Comments on Ambassador Watch: Ah... ze Frunch

"....why do we hang on so tight to religion?&...

2009-06-06T05:55:31.281+12:00

"....why do we hang on so tight to religion?"

Exactly. Religion is man made. It's a box. Unfortunately, you can be religious, and still not have a personal relationship with God. Forest to trees blindness, if you will.

BB

For redfox712: "A troublesome religion, like...

2009-06-04T09:11:57.530+12:00

For redfox712:

"A troublesome religion, like Armstrongism." Youbetcha. And how about Roman Catholicism, Church of England Protestantism, Mormonism, Karaite and Lubavitch Judaism, Radical Islamism, Younameitism. What's the point here?

Jesus, if he had a pre-existence, must have chosen Judaism, because he was born into it, studied it enough to wow the machers at the Temple just before his Bar Mitzvah. But throughout his short young adulthood he spent an inordinate amount of time bellyaching about certain features of his chosen religion.

With all this religious bowel-churning, why do we hang on so tight to religion? Perhaps it's because we are indeed part spiritual, and the spiritual side cries out for nourishment. It's got to be out there somewhere, valid and eminently worthy. And wherever it is, someone's going to be bellyaching. The question seems to be, which bellyaches matter, and which don't.

Perhaps Time Magazine should be the final arbiter...

Maybe Ned will appreciate this. From today's W...

2009-06-03T21:24:52.995+12:00

Maybe Ned will appreciate this. From today's Weekly Standard:

"This helps explain the extensive, tacit acceptance of monstrous and suicidal violence directed at civilians--at "heretical" Muslims as well as Christians and women. What kind of faith, we are entitled to ask, sanctifies acts of savagery as a religious duty? What sort of "Arab League"--of which Egypt is a member--embraces Sudan's Islamist dictator whose genocidal campaign has taken the lives of a quarter million non-Arab Muslims? What do we make of a religion that rejoices at the video images of hostages tortured and beheaded? Acid thrown into the faces of girls going to school, bombs exploding at weddings and soccer fields, children used as pawns in suicide attacks, unveiled women burned alive, the bodies of young boys mutilated--what explains this demonic cast of mind?"

I have actually already answered that question in my previous post. And the answer is not rhetorical, although the question might have been.

Ah, mon cherie, FRANK-LY,the French are indeed th...

2009-06-03T13:00:46.491+12:00

Ah, mon cherie,

FRANK-LY,the French are indeed the WEIN-land of Europe.

At times they can be a PAGNE,not CHAM, but REAL.

They consider themselves a cut above everyone else, which point DR GUILLOTINE proved from 1789 onwards.

And,of course,they regard themselves ze non pareil when it comes to matters of the heart.Louis the XIV,the "Sun King", was considered by many to be a good king,that is a "BON" king which of course is part of the French ethos.

Whilst the "Jacques" culture helped disestablish the Roman Catholic church,nevertheless,France is still solidly behind Rome.Richlieu saw to that; read of his exploits at La Rochelle.

Does Reuben indeed frequent that land in these latter days?Who knows?

Pierre

"But, seriously, British/Israelism is not only rac...

2009-06-02T19:51:17.394+12:00

"But, seriously, British/Israelism is not only racist - it's wrong."

Have to side with Corky on that one, Q, but I suspect you knew that already. :-) Glad to hear your comments were aimed at deflating the American media brainwashing, Corkster, and Mel. :-)

Charlie said... Regarding WWII and the French: Wh...

2009-06-02T12:38:34.197+12:00

Charlie said...
Regarding WWII and the French: When the Phillipines were lost a few hundred Americans and a handful of Brits managed to escape via a small vessel and sail all the way to French Indochina (Vietnam) and presented themselves to the French Army there, which at the time was under the command of the Vichy regime. What did the French do? They exchanged salutes with the Americans and Brits and then promptly turned them over to the Japanese.
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A good thing to keep in mind! Also we might remember the French and Indian war back in the youthful days of America.

We could bring up the French ruling Mexico as a first step in conquering America too but I'll let that one go.

Questeruk said... Just read through these comment...

2009-06-02T12:28:11.026+12:00

Questeruk said...
Just read through these comment (Corky & all).

Wow - and some people call BI racist!!!!!
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Q, I was being a bit tongue in cheek. I have to admit that it is caused by all the hype about the French refusing to help in the ongoing Vietnam style war and people refusing to eat "french fries" etc.

But, seriously, British/Israelism is not only racist - it's wrong.

I never bought into changing the name of "french f...

2009-06-02T06:53:24.085+12:00

I never bought into changing the name of "french fries" to "freedom fries", as some right-wing oxycontin-soaked druggie nutcases insisted we do, here in the States.

Actually, my aversion to what the right-wing pundits spewed at the time goes further than that.

Purple Hymnal said... “I really hate to say this,...

2009-06-02T01:41:49.466+12:00

Purple Hymnal said...
“I really hate to say this, but I've got to agree with Q here;”

No need to apologise PH, happy to have you on board.

And if we are agreeing on something, with our differing views, then it can’t fail but be right!!

But seriously, yes – I felt the anti-French sentiments were becoming distasteful. And that is coming from a Brit.

I have never really regarded the French government...

2009-06-02T00:43:11.298+12:00

I have never really regarded the French government as anything any other nation on Earth could count on except to disagree with.

It matters to the French to matter.

Regarding WWII and the French: When the Phillipines were lost a few hundred Americans and a handful of Brits managed to escape via a small vessel and sail all the way to French Indochina (Vietnam) and presented themselves to the French Army there, which at the time was under the command of the Vichy regime. What did the French do? They exchanged salutes with the Americans and Brits and then promptly turned them over to the Japanese.

Not many of those men survived the war. Those who did have detested all things French the rest of their lives.

Regarding the French people: I have come to really admire them and would like my fellow Americans to pay attention to what the French do when their government does something that they don't like:

They go on strike and shut the country down.

Given that the Obama administration has largely turned into the third Bush term plus greatly accelerated spending, we might want to do the same thing.

Oh, and excuse my comment earlier, I'm not keeping...

2009-06-01T20:50:58.165+12:00

Oh, and excuse my comment earlier, I'm not keeping track of "the holy calendar" this year, so the early Pentecost caught me quite by surprise.

I really hate to say this, but I've got to agree w...

2009-06-01T20:48:04.366+12:00

I really hate to say this, but I've got to agree with Q here; what, are you people going to be ordering up plates of "freedom fries" next??

Geez, you already escaped the cultic thinking of Armstrongism, why buy into the American media brainwashing of "Teh French are eeeeeeeeeevil because they didn't want to help us blow up the Middle East for NO GOOD REASON."

Just read through these comment (Corky & all)....

2009-06-01T17:55:57.326+12:00

Just read through these comment (Corky & all).

Wow - and some people call BI racist!!!!!

Actually, Ned, I have known quite a few. And, I ha...

2009-06-01T12:10:43.273+12:00

Actually, Ned, I have known quite a few. And, I have traveled around the Middle East. Some Muslims are very nice people. But, they have been brain-washed in ways that ex-COGers cannot even begin to imagine.

It doesn't change anything I said.

We in the U.S. owe a major debt of gratitude to th...

2009-06-01T09:09:19.956+12:00

We in the U.S. owe a major debt of gratitude to the French for their role in our gaining independence from Great Britain. When the British surrendered at Yorktown, the largest army on the field was French. And the ships preventing relief from reaching them were ships of the French Navy.

How quickly some forget.

Regarding Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq: it seems the French have demonstrated they have more sense than us. By a lot.

The Skeptic

Do you actually know any Muslims Larry? No, didn'...

2009-06-01T08:55:45.638+12:00

Do you actually know any Muslims Larry?

No, didn't think so.

"PS: The French did defeat Greenpeace. That has to...

2009-06-01T06:37:21.233+12:00

"PS: The French did defeat Greenpeace. That has to count for something."

Well, that is certainly one thing to damn the French for...being a Greenpeace supporter myself.

I used to enjoy making fun of the French until they bravely rejected W's imperialist policies. Arrogant and vain, yes, many of them are. Just as many Americans are arrogant and ignorant. :-)

Sure, the French are real experts! They tolerate i...

2009-06-01T01:21:10.682+12:00

Sure, the French are real experts! They tolerate in their midst the most dangerous people on Earth, the world's largest Satanic cult, Islam. It contains fanatics who worship death, and think they can reach paradise by murdering others.

I don't believe we can really look to the French for any real direction in these matters.

Max Lax saith . . . "The French, it must be said,...

2009-05-31T16:45:29.830+12:00

Max Lax saith . . .

"The French, it must be said, told both JFK and LBJ that Viet Nam was a lost cause on the front end. So they are honest and up front in the cowardness department."
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By JFK and LBJ it was too late. It was Truman who got us into Vietnam.

Moreover, the problem with the modern French state...

2009-05-31T15:55:24.772+12:00

Moreover, the problem with the modern French state has nothing at all to do with cowardness but rather that they are only slightly more solvent than Italy. Of course, in this brave new world order, national solvency is a matter of relative terms.

Mark Lax
French Supporter

PS: The French did defeat Greenpeace. That has to count for something.

Corkers: The French Foreign Legion is not manned ...

2009-05-31T15:47:03.951+12:00

Corkers:

The French Foreign Legion is not manned by French nationals. It's mostly eurocrooks of other nationalness (add that to your lexicon.) Still, I am glad to see hatredness of the French is still in style somewhere.

The French, it must be said, told both JFK and LBJ that Viet Nam was a lost cause on the front end. So they are honest and up front in the cowardness department.

It should also be noted that the French failure in WWII wasn't brought about by an unwillingness to fight, but rather an investment in poor defense technology. Only the Poles made worse choices. (The Poles upgraded cavalry as opposed to investing in mech.) No amount of bravery on the part of the French or Poles would have made one whit of difference against the Blitz.

But keep up the invective! What's next? Anti-Dutch rantings?

Mark Lax

"Can't blame 'em though, cowardness is just part o...

2009-05-31T14:00:49.849+12:00

"Can't blame 'em though, cowardness is just part of the French nature."

Cowardness. A new word created by this most erudite political analyst.
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Yes, "cowardness" is a new word invented by yours truly. I didn't use "cowardice" because all french are not cowards and don't have the cowardice trait. Some who didn't have that trait would be such as the few of the underground resistance in WWII.
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"Hey, and what happened to the French when the US went in to help them in the Vietnam fiasco - you guessed it, they turned tail and ran like a whipped dog."

Again, dear boy, they knew a lost cause when they saw one. Alas, the US did not.
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But, maybe it wouldn't have been a lost cause if they had stayed. Their leaving encouraged the NVA and the VC that they could win if they held on long enough.

Once again the French Foreign Legion showed their true colors, yellow on yellow.

"wonder if God and Jesus had anything to do with m...

2009-05-31T13:42:38.730+12:00

"wonder if God and Jesus had anything to do with making sure that on the eve of Pentecost (holy spirit signifying a change of era)"

Huh? Bit early for Pentecost yet.....

The WCG could have actually helped those snooty, l...

2009-05-31T11:44:03.576+12:00

The WCG could have actually helped those snooty, low-class, French snail-eaters by teaching them the difference between classy food and their detestable slop that they should not even put on a plate, much less in their mouths.

On the other hand, considering some of the perverse things that come OUT of the mouths of the French and defile them, who cares what goes back IN.

Too bad that the French don't recognize troublesom...

2009-05-31T11:30:55.650+12:00

Too bad that the French don't recognize troublesome large cults like Islam and treat them like the social menace that they are.

The French are probably afraid that they'd get more of their junky French Renaults and Citroens (which they try to pass off as automobiles, he he he) overturned and burned in the streets if they say anything about those “wild donkeys.”