Comments on: Welcome to Swampland, Amy Sullivan! http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/12/29/welcome-to-swampland-amy-sullivan/ A blog about politics. Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:24:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: cfukara http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/12/29/welcome-to-swampland-amy-sullivan/comment-page-4/#comment-30585 cfukara Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:24:36 +0000 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/?p=9242#comment-30585 stuartzechman Says: <i>" .. exhausted, other-directed Village-speak by which we're cynically accustomed to being nauseated... the inane, fatuous, cliche-burdened scripts usually characterizing the cocktail-weenie cohort's "work".</i> And he keeps coming back for more. Pay him no heed, Amy - he is our swamp grouch .. stuartzechman Says:
" .. exhausted, other-directed Village-speak by which we're cynically accustomed to being nauseated... the inane, fatuous, cliche-burdened scripts usually characterizing the cocktail-weenie cohort's "work".
And he keeps coming back for more.
Pay him no heed, Amy - he is our swamp grouch ..

]]> By: cfukara http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/12/29/welcome-to-swampland-amy-sullivan/comment-page-4/#comment-30584 cfukara Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:14:20 +0000 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/?p=9242#comment-30584 Andy from MA Says: <i> " ..I think marriage should be .. legal .. for two adults to marry .."</i> It is not yet a done deal. Many still hesitate to go along. I would settle for different names to identify what adults are involved. We celebrate the beauty of the right word in poetry - succinct, expressive - - and we still have different names for different sexes, don't we? And sex is part of it, right? [How about getting those conservative Americans in there as immigration officers asking if the couple consummated their 'marriage' - same-sex marriage .. ] After being dragged along kicking and screaming, we are willing to erase "man and woman" out of the definition of "marriage". Why not go all out and erase the word "two"? You noticed the "same sex" line in my prior comment but skirted "polygamy" - which we presume that you may legalize only if you "burn in hell for an eternity." [There will be an eternity. But if you will eventually consider it anyway, then why not save hell the fuel bill and capitulate right away without the drama?] [Does "eternity" have something to do with time - as in one harvest season, two harvests, and so on?] [Believing in the "son of" part is just that - a belief: Nobody is going to - or should - ask you to offer a logical proof or verify it with empirical evidence (unless you want to offer Blair-type of "incontrovertible evidence".. And you don't have to believe in any of that "God" stuff... ] Andy from MA Says:
" ..I think marriage should be .. legal .. for two adults to marry .."
It is not yet a done deal. Many still hesitate to go along. I would settle for different names to identify what adults are involved. We celebrate the beauty of the right word in poetry - succinct, expressive - - and we still have different names for different sexes, don't we? And sex is part of it, right?

[How about getting those conservative Americans in there as immigration officers asking if the couple consummated their 'marriage' - same-sex marriage .. ]

After being dragged along kicking and screaming, we are willing to erase "man and woman" out of the definition of "marriage". Why not go all out and erase the word "two"? You noticed the "same sex" line in my prior comment but skirted "polygamy" - which we presume that you may legalize only if you "burn in hell for an eternity."

[There will be an eternity. But if you will eventually consider it anyway, then why not save hell the fuel bill and capitulate right away without the drama?]
[Does "eternity" have something to do with time - as in one harvest season, two harvests, and so on?]

[Believing in the "son of" part is just that - a belief: Nobody is going to - or should - ask you to offer a logical proof or verify it with empirical evidence (unless you want to offer Blair-type of "incontrovertible evidence"..
And you don't have to believe in any of that "God" stuff... ]

]]> By: cfukara http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/12/29/welcome-to-swampland-amy-sullivan/comment-page-4/#comment-30583 cfukara Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:41:00 +0000 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/?p=9242#comment-30583 Andy from MA Says: <i> " ..I think marriage should be as legal .. for two adults to marry .."</i> It is not yet a done deal. Many still hesitate to go along. I would settle for different names to identify different situations - like what adults are involved - that is, if we still have different names for different sexes. Since, after being dragged along kicking and screaming, we are willing to erase "man and woman" out of the definition of "marriage" then why not go all out and erase the word "two"? You noticed the "same sex" line in my prior comment but skirted "polygamy" - which you may consider if you "burn in hell for an eternity." [There will be an eternity. But if you will eventually do consider it then why not save hell the fuel bill and do it right away?] [Does "eternity" have something to do with time - as in one harvest season, two harvests, and so on?] Andy from MA Says:
" ..I think marriage should be as legal .. for two adults to marry .."
It is not yet a done deal. Many still hesitate to go along. I would settle for different names to identify different situations - like what adults are involved - that is, if we still have different names for different sexes.

Since, after being dragged along kicking and screaming, we are willing to erase "man and woman" out of the definition of "marriage" then why not go all out and erase the word "two"? You noticed the "same sex" line in my prior comment but skirted "polygamy" - which you may consider if you "burn in hell for an eternity."
[There will be an eternity. But if you will eventually do consider it then why not save hell the fuel bill and do it right away?]
[Does "eternity" have something to do with time - as in one harvest season, two harvests, and so on?]

]]> By: Paul-no not that one http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/12/29/welcome-to-swampland-amy-sullivan/comment-page-4/#comment-30501 Paul-no not that one Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:27:25 +0000 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/?p=9242#comment-30501 That's pretty funny Sin. Evidently no "holiday spirit" either, from our hosts. That's pretty funny Sin. Evidently no "holiday spirit" either, from our hosts.

]]> By: cincinnatus est exterminata! http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/12/29/welcome-to-swampland-amy-sullivan/comment-page-4/#comment-30495 cincinnatus est exterminata! Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:54:36 +0000 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/?p=9242#comment-30495 Note that pourme's comment about Jay Carney's mother above remains. You know...if anything goes together, it's sluts and c@ck rings. No justice no peace. Note that pourme's comment about Jay Carney's mother above remains. You know...if anything goes together, it's sluts and c@ck rings. No justice no peace.

]]> By: cincinnatus est exterminata! http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/12/29/welcome-to-swampland-amy-sullivan/comment-page-4/#comment-30490 cincinnatus est exterminata! Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:42:13 +0000 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/?p=9242#comment-30490 Paul-no not that one, it was my extremely humorous reference to a purity c@ck ring on another thread. Paul-no not that one, it was my extremely humorous reference to a purity c@ck ring on another thread.

]]> By: Andy from MA http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/12/29/welcome-to-swampland-amy-sullivan/comment-page-4/#comment-30487 Andy from MA Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:27:45 +0000 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/?p=9242#comment-30487 Trifecta page 2 @20...I laughed out loud and people came into my office to want to know what so funny. So I told them... Trifecta page 2 @20...I laughed out loud and people came into my office to want to know what so funny. So I told them...

]]> By: Paul-no not that one http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/12/29/welcome-to-swampland-amy-sullivan/comment-page-4/#comment-30486 Paul-no not that one Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:26:56 +0000 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/?p=9242#comment-30486 What was scrubbed Cin? Or should I call you Sin?! ( Bet you didn't see THAT coming!) What was scrubbed Cin? Or should I call you Sin?! ( Bet you didn't see THAT coming!)

]]> By: cincinnatus est exterminata! http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/12/29/welcome-to-swampland-amy-sullivan/comment-page-3/#comment-30483 cincinnatus est exterminata! Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:21:47 +0000 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/?p=9242#comment-30483 ...soon my nick will be cincinnatus est exterminata...iterum! ...soon my nick will be cincinnatus est exterminata...iterum!

]]> By: Andy from MA http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/12/29/welcome-to-swampland-amy-sullivan/comment-page-3/#comment-30482 Andy from MA Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:20:02 +0000 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/?p=9242#comment-30482 Punchline to my post @ #38. When the boy's parents asked about his remarkable turnaround in Math, the boy replied, "On my first day when I saw that kid nailed to the plus sign, I knew those nuns meant business, and didn't want to make them angry." Punchline to my post @ #38. When the boy's parents asked about his remarkable turnaround in Math, the boy replied, "On my first day when I saw that kid nailed to the plus sign, I knew those nuns meant business, and didn't want to make them angry."

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