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RE: Mia's Tavern & Karaoke Lounge - 2/21/2006 2:56:39 PM
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gratefulforgrace
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Just before the babies came to the front to be dedicated, we sang Sweet Child O Mine (not the GNR version, but the Sheryl Crow version) but still.....my church is the coolest. you have to admit it.
Well, since I think Sweet Child O' Mine is one of the coolest songs ever, I must agree that, indeed, your church is the coolest.
The closest to out-of-the-box that my church has ever gotten was when they sang Isn't She Lovely at last year's baby dedication.
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RE: Mia's Tavern & Karaoke Lounge - 2/21/2006 3:37:50 PM
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miasma
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I voted for Nader, and I'll probably do it again, if he runs.
The new Adbusters is great. I'd barely gotten to page 5 before the usual, "Man, this is awesome," sprang to mind.
I wish there was a Christian publication with the same underlining ideas.
Anyone ever read The Door? I miss that magazine. I used to go to my college's library and read it.
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RE: Mia's Tavern & Karaoke Lounge - 2/21/2006 4:26:09 PM
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westend
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and i was going to say something about westend's post above, but I'm just not finished ignoring it yet. Worry not, I'll be giving an opposing viewpoint any day now.
Ah, but you never questioned my knowing how to be ignored. (sigh) A true friend.
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Yes, it should, which is why I finally got around to starting this thread.
The Tavern is Open. =]
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Anyone ever read The Door?
I used to read the WD once in awhile, but sometimes found it more caustic than was healthy for me. I'm not sure there's such a thing as a healthy degree of cynicism. Or any ism, for that matter. I liked Cornerstone... haven't checked that out in years.
The church I used to go to was pretty good, but would never have accepted a secular song during a service.
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RE: Mia's Tavern & Karaoke Lounge - 2/21/2006 5:00:11 PM
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miasma
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Also in the news today,
* A minister in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Haji Yaqub, announces a $11m reward for anyone who beheads the cartoonist who drew the images of Muhammad.
* Peshawar cleric Maulana Yousaf Qureshi offers 7.5m rupees ($125,000) and a car to anyone who kills the cartoonist. The reward is later reportedly raised to $1m.
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It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen. ~George E. MacDonald
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RE: Mia's Tavern & Karaoke Lounge - 2/21/2006 5:09:29 PM
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miasma
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So, all I know of that Hannity & Colmes people is of a mocking nature. But I just read this, and I'm aghast. I'm going to go boycott the library.
THE FIVE MOST DANGEROUS CHILDREN'S BOOKS EVER WRITTEN, ACCORDING TO SEAN HANNITY.
BY BRIAN DANILO
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1. Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman Birdwell
According to a reliable source,* Norman Birdwell, a close personal friend of Karl Marx and adviser to Pol Pot, was a card-carrying member of the American Communist Party. The metaphor is obvious: a big red canine teaches children the importance of sharing and working together. (While cleverly ignoring the consequences of such un-American behavior.)
Stories include "Clifford Goes to School" and "Clifford Goes to Work, Where He Organizes a Workers' Revolution." Noticeably absent from the collection of short stories are those resulting from the success of the red menace's machinations, such as "Clifford Institutes a Five-Year Plan" or "Clifford Murders Political Dissidents."
* Former Senator Joseph McCarthy
2. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens, in frequent correspondence with both Michael Moore and Ivan the Terrible, wrote this book with the sole purpose of undermining the capitalist spirit of Christmas. Dickens portrays the patriotic and enterprising Ebenezer Scrooge as a wicked man in need of reform.
He further advances the liberal agenda by advocating free health care for Tiny Tim and suggesting that poverty is the result of something other than laziness and stupidity.
Not only does Dickens ignore the Christian element of Christmas, he glorifies such pagan practices as communicating with the dead and looking into the future. Also, it is highly probable that, while writing A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens planned and executed the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
3. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Though the writing is vapid and immature, the book manages to challenge both traditional gender roles and the sanctity of heterosexual marriage.
Additionally, lines like "Goodnight cow jumping over the moon" make it clear that Brown, business partner of Susan B. Anthony and confidant of Saddam Hussein, does not support our troops.
It should also be noted that Brown, a known feminist, has a history of subversive behavior. Before her death, Rosa Parks admitted that part of the reason she sat at the front of the bus was that "Margaret was egging me on."
4. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
In between orchestrating the French Revolution with Robespierre and badmouthing President Bush with the Dixie Chicks, French author Madeleine L'Engle wrote A Wrinkle in Time, which centers on a fatherless and troublesome 13-year-old girl, Meg Murry.
Obviously, L'Engle is implying that single mothers need welfare to properly raise their children. Meg's mother, a beautiful scientist, represents one of the approximately 24 billion welfare recipients in America, who purposely have as many illegitimate children as possible, so they can sit at home collecting welfare and watching Oprah, eating chocolate bars and being pregnant.
L'Engle also invaded Poland in 1939.
5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
A limousine liberal if there ever was one, Huck Finn flouts society's laws and refuses to return stolen property because, after finding a robber's large stash of gold in a cave, he no longer identifies with hardworking middle-class Americans who need their slaves to get by.
Mark Twain, godfather of Joseph Stalin and best man at the wedding of Pontius Pilate, suggests that sometimes it is morally correct to break the law. OK, Mr. Twain. So after we don't return runaway slaves, what's next? Strike for eight-hour workdays and a minimum wage? Burn draft cards?
It should also be noted that Twain, who invented cancer and hates puppies, is not even using his real name. Samuel Clemens, wherever you're hiding, if you have any integrity, you will appear on my show and defend your irrational and unpatriotic beliefs.
(from McSweeney's)
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It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen. ~George E. MacDonald
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RE: Mia's Tavern & Karaoke Lounge - 2/21/2006 5:26:04 PM
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miasma
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Here's a book I bought last year, I need to get around to reading it.
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We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. ~Aesop
It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen. ~George E. MacDonald
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RE: Mia's Tavern & Karaoke Lounge - 2/21/2006 7:20:12 PM
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* Peshawar cleric Maulana Yousaf Qureshi offers 7.5m rupees ($125,000) and a car to anyone who kills the cartoonist. The reward is later reportedly raised to $1m.
um...what kind of car,and where do the cartoonist live? Do I..uh..I mean, do the asassins have to kill all of them, or will just one suffice to get the money and car?
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RE: Mia's Tavern & Karaoke Lounge - 2/21/2006 9:19:38 PM
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WHAT?! Cynicism is healthy for anyone. It keeps you from being taken advantage of. It's the reason for this smiley:
Shame on you, corrupting a young mind like that.
Trinitarian Skylarking? quote:
"When Christ was confronted with ecclesiastical obstinacy and other forms of arrogance, he showed us a godly pattern for giving offense."
Oh, the righteous howling that would certainly arise in some corners I know of. A whole new way of reading Mohler and such ilksters.
Heyo, Ms. O... pull up a chair.
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RE: Mia's Tavern & Karaoke Lounge - 2/21/2006 10:03:12 PM
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miasma
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Hooty-hoo, classy lady! Care for a Car Bomb? 
G - uh, Westend, are you familiar with the book? I have oh...30 on my Amazon wish list...anyone read:
A Generous Orthodoxy: Why I Am a Missional, Evangelical, Post/Protestant, Liberal/Conservative, Mystical/Poetic, Biblical, Charismatic/Contemplative, Fundamentalist/Calvinist, Anabaptist/Anglican, Methodist, Catholic, Green, Incarnational, Depressed-yet-Hopeful, Emergent, Unfinished CHRISTIAN by Brian D. McLaren
The Shaping of a Life : A Spiritual Landscape by Phyllis Tickle
Women Caught in the Conflict: The Culture War Between Traditionalism and Feminism by Rebecca Merrill Groothuis
Girl Meets God: On the Path to a Spiritual Life by Lauren F. Winner
Several by Sue Monks Kidd
The Myth Of Religious Neutrality: An Essay On The Hidden Role Of Religious Belief In Theories by Roy A. Clouser
White Women's Christ and Black Women's Jesus : Feminist Christology and Womanist Response (AAR Academy Series) by Jacquelyn Grant
Mmmm...books...I get all hot and bothered by books.
If anyone ever feels led to buy a strangers presents, you just let me know .
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We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. ~Aesop
It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen. ~George E. MacDonald
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RE: Mia's Tavern & Karaoke Lounge - 2/22/2006 1:50:18 AM
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Ms.O
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Several by Sue Monks Kidd
Read "The Secret Life of Bees"...that was really good.
I can relate to liking, nay loving books. "Hi. My name is Ms. O. I'm a bookaholic." I always have to have at least one, if not two books going.
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RE: Mia's Tavern & Karaoke Lounge - 2/22/2006 8:14:21 AM
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happydays
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"When Bad Christians Happen To Good People"
great book!
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer, *Ethics*
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RE: Mia's Tavern & Karaoke Lounge - 2/22/2006 10:31:20 AM
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gratefulforgrace
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Here's another great book:
Mustard Seed vs. McWorld: Reinventing Life and Faith for the Future by Tom Sine.
Seriously, I recommend it to anyone....revolutionary.
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RE: Mia's Tavern & Karaoke Lounge - 2/22/2006 12:43:55 PM
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westend
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Tanks, eh. Got my bar stool and Bailey's Irish Cream right here!
You sound almost Canayjun, eh. I'll have one of those too.
I'm not, M... sounds like one I should be familiar with. Not to mention "When Bad Christians Happen To Good People" . That's a book?! I think I've been out of the market too long. And that last... McWorld.
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If anyone ever feels led to buy a strangers presents, you just let me know
How about just strange presents?
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RE: Mia's Tavern & Karaoke Lounge - 2/22/2006 2:34:58 PM
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The State-the-Obvious Story of the Day Award goes to:
Afghanistan Named Most Dangerous Destination of 2006
Like, who in their right mind is going to go to Afghanistan unless they're ABSOLUTELY COMPELLED to?
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RE: Mia's Tavern & Karaoke Lounge - 2/22/2006 3:10:08 PM
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uncabeeil
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Sometimes it just slips out IN PUBLIC????!!!!! 
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RE: Mia's Tavern & Karaoke Lounge - 2/22/2006 3:17:12 PM
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miasma
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The State-the-Obvious Story of the Day Award goes to:
Afghanistan Named Most Dangerous Destination of 2006
Like, who in their right mind is going to go to Afghanistan unless they're ABSOLUTELY COMPELLED to?
I would like to. But then, I'd go most anywhere.
I know a guy who stayed there, after 9/11, and wrote a book, I think it's called "Inside Afghanistan," his name is John...he was pretty darn cool. I loved talking to him.
Strange presence and presents are a-ok.
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We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. ~Aesop
It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen. ~George E. MacDonald
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RE: Mia's Tavern & Karaoke Lounge - 2/22/2006 3:20:25 PM
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I know a free lance photographer who backpacked thru Afghanistan in 2002. He also went to that Carribean island where the volcano errupted.
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