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so catholics want to stand on their soap box and preach "morals". clearly they are morally superior than you and i, because they know what god means when he talks about an unborn fetus or an attraction to the same sex. we just dont get it. they know the bible is clear when it states homosexuality is wrong. appearantly its only a homosexual act if its "man on man" or "woman on woman", but the "man on boy" rule is sort open to interpretation if you hold to power to say so. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090520/ap_on_re_eu/eu_ireland_catholic_abuse/print Thousands beaten, raped in Irish reform schools By SHAWN POGATCHNIK, Associated Press Writer Shawn Pogatchnik, Associated Press Writer DUBLIN – A fiercely debated, long-delayed investigation into Ireland's Roman Catholic-run institutions says priests and nuns terrorized thousands of boys and girls in workhouse-style schools for decades — and government inspectors failed to stop the chronic beati...

I read the news and opinions out there, and it seems to me this need of instant gratification we all seem to have has carried over into everything. The president is dealing with a shit storm of problems already, but now he has an outraged (mostly left) crowd calling for justice and condemning everything obama is not doing in regards to "torture". It seems to me like obama is about "laying a foundation" first before he jumps right into whatever he has going on. If crimes were committed, its not like the past is going to erase itself. I think obama is saying "no" to investigations...for now. Right now it would probably rip the country apart to start going out and putting members of the past administration on trial when there are so many other problems. This would be stuff going all the way to the supreme court, and we all know the 5 right wing SCOTUS are gonna shoot it down somehow. Then what? We just went after some of the most powerful people in the world...

So apparently it doesn't take much for republicans to make you a GOP celebrity. All anyone has to do is go on record and state that you don't like gays and feel that god says they shall not get married. Adam and eve, not steve, bro! You must hate taxes and distrust obama. And last, but definitely not least, you gotta be a little paranoid, love your right to bear arms, and feel that torture has its place in this world, as long as its good red blooded americans doin' the torturin'! Boom! You're solid. Follow these steps and fox news might give you a tv show to spread the words of true ignorance. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

So as I read the news and follow the little tidbits of thing, I am noticing small stories that pop out at me. Not good small stories either. Stories like that of the military being heavily influenced by religion (asking soldiers to hunt for Jesus). Stories of murder suicides due to the economy, stories of hate crimes. These stories are becoming more and more the norm. The country is being divided. It’s not a 50/50 divide, but more like an 80/20 sort of divide. What’s left of the republican party just happen to be the extreme far-right brand of it, and as crazy as they are, the almost ridiculous things they say and do actually have a following. I work with a guy that talks about how he doesn’t like the direction of this country and feels we need to get back to some core values of the past. Which core values might he be referring to; slavery, cleansing of native Americans, segregation, stripping the rights of women? Hmmm. Anyway, beyond that I am noticing that the small minority is stil...