Pence goes on "Poor Me" tour....

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double puke

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Hey Boru, here is someone in the same thread pointing out the same thing I was.

Well, not only can you make paper out of it, but you also eat it and make it into boats.  Pretty damned useful plant, I'd say.

I only added to this point, that this is part of a long term deep seeded fear and bigotry and insecurity coming from the right.

Fair enough.  I generally prefer turbinado to white sugar.  Just a matter of taste, really.

Pence did not go there to defend equality or freedom, he went there to defend a desire to have a social pecking order in which his sect and interpretation of his bible serves as public policy.

His spine was on display for years, until it was destroyed during the Blitz.

Boru

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Read the article.  I'm not sure what was objectionable about what Pence said.

Boru

I'm gonna go with this: 

Mike Pence tells Liberty University graduates to prepare to be 'shunned,' 'ridiculed' for being a Christian

and

“But things are different now,” he continued, adding that “some of the loudest voices for tolerance today have little tolerance for traditional Christian beliefs. Be ready.”

Well, I think it's fair to say that anyone who gets an 'education' at Liberty University is likely to be ridiculed.  And it's perfectly true that those of us who are tolerant don't tolerate the intolerance of 'traditional Christian beliefs'.  I certainly don't.

Boru

[Brian37]

I'm gonna go with this: 


and

Well, I think it's fair to say that anyone who gets an 'education' at Liberty University is likely to be ridiculed.  And it's perfectly true that those of us who are tolerant don't tolerate the intolerance of 'traditional Christian beliefs'.  I certainly don't.

Boru

Great, neither do I, so I cant understand your objections to my posts.

Pence, and our far right, if there were no checks on power, would turn back the clock. And even with our current checks on power, they still are trying to turn back the clock.

FYI, after I graduated college, I still remained in Lynchburg, and worked pizza delivery near Liberty , and as such worked with many of Falwell's students. If I had a nickle for every time one of them said, "I only go there for the scholarship" or, " We are embarrassed he said that", I'd have made Trump look like a real Brokeahantas. 

And the crap about Liberty being a squeaky clean campus, where students didn't smoke or drink or have sex, was just that. Sure, not on campus. But most of the students didn't give a shit, and did it off campus. In fact, one of my store managers , my boss, and his girlfriend, we met at a bar and had drinks because he had graduated and they were going to move out of town.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Great, neither do I, so I cant understand your objections to my posts.

I don't care for asparagus, no matter how it's cooked.

 

Pence, and our far right, if there were no checks on power, would turn back the clock. And even with our current checks on power, they still are trying to turn back the clock.

The Amethyst Wood Star hummingbird can flap it's wings eighty times per second.

FYI, after I graduated college, I still remained in Lynchburg, and worked pizza delivery near Liberty , and as such worked with many of Falwell's students. If I had a nickle for every time one of them said, "I only go there for the scholarship" or, " We are embarrassed he said that", I'd have made Trump look like a real Brokeahantas. 

While it remains one of his most popular songs, 'A Boy Named Sue' was actually written by poet Shel Silverstein.

And the crap about Liberty being a squeaky clean campus, where students didn't smoke or drink or have sex, was just that. Sure, not on campus. But most of the students didn't give a shit, and did it off campus. In fact, one of my store managers , my boss, and his girlfriend, we met at a bar and had drinks because he had graduated and they were going to move out of town.

I disagree.  Pepperoni swim UPSTREAM  to spawn.

Boru

[Brian37]

Great, neither do I, so I cant understand your objections to my posts.

I don't care for asparagus, no matter how it's cooked.

 

Pence, and our far right, if there were no checks on power, would turn back the clock. And even with our current checks on power, they still are trying to turn back the clock.

The Amethyst Wood Star hummingbird can flap it's wings eight times per second.

FYI, after I graduated college, I still remained in Lynchburg, and worked pizza delivery near Liberty , and as such worked with many of Falwell's students. If I had a nickle for every time one of them said, "I only go there for the scholarship" or, " We are embarrassed he said that", I'd have made Trump look like a real Brokeahantas. 

While it remains one of his most popular songs, 'A Boy Named Sue' was actually written by poet Shel Silverstein.

And the crap about Liberty being a squeaky clean campus, where students didn't smoke or drink or have sex, was just that. Sure, not on campus. But most of the students didn't give a shit, and did it off campus. In fact, one of my store managers , my boss, and his girlfriend, we met at a bar and had drinks because he had graduated and they were going to move out of town.

I disagree.  Pepperoni swim UPSTREAM  to spawn.

Boru

I named my current boy cat Sarah, an actual story that started with my prior cat I had in Lynchburg  named Payton.

Back when I was married, to my Japanese X wife, we met in college in Lyncburg, just not Falwell's degree mill, but another college in the same city. My X is a PHD microbiologist. Wish I had her brains.  Anywho, when I first met her, she knew nothing about NFL football. But by the end of the first fall season we knew each other, she was calling penalties I missed. One of her favorite players was PEYTON.... let me repeat PEYTON Manning. 

Fast forward to after we graduated. We rented a house, I wanted a cat. We bounced around names, I wanted "Headlines" after Jay Leno's ongoing skit. She objected. I don't know how Peyton's name came up, but she loved it, and we named the cat after the Quarterback.

But here is the rub. Neither of us knew there were two spellings for the name. "Pey" as in "Peyton" was for a boy. "Payton" is the girl's spelling.

So the first time we took the kitten to the vet, we said, "Pay". Next visit the vet tells us we gave our boy kitten a girl's name. We laughed and decided to leave it the same.

Fast forward to divorce, and moving down here. I brought Payton down with me. But as pets do, they get old and die. My late mother saw I was distraught and got upset with me that I was so depressed, and insisted I get another cat.

So we went to rescue place. And this tiny fur ball, the one I have now, blazed across the room hugged my leg, looked up at me and meow'd . I looked down at him, and said "I'm toast". 

Anywho, I named him Sarah in honor of Payton. The letters in his name "Sarah" are actually initials of male friends.

[downbeatplumb]

Pence said, "Some of the loudest voices for tolerance today have little tolerance for traditional Christian beliefs."

Um, that's because many traditional Christian beliefs are themselves intolerant.  It's not hypocrisy to oppose them.

However, we do have to be careful not to paint all Christians with the same brush.  They are very diverse.

Yet these same assholes rightfully point out ISIS's intolerance.  "At least we don't throw our gays off rooftops," is not an argument for being a asshole bigot.

They would if they could.

I wish I was joking.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

What on earth makes you think I give a flying fuck about what you named your cat?

Boru

[downbeatplumb]

What on earth makes you think I give a flying fuck about what you named your cat?

Boru

My cats name is Holly.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

What on earth makes you think I give a flying fuck about what you named your cat?

Boru

My cats name is Holly.

I need more to go on than that.  You'll need to post a TLDR message about why and how you chose that name, what the name means, and how you met the animal.  These things are vitally important in a thread about the American vice president.

Boru