Thoughts at large

**eriedearie** · June-22-09, 12:38 PM

Ok, thoughts at large?

Commercial for Cialis - what's with a medication that gives couples the desire to sit in separate bathtubs on a beach? What's up [[no pun intended) with that?

**rb336** · June-22-09, 01:33 PM

Makes it difficult for the drug's purpose to be acted upon

**Pam** · June-22-09, 02:28 PM

Commercial for Cialis - what's with a medication that gives couples the desire to sit in separate bathtubs on a beach? What's up [[no pun intended) with that?

Related thought- why are there so many Cialis ads on the Weather Channel?

**Gistok** · June-22-09, 09:23 PM

Originally Posted by eriedearie

Ok, thoughts at large?

Commercial for Cialis - what's with a medication that gives couples the desire to sit in separate bathtubs on a beach? What's up [[no pun intended) with that?

It's because after you hear the long list of negative side effects.... sharing a tub is the last thing on their minds....

.... and among those side effects... has ANYONE ever sought out medical help for the "more than 4 hours" scenario??? I think not!!

I also want to know why on earth an Irish Setter would want the Bush's Baked Beans recipe...

Lorax · June-22-09, 09:31 PM

I want to know if Dick Cheney's heart is in Davy Jones' locker.

**rb336** · June-23-09, 07:56 AM

Originally Posted by Lorax

I want to know if Dick Cheney's heart is in Davy Jones' locker.

i always though he was more of a micky dolenz type [[sorry, mick)

**Omaha** · June-23-09, 12:10 PM

Quite clever rb336.

But I am particularly fond of â€œan army of oneâ€ and â€œbe all you can be.â€ Both focus on the importance of the individual. The first is of course ridiculous. Armyâ€™s are groups of individuals organized in a bureaucratic command and control system. The armed forces are a collective and it reflects collective values: we're all in this together; we are looking out for one another; we stand together; we can do collectively what we can't do individually.

Thanks goodness they stop short of "be thy brother's keeper." The armed forces almost sounds socialistic!

Just like there is no â€œIâ€ in TEAM, there is no room for disobeyers of orders [[individualism) in a fighting force [[My Lai, Abu Ghraib, et. al., being understandable exceptions).

So whatâ€™s needed to entice enlistmentâ€¦is to turn a government run organization that is collective in its very essence into â€œan army of oneâ€ or a place where you as an individual can â€œbe all that you can be.â€ That my friends is a BRILLIANT use of spinning to both deny the obvious and glorify the individual.

Letâ€™s just remember that E Pluribus Unum [[out of many, one) really means that you are on you own in this dog-eat-dog society where any hint that a collective approach can actually go some good must be smashed into nothingness. In a conservative worldview this is a pull yourself up by your bootstraps, itâ€™s all about me, pull the ladder up after you kind of competition where only the strong surviveâ€¦like Gordon Gekko. Heâ€™s still alive and well all these years later.

Boy itâ€™s great to have this kind of insight. Thank goodness for all the Colbert Conservatives and Social Darwinists out there. We see and explain the world as it really is.

**mjs** · June-23-09, 04:14 PM

Originally Posted by Gistok

.... and among those side effects... has ANYONE ever sought out medical help for the "more than 4 hours" scenario??? I think not!!

I didn't realize that warned of a negative side effect. I thought it was a selling point showing how well it could work.

**Omaha** · June-23-09, 07:37 PM

How about those 10 Commandments? They were a God-inspired set of rules for how people should live together. But unlike government regulations, following the 10 Commandments is optional.

But there are consequences for not following them...spending eternity in Hell.

Do you suppose that God put the 10 Commandments in their order of importance?

I do.

If you were God, is it an accident that the first four Commandments deal with how to worship and honor You? Then coming in at Commandment #5 is "Honor thy Father and Mother;" those five cover one entire Tablet that Moses carried down.

And next at the top of Tablet two, coming in at #6, is "thou shalt not kill." That shows you how far our society has moved away from Godliness.

Yes, I know that all of the 10 Commandments need to be followed, if you are a Christian, but I do like their order of presentation!

**eriedearie** · June-23-09, 08:57 PM

Originally Posted by Omaha

If you were God, is it an accident that the first four Commandments deal with how to worship and honor You? Then coming in at Commandment #5 is "Honor thy Father and Mother;" those five cover one entire Tablet that Moses carried down.

And next at the top of Tablet two, coming in at #6, is "thou shalt not kill." That shows you how far our society has moved away from Godliness.

Yes, I know that all of the 10 Commandments need to be followed, if you are a Christian, but I do like their order of presentation!

I believe that the order of presentation is perfect for the way God would have us live. I think the first five are in the order they are so that if you follow them, the next five will easily fall into place.

IMO - This site has a good up-to-date explanation:

http://www.allabouttruth.org/what-ar...dments-faq.htm