With the exception of Ronald Reagan and Sonny Bono, celebrities and politics don’t mix. Alec Baldwin had for years been considering a run for New York City Mayor. He recently said he was not interested. Well that has changed again.
Billy Baldwin is saying that his brother Alec is really seriously considering a run for NYC Mayor. People should not laugh at this. Baldwin could mount a serious run. He has name recognition and money. NYC politically fits well for him. Mayor Baldwin could be a reality.
Alec Baldwin’s flirtation with a possible run for New York mayor may not be just for show.
That’s according to his little brother Billy, who said in an interview with CNN’s Piers Morgan on Tuesday night that the “30 Rock” star’s on-and-off political aspirations could actually be “very real.”
“I think on one level it’s very real. I think he’s very committed and extremely bright and knowledgeable and I think he could do it and he could run,” Billy Baldwin said
Tags: Alec Baldwin, NYC
He still looks like a Pussy.
The scary thing is that thousands of New Yorkers would actually vote for him.
As far as I’m concerned, New Yorkers deserve whatever they get.
These are the same people who voted for Bloomberg 3 times, after all.
I know his name, but I can’t remember seeing him in anything.
@ Mike C.:
His most recent role was as the owner of a Hollywood bar in the movie version of Rock of Ages.
Aging ’80s rocker isn’t a good look for him…
@ Speranza:
The scary thing is that tens of thousands of NY kers would vote for him. But it would be entertaining to watch a Mayor of NY city go bat shi* crazy at news conferences.
@ lobo91:
Bloomberg was the lesser of evils. His opponent was a Marxist. Rudy Giuliani’s are a rarity in NY politics.
@ lobo91:
@ Mike C.:
He’s on the TV show Black Rock on NBC.
Speranza wrote:
Yup, if he got in Baldwin would be the favorite.
Rodan wrote:
That’s 30 Rock
Every part I can remember Alec Baldwin playing is that of an off-balance narcissist. His artistic range seems to be limited by his actual personality.
@ lobo91:
Thanks! I know it was something rock.
@ MacDuff:
He’s a nasty guy.
lobo91 wrote:
Maybe you should familiarize yourself with NYC politics. Bloomberg’s opponents were City Council President Mark Green (2001), Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer (2005), and City Comptroller Bill Thompson (2009) -- all three made Bloomberg seem like Ronald Reagan -- and Bloomberg actually was not a bad mayor for his first six years.
@ Speranza:
Like I said, Bloomberg’s opponent where Marxists. Its just like the Presidential election, we are stuck with a Liberal like Romney and the only reason anyone is voting for him is because his opponent is Obama. Its the same dynamic as NYC. Bloomberg is better than the Marxists.
Rodan wrote:
Bloomberg was the best of a bad choice. In 2001 I actually was a Herman Badillo (a former Democratic Bronx Borough President who switched parties to the GOP) supporter.
@ Speranza:
Badillo would have been heads and shoulders above Bloomberg.
@ Rodan:
The past few years Bloomberg has become increasingly bizarre in his pronouncements but like I said the only other choices instead of him were three shit sandwiches.
@ Speranza:
I’m well aware of what sort of insane asylum NYC is when it comes to politics.
Not sure how that changes what I said, though. They get the candidates they deserve, just like California.
Rodan wrote:
I liked Herman Badillo a lot. Fernando Ferrer was a complete union stooge and Mark Green not much better. Bill Thompson was just merely incompetent, another David Dinkins.
Rodan wrote:
The guy really does have some psychological issues. Hollywood had always had a larger proportion of people who, were they not rich and famous, would be institutionalized in some form.
The “1%” that people should actually be rising up against are out-of-control actors and professional athletes; they regularly flout laws in ways that would land anyone else in prison.
lobo91 wrote:
What about nationally? We have a Liberal like Romney vs. the Marxist Obama. You have the same dynamic.
The only Conservative elected the in recent times was Ronald Reagan. What you say about NYC applies to the whole country.
@ Speranza:
Badillo was a Giuliani Conservative. He would have been a good follow up.
lobo91 wrote:
My point is that if the choice is between a very flawed Bloomberg and a completely unacceptable Fernando Ferrer (who wanted pretty much to destroy Wall Street), I know where I am going to vote. If you want to say that the political culture in NY and California is warped I will not disagree.
@ MacDuff:
Yeah the Hollywood 1% are exempt from that hate. How convenient!
@ MacDuff:
I always thought that Alec Baldwin would one day be arrested for murder.
@ Speranza:
He’s not dead yet!
Speranza wrote:
He still has time.
He just got remarried, after all, so he has a new potential victim.
Alec Baldwin in Rock of Ages.
Reminds me of a certain blogger…
lobo91 wrote:
Hmm, I wonder who will victimize who. Look at the picture, were I him, that pic would make my blood run cold. Then again, I’m in no danger of marrying a woman nearly half my age -- thank God.
who needs the Onion anymore?
citizen_q wrote:
For some time I’ve thought that “parody” had sufficient grounds for a plagiarism lawsuit against “reality”.
Macker wrote:
And he acts like a dick. That’s Hollywood in a nut
sackshell.MacDuff wrote:
I really don’t drink, been thinking of taking it up.
You people in New York should just raise the white flag now, and get it over with.
@ lobo91:
Like I said, he aint dead yet!
Flyovercountry wrote:
You can say the same about the whole country. Look at the Presidential race: Romney (Progressive) vs. Obama (Marxist). NY is just a symptom of a larger problem in American politics. The Electorate in both parties want goodies and actually like the State lording over them.
Kafir wrote:
Wasn’t he the prick whose daughter exposed his profanity laden rant towards her a few years ago?
@ Buckeye Abroad:
Yes
@ Buckeye Abroad:
Yes, he called her a pig or some such. I can’t even imagine talking to my kid that way.
@ Kafir:
He’s a nasty man who should be in a psycho ward.
OK, so I have clearly finally lost my mind…
https://twitter.com/#!/doriangrey_grey
Somebody please tell me that this isn’t going to end badly…
Its now Congress’ fault the economy sucks.
Obama shares no blame.
Unreal!
@ doriangrey:
Get in touch with the BRC so they can add you. Whatever you do, don’t tweet @Lizardoid, you will lose your account.
@ doriangrey:
Welcome to the dark side… bwahahaha…
/first follower!
doriangrey wrote:
Haw! I told you that the other day. Are you just now believing me?
@ Rodan:
Until you build some followers and get some tweets under your belt. I have never lost ours and I used to tweet his dumb ass all the time. I’m blocked and I’m positive he has reported me as spam.
Kafir wrote:
Or how after acting that way expect people to vote for him.
Don’t forget his game playing tantrum on the airplane. He even jokes about in a current commercial.
@ Kafir:
Recommend the BRC guys to Dorian.
@ Kafir:
Right, don’t go after him right away.
huckfunn wrote:
Nope… I decided that if ya can’t beat em, might as well follow Hucks advice and loose my mind…
Flyovercountry wrote:
I guess that would apply also to the flyover states of Illinois, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Colorado, Montana and Iowa -- all of which voted for Obama in 2008.
Kafir wrote:
A selfish, little pig is what he called her.
doriangrey wrote:
Rodan wrote:
ROTFLMAO… I do not tread even my thoughts in the Bog of Eternal Stench…
Anyone see Philip Daniel around lately?
@ Speranza:
Not for a long time. I asked the same thing awhile back, and so have others.
Speranza wrote:
For some reason I think his past and his ex-wife might throw a wrench in his aspirations on being New Yorks next Mayor…also there is the point of do they really want someone else more worse than Bloomberg!!
lobo91 wrote:
No kidding …. stuck on stupid they are. They are paying for their idiotioc voting for a man that tells them how they can eat, what they can drink ….stupid is the only word for them in my opinion.
Lily wrote:
No, stupid is a function of ignorance, voting for BloomingIdiot is a function of malevolence.
@ Rodan:
Since, according to the article, the infighting over raising the debt ceiling contributed to the slowdown in hiring, maybe we should just raise the debt ceiling to 20 times what it currently is, and kick the can down the road a few more years.
MacDuff wrote:
Don’t forget the 1%er’s on news shows ….think ‘tingle up my leg for obama’ What in the hell type of man would get a tingle up their leg for not only a man but a damn politician???? Insanity to the core.
Oh and I can mention even more idiotic so called reporters and news people to boot too about the stupid things they say and think they are the most important people in the room…lets not also forget comedians either…Chris Rock …4th of July is a white persons holiday! Really????…I could give spit what all these insane people think..oh but they think we hang on their every word. NOT.
Another eeek-O green company about to bite the dust.
Nevada Geothermal Power (NGP) got $98.5 million in loan guarantees from the 0-Regime and have managed to turn that into a $98 million loss.
doriangrey wrote:
You are on twitter now?? We will cover your back…bad thing is I don’t twitter…Calo does. She will stand up for ya!
/but there is one thing she needs to know…please just tell her. She’ll kept her silence. She is a woman of her word.
Rodan wrote:
Obama is never at fault…and if you say he is …you are raaaacist.
/we are living in an upside down world right now.
Lily wrote:
What about Louisiana and that Landrieu family that constantly gets re-elected or California which dug up the corpse of Jerry Brown for what is it now his 3rd term as governor?
citizen_q wrote:
Maybe he is busy on vacation from school or is taking more classes this summer. Hopefully he will be back.
Sometimes the real world gets in the way of blogging…he might also have found a girlfriend too.. who knows. He’s young.
@ mfhorn:
The article refuses to blame the god-king.
@ doriangrey:
Better wording…but I’m not all into the New York politic’s so I don’t know…but I do know a mayor who touches my soda’s is my enemy!
Rodan wrote:
Didn’t he just discover the God particle last week? //
@ Kafir:
Looks like a Pussy. Acts like a Dick. That makes him…an Asshole!
I’m not really up on the EU political scene, but this guy Nigel Farage seems to be enormously refreshing.
@ huckfunn:
Obozo’s thought he was God for years.
@ Lily:
[Sends the Spelling Police to Lily's Residence] 8)
@ mfhorn:
From what I am hearing from people who own business’s …..they are waiting for the election before they hire …unless they really, really, really, really have to have someone. Business owners do not trust this man who calls himself our president.
@ Lily:
His posts were very scholarly, I look forward to his return.
Lily wrote:
????
@ Lily:
I don’t blame them at all.
Speranza wrote:
Got me there didn’t you? The Landrieu family isn’t telling us how to eat or drink. But they are a minor problem, they have no love for obama either. But I haven’t voted for any of the Landrieu’s….so you have a point there.
Stupid people here too.
/so I retract that all New York people are stupid….didn’t mean to offend anyone.
Macker wrote:
It’s my keyboard…it’s a communist trying to make me look stupid…which I don’t need any help in doing…just ask Dorian.
The keyborads are out to get us.
@ huckfunn:
Lets not give him ideas!
@ doriangrey:
Video!
/that is the only clue.
@ Lily:
I think there’s a problem with the whole country. Just look at our choices for President. A Progressive (Romney) vs. a Marxist (Obama). America has a problem.
@ doriangrey:
Okay…another hint ‘who is that person’ combine this with #83 it’s driving her nuts!!!
Rodan wrote:
I agree with you here. No doubt our country has a problem. But first we need to get the Marxist OUT!
Lily wrote:
ROTFLMAO………. The answer has been staring her right in the face for months. She knows what I did, simple process of elimination. Don’t pick the guy who is doing something I was not paid to do…
@ Macker:
@ Rodan:
Hell, we haven’t had someone I could vote for as our candidate for years. Most of the people running aren’t great, we keep getting that nutjob Prawn Roll throwing his name in the hat every 4 years, and the independents just take votes away from the slightly-better-than-the-Democrat that the Republicans end up nominating.
@ doriangrey:
She still isn’t sure!!!
Give the girl a break. She will not even tell me …. I know that.
True to her word.
Lily wrote:
ROTFLMAO… How can she not be sure? She has exactly one possible option…
@ doriangrey:
Maybe…but she isn’t sure. I plead on her behalf. Please!!!!
Lily wrote:
OK, here’s a hint… The one playing the guitar…
Rodan wrote:
Too many people dependent upon government and 49% pay no taxes.
Lily wrote:
No state has a monopoly on stupid.
Not going down without a fight!!!! We may see a true Crusades again!
http://weaselzippers.us/2012/07/05/egypt-copts-declare-launch-of-christian-brotherhood-to-combat-muslim-brotherhood-and-other-islamist-political-factions/
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Speranza wrote:
Indeed. It’s like a disease and spreading.
doriangrey wrote:
But isn’t there more than one guitar player???
@ Lily:
Not to mention I don’t have the video…all I know is it is driving her nuts…..she is such a sweet lady. Really she is. She took me out to lunch in Houston last week!
@ huckfunn:
Effin’ slackers! Competent crooks could have lost the other half million, and more besides.
Speranza wrote:
I know we pay our fair share of taxes…but you also have to consider people who don’t have jobs can’t pay taxes….and they would willingly pay their fair share just to have a job. I’m not talking about the welfare people and some of them are in dire straits…it is the ones that abuse the system that needs to be weeded out and that is the greatest part of the pie on that.
@ Lily:
obama and the international MFM will have the mo-bro-hood’s back.
@ Lily:
We need to find some way of arming the Christians of Africa and Asia, and providing them with weapons training.
It’s something that will have to be done on a volunteer basis by the people here, because Obozo won’t lift a finger, of course, unless it’s to block such efforts.
People don’t want this obama-nightmare!!!!
http://weaselzippers.us/2012/07/05/gallup-by-46-to-37-margin-more-americans-say-obamacare-will-hurt-the-economy/
@ Alberta Oil Peon:
Yep…that is what we need to do…of course obama will not do it!
For those interested in aa a-rab spring update for something O/T, here is a Raymond Ibrahim article about a sex-slave marriage in Egypt that has sparked debate between the agents of darkness (islam) there.
Egypt’s First “Sex-Slave” Marriage
Then there is this:
See what he did? Sex slavery is a kinder more gentle side of sharia. McLame and Miss Lindsey and the others supporting the a-rab spring should be so proud!
citizen_q wrote:
That is a sure bet right there. He has proven many times he is against Christians. When will people wake up to this FACT!!!! Even here in our own country he is waging war against Christians.
@ Lily:
I am still surprised the low numbers considering what a horrible evil embalm-a-care is.
@ Lily:
Pray for them.
Lily wrote:
He is absolutely injecting the grabbermint into religious expression.
Catholics are not the only targets of such lawfare. Consider laws against circumcision. They effectively make illegal a basic Jewish practice. San Francisco and Satna Monica have tried to pass laws banning it. I believe those attempts were blocked at the state level. Cologne Germany is enforcing a law against circumcision. I believe Norway either has or is working on a law too.
Not sure how, but of course muslims will either be exempted or the law will simply not be enforced against them. It would be racist to target their religious practices. /
@ citizen_q:
Simply sick!!! As usual with Islam.
Lily wrote:
Their is nothing wrong with Islam that a nice bottle of Sunshine would not fix.
Rodan wrote:
I will. They will need every bit they can get.
@ citizen_q:
Yet not racist against Jewish people and Christians.
WE HAVE FREEDOM OF religion not FROM
RELIGION. This is starting to annoy me a great deal…no wait it is pi$$ing me off to honest!!!
I want that IMPOSTER out of the White House like yesterday!!!
@ citizen_q:
I grew up thinking that circumcision was pretty much the norm. I was born 58 years ago and I was circumcised, along with all of my male cousins. We’re not Jewish; we were all raised in old-school Catholic families.
Isn’t this standard procedure for all male infants?
@ doriangrey:
Something needs to be done.
Lily wrote:
We are of a like mind.
MacDuff wrote:
Yes it is. Unless the doctors see no need in it. My first born the doctors said it wasn’t necessary.
@ Lily:
No one has their back.
Lily wrote:
One thing which has always pissed me off about Обама was, and is, the constant in-yo’-face “I Won” mantra. I pray so hard for the day we can throw it right back in his.
“WE WON, MOTHAFUCKA! NOW GET THE FUCK OUT!“
MacDuff wrote:
We are close enough in age. I had thought so too, but to tell you the truth I had not given it much more thought than it being a basic symbol of entering into G-d’s covenant. Until recently when I started hearing about these law’s to outlaw it.
Though they try to hide it within the usual liberal bormides of compassion, etc…, it is an attack on Jewish practice established for thousands of years.
@ MacDuff:
@ citizen_q:
@ Lily:
Not too long after my dad passed away back in 1991, my mom asked me if I knew that he was uncircumcised. When I replied that I knew that to be so, she was very shocked. “How did you know?”
“Well Mom,” I answered rather sheepishly, “it’s kinda hard not to notice when you have to go use the bathroom to take the contact lenses out, and Dad was snoring away in the tub!” 8)
Rodan wrote:
I know…Christians in the know do though.
@ citizen_q:
And then there’s…Foreskin Man….
@ Macker:
Word.
@ Macker:
It is raaaacciisst to notice what course, uncouth thugs the grifter in chief and his beard are. Their degrading behavior has cheapend the stature of the Office of the President of the United States.
@ Macker:
LOL!
@ Macker:
Yes, I have heard of that.
Why is it the hateful have so much free time on their hands?
@ Lily:
Yeah but we don’t have an army to defend our brothers in need. All the Copts have is God.
@ citizen_q:
Can we just sanitize the Earth of Cairo now?
citizen_q wrote:
Um…because they’re so busy emulating Onan when they’re not fucking each other’s brains out?
Macker wrote:
Light is a good disinfectant, white light is the best disinfectant.
@ Macker:
MacDuff wrote:
Fortunately, we here in the United State pioneered the concept of putting Sunshine in bottles.
Rodan wrote:
I know {Rodan} all we can do is pray…I know the Vatican knows what is up and other Christian groups…problem is we are viewed as the ‘radical’ religious group. How that happened is beyond me. But it simply doesn’t make any sense…spiritual warfare is going on.
Macker wrote:
That would be a start, but unfortuntately it would be only polyp of the main cancer.
An easy first step though would be to stop the flow if jizrah to them. If I understand conditions there, they need foreign assistance to feed themselves. Many of the muslim borthers are swimming in cash from their lucky geological accident. Let them make use of their zakat for something other than jihad.
citizen_q wrote:
Oh my goodness yes they have. It is terrible.
@ citizen_q:
Charity is not in their souls or in Islam.
when Dancing With The Stars winners, reality TV whores, and Hollywood sycophants run for office and win, we are doomed…if BO can get elected, anybody can….voters better wake up and fast…it’s not a goddamned beauty contest…these assholes do nothing but continue to degrade the ideal of serving and governing…America has moved into fantasyland…truth and facts are trumped by image and style
@ Lily:
Ah! When you think about it, Judaism and Christianity are “radical” faiths in that they are actually based on moral behavior. What a novel concept!
citizen_q wrote:
Which Pigman has done something about. Anyone else read Issue #2 of The Infidel?
Lily wrote:
Not I think as is understood in the western sense. The muzz make a big deal about how charity is sooooo important to islam. That is zakat. Also a feature of sharia compliant loans is zakat. However this charity is often not use to help muslims but to spread isalm. zakat helps finance jihad and mousks. It’s been out of the new for a while, but remember that when some info-tainer from the MFM talks about sharia finance, or some banker is crowing about their bank’s multi-culty bonafides if they talk about sharia compliant loans.
My muslim sister in-law has some kind of sharia complient mortgage on her house. I am not the sharpest tack in the drawer, nor the dullest, but they could not explain to us how their mortgage worked. Not that they are dumb either, both holding PHDs. My sister in-law used to teach at the University of OK, so I would expect her to have some skills a communication. Seemed very fishy to me.
Macker wrote:
who’s morals?…that’s the rub…
so I try not to judge and mind my own business
@ Macker:
Sorry, I have not.
Macker wrote:
Indeed. We know what sin is and try to avoid it…but we know we are sinners. Every sin in the world is A-OKAY in Islam. Sickening.
@ Lily:
Except “shirk” and befriending the infidels. No no no!
@ heysoos:
Come on … like raping children, or raping women, or stealing from another, or murdering someone…come on even you know these are sins. If you don’t then I don’t know what to tell you.
No religion is trying to shove their morals down your throat…except Islam..they are different. Either convert or die by the sword.
Oh yeah Christians don’t believe in abortions…yet just go to a non-religious hospital.
Right and wrong. You can’t grasp that???????????
Oh wait you are afraid of a theocracy…good heavens.
@ Kafir:
Forgot about those.
/there is no joy in Islam only pain and suffering and being a slave to it.
@ citizen_q:
Trying to hide the real reason ….seems like to me.
@ Lily:
@ Lily:
rape, stealing and murder seem pretty sinful to me…on the other hand I define my own ‘sins’…not you or a church or any govt…maybe you could trust me on this…I’m a lone operator and have a pretty good feel for right and wrong, certainly some of it based on the Christian notion of sin, some not…I have no beef here, but sin is more internal than otherwise…when I sin I admit it, unlike CC psychos
Lily wrote:
That’s what I think, though pelosi’s quip about have to pass embalm-a-care inorder to know what’s in does come to mind.
@ heysoos:
What are CC psycho’s????? Sorry but no Christian Church is going to kill you because you don’t adhere to their beliefs.
Do you consider me a psycho??? I have no problem with how you live your life or whether you believe in God..your choice. Period. But don’t call me a psycho because I do.
@ citizen_q:
Yep. Lying to infidels is not a sin according to Islam.
Lily wrote:
I was alluding to Catholic Church peds…they seem to ignore their sins
@ Lily:
*passing a parasol and duct tape* Here ya’ go Lily.
@ heysoos:
No we don’t. I say my prayers every night for numerous reasons. I am only human and therefore I still sin, but I know what those sins are and I ask for forgiveness and try not to do it again. I sure as hell don’t deny them.
@ heysoos:
No man is prefect and the Catholic Church is coming down hard on them.
This has been beefed up…what about peds in the school system. Peds always try to go were children are in plenty. I HAVE NEVER HAD A PRIEST ABUSE ME OR OTHER WISE. They are the exception not the rule. If you can’t understand that…I don’t know what to tell you.
@ NoThreat2U:
Thank you and I know I am a sinner as well as the clergy in the Catholic Church.
/this Catholic bashing is annoying.
NoThreat2U wrote:
that’s splitting hairs…I’m not accusing anybody here of supporting CC peds…it’s an internal church mess that they made for themselves and their followers are justifiably blown away…I can’t believe I have to clarify this for you…if you are the Pope then bow before Heysoos and beg forgiveness for your sins
Lily wrote:
the schools do not invent and define sin…and of course peds are the exception, I’ve never doubted that all priests are peds, but the ones that are have been guarded and protected by the Pope…or it sure seems that way
@ heysoos:
Sorry you haven’t been following the Catholic Church they are cleaning up this mess…which by the way came in by ways of Vatican II. They went too liberal….now they are cleaning this up. Sorry heysoos you don’t understand the Catholic Church.
Lily wrote:
if it seems annoying to get bashed, imagine how the ped victims feel
@ Lily:
I went to 12 years of Catholic School, I have seven cousins who went to 12 years of Catholic School. That’s 96 years without a hint of abuse. The Church is the single largest educator in the world and likely has a far lower “abuse rate” than any other organization that deals with children.
The “Catholic = pedophile” schtick is wearing thin; it’s lazy and it’s false.
Lily wrote:
they have to make an issue of ‘cleaning up’…after all churches are closing, interest is tanking and worst of all the income is taking a major hit…e CC spent decades covering for these assholes…I’m impressed with criminal charges…it’s not about dogma, it’s about crude, illegal, immoral sex
@ heysoos:
You may be thinking of Bishops … sorry they are sent away now days to a retreat where no children are.
Since I am Catholic…I must be psycho then?
These wicked priests are being handled now. The Pope is NOT PROTECTING THEM. You actually believe the MSM.
Lily wrote:
If it’s any comfort Lily…selrahC calls me a Psycho Asshole!
heysoos wrote:
You don’t know what you are talking about here.
MacDuff wrote:
false?…then how do you account for the massive response to this scam coming out of Ireland?…have you read the news?…these kids are in the thousands, at least
Lily wrote:
are you saying there are no children sex victims?…it’s not about you, it’s about them…for you the Church has a PR problem, for them their lives are ruined….make a stand
MacDuff wrote:
I went to Catholic school too….no problem. This has been ginned up.
I am not protecting these wicked priests who have done this. But they are the very expection to the rule.
@ Macker:
We are both psycho’s then!
Lily wrote:
did I call the members psycho?…no, I did not, and made that clear…stay on track
@ heysoos:
This is nonsense. The Churches are full. We have a lack of priests…
not because of the scandal…you don’t know what you are talking about you aren’t Catholic so you just buy into the hate of Catholics.
OWN IT!!!!
@ Lily:
You are welcome and yes, it is annoying. Are there any instances of Baptist or Lutheran or anyone religious clergy sexually abusing children? I am sure it happens but you don’t hear about THAT. Sometimes I think the hatred of the Vatican in general is why people love bashing the Catholic Church.
heysoos wrote:
Oh dear heavens ….they are faking the clean-up! Really you went there. You stay on track.
NoThreat2U wrote:
Yes indeed this is full on hate on the Catholic Church. Yes other Churches have abused children….*crickets*.
Lily wrote:
I don’t hate Catholics or anybody else of faith…this is not about church members, it’s about the indulgence and coverup from the Vatican…if you are not distressed what the CC has been up to, hiding and covering it’s pedophile priests, then you are not a part of any solution
@ heysoos:
You must have missed it …read comment #164
heysoos wrote:
It is being taking care of. You must have missed that. The Vatican is not covering this up…now days whole different story. Thousands of victims…no.
Lily wrote:
there is no proof whatsoever the CC dealt with this problem appropriately across the decades, but there is strong evidence of cover up and deceit….as for the failing church, do a google search for church closings and funds tanking
@ heysoos:
What would you suggest we do…behead the Pope?
@ heysoos:
You have made it perfectly clear you don’t like the Catholic Church.
Sorry but this has been posted by you.
@ heysoos:
That is due to the ever growing amoral society in which we live.
heysoos wrote:
Lily wrote:
WRONG!!!! So the Catholic Church is lying!!! Right. I can’t believe you believe this crap. Go ahead hate on the Church. They aren’t trying to convert you…
@ heysoos:
PROVE there’s more per capita abuse in Catholic education than in other organizations that deal with children and provide links. It’s not incumbent upon the accused to provide proof, it’s incumbent on the accuser.
NoThreat2U wrote:
He thinks the Catholic Church is going to take over the United States and convert it to a theocrocy.
Go ahead and hate on the Catholic Church you will not be killed for doing so. The CHURCH IS CLEANING THIS MESS UP. Yet it is a lie…and you have no idea of Vatican II when liberalism got into the Church..please know your facts.
@ heysoos:
Because the MSM isn’t reporting on it…then of course there is no proof…dude really????????????????
MacDuff wrote:
Word. There are tons of Catholic’s here on this blog…how many have been abused????
*Bueller?* *Bueller?* *Bueller?*
NoThreat2U wrote:
Right now we have a very, very conservative Pope…
@ heysoos:
Strong hersay evidence????? That’s not proof. Not to mention the MSM is over-blowing this to the moon.
@ Lily:
Watch your blood pressure, it’s not worth it. The accuser is responsible for proof, not the accused.
@ Lily:
Some things take time to clear up. The whackos with the pitchforks and protest signs at the ready usually don’t know half of what is going on. They just take their very broad brush and start brushing. I take offense at the claims against and the pot shots taken at my church. Be glad I am not begging for someone to behead them for smearing Catholicism.
@ MacDuff:
@ NoThreat2U:
I’m cool and never called the person a name.
@ Lily:
That is true. Keep arguing your point while maintaining your composure….drives them nuts all the time.
Lily wrote:
Good point! i’ve yet to hear a first hand story of abuse, instead I hear a lot of retread accusations and smears.
@ MacDuff:
Bingo! And many millions of dollars were paid out to these people.
I’m not saying there was no abuse. But on the scale anti-Catholic’s say it is ….they are wrong.
@ NoThreat2U:
Did I behave like a true Southern Belle?
@ Lily:
Yes dear, your behavior was appropriate
@ NoThreat2U:
Why thank-you {NT2U}. I just get tired of the Catholic hate. I will no longer tolerate it. It is ALWAYS the Catholic Church never the selcur schools or other Churches…just the Catholic’s. I have seen more news of teachers in public schools abusing children than anywhere else.
And no I will not defend a wicked priest…but they are the exception.
lobo91 wrote:
Thats who cares. just as I live in fly over country, any channel with him on is skip over bandwidth for me. Heck, Its getting to where I look on the military channel as too liberal.
@ Lily:
My brothers were both altar boys, my son was an altar boy. I never had any qualms about my son and the other children hanging out at the church with Father. It did them all more good than harm. We all had some very cool CCD teachers, myself and other students would hang with Father at the religious gift shop our church had. I would be a lesser person had I missed out on those times.
@ NoThreat2U:
Indeed. When I was a teenager…CCD dances and advents are where you would find me. Not doing drugs and hanging with losers and no priest EVER even touched me other than to give me a blessing.
@ heysoos:
You do know that it can be very profitable to “discover” that one was a victim of a pedophile several decades ago.
In Canada, Indians who were sent to residential schools decades ago, and of whom some tiny fraction were undeniably abused, have been milking the system for all it is worth.
@ NoThreat2U:
My brothers were altar boys too. Never ever were abused. One is now agnostic…but it wasn’t because of the Church. He wants PROOF. Not to mention he doesn’t even diss the Catholic Church although agnostic.
Says something there.
@ Lily:
Yep! We had dances at my church and the Methodist church. lol That was the place to be on the weekends. And I firmly believe that what was taught to me in church and CCD has certainly guided my decisions in life. I, like anyone else, am imperfect, but I try to live by a decent moral code. I KNOW what is right and what is wrong and I know when I have crossed that line.
@ Lily:
That really says alot. I get where he is coming from and I am fine with that. You can choose not to worship as I do, but don’t put me down for my beliefs. He sounds like a very well rounded person.
@ NoThreat2U:
I spelled events wrong. But those events at the Catholic Church for teenagers kept a lot of teenagers from drinking, doing drugs and hanging with losers.
We also helped with charity events too which was so fun! I had a blast and never got in trouble.
@ NoThreat2U:
Well he can be annoying at times!!!
/he has to right on everything!!!!
@ Lily:
PIMF *to be right*
@ Lily:
I have a brother who is ultra religious so I understand annoying. lol He likes to tell people that since he is more pious and religious, there is a mansion waiting for him in heaven while the rest of us will merely be given cottages. Oh, did I mention he just got married for the fifth time??????????
sorry Lily and friendly debaters….ABQ just got slammed by a mammoth thunderstorm… temps dropped about 35 deg in a few minutes…my bunkhouse is flooded and there are trees down around the hood…doesn’t rain for 10 months, then this shit, it’s like a hurricane…my whole 2 acres is underwater, most ferocious storm by far in my 7 years here…wow…BBL
Lily, we had one parish priest who did NOT take the vow of poverty. His family was loaded and he used that money to make improvements to the parish. He bought these wonderful big statues to use for the Nativity scene on the church front lawn. He used his money to buy the things needed for a church bazaar he started. The whole town enjoyed the bazaar. It brought funds into the church and into the community. THAT is what a parish is all about IMO..serving everyone, not just those who share your faith.
@ heysoos:
Stay safe!
@ heysoos:
Hope everything is okay today heysoos. Didn’t see this til this afternoon.