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To: Rambi who wrote (69778)	1/8/2009 1:24:34 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

>> Well, I won't set my hair on fire because that article didn't try to make a blanket statement that it's only Republicans who are religious and Dems who see clearly; it's comparing America- very unfavorably- to the rest of the world.<< koan: I was not making a blanket statement, I was saying generally speaking, and referring more to liberals and the liberal Democratic platform. The people trying to put creationism in our schools are pretty much 100% right wing Republicas. Look at the Republican and Democratic platforms. Look at what and the Republican's have done regarding education and science policy the last 30 years. They tried to replace the public school system with vouchers. You know where many conservative's will send their childrne with vouchers. Christian schools (oxymoron ng). 1) Republican's discourage family planning, are pro life, like the DARE program (doesn't work), no sex education, no stem cell research, do not generally believe in evolution or global warming, etc. Liberals hold the opposite postions. And most conservative Republcians do not believe in evolution by a wide margin (there are no liberals left in the Republican party); and most of the liberals in the Democratic party do believe in evolution. This holds true for gay rights as well. Republican's believe it is a choice and liberals know one is born gay. Science. It is true the conservative and uneducated democrats are more in tune with the cultural values of Republicans, but they do not control the Democratic party or the platform. Conservatives control the Republican party and the liberals control the Democratic party. From Reagan to bush the Republican party has been anti intellectual. The scientific community the last eight years has been livid the way the bush administration has treated scientists. Even rewriting their research and doing away with many very needed scientific programs. Oneo fthe heads had to quit the day after it was exposed he had rewritten a global warming report. My son in law is an atmospheric scientist and he tells me the scientific community has been setting their hair on fire because of what the Republicans have been doing tothe scientific community. The Republicans have set us back many years while the rest of the world is shooting past us. E.G. Tom Delay called the environmental protection agency a Gestopo orgainization and when the Republicans held the Senate they put senator Inhoff of Oaklahoma as chairman of the Environmental committe. Inhoff called global warming the biggest fraud ever perpretrated on the American people.

To: Rambi who wrote (69778)	1/8/2009 1:38:14 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 71178

That's a hilarious story. I didn't know there WAS a religious shopping network. It seems a little redundant since many of the regular religious guys seem to sell stuff too :-) My son is occasionally mesmermized by the sales pitches on some of our local religious channels. He then tends to stand up in the living room, and loudly declaim the advantages which will accrue to our eternal health if we buy a certain video game... He's a really good mimic. It's a hoot.

To: Rambi who wrote (69778)	1/8/2009 6:19:40 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

I got a very nice shipment of resin incense yesterday, including two kinds of church incense, one Roman Catholic and one Orthodox. Pontifical Blend: incensewarehouse.com Gloria Church: incensewarehouse.com I also got some very nice, if pricey, sandalwood chips: incensewarehouse.com Chris is more into the white sage smudge sticks. He also likes Tibetan singing bowls. I like books and videos featuring the Dalai Lama, myself. I also like CDs of Gregorian chants. And then there are statues, candles, crystals, rosaries, prayer beads, books, all depending on your point of view. I suppose my point is that religious and ceremonial paraphernalia are sold in markets, just like other goods, be it candles, oil, herbs, salt, statues, or what have you. Whether these are luxuries, necessities, or frivolities I will leave to personal taste.