all how she is guilty of blasphemy. Which words of hers, specifically, are blasphemous?

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Who is God?

by real one in

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i have read a lot of posts since coming to this site and a lot of you dont seem to have a realistic view of god.

so tell me who do you think he is?.

please keep your comments simple and to the point .

Rapunzel

Tyrone - The answer to your question is "yes." In the novel, the protagonist meets a secluded and very special community of women - all of whom take their name and philosophy from Hypatia of Alexandria. Eco's novel is set in the year 1204. Baudolino is a Byzantine.

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Who is God?

by real one in

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i have read a lot of posts since coming to this site and a lot of you dont seem to have a realistic view of god.

so tell me who do you think he is?.

please keep your comments simple and to the point .

Rapunzel

I think that I should provide some context for the passage that I quoted above. As noted, it is from a novel entitled Baudolino, by Umberto Eco, an Italian professor of semiotics - the study of signs. The pasage that I quoted above are the words of Hypatia who is speaking with the protagonist, Baudolino. In the novel, the hypatia are a beautiful, wise and gentle race of females. They are also devotees of Gnosticism. In her speech to Baudolino, Hypatia uses a form of apologetics called la via negativa or la via negationis. According to this form of apologetics, God is not an object in the universe and, therefore, it is not possible to describe God through words and concepts which are necessarily limiting. It is, instead, better to talk about God based uon what God is not. The via negativa is, therefore, a means of coming to know God - and what God is - through negation.

Because Thomas Aquinas spoke of it as one of the three ways of approaching God, la via negativa is sometimes associated solely with Christianity. However, it is found in various religious traditions in the world. In Hinduism, it is known as neti neti; in Judaism, ein sof; in Islam, bila faifa.