Re: Tee hee Fwd: s

2013-07-30 Thread LRS Scout
Someone* On Jul 30, 2013 9:33 PM, "LRS Scout" wrote: > Sometimes data mining. > On Jul 30, 2013 9:32 PM, "Scott Stroz" wrote: > >> >> I got the same email. >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 5:13 PM, LRS Scout wrote: >> >> > >> > -- Forwarded message -- >> > From: "Adrian" >> >

Re: Tee hee Fwd: s

2013-07-30 Thread LRS Scout
Sometimes data mining. On Jul 30, 2013 9:32 PM, "Scott Stroz" wrote: > > I got the same email. > > > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 5:13 PM, LRS Scout wrote: > > > > > -- Forwarded message -- > > From: "Adrian" > > Date: Jul 30, 2013 5:12 PM > > Subject: s > > To: > > Cc: > > > > 1,00

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2013-07-30 Thread Scott Stroz
I got the same email. On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 5:13 PM, LRS Scout wrote: > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: "Adrian" > Date: Jul 30, 2013 5:12 PM > Subject: s > To: > Cc: > > 1,000.000.00 HAS BEEN DONATED TO YOU FROM ADRIAN AND GILLAIN BAYFORD > NAME-ADDRESS--MOBILE---

Re: Tee hee Fwd: s

2013-07-30 Thread LRS Scout
Doh On Jul 30, 2013 5:16 PM, "Bruce Sorge" wrote: > > WTF! I just got that message now. Hahahaha. > > > On Jul 30, 2013, at 5:13 PM, LRS Scout wrote: > > > > > -- Forwarded message -- > > From: "Adrian" > > Date: Jul 30, 2013 5:12 PM > > Subject: s > > To: > > Cc: > > > > 1,000

Re: Tee hee Fwd: s

2013-07-30 Thread Bruce Sorge
WTF! I just got that message now. Hahahaha. On Jul 30, 2013, at 5:13 PM, LRS Scout wrote: > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: "Adrian" > Date: Jul 30, 2013 5:12 PM > Subject: s > To: > Cc: > > 1,000.000.00 HAS BEEN DONATED TO YOU FROM ADRIAN AND GILLAIN BAYFORD > NAME-AD

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2013-07-30 Thread Bruce Sorge
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2013-07-30 Thread LRS Scout
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Re: Lost Egyptian City Found Underwater After 1200 Years

2013-07-30 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
Yes, that is amazing. On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 3:50 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > Cool. > > > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Cameron Childress >wrote: > > > > > Might have already been mentioned and this article's almost two months > old, > > but I just found this and thought it was cool... >

Re: Manning found Not Guilty of Aiding the Enemy

2013-07-30 Thread Vivec
But all our information is in the hands of "outsourced" security now. Worldwide. Thousands of people that have special security clearance to the most sensitive of information. All under the auspices of a secret, clandestine court that no one knows anything about. It's all gone to shit where the f

Re: Manning found Not Guilty of Aiding the Enemy

2013-07-30 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
> Very true. He plead guilty to a number of charges already. > He was also convicted of other charges today. > Thing is it was well known that he was a problem right out of basic. And > yet they put him in a very sensitive position. I think that more than a few > in the upper echelons should be

Re: Lost Egyptian City Found Underwater After 1200 Years

2013-07-30 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Cool. On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > Might have already been mentioned and this article's almost two months old, > but I just found this and thought it was cool... > > > http://twistedsifter.com/2013/06/lost-egyptian-city-heracleion-found-underwater-after-1200-yea

RE: Bill Gates Is Beginning to Dream the Thorium Dream

2013-07-30 Thread LRS Scout
Insert command and conquer joke here On Jul 30, 2013 3:43 PM, "Eric Roberts" wrote: > > LOL > > -Original Message- > From: Jerry Milo Johnson [mailto:jmi...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 2:16 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Bill Gates Is Beginning to Dream the Thorium Dr

RE: Bill Gates Is Beginning to Dream the Thorium Dream

2013-07-30 Thread Eric Roberts
LOL -Original Message- From: Jerry Milo Johnson [mailto:jmi...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 2:16 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Bill Gates Is Beginning to Dream the Thorium Dream I don't know. I seem to remember thorium is very dangerous to mine. (all of those giant spid

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Its a bumper sticker I saw going to Awesome Con in DC a couple of years ago. On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > Harry Potter is dead? Umm...spoiler alert next time. > > > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Larry C. Lyons >wrote: > > > > > Heretic. Next thing you'll say

RE: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Eric Roberts
Um what does that have to do with anything G? They are being islamaphobic by going on the tack that this isn't qualified to write a book on Jesus because he is not a Chrsitian. -Original Message- From: Sam [mailto:sammyc...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 1:59 PM To: cf-communit

Lost Egyptian City Found Underwater After 1200 Years

2013-07-30 Thread Cameron Childress
Might have already been mentioned and this article's almost two months old, but I just found this and thought it was cool... http://twistedsifter.com/2013/06/lost-egyptian-city-heracleion-found-underwater-after-1200-years/ ~| O

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Scott Stroz
You guys suck On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 3:35 PM, GMoney wrote: > > Well, he rose from the dead 3 scenes later. > > oopsSPOILER ALERT! > > > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > > > > Harry Potter is dead? Umm...spoiler alert next time. > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread GMoney
Well, he rose from the dead 3 scenes later. oopsSPOILER ALERT! On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > Harry Potter is dead? Umm...spoiler alert next time. > > > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Larry C. Lyons >wrote: > > > > > Heretic. Next thing you'll say is that H

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Scott Stroz
Harry Potter is dead? Umm...spoiler alert next time. On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > Heretic. Next thing you'll say is that Harry Potter didn't die for your > sins. > > > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Eric Roberts < > ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > >

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread GMoney
Got good critical reviews in that naked horse play too...Equus or whatever it was called. But when he's Harry...well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eGwOuyKu1U On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > He was pretty good in the Woman in Black ( > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Scott Stroz
You are being purposely obtuse. That is not what happened. He went on Fox and got accused of having a bias with the first question. I liked the analogy earlier..I think it was G'You can't write about Aquaman because you are a Green Lantern fan' That is pretty much what Green was saying. On

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Larry C. Lyons
He was pretty good in the Woman in Black ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1596365/). On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 3:18 PM, GMoney wrote: > > Caution: Threadjack! > > Watched Deathly Hallows Part 1 last night. > > I've seen all of the movies (because my wife was into the books) and I was > pretty ambiv

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread GMoney
Caution: Threadjack! Watched Deathly Hallows Part 1 last night. I've seen all of the movies (because my wife was into the books) and I was pretty ambivalent about them. But I thought the last two Deathly Hallows movies were really well done. Radcliffe still can't act, but he's not really asked t

Re: Bill Gates Is Beginning to Dream the Thorium Dream

2013-07-30 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
I don't know. I seem to remember thorium is very dangerous to mine. (all of those giant spiders, and those giant stone golem things. very scary, and no convenient flight points) On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 3:13 PM, William Bowen wrote: > > About fucking time. > > > On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 12:21

Re: Bill Gates Is Beginning to Dream the Thorium Dream

2013-07-30 Thread William Bowen
About fucking time. On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > "Mention thorium—an alternative fuel for nuclear power—to the right crowd, > and faces will alight with the same look of spirited devotion you might see > in, say, Twin Peaks and Chicago Cubs fans. People love th

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Larry C. Lyons
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowled

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Heretic. Next thing you'll say is that Harry Potter didn't die for your sins. On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > Huh? There are scholars that studied and wrote about Lord of the > Rings...it > doesn't mean that Frodo is real... > > -

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Sam, if you honestly feel its a waste of time then why are you here? The best I can think of is that is some weird form of masochism where you get off on people showing how intellectually vapid and socially inept you are? Seriously On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Sam wrote: > > You have to b

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Sam
If a Jew says he doesn't believe in Christ everyone else would say "no shit" If a Muslim says he doesn't believe in Christ everyone would say "no shit". If he says it on FoxNews and they say "no shit" then Fox is promoting Islamaphobia. . On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@t

RE: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Eric Roberts
Huh? There are scholars that studied and wrote about Lord of the Rings...it doesn't mean that Frodo is real... -Original Message- From: Sam [mailto:sammyc...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 1:51 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass You have to believe he

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread GMoney
Whether they are a waste of time or not depends on your reasons for being here. On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 1:51 PM, Sam wrote: > > You have to believe he existed because this guy is a scholar and he wrote a > book. He's in the know because he went to school. If you don't believe him > in his e

RE: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Eric Roberts
That is even the official position of the church. Even if it wasn't...it is still not a primary source. -Original Message- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:larrycly...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 1:23 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass Best I could eve

RE: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Eric Roberts
Nope...not a single primary source. All of the sources that did write about him were born after he supposedly died. The earliest was Tacitus. He was born in 56 AD...a full 26 years after the supposed crucifiction. Eric -Original Message- From: GMoney [mailto:gm0n3...@gmail.com] Sent:

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Sam
You have to believe he existed because this guy is a scholar and he wrote a book. He's in the know because he went to school. If you don't believe him in his entirety this thread was a waste of time. hmmm, all these threads are a waste of time. Nevermind. . On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 2:42 PM, GM

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread GMoney
So someone was raised from the dead...and no one wrote about it? *sigh* I wish there was a God...and Jesus would make for as good a one as any.but..just doesn't seem to be the case. On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > Best I could ever find was Josephus Flavian'

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Best I could ever find was Josephus Flavian's Jewish Chronicle, but that was written about 100 years after Christ (Flavian participated in the Jewish revolt of AD70). However its been suggested that Flavian's account of Christ and St. John the Baptist were later Medieval insertions. On Tue, Jul

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread GMoney
If I witnessed Jesus raise Lazarus from the dead, I would believe him to be God. I know what the Christian scriptures say about this event...but is there any historical corroboration for this event outside of the theological texts? On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threera

Re: Manning found Not Guilty of Aiding the Enemy

2013-07-30 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Very true. He plead guilty to a number of charges already. Thing is it was well known that he was a problem right out of basic. And yet they put him in a very sensitive position. I think that more than a few in the upper echelons should be slapped upside the head over this. On Tue, Jul 30, 2013

RE: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Eric Roberts
LOL...jihadiwatch.org LOL SMHD -Original Message- From: Sam [mailto:sammyc...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 10:53 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass http://www.jihadwatch.org/2013/07/the-problem-with-reza-aslans-book-is-not-t hat-he-is-a-muslim-the-p

RE: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Eric Roberts
It's not just Islamic claims...that is also the long held Jewish claim as well. Does that make Jews anti-Christian as well? -Original Message- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:larrycly...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 9:52 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my as

RE: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Eric Roberts
ROFLMAO -Original Message- From: Scott Stewart [mailto:webmas...@sstwebworks.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 7:53 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass And now there is coffee in my keyboard On Jul 30, 2013 8:07 AM, "Scott Stroz" wrote: > > I wonder if Gre

Re: Manning found Not Guilty of Aiding the Enemy

2013-07-30 Thread Bruce Sorge
I agree with the verdict on all counts. I expect that he'll still spend a good portion of his natural life making little rocks out of big ones. On Jul 30, 2013, at 1:46 PM, "Larry C. Lyons" wrote: > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/judge-to-announce-verdict-in-bradley-m

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Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Scott Stroz
I think the 'reporter' was a moron for the 'interview' she tried to do, and, I refuse to judge the body of work or discuss what it contains until I actually read it and he becomes my favorite author? You make some astounding leaps of logic Sam. On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Sam wrote:

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Sam
Your new favorite author is a board member of NIAC a know Iranian lobbying group. Not a biased source right? . On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > That is not a biased source at all, right Sam. > > I wonder if Green would have asked Thomas Bullfinch why he thought he was

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Scott Stroz
That is not a biased source at all, right Sam. I wonder if Green would have asked Thomas Bullfinch why he thought he was qualified to write about Greek Mythology if he did not believe in Zeus. On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Sam wrote: > > > http://www.jihadwatch.org/2013/07/the-problem-wit

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Larry C. Lyons
hardly an objective site. On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Sam wrote: > > > http://www.jihadwatch.org/2013/07/the-problem-with-reza-aslans-book-is-not-that-he-is-a-muslim-the-problem-with-it-is-that-he-is-disho.html > > . > > > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > > > > I

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Sam
Did you not hear the part where he said that? . On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Vivec wrote: > > You for real dude? You really bringing this up as some point that supports > your point of view? > > > > On 30 July 2013 11:48, Sam wrote: > > > > > Remember when he said "Every Interview" he m

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Coming from an expert on the subject, about being an ass, I guess I've been put down. On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Sam wrote: > > Stop being an ass. If you watched that interview and came out thinking it > was an attack on Islam you have no critical thinking skills. Amazing how > Islam ca

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Vivec
You for real dude? You really bringing this up as some point that supports your point of view? On 30 July 2013 11:48, Sam wrote: > > Remember when he said "Every Interview" he mentioned he was Muslim? > > "I wouldn't call myself a Christian because I do not believe that Jesus is > God, nor do

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Sam
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2013/07/the-problem-with-reza-aslans-book-is-not-that-he-is-a-muslim-the-problem-with-it-is-that-he-is-disho.html . On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > I am not discussing the book...you were. > > I have not made any claims on the content of a bo

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Scott Stroz
I am not discussing the book...you were. I have not made any claims on the content of a book I have not readyou did. I was discussing how an author was treated by a 'reporter'. Have any Christian churches spoken out against the book - for example, like how the Catholic Church spoke out agai

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Sam
Remember when he said "Every Interview" he mentioned he was Muslim? "I wouldn't call myself a Christian because I do not believe that Jesus is God, nor do I believe that he ever thought that he was God, or that he ever said that he was God. But I am a follower of Jesus, and I think that sometimes

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
Yes...yes, you are. On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Sam wrote: > > Sheeple are too > predictable. > > . > > > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Sam
Stop being an ass. If you watched that interview and came out thinking it was an attack on Islam you have no critical thinking skills. Amazing how Islam can attack Christianity and come away as the victim. Sheeple are too predictable. . On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote:

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Sam
You haven't read the book yet here your are discussing it. She said it's a highly controversial book and other scholars have criticized it by claiming it's repeating long debunked Islam attacks on Christianity. He doesn't dispute that charge. He just say's he's got a degree so he can say whatever

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Sam
And he should have answered those questions. . On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > You mean by citing facts instead of ideology? > > One question at what point did she even ask any questions about the content > of the book. I went over the interview several times and th

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Larry C. Lyons
I like this take on the whole thing: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2013/07/29/some-better-questions-for-the-fox-news-reporter-who-interviewed-reza-aslan/ On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > why for asking for proof, instead of blind assertion? > > Heave

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Larry C. Lyons
why for asking for proof, instead of blind assertion? Heaven forbid we actually require proof for things. My goodness think of what that would do to the pockets and pocketbooks of certain groups. Those fright wing think tanks would actually have to work for a living. As for assuming that Sam got

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Scott Stroz
I am acting like Larry because I am pointing out that you are claiming what is in his books when you have never read them and stated that you never will? I will admit that assuming you only got info about the books from FoxNews is a bit Larry like. :D On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Sam wrot

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Larry C. Lyons
You mean by citing facts instead of ideology? One question at what point did she even ask any questions about the content of the book. I went over the interview several times and the closest I came to it was this question "What are your conclusions about Jesus?" No where in entire interview does

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Scott Stroz
On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Sam wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > > > > I never said it was an attack on Islam. It was an attack on Azlan, who > > happens to be a Muslim - a subtle, but very important, distinction. > > > > > She was called an Islamaphobe

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Sam
You're acting like Larry, stop it. He supports terrorist organizations, he goes around giving speeches to promote them. He's a propagandist. If he wasn't there would be no controversy. It really is that simple. This is what they do, manufacture controversy and get regular people to help with the

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Scott Stroz
Did the books 'promote' Islam, or simply discuss Islam? There is a difference. Wait...you did not read them, so how would you know? Right...Fox news told you what they were about...never mind, that makes you an expert on them. On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Sam wrote: > > Are you saying he

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Sam
On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > I never said it was an attack on Islam. It was an attack on Azlan, who > happens to be a Muslim - a subtle, but very important, distinction. > > She was called an Islamaphobe in this thread > She did not ask if he had a bias, she accused

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Scott Stroz
My favorite question in the entire interview: 'Why would a Democrat want to promote democracy by writing about a Republican?' Was she implying that writing about a Republican cannot 'promote democracy'? On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Sam wrote: > > I would expect that to be the first ques

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Sam
Are you saying he doesn't promote Islam in his other books? Are you saying he doesn't give speeches supporting terrorist organizations? . On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Vivec wrote: > > And that, right there, explains it all. > > I'm not even going to bother to get citations for that inflam

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Sam
I would expect that to be the first question wouldn't you? She didn't attack his credentials, she asked if there was motive. . On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 10:19 AM, GMoney wrote: > > Just answer this as honestly as you can, Sam: If a Christian scholar with > similar credentials to Aslan went on M

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Sam
Weird, no mention of the writer being a devout Muslim. Wasn't that why this is an issue in the first place? . On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 11:52 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > http://on.fb.me/1aTY2FY > > > On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 11:40 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < > zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com> wrote: > >

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Scott Stroz
I never said it was an attack on Islam. It was an attack on Azlan, who happens to be a Muslim - a subtle, but very important, distinction. She did not ask if he had a bias, she accused him of having one - a subtle, but very important, distinction. Is he a propagandist because he wrote a book abo

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Vivec
And that, right there, explains it all. I'm not even going to bother to get citations for that inflammatory statement. I'm just glad you admitted what you're really thinking in the discussion. This is the mindset that Faux news was catering to, and this was their audience. This is also why thei

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread GMoney
Just answer this as honestly as you can, Sam: If a Christian scholar with similar credentials to Aslan went on MSNBC to promote a book that was critical of Islam, and the host attacked his credentials to even write about Islam.would you be equally as supportive of the MSNBC host? On Tue, Jul

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Scott Stroz
All religions are, essentially, myths. Why should Christianity be treated any differently? On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Sam wrote: > > Nobody question his rights, she asked him if he had motive to call > Christianity a myth. > > . > > > On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 11:40 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Sam
It is such a shame that there are so many sheeple on this thread and in the US. The job of the press is to ask questions not blow smoke up some shitheads ass so he can sell books bashing Christianity. This was a segment on religion, not a book review segment. She did not say he was unqualified to

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Sam
Why go back 500 years? Soloman Rushdie wasn't that long ago. How about those cartoons? What about Wilder? Is that his name? . On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 12:35 AM, Maureen wrote: > > He's fortunate that the worst he has to experience is a loud-mouthed > Fox talking head. 500 years ago they would

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Sam
Nobody question his rights, she asked him if he had motive to call Christianity a myth. . On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 11:40 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It still all boils down to who has the right to write about a fictional > character. > > "You're a fan of Aqua

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Interesting take from Aslan: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2013/07/29/reza-aslan-attacks-fox-news-attack-piece/ Question: Were you surprised by Lauren Green’s questions on the Fox News interview? Was there any indication of the tone of the interview beforehand? Aslan: I had

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Sorry wrong Koresh. I was thinking of that libertarian Kokesh who was just busted for waving around a shotgun in DC. On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 12:04 AM, LRS Scout wrote: > > That's just it. > > No one alive today is qualified to write about this bull shit. > > In two thousand years David Koresh

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Larry C. Lyons
You mean instead of a pathetic shroom head? On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 12:04 AM, LRS Scout wrote: > > That's just it. > > No one alive today is qualified to write about this bull shit. > > In two thousand years David Koresh might be the new messiah. > On Jul 29, 2013 11:47 PM, "Scott Stroz" wrot

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Coming from someone who outdoes Dogberry in that category, not sure that's a complement or an insult. On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 9:29 PM, Sam wrote: > > You're such an ass. > > . > > > On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 8:22 PM, Larry C. Lyons >wrote: > > > > > Scott the logic is (and one i don't follow) i

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Scott Stewart
And now there is coffee in my keyboard On Jul 30, 2013 8:07 AM, "Scott Stroz" wrote: > > I wonder if Green interviewed JK Rowling if she would ask why Rowling, as a > muggle, has a right to write a book about wizards. > > > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 7:20 AM, Vivec wrote: > > > > > I thought I wou

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Scott Stroz
I wonder if Green interviewed JK Rowling if she would ask why Rowling, as a muggle, has a right to write a book about wizards. On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 7:20 AM, Vivec wrote: > > I thought I would post this here, as it highlights why journalists and most > people consider the "interview" to be a

Re: 'Fair and Balanced' my ass

2013-07-30 Thread Vivec
I thought I would post this here, as it highlights why journalists and most people consider the "interview" to be a biased attack on the author. *" On Friday, Fox News' Lauren Green aggressively questioned religious scholar Reza Aslan over why he, a Muslim, would choose to write a book about Jesu