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by davidkc on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 04:20:17 AM PDT
fact does not require fiction for balance
by mollyd on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 04:30:40 AM PDT
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Unlike the pseudo-science, it's real marinara sauce.
Who will stop this war of lies? Keith Olbermann May 23rd, 2007
by Ed in Montana on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 05:16:53 AM PDT
then it's not a marinara...
just sayin'...
NFTT Progressively supporting the troops
by Timroff on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 05:46:00 AM PDT
I was afraid it would come to this...
Timroff, I will be hammering a marinara coated noodle to your front door in the New Year!
by Ed in Montana on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 07:44:23 AM PDT
I'd just think that, since he's got meatballs, the FSM's noodly appendages would be coated with a fine Salsa Bolognese or Salsa al Carne as opposed to a Salsa Marinara especially since the carne sauces are thicker and hold tgether better...
by Timroff on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 09:26:15 AM PDT
As a vegetarian, I'd be very upset to go to an Italian restaurant and be served meatballs in my marinara. It's a real distinction for some of us.
Dump Steny Hoyer
by mataliandy on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 10:12:14 AM PDT
But the sauce could be putanesca.
This aggression will not stand, man.
by kaleidescope on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 10:41:28 AM PDT
"All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner. We are the ones we have been waiting for." -- Hopi Elders
by Wbythebay on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 10:44:19 AM PDT
"That which I am writing about so tediously may be obvious to someone whose mind is less decrepit." - Ludwig Wittgenstein
by Mad Dog Rackham on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 02:26:30 PM PDT
John McCain on SCHIP
by Hobelhouse on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 05:25:54 PM PDT
I'm a Pesto Pastafarian.
You subscribe to the hated Basilite heresy? Aroint thee, infidel!
A pain in the ass wrapped in a headache surrounded by a nightmare
by Blank Frank on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 11:38:50 PM PDT
In TX-32, track the voting record of Pete Sessions at SessionsWatch.
by CoolOnion on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 07:51:42 AM PDT
rigatoni accuses large pasta shells of shelling out. Elbow noodles claim that spaghetti discriminates against hollow, bent forms. Flat noodles complain about everything and everyone.
What we call god is merely a living creature with superior technology & understanding. If their fragile egos demand prayer, they lose that superiority.
by agnostic on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 07:56:35 AM PDT
by CoolOnion on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 07:58:19 AM PDT
by agnostic on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 07:59:17 AM PDT
American foreign policy is NOT a Viagra substitute.
by DanK Is Back on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 11:54:19 AM PDT
We should remember that Linguini is Italian for "tongues."
I'm not asking you to take the country back, I'm asking you to take it forward-Van Jones.
by Judge Moonbox on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 09:07:25 AM PDT
tomato based, or olive oil? garlic or no? not only messy, the sauce wars will stain society forever.
by agnostic on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 09:44:17 AM PDT
"But their gift is an empty snake, Carrying hypocrisy in its mouth like venom" - Sami Al Hajj
by walkshills on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 10:00:21 AM PDT
I have work to do. that is all I knead. pasta jokes.
by agnostic on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 10:58:36 AM PDT
To knead is better than being kneed.
by walkshills on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 11:20:17 AM PDT
dried is also good.
by agnostic on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 12:35:39 PM PDT
All sauce inclusive church. We welcome all regardless of their sauce orientation.
So many impeachable offenses, so little time... -6.0 -5.33
by Cali Techie on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 11:04:00 AM PDT
Let Sibel Speak
by peaceloveandkucinich on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 01:16:44 PM PDT
From minimalist olive oil, garlic, and basil saucers to the most complex arrabiata, to vegan pestos, to even the richest of creamy cheese based sauces!
We welcome ALL!
by Cali Techie on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 01:49:44 PM PDT
"we welcome all" Hah. Then why can't you folks stomach spinach-based pasta? Huh? Answer that one for me.
by agnostic on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 02:26:41 PM PDT
spinach-based pasta?
I swear some of you militants are just making up reasons to be upset!
Not only do we welcome spinach-based pastas, but also yellow squash based pastas and the sundried tomato pastas as well! Now granted they don't always mix well with some of the sauces, but in our space everyone is encouraged to get along as we are all one under the FSM!
by Cali Techie on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 02:41:42 PM PDT
That's it. Lets go. Out in the alley, Romano a Romano. Or Manicotti a Manicotti. Come on, put up those Ditali! Only vermicelli like you would be pretend spinach lovers.
I dare you to Penne me an answer, Cali.
by agnostic on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 04:34:45 PM PDT
Please! We are peaceful Pastafarians!
Please rest your bumbola in our sanctuary amongst the capellinis, and tortellinis. You have traveled farfalle in your quest for acceptance. We welcome all from conchiglie to conchiglioni.
May your capellonis be filled to overflowing with the essences of the many sauces who come to worship here with pastas of all shapes and types and may you ravioli in the presence of the FSM!
All hail the FSM! May we all be blessed with the touch of the Noodly Appendage this day!
by Cali Techie on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 06:27:02 PM PDT
is pasta, turned with a specific kind of Italian butter, (it had more cream in it than ours, and we can't get it here), and grated cheese.
The original Alfredo, for whom the dish is named, added his own touch when preparing the dish, tableside. He would serve three of the four servings, and the last person, who had been waiting longest, would get the big serving dish, which had all the extra bits of cheese and butter at the bottom of the bowl.
There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those that understand binary, and those that don't. -8.25, -6.21
by Jacques on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 04:40:29 PM PDT
Sounds positively yummy... but here in the US it's bottled as sauce. In any form it is welcome!
by Cali Techie on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 06:30:20 PM PDT
is one of the sacraments, set another place at the table.
Your message here. Email for summer rates.
by RudiB on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 06:57:54 PM PDT
something else.
by Jacques on Thu Dec 27, 2007 at 02:10:10 PM PDT
as are any combination of butter, cheese, and cream, no matter what you call yourself.
As with any community, those who are snobbish may find themselves lonely and not invited to the best parties...
by Cali Techie on Thu Dec 27, 2007 at 09:43:33 PM PDT
Bolognese to the left of me, Vegetarians to my right, Here I am, stuck in the middle with you...
Bottled hot water for dehydrated babies? WTF?!
by JVolvo on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 11:22:13 AM PDT
only the One True Sauce - vodka tomato cream - would be on the curriculum. I would consider multicultural awareness days, however, for marinara and alfredo.
by Leap Year on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 09:26:52 PM PDT
by agnostic on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 11:47:48 AM PDT
the linguini cult. It's not flying spaghetti, you see; it's linguini. May you all boil over and with your burned (m)ass stuck to the bottom of the pan.
by RudiB on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 06:54:56 PM PDT
We have been infiltrated by by ricism! Perhaps breadists. Who ever they are, they are heathens!
by agnostic on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 06:58:04 PM PDT
Mario Batali nailing 95 pappardalle noodles to the door of an Olive Garden?
I honor John McCain's military service to our country (but I have no intention of voting for him)
by frsbdg on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 07:54:43 PM PDT
Even Mohammed liked his Allah ... Al Dente.
Yes we can, for ... we are one.
by abarefootboy on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 09:14:59 AM PDT
Ah-h-h-h-h-men!
by newmexicobear on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 09:44:07 AM PDT
brie forth your sick and tired. cheddar or not you bleu hot or cold, blessed are the americans and swiss.
by agnostic on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 09:59:09 AM PDT
On a popcicle stick, preferably breaded and lightly fried...
by Cali Techie on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 11:05:17 AM PDT
Lettuce sticks to the FAX!
by hulagirl on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 11:28:39 AM PDT
Cheeses are just all right, whoa yeah
by skralyx on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 01:55:01 PM PDT
Hell´s own saucier!
McCain's occupation plan will achieve victory when it bestows liberty to the freedom loving people of Iraq and their freedom loving oil.
by Lefty Coaster on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 09:34:16 PM PDT
Consider it a miracle, a mystery. I do.
He can also out with His Appendage and revise your interpretation of the recipe of His holy Sauces as He sees fit, just as he does with scientific measurements.
But, I for one, prefer simply to blindly ladle on the mystery.
You've got to be cou-ra-geous, to play the odds that love will win. Whatever city you're in. Was / Not Was
by Noodles on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 10:44:11 AM PDT
even he can't drain it?
by agnostic on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 04:06:45 PM PDT
Though in His fairly vast if not infinite mercy, He won't do it because that would irreparably change the laws of thermodynamics for all time. After all, al dente would then be impossible if there is no getting out of hot water for all eternity. Which sounds suspiciously like some other entity who carries a grudge. His Noodleyness is above that.
Besides he'd only do it on a bet. Which no one will take obviously as how would one ever collect on it?
by Noodles on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 04:47:20 PM PDT
the followers of other, competing, as believable sects and cults. the god of those others is so vile, deadly, egotistical, and demanding of prayer, that it makes one wonder who would want to follow it?
At least your god provides sustenance, great taste, (less filling, unless you are a secret member of the saucy lasagnaist cult) and is really cute on a plate.
by agnostic on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 05:08:08 PM PDT
Yet. I'm simply checking out the theology. While I'm actually concerned about carbs It's pretty nice. And surprising about the pirates. I'd fall for that. And I'm all for requiring ID classes be taught in full pirate regalia as well. Seems proper.
Not all gods are vile nor or some of their followers. I know some who are good people indeed. Not just in word. Gods are comforting to many people and somewhat harmless so long as they can work a benchmark of empirical truths into their spirituality. Some people see past gods but still like to believe.
You've got to be cou-ra-geous to play the odds will win. Whatever city you're in. Don & David Was
by Noodles on Thu Dec 27, 2007 at 12:24:30 AM PDT
it gives me the opportunity to give the faith-based perspective on climate change:
(see chart here)
by raines on Thu Dec 27, 2007 at 06:20:37 AM PDT
with some nice artiCHOKEs.
TG the IDiots are getting their stupid asses handed to them.
How about, 'God created evolution'?
Let's leave it at that & teach Science in the Public schools. If they want to teach ID, they are welcome to do it in their own privately funded fundie schools.
Dean DNC ka-ching! button
by x on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 05:43:06 AM PDT
This is what ID should be, not that the earth is only 6,000 years old.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) laid out an explanation of evolution in God-related terms in The Phenomenom of Man. When I was exposed to this teaching a few years ago, I thought his explanation of intelligent design was what the fundies meant. Alas, not. Too bad, because it makes more sense than what they are talking about. And they could embrace both ID and evolution.
From wikipedia:
In his posthumously published book, The Phenomenon of Man, Teilhard writes of the unfolding of the material cosmos, from the creation to the development of the noosphere in the present, to his vision of the Omega Point in the future. He was a leading proponent of orthogenesis, the idea that evolution occurs in a directional, goal driven way. To Teilhard, evolution unfolded from cell to organism to planet to solar system and whole-universe (see Gaia theory). Such theories are generally termed teleological views of evolution.
Back in his day, Teilhard was excommunicated from the church (Catholic -- duh) for his "outrageous ideas."
More wiki:
Controversies about his line of thought centre on the question of whether or not the mission started by Christ was completed with his crucifixion, or whether mankind is meant to advance Christ's mission via the evolutionary process. Some theologians see an unbridgeable gulf between the traditional teaching that mankind was redeemed by a single act of divine intercession - mediated by the sacraments of the Catholic Church - and the notion that mankind might perfect itself by degrees, and over a long period of time. Holding with the latter, Teilhard proposed that the culmination of human history in the Omega point would represent actual Christogenesis.
This is the problem I think fundies have -- being/becoming Christ-like (Christogenesis) could be more of an evolutionary goal for mankind rather than attainable in one's lifetime. If even Teilhard's explanation were embraced, I'd say we have a long way to go.
Republicans: Your history has earned you a new mantra: "War and waste." ~~ Marta Jorgensen (CA-24 in '08)
I am an Edwards Democrat!
by Scubaval on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 07:37:10 AM PDT
God created everything in 7 days, and to God "a day" is a really, really, really long time--a few billion years.
Evolution seems impossible to us, because we human beings are in a hurry. But God has lots and lots of time.
Religion teaches us that God created the heavens and earth. Science teaches us how long a day is to God, and by what process God created the universe.
I can't imagine why some religious people see a conflict between evolution and religion.
by CoolOnion on Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 07:57:16 AM PDT
Science teaches us how long a day is to God, and by what process God created the universe.
It's a "nice" though, comforting, and wrong on two counts. Science deals with measurable phenomena (loosely: facts). No one has yet measured any phenomenon relating to any supernatural entity (the moment it is measurab
