tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144911575623105385.post893184804939894751..comments2023-11-07T08:23:04.812-08:00Comments on Subject : THE SUICIDE SQUAD ( Task Force X ): From Darkseid to iran's ayatollah khomeini, whatever evil you fear mostShlomo Ben Hungstienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07238927958290618109noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144911575623105385.post-44345209528659648472011-08-30T02:47:30.529-07:002011-08-30T02:47:30.529-07:00so when all is said and done, these leaders on the...so when all is said and done, these leaders on their high religious horses are just regular people like everyone else. <br /><br />It's not a good situation when you let religion dominate politics (They don't just mix the two) and the religous groups in power preach that they are the one true religion and discount all others. The easiest way to piss everyone else off? Aggressively preaching that they're wrong. <br />That's why I'm glad my grandparents/great grandparents came here. Why they picked Maine is anyone's guess, moving from a desert climate to a semi-arctic one, but I'm glad they did.CDerosbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02207702589895791476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144911575623105385.post-42668263877368541752011-08-27T09:35:08.157-07:002011-08-27T09:35:08.157-07:00i'm a secular Jew which means i'm Jewish b...i'm a secular Jew which means i'm Jewish by birth but not especially religious. but i have no problem with people who feel that their faith gives them some sort of center in life and helps them get through hard times. but rather your a famous politician or common folks like us, religion should never be anything more then a personal matter. as to all this talk about the religious nut jobs in the republican party and what not rest assured (as i think Dale implied?) the religion of EVERYONE in the land of D.C. which trumps any deity is money and power. not too mention most everyone these days is a total hypocrite. look at bin laden, mr. fucken radical muslim anti-Western terrorist with his Coca Cola six packs and his hidden porno stash. rumor has it some gay porn was found in one of gaddafi's under ground bunkers it's just a rumor at this point but it wouldn't surprise me.Shlomo Ben Hungstienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238927958290618109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144911575623105385.post-3673913544188532982011-08-27T05:07:53.638-07:002011-08-27T05:07:53.638-07:00I don't think the problem is with having relig...I don't think the problem is with having religious views if you are running for office, but if you are going to use those religious views to subject your citizens to terror and abuse. And it doesn't have to be religious deity that makes you a dangerous extremist, any idealism, held in direct opposition to what logic is showing to be true and right,can make a person into a tyrant. Religion is just the easiest to see. And certainly in the middle-east these men use it frequently as a stepping stone to their power. Good post Dave!Randomnerdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11216600316804854172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144911575623105385.post-82169722451121063762011-08-26T20:21:32.500-07:002011-08-26T20:21:32.500-07:00Here, here. Sure Gary, we're just as bad(well ...Here, here. Sure Gary, we're just as bad(well really the republicans/religious right are just as bad/extreme in their views. No one in congress/office has any common sense anymore, and if they do, they're outvoted by rich and ignorant, money-hungry idiots and their lobbyist lap-dogs/yes-men.Mr. Morbid's House Of Funhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06721085161381688977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144911575623105385.post-85486447283737221192011-08-26T12:37:35.464-07:002011-08-26T12:37:35.464-07:00no doubt we have our own fare share of religious s...no doubt we have our own fare share of religious screw balls here in the U.S. who try to mix faith with politics and yes you find most of em on the right end of the political spectrum. which is one of the many reasons i have never and will never vote republican. and i don't pretend that we practice the separation of church and state as thoroughly as we should. but by comparison to nearly every country of the muslim world we certainly do a much better job of not letting religious values dictate political policy. but it's also important to keep in mind that most of the tyrants of the Middle East are only muslim in name. gaddafi is no more a man of Allah (God by any other name) then saddam hussien was. these guys are just homicidal psycho paths with egos bigger then the moon.Shlomo Ben Hungstienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238927958290618109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144911575623105385.post-2660663845651081252011-08-26T12:16:21.723-07:002011-08-26T12:16:21.723-07:00for example, we figured out a long time ago that m...<i>for example, we figured out a long time ago that mixing religion in politics is a disaster</i><br /><br />Ummm, you might want to try pointing that out to most of the contenders for the Republican Party nomination, particularly Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann :)Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16519816290322068250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144911575623105385.post-61050807811234573032011-08-26T11:57:56.622-07:002011-08-26T11:57:56.622-07:00can't argue with that Dale. especially the par...can't argue with that Dale. especially the part about what you said in regards to the ones uprising against the tyrants being just as bad over time. that certainly was the case in the iranian revolution and the muslim brotherhood consolidating political power since mubarak's ousting doesn't bode well for not just Israel and The West but also for the whole region. the attacks in Southern Israel last week may be just the beginning. since this is a PC free zone i'll tell you what the problem is it's not complicated. this largely stems from a certain thinking that is engrained in the muslim world. for example, we figured out a long time ago that mixing religion in politics is a disaster. most of the muslim world still haven't figured that out. when i say "muslim world" i don't mean every last muslim on the face of the planet but more specifically the culture of most muslim majority countries.Shlomo Ben Hungstienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238927958290618109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144911575623105385.post-46556578035589318352011-08-26T11:43:03.304-07:002011-08-26T11:43:03.304-07:00I guess I could go on and on about all that, but t...I guess I could go on and on about all that, but that region/part of the world seems to simply breed those type of tyrannical leaders. I don't know if it's due to the lack of technology, the agriculture, or simply the land issues, but contries like Iran, Iraq, etc, seem to always be hotbeds of strife and political upheaval.<br /><br />Of course, those who leave in the west think this is a somewhat recent development. It's not; this same pattern/cycle has been going on since Biblical times, and thus it's all that part of the world seems to know and understand. I wish peace could finally be achieved, but the rebels/opposition to these tyrants aren't always as organized as the people they're opposing, and may in fact over time, be just as bad.<br />I hope one day peace and reason will rule the day, but that's just a shallow dream.Mr. Morbid's House Of Funhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06721085161381688977noreply@blogger.com