Today I needed an MRI done on my knee, which under normal circumstances is hardly blogworthy, but this time was a little different. I needed an MRI with CONTRAST, which means they had to inject a dye in my arm.Now, about 30 years ago, I cut my hand on a piece of glass and it actually cut my artery in my palm. So, I went to the hospital to get the sliced repaired, and they injected me with dye.And then I woke up, and a nice nurse was standing over me smiling me saying “we almost lost you”. Apparently, the dye had caused my heart to stop, and they had to use the paddles they use on TV to get me living again.For the record, no, I didn’t hear anything, see anything, or have any kind of experience at all. All I got from the experience was a better appreciation for my own mortality.I must admit swallowing hard when they injected the dye today, despite their assurances that it was a totally different type of dye, and I was very very unlikely to have that kind of reaction, and even if I did they could help me because I was already in a hospital. In the end, they were right, and I had no reaction at all. Science rocks. Let’s just hope they can fix my knee.
jcc,
Neither of those worked for me. Please restate them.
Did they work for anyone else?
Obeah,
jcc put a period at the end of the URLs.
jcc,
Thank you for your brevity. I would ask to see more of it, but that would be an oxymoron.
I’m quoting What:
“And I’m still waiting for you to unload just one “scientific reason” for “intelligent participation in the origin of the universe” from that run-away “trainload” of yours. Choo choo, chug chug, you think you can, you think you can.”
I will fulfill your request, only because I’m so fucking bored.
Remember evolution? It says that life on earth started as the result of a single celled organism. Nothing I have ever read of a scientific nature disagrees with that, and more than that, scientific theories about lizards developing wings make real sense to me. What leaves me wondering is how that original life form was accidentally born with a dna blueprint that inabled it to, not only replicate itself, but endowed it’s offspring with the ability to adapt and evolve. That’s ten train loads by itself.
And I’m not saying that those who think that life was an accident are wrong, I just said it’s counterintuitive.
But this I know, that to assume it as undeniable fact, makes atheism a religion. Like revolutionaries through the ages, you have become what you hate.
NeoWolfe
NeoWolfe
http://tinyurl.com/5sjefs
“Obama’s gaffes”
Come on jcc, there must be more. None of it sinks to the level of Bush. None of it can even remotely lead an intelligent person to think that Obama is a “blithering idiot”.
I have had two near death times in my life, three counting my cancer.
No lights, no nothing for a month the one time.
I didn’t expect any and I was correct in my thinking.
And no I didn’t want to die.
The first and main instinct in all living things is survival.
Evolution has great hindsight.
NeoWolfe
Get a freaking education would you. Is embarrassment something you are capable of experiencing.
Obeah:
Then that calls into question your concept of what constitutes an “intelligent” person. Is it someone who knows what an “inhalator” is? Perhaps you should’ve watched all the videos before making that assertion. Uh-bama: no telepromptor = no intelligence. http://tinyurl.com/5r5swc
Obeah:
What a classic example of trying to dumb-down what dumb is … It doesn’t matter how idiotic he sounds, Uh-bama can’t be dumb simply because he’s a liberal ! Sorry, you don’t get points by comparing him to Bush. Dumb is dumb.
We’ll just see how smart this guy really is after 4 years of press conferences without a teleprompter…
jcc,
If I were to point out that dumb means not being able to speak, I would be petty. You are being petty when you point out obvious mistakes in spelling on this blog and you are being petty when you claim that the mistakes made in a speech amount to idiocy. Even you are not that dumb.
No one is perfect. I have made mistakes in lectures that I have given numerous times. I have written their or there instead of they’re, and site instead of cite and once even no instead of know; it happens. I think the ridicule of Bush often goes too far. But then he has made some very odd mistakes.
Precisely! Why not wait and see? I predict he won’t be perfect. And, given what Bush has left him, I think he will fail in a number of ways.
The only people who call him The Messiah are blithering idiots.
Relax,the world won’t come to an end because a black liberal is in charge.
Of course, some of you thumpers are wishing for that eventuality, so pray hard and maybe Revelation will come.
That makes me wonder about your thoughts as to God’s role in Obama’s election. Was He napping (God) or is the Devil stronger than all three of Them combined?
jcc
I dunno. Why argue with me over my opinion of someone else? Palin is the only one who can change my opinion of her.
I could only guess ass to what you’d want.
You thought I was cornered? How cute.
Well, according to you, I could only rationally think that if you were born while your parents were unwed. But if you honestly think it was a good decision for Palin to get on that plane under the circumstances, I would question your ability to reason. Would yo have felt comfortable advising your own wife to do so?
Leaking amniotic fluid demands an immediate physical exam, not a phone consultation. Infection and fetal distress need to be watched for and monitored.
Not really the end of the first trimester, but that’s where the guideline has been drawn, so I don’t quibble with it. There’s nothing magic about it. When the fetus becomes viable in an out-of-womb situation and has formed its neural network, there’s a difference, IMO.
OK. I concede I have no hard evidence, only circumstancial, and even if there were proof, you know it would get buried. I suspect though, that it will be very hard to force Levi into the situation at this point. I guess I “know” this like you “know” the resurrection happened.
It’s because I feel so unworthy, next to you on that pedestal.
But a woman’s right to choose is? Good thing we have you to keep all the rules straight.
You sure are obsessed with her.
And couldn’t have, unless she turned out to be a female canine. As to the other things I mentioned, we have disputing sources about whether there were facts or factoids. You don’t argue that she used her office against her b-i-l, just that it wasn’t a crime. The librarian has probably been hushed, or just wants to be done with the whole ordeal. ETC.
Glad to see you’re at least being optimistic and willing to give the guy a chance.
There, fixed that for ya.
JCC
My wife is an Ob/Gyn doc and she says that Palin’s decision to get on a plane for an hours long flight after her water broke was either due to extreme ignorance or a desire to have a dead baby. Take your pick.
Enybody dat kritersize d spell’n or thee gramer of da posterz n a blog is a INANE DRONE.
WOW! JESUS SAVE ME! WOW!
HOLY FUCKING SHIT JESUS!
SAVE ME JESUS!
I just spent too much of my life viewing jcc’s youtube suggestions and the adjacent videos. We are doomed I tells ya! DOOMED!
I now understand his visceral hatred of Barack HUSSEIN Obama. Yous ‘murkins aren’t doomed ’cause Barack is,
“a an utterly inexperienced, stammering, terrorist/racist/America-hating friendly man-child with a messianic complex, who thinks he’s been to 57 states as our president”,
it’s because he is the Antichrist.
Forget all the propaganda I just consumed. That means nothing. All the quote mining and dishonest editing means nothing. All the picayune opinion means nothing.
You are doomed because people like jcc have no moral compass. They act out of emotion. One of his ilk will attempt to rid the world of Nobama by a justification of direct contact with GOD.
Don’t watch the whole thing; it’s a waste of time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_841L0tKCCE
At the risk of being petty I just have to add that at the end of the video she calls followers of Obama, spineless AND back-boneless.
Also: “Followers who are not leaders will follow this man, Obama.”
Obeah
I made it to 2:38 in that video. The woman narrating stammered a lot, over something she was obviously reading. So I must disregard everything she has to say. If that opening shot of Obama is what jcc pictures, no wonder he’s scared. But as someone in the comments of the video asked, “Does anyone really believe in the antichrist anyway? lol”
Obeah:
Ah yes, the fallback excuse for the next 4 years.
You’re tellin’ me…
How ’bout he was just continuing to make good on his gift of free will?
By the way, you might do well by block-quoting quoted text. Precede it with the “blockquote” tag:
<blockquote>
And close it with the end blockquote tag:
</blockquote>
For example:
<blockquote>people who call him The Messiah are blithering idiots</blockquote>
Looks like:
when posted.
karen:
Actually, opinions are an act of the will.
Nice dodge.
I wasn’t aware that it was her husband’s advice that she took to fly. And no, I’d have done what they did, call our doctor.
Except for the fact that it’s essentially an arbitrary one with regard to an objective definition of what a human being is.
Ha! By who? The drive-bys?
Your humility is without peer.
Let’s see, passing judgment on whether or not two people really love each other vs. indiscriminately murdering an unwanted baby — yeah, you’re right, that’s a moral equivalence…
That’s the best you could come back with?
What’s scary is knowing that 53% of the electorate think that “giving the guy a chance” satisfies the definition of being an “informed voter.”
What spewed this:
“NeoWolfe
Remember evolution? It says that life on earth started as the result of a single celled organism.
Get a freaking education would you. Is embarrassment something you are capable of experiencing. “
Whoa dude. I think embarrassment is, by definition, something mostly self inflicted. I missed the part where you had a point. I really, really looked for one. Are you saying I don’t understand the theory of evolution? I must have missed something. Is there a new one and I just missed it because it was on Nickelodeon? Good thing he’s got Karen’s back, or she’d be defenseless.
What, god damnit, if you are going to make a fool out of yourself in front of the entire planet, do it on the other side of the street. I have the foot sucking pathetic patent on this side. And you’re not even second in line, Phreedumb gave me a blow job for runner up. Better luck next time.
NeoWolfe
I did blockquote all quotes. So, what I said about pettiness has had no affect on you.
I didn’t need to blockquote myself. Here is what I wrote and what you misread. I forgive you; it happens to us all.
By the way, the only one I have seen referring to Obama as the Messiah has been prheedm. Are you saying he’s an idiot?
As you no, your whole argument for the existence of free will is a cul-de-sac.
jcc,
I skimmed over another one of your barrages of idiocy. I just picked one.
“Actually, opinions are an act of the will.”
No logic to support it, no argument, just ridiculous blunderbust style, picking statements out of context and making meaningless responses. That’s why you never reply to me, isn’t it, jcc. The only point you have is on the top of your skull.
“Actually, opinions are an act of the will.”
True, but only for you, nematod. They tell you your soul is eternal, and by force of will, you believe it, even though it makes no sense, and no evidence supports it. You believe, because you want to believe, constantly searching for reasons to believe, and ignoring any reason to believe otherwise. You are a sad pathetic atomiton, and even you know you don’t belong in that pathology, or you wouldn’t be here crying for help.
No one can help you, until you help yourself.
NeoWolfe
NeoWolfe
You do know that single-celled organisms didn’t just pop into existence from atomic and molecular components without prior organization of subsystems. I don’t know what you understand about evolution but what I do know is that you are filling in what you don’t know with assumptions and schizoid thinking.
Between your disorganized tangential thinking and your grandiose bellicose pronouncements followed by backpedaling it is difficult at best to follow your arguments or that you even have one. When asked to defend your absurdities you respond with more absurdity. Anybody reading this blog might, from your posts, get the idea that atheists are a bunch of lunatics. I am thankful that you have stated you are not an atheist. Please include such a disclaimer on all of your posts.
That should have had a question mark and read:
You do know that single-celled organisms didn’t just pop into existence from atomic and molecular components without prior organization of subsystems?
karen ,
I know.
I didn’t expect anyone to slog through such nonsense. There are others like it.
There is one with Obama next to Osama where they have photo shopped Osama’s beard and turban onto him. There are several creatively edited videos of Obama which make him look as though he advocates things he doesn’t.
The dishonesty and hyperbole are disgusting.
I go now to see if there any videos which paint Bush with such bile.
Obeah:
Sorry. Looking back, it seems that neowolfe is the one who either doesn’t know how, or refuses to use blockquotes, and since you didn’t blockquote a quote of mine in your 01/03/09 @ 16:33 post I guess I confused you with him. My apologies.
No. Are you saying you can’t recognize phreedm’s sarcasm when you see it?
Actually, no, I don’t know that. Please enlighten.
jcc
Uninformed opinions, perhaps.
No dodge. Bastard isn’t necessarily the male equivalent of bitch, even in slang. I don’t think Palin’s a bitch for being pro-life; I think it because of her decisions concerning her son’s birth while being pro-life. And since the only factual reason I could have for calling you a bastard is if your folks were unwed at your birth, I didn’t want to get into the same argument over a different word. If you had done the same thing Palin did, I’d think you were being negligent and hypocritical. If that equates to “bastard” to you, fine.
Are you being deliberately obtuse? Since you have no uterus, I simply came up with a scenario in which you could be involved in such a decision. Would you settle for a phoned-in exam, rather than insisting your wife actually be seen by the doctor?
No, by the family(ies).
I said nothing of equivalence; just that you have the inside scoop on what we may or may not pass judgement upon.
Since Chelsea falls in my forgotten years, which would require research that I’m not interested in doing, yep.
Your sour grapes are making an equally sour w(h)ine.
karen:
Yeah, I tried isosceles and equilateral but those got boring, so now I’m intentionally trying obtuse on for size…
So it sounds like you’re saying women deserve 2 votes (1 for the woman and one for her uterus) when it comes to decisions concerning a child they had a full 50% stake in conceiving?
It depends on the doctor, how well we knew the doctor/how long she’d been a patient, and how many times she’s been in labor before.
Oh, like the powerful and influential Kennedy’s did with Teddy’s little mishap at Chappaquiddick? Or Nixon did with Watergate, or Clinton did with his tryst with Gennifer Flowers?
Huh? In this exchange:
you’ve clearly passed judgment on his subsequent behavior in which his actions directly affect another individual; yet you attempt to deny that that is not a direct comparison to the moral consequence of a woman exercising her “right” to choose?
You’re right, pointing out the documented ignorance of the electorate is just like the rarely heard squealing of “Bush stole the election” of 8 years ago. A thousand pardons for my being such an obtuse malcontent.
JCC
That ignorance is coming home to roost as we speak in the form of a gutted economy and a disastrous foreign policy that will cost us so much for so long. Reagan, BushCo, and Clinton screwed us all. The rightward drift since Reagan that brought us voodoo economics and cowboy diplomacy is clearly to blame yet here you are arguing about the minutia of politician’s personal lives.
Didn’t you father ever tell you to keep your eye on the ball?
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