Comments on: Meet the Press in Hell http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/08/meet-the-press-in-hell/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sat, 26 May 2012 21:58:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Tom Doyle http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/08/meet-the-press-in-hell/comment-page-1/#comment-158687 Tom Doyle Sun, 11 Jun 2006 08:26:30 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/08/meet-the-press-in-hell/#comment-158687 "Of all the trolls I’ve seen on various blogs, jet seems to be the most likely to be an actual paid Republican operative." A dirty job, but somebody has to do it. “Of all the trolls I’ve seen on various blogs, jet seems to be the most likely to be an actual paid Republican operative.”

A dirty job, but somebody has to do it.

]]> By: Gar Lipow http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/08/meet-the-press-in-hell/comment-page-1/#comment-158592 Gar Lipow Fri, 09 Jun 2006 22:51:35 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/08/meet-the-press-in-hell/#comment-158592 >"I believe in one God; I believe in three >I'll believe in twenty gods if they'll believe in me. >Thats a pact. Shake on that. No taking back!" >”I believe in one God; I believe in three
>I’ll believe in twenty gods if they’ll believe in me.
>Thats a pact. Shake on that. No taking back!”

]]> By: abb1 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/08/meet-the-press-in-hell/comment-page-1/#comment-158576 abb1 Fri, 09 Jun 2006 20:09:40 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/08/meet-the-press-in-hell/#comment-158576 The 'he is his dad' thing always gets me confused. Wait, the wikipedia has a nice little <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bc/Shield-Trinity-Scutum-Fidei-English.png" rel="nofollow">diagram here</a> - apparently his is <i>not</i> his dad... You're messing with my head, man... The ‘he is his dad’ thing always gets me confused.

Wait, the wikipedia has a nice little diagram here – apparently his is not his dad… You’re messing with my head, man…

]]> By: Ray http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/08/meet-the-press-in-hell/comment-page-1/#comment-158573 Ray Fri, 09 Jun 2006 19:38:29 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/08/meet-the-press-in-hell/#comment-158573 Jet, the White House said Zarqawi's death would lead to a spike in violence in the near future. Paul Reynolds said exactly the same thing. Why are you only criticising one of them? Jet, the White House said Zarqawi’s death would lead to a spike in violence in the near future. Paul Reynolds said exactly the same thing. Why are you only criticising one of them?

]]> By: Ray http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/08/meet-the-press-in-hell/comment-page-1/#comment-158572 Ray Fri, 09 Jun 2006 19:35:19 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/08/meet-the-press-in-hell/#comment-158572 abb1, he is his dad. So he parted the sea, walked on water, sent himself down to earth, asked himself if he had to get himself killed, and now he sits at his own right hand. In some sort of revolving chair, I guess. He's also some sort of flying headless dove, apparently. I guess everyone has to find their kicks somewhere. abb1, he is his dad. So he parted the sea, walked on water, sent himself down to earth, asked himself if he had to get himself killed, and now he sits at his own right hand. In some sort of revolving chair, I guess.
He’s also some sort of flying headless dove, apparently. I guess everyone has to find their kicks somewhere.

]]> By: abb1 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/08/meet-the-press-in-hell/comment-page-1/#comment-158558 abb1 Fri, 09 Jun 2006 18:15:12 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/08/meet-the-press-in-hell/#comment-158558 <i>would it be possible to row a boat on a lake covered in ice thick enough to take a man’s weight?</i> <a href="http://www.fsu.com/pages/2006/04/04/WalkedOnIce.html" rel="nofollow">Here</a>: <blockquote> The New Testament story describes Jesus walking on water in the Sea of Galilee, but according to a study led by Florida State University Professor of Oceanography Doron Nof, it's more likely that he walked on an isolated patch of floating ice. ... A frozen patch floating on the surface of the small lake would have been difficult to distinguish from the unfrozen water surrounding it. The unfrozen water was comprised of the plumes resulting from salty springs situated along the lake's western shore in Tabgha -- an area where many archeological findings related to Jesus have been documented. </blockquote> So, yes, I guess it would be possible. would it be possible to row a boat on a lake covered in ice thick enough to take a man’s weight?

Here:


The New Testament story describes Jesus walking on water in the Sea of Galilee, but according to a study led by Florida State University Professor of Oceanography Doron Nof, it’s more likely that he walked on an isolated patch of floating ice.
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A frozen patch floating on the surface of the small lake would have been difficult to distinguish from the unfrozen water surrounding it. The unfrozen water was comprised of the plumes resulting from salty springs situated along the lake’s western shore in Tabgha—an area where many archeological findings related to Jesus have been documented.

So, yes, I guess it would be possible.

]]> By: g http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/08/meet-the-press-in-hell/comment-page-1/#comment-158556 g Fri, 09 Jun 2006 18:05:44 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/08/meet-the-press-in-hell/#comment-158556 abb1, would it be possible to row a boat on a lake covered in ice thick enough to take a man's weight? abb1, would it be possible to row a boat on a lake covered in ice thick enough to take a man’s weight?

]]> By: goatchowder http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/08/meet-the-press-in-hell/comment-page-1/#comment-158539 goatchowder Fri, 09 Jun 2006 17:02:38 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/08/meet-the-press-in-hell/#comment-158539 "...on the day one of the most despicable humans in the media..." Wow, I'm glad that even jet denounces <a href="http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/7635.html" rel="nofollow">Ann Coulter</a>. “…on the day one of the most despicable humans in the media…”

Wow, I’m glad that even jet denounces Ann Coulter.

]]> By: jet http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/08/meet-the-press-in-hell/comment-page-1/#comment-158533 jet Fri, 09 Jun 2006 16:44:30 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/08/meet-the-press-in-hell/#comment-158533 Kieren, You put up a post mocking the media for being crappy and on the day one of the most despicable humans in the media is permanently restrained from orchestrating school bus massacres and other terrorist type endeavors, the famous Paul Reynolds does his best to rain on everyone's parade. He wasn't alone, ABC making sure Nicholas Berg's dad got some airtime saying how wrong it was to kill Zarqawi and other such bemoaning Zarqawi's death in the media. In other words, it was a good day to mock the media. I mean, get a grip, doesn't your linked article start out like this <blockquote>Imagine if you will a network news program where the host believes that his obligation as a journalist is to place evil on the same footing as good (so that evil will stop complaining about how the media always favors good).</blockquote> For some reason I didn't think my comment conflicted with your post, rather it complemented it. Kieren,
You put up a post mocking the media for being crappy and on the day one of the most despicable humans in the media is permanently restrained from orchestrating school bus massacres and other terrorist type endeavors, the famous Paul Reynolds does his best to rain on everyone’s parade. He wasn’t alone, ABC making sure Nicholas Berg’s dad got some airtime saying how wrong it was to kill Zarqawi and other such bemoaning Zarqawi’s death in the media. In other words, it was a good day to mock the media. I mean, get a grip, doesn’t your linked article start out like this
Imagine if you will a network news program where the host believes that his obligation as a journalist is to place evil on the same footing as good (so that evil will stop complaining about how the media always favors good).

For some reason I didn’t think my comment conflicted with your post, rather it complemented it.

]]> By: abb1 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/08/meet-the-press-in-hell/comment-page-1/#comment-158531 abb1 Fri, 09 Jun 2006 16:31:19 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/08/meet-the-press-in-hell/#comment-158531 That was his father who separated heavens from the earth. The guy himself didn't do anything so spectacular. One dead raised, water turned into wine - all small-time stuff. Walking on water - they now say that sometimes under certain conditions lake Kinneret is covered by thin layer of ice that can hold a man. Siegfried and Roy could've done it all; well, probably even Penn & Teller for that matter. That was his father who separated heavens from the earth. The guy himself didn’t do anything so spectacular. One dead raised, water turned into wine – all small-time stuff. Walking on water – they now say that sometimes under certain conditions lake Kinneret is covered by thin layer of ice that can hold a man. Siegfried and Roy could’ve done it all; well, probably even Penn & Teller for that matter.

]]> By: Ray http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/08/meet-the-press-in-hell/comment-page-1/#comment-158529 Ray Fri, 09 Jun 2006 16:13:18 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/08/meet-the-press-in-hell/#comment-158529 I know, it's the old problem of satire being unable to keep up with reality (or 'reality'). Once you get as far as "You’re an omnipotent being, you can walk on water and bring the dead back to life, you can flood the world or part the sea, you made there be light and you separated the heavens from the earth..." it's hard to find something more ridiculous to end the sentence with. I know, it’s the old problem of satire being unable to keep up with reality (or ‘reality’).
Once you get as far as “You’re an omnipotent being, you can walk on water and bring the dead back to life, you can flood the world or part the sea, you made there be light and you separated the heavens from the earth…” it’s hard to find something more ridiculous to end the sentence with.

]]> By: james http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/08/meet-the-press-in-hell/comment-page-1/#comment-158528 james Fri, 09 Jun 2006 16:04:59 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/08/meet-the-press-in-hell/#comment-158528 ray's comment is a perfect example of why religous satyre is never really fuuny. ray’s comment is a perfect example of why religous satyre is never really fuuny.

]]> By: Ray http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/08/meet-the-press-in-hell/comment-page-1/#comment-158513 Ray Fri, 09 Jun 2006 13:07:06 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/08/meet-the-press-in-hell/#comment-158513 "So, let me see if I follow. You're an omnipotent being, you can walk on water and bring the dead back to life, you can flood the world or part the sea, you made their be light and you separated the heavens from the earth... but you couldn't stop these guys from nailing you to a cross? What kind of sick pervert are you anyway?" “So, let me see if I follow. You’re an omnipotent being, you can walk on water and bring the dead back to life, you can flood the world or part the sea, you made their be light and you separated the heavens from the earth… but you couldn’t stop these guys from nailing you to a cross? What kind of sick pervert are you anyway?”

]]> By: abb1 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/08/meet-the-press-in-hell/comment-page-1/#comment-158511 abb1 Fri, 09 Jun 2006 12:24:13 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/08/meet-the-press-in-hell/#comment-158511 I got the impression that Tim Russert - with his book "Big Russ and Me: Father and Son--Lessons of Life" - is himself trying to impersonate Jesus a lil' bit. I got the impression that Tim Russert – with his book “Big Russ and Me: Father and Son—Lessons of Life” – is himself trying to impersonate Jesus a lil’ bit.

]]> By: rea http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/08/meet-the-press-in-hell/comment-page-1/#comment-158508 rea Fri, 09 Jun 2006 11:44:15 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/06/08/meet-the-press-in-hell/#comment-158508 Accepting at face value Mr. Christ's claim to omnipotent godhood, very obviously he DID nail himself to that cross . . . Accepting at face value Mr. Christ’s claim to omnipotent godhood, very obviously he DID nail himself to that cross . . .

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