MLB 51

Great. Another thing for the people in Oklahoma to cheer about.

Is it the recent Texas decommit?

Surely they could find something better.

I can't imagine who he will pick.

Heat by 10.

Steroids work much faster.

Happy Birthday.

Game, set, and match. I forkin' WIN!!!!!!!!!!!

Rock'n at the Alamo. Damn good game.

Ain't happenin' bro.

Because we don't practice Eugenics in this country.

What the hell do you do with those?

Spurs by 1 on a buzzer beater.

Boom!!!!!!!!!!

Boston turned the tables and won in OT this year.

Never liked those Ruger hand grips.

It's Bazinga now.

Happy Birthday.

Religion is not responsible for the issues we see in your post. Organized Religion, in its many forms, is still nothing more than an ideology and in the cases of most of the popular ones; more or less benevolent. The problem is that Religion, like all other ideologies, can be used as vehicle to manifest other feelings or desires. For example take the current situation with Iran: So often we hear quotes from that Nation's leaders, "kill all the Jews" this and "destroy America" that always framed in an Islamic context. The truth is that the foreign policy of Iran and the feelings of its leaders are not dictated by anything found in that religion, they are caused by a long nasty political history between the two camps involving coups, engineered proxy wars and oil. Religion is not the root of the problem, its simply one of the thinly applied veneers meant to win over different segments of the population. It's a similar deal with more localized phenomena like gay bashing in the name of Religion. Are Religions to blame for intolerant views? I tend to think they aren't but rather that a certain number of people, especially the old, rich, powerful or dumb cling to the status quo and established order of things for security. When people fly in the face of that, when they're gay or another religion there's a natural reactionary violent urge that at times uses religion as a vehicle and at times not. Look at it this way....when Ohio State plays Michigan what kinds of things are brought up? What things are said? How is the event framed? Blue v. Scarlet. Bo v. Woody. Kate Upton v Casey Anthony...all things Michigan against all things Ohio but at the end of the day the real conflict is simply a football game between athletes from two different schools. Nothing more. Everything else is just a shortcut, a quick and easy way for people to put things in context. They are products of the game, they do not produce the game. Do you really believe that thousands died in the Troubles because of religion? I don't. The same with Israel and Palestine or what we saw in the former Yugoslavia. Religion just happens to serve as a means by which people draw up the camps for an "Us versus Them" showdown, it is not a cause of such conflicts. Well said and totally agree.

"What's this orange thing on my arm, it's heavy" Kid is feelin' no pain.

Not yet. Summer is next.

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Very moving indeed.

Then it's outdated.