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Jet Grind · 05-07-2003, 07:38 AM

HaHaHaHaHa I love this!

I just gotta love it when these ultra-right-wing Hitlerian Christian Reconstuctionists are exposed as the hypocrits that they are. Man, he gambles away eight million bucks! I don't know whether to just laugh my bum off at the guy or smack the piss out of him (I'll probably only get a chance to do the former, and if I do the latter I get arrested, so it's cool). I just like to look at this as a blow to the nuts of socially conservative religious fanatics.

lpetrich · 05-07-2003, 07:52 AM

A very weird aspect is that he could have used that $8 million to fund some of his favorite causes, but his defenders don't seem to care.

And let's see which ones he has committed of the Seven Deadly Sins, put together by medieval theologians:

Pride
Greed
Envy
Anger
Lust
Gluttony
Sloth

His bulk suggests that he is guilty of at least one of gluttony and sloth.

His pose as guardian of morality is pride.

His being very money-hungry is greed. $50,000 a speech? I read somewhere that he turned down a $100,000/yr position because he considered that a "vow of poverty".

So he's guilty of 4 out of 7 so far.

lpetrich · 05-07-2003, 10:08 AM

Also he's been big on getting tough on casual drug users, claiming that smoking some pot helps legitmize more serious illegal drugs like crack.

Now replace drugs with gambling and see what you get. Bennett, with his gambling, helps legitimize something that his group, "Empower America", opposes.

lisarea · 05-07-2003, 11:01 AM

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Originally posted by lpetrich

Now replace drugs with gambling and see what you get. Bennett, with his gambling, helps legitimize something that his group, "Empower America", opposes.

I'd also be interested in hearing his take on the current "Drugs = Terrorism" connection that's being pounded so hard these days, and how that would relate to, say, the fairly well-established "Gambing = Organized Crime (How you say, uh, "Terrorism"?)" connection.

Boy howdy, that's one weird looking sentence I just put up thar.

Grumpy · 05-07-2003, 02:04 PM

I don't know how this fits in the thread, but...

Quote:

Originally posted by Stephen Maturin
Witness Operation Iraqi Freedom. Of course, it helps a great deal when you set the bar for winning so low (squashing a Third World military force, in this case).

Iraq is more of a Second World country, if those terms still have any meaning. Former Soviet client-state, low reliance on agriculture, GDP per capita roughly 2500 $US.

I think those terms only had much meaning during the Cold War. The modern terms, in case you missed them, are "With Us" and "Against Us."

Stephen Maturin · 05-07-2003, 02:19 PM

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Originally posted by Grumpy
I don't know how this fits in the thread, but...

It doesn't, of course, but I got all spun up, and staying on-topic isn't my strong suit to begin with.

Quote:

Originally posted by Grumpy
The modern terms, in case you missed them, are "With Us" and "Against Us."

You are correct, sir. I'll be surrendering to the Department of Homeland Security for re-education forthwith.

WinAce · 05-07-2003, 02:23 PM

Hah.
Hah. Hah.

Hah hah hahahaha.

Has anyone made a webpage yet documenting these idiots engaging in hypocrisy? My most memorable two cases where that TV preacher caught with a prostitute and that senator who didn't like organ transplants but got a liver anyway.

ImGod · 05-07-2003, 02:24 PM

I wonder what the casino comps are when you lose that kind of money. I'll bet (since it's not immoral) he got more than a couple of free buffet tickets.

They should look at the security camera tapes and see if they can find him smoking, drinking, and gambling with some pretty thing hanging off his arm. That would be funny.

capsaicin67 · 05-07-2003, 10:07 PM

Now if we can get at least one 24hr newschannel and multiple radioshows to pound and pound and pound this story into the popular culture and harp and harp and harp on the idea that Republicans are a bunch of untrustworthy, immoral, hypocrites.

RufusAtticus · 05-08-2003, 02:03 AM

If he wanted to piss away 8 million dollars could he have given it to orphans? Hell if he wanted to enjoy pissing it away, he could have just asked the orphans to fight it out. Double hell, turn it into a reality TV show and make a profit.

Next of Fox: "Who wants to fight a starving orphan for $8 million?"

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05-07-2003, 07:38 AM	#11
Jet Grind Regular Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Southern Maine, USA Posts: 220	HaHaHaHaHa I love this! I just gotta love it when these ultra-right-wing Hitlerian Christian Reconstuctionists are exposed as the hypocrits that they are. Man, he gambles away eight million bucks! I don't know whether to just laugh my bum off at the guy or smack the piss out of him (I'll probably only get a chance to do the former, and if I do the latter I get arrested, so it's cool). I just like to look at this as a blow to the nuts of socially conservative religious fanatics.

05-07-2003, 07:52 AM	#12
lpetrich Contributor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lebanon, OR, USA Posts: 16,829	A very weird aspect is that he could have used that $8 million to fund some of his favorite causes, but his defenders don't seem to care. And let's see which ones he has committed of the Seven Deadly Sins, put together by medieval theologians: Pride Greed Envy Anger Lust Gluttony Sloth His bulk suggests that he is guilty of at least one of gluttony and sloth. His pose as guardian of morality is pride. His being very money-hungry is greed. $50,000 a speech? I read somewhere that he turned down a $100,000/yr position because he considered that a "vow of poverty". So he's guilty of 4 out of 7 so far.

05-07-2003, 10:08 AM	#13
lpetrich Contributor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lebanon, OR, USA Posts: 16,829	Also he's been big on getting tough on casual drug users, claiming that smoking some pot helps legitmize more serious illegal drugs like crack. Now replace drugs with gambling and see what you get. Bennett, with his gambling, helps legitimize something that his group, "Empower America", opposes.

05-07-2003, 02:23 PM	#17
WinAce Beloved Deceased Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Carrboro, NC Posts: 1,539	Hah. Hah. Hah. Hah hah hahahaha. Has anyone made a webpage yet documenting these idiots engaging in hypocrisy? My most memorable two cases where that TV preacher caught with a prostitute and that senator who didn't like organ transplants but got a liver anyway.

05-07-2003, 02:24 PM	#18
ImGod Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Nebraska Posts: 6,264	I wonder what the casino comps are when you lose that kind of money. I'll bet (since it's not immoral) he got more than a couple of free buffet tickets. They should look at the security camera tapes and see if they can find him smoking, drinking, and gambling with some pretty thing hanging off his arm. That would be funny.

05-07-2003, 10:07 PM	#19
capsaicin67 Contributor Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gold coast plain, sea, scrubland, mountain range. Posts: 20,955	Now if we can get at least one 24hr newschannel and multiple radioshows to pound and pound and pound this story into the popular culture and harp and harp and harp on the idea that Republicans are a bunch of untrustworthy, immoral, hypocrites.

05-08-2003, 02:03 AM	#20
RufusAtticus Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: NCSU Posts: 5,853	If he wanted to piss away 8 million dollars could he have given it to orphans? Hell if he wanted to enjoy pissing it away, he could have just asked the orphans to fight it out. Double hell, turn it into a reality TV show and make a profit. Next of Fox: "Who wants to fight a starving orphan for $8 million?"

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