tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post4398001236646699732..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: Mouse On The MarchMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-2343628939007908592011-07-19T21:45:52.387-07:002011-07-19T21:45:52.387-07:00Took Amtrak through Minot N.D. in June on a cross ...Took Amtrak through Minot N.D. in June on a cross country train trip from Portland to NYC. Barely made it. Water was up to the track rails. I think we were the last train on the Empire Builder route to make it to Chicago, where we changed trains. You're the best Murr.Don Carmonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-59636613856407178612011-07-18T09:39:24.379-07:002011-07-18T09:39:24.379-07:00Oh, Robert. I slipped through swimsuit, but lost i...Oh, Robert. I slipped through swimsuit, but lost it at poise.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-88564312547113468982011-07-18T09:26:19.236-07:002011-07-18T09:26:19.236-07:00The news media reports on the floods, droughts, to...The news media reports on the floods, droughts, tornadoes, melting Arctic but they will never, as in NEVER, mention a word even hinting that it might be about Global Climate Change - that's a political issue, you see, not a scientific one. They want to be "fair and balanced" like Faux News. <br /><br />Hmmm, my pen just feel out of my hand and hit the floor. Could it be GRAVITY? Robert the Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863488312604865183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-88646865324564128572011-07-17T13:15:11.006-07:002011-07-17T13:15:11.006-07:00(Anyone who thinks scientists could conspire toget...(Anyone who thinks scientists could conspire together in groups as large as two or three, in order to, say, conceal the theft of a cookie, has not met many scientists. Scientists may have their faults, but covering up for each other is not one of them.)Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-9568148485647651942011-07-17T09:52:11.168-07:002011-07-17T09:52:11.168-07:00The ability to inject humor with real wisdom is ra...The ability to inject humor with real wisdom is rarely found. You've got a huge case of it and this post is one of the better of many excellent examples. I'm awed.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166865250789996825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-2438182214300743342011-07-17T08:15:03.619-07:002011-07-17T08:15:03.619-07:00When I was a little girl, I had a collection of al...When I was a little girl, I had a collection of all the seashells I found up in the hills behind our house. We were 80 miles from any beach and the seashells were blanched white from centuries of sun, but there they were, and very useful hands-on education for me too. An interest in the world around us can help with ignorance -- pity it can't wash away all those oceans of stupid.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-7902134954788318992011-07-16T20:42:01.391-07:002011-07-16T20:42:01.391-07:00We started watching the video and I turned it off ...We started watching the video and I turned it off after the fifth girl. Too disheartening. If I'd listened to all of them I'd probably have been suicidal. <br /><br />I went to school with a lot of pretty fundamental types as a redneck kid in central Florida, and a lot of them didn't believe in evolution either, but at least they had enough education to understand the basics of what digitalzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10670556566634503223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-37313545549393587382011-07-16T19:55:56.669-07:002011-07-16T19:55:56.669-07:00What Indigo said. Religion should be taught in sc...What Indigo said. Religion should be taught in schools, but not in science class. It really doesn't matter, because it's too late. Mother's pissed and we ain't seen nothing yet.Mr. Charlestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17497415823443875308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-3820298238439891932011-07-16T14:00:43.884-07:002011-07-16T14:00:43.884-07:00Oh Anvilcloud and DJan, while Murr does enjoy joke...Oh Anvilcloud and DJan, while Murr does enjoy jokes that wallop us on the head like a frying pan, she'll also go for the subtle, tricksy humor. Reread that sentence, and in addition to that surprising last word, you'll see the nod you were looking for between the commas: "Looked at that way, and only that way, the contestants in the last Miss USA pageant are really flat. " <br /Patricia Lichenhttp://www.patriciaklichen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-7052792523148248382011-07-16T13:58:49.017-07:002011-07-16T13:58:49.017-07:00The correct answer to the Miss America question is...The correct answer to the Miss America question is "World Peace." But what I really love are the people that believe that scientists have spent their entire lives planting fake fossils all over the freaking world just to prove evolution. I'm with Roxie, effluvia for brains.<br /><br />Okay, back to writing my sermon on the Rapture. Don't get my started....Susan Landis-Stewardhttp://susanlandissteward.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-78818892996925806252011-07-16T13:47:39.523-07:002011-07-16T13:47:39.523-07:00Hey Murr,
Good grief on many fronts; flooding, A...Hey Murr, <br /><br />Good grief on many fronts; flooding, America in general, and pageants in particular; my heart goes out to those affected by the water. <br /><br />As for the pageant, what an back-asswards question. Should EVOLUTION be taught in schools? Yes, in Science classes; it's SCIENCE. This question positions Science as the interloper. <br /><br />The question *could* have been, &Indigo Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03957870121933442627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-21172837558600964652011-07-16T13:05:46.564-07:002011-07-16T13:05:46.564-07:00Another good post, Murr. I'm afraid it wont cu...Another good post, Murr. I'm afraid it wont cut much ice here right now...we're snowed under with Carbon Tax. Oh, yes! Also with phone-hacking scandals.dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-55405037036701009202011-07-16T09:32:58.789-07:002011-07-16T09:32:58.789-07:00I am not kidding: take a look. Oh Roxie, I only wi...I am not kidding: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkBmhM0R2A0" rel="nofollow">take a look.</a> Oh Roxie, I only wish they were channeling off the effluvia, but all I see is a flat, stagnant quagmire. I like the idea though: "if you could be any kind of topography, what would you be?" (I hear Baba Wawa's voice.)Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-52425502636119575572011-07-16T07:24:13.749-07:002011-07-16T07:24:13.749-07:00You're kidding about the Miss USA pageant, rig...You're kidding about the Miss USA pageant, right? And who are all those starving girls up there standing around in their underwear, anyway?Suburban Correspondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11488916572135296650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-63769622922494604522011-07-16T06:52:47.450-07:002011-07-16T06:52:47.450-07:00A little stupid can go a long way and many years, ...A little stupid can go a long way and many years, at least as long as the earth survives the humans.CiCihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615265608675467505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-54676458911159024252011-07-16T06:46:05.694-07:002011-07-16T06:46:05.694-07:00Roxie sez
I'm much in favor of topography. Ha...Roxie sez<br />I'm much in favor of topography. Have never been to North Dakota but have visited South Florida and observed that a twenty foot tidalwave would roll right across the entire state. Intellectual topography is also important. We need the peaks like Steve Hawkings to attract the lightning bolts. And we need the dips, like the creationists, to channel off the effluvia. I feel Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-44363739910254481242011-07-16T05:48:20.981-07:002011-07-16T05:48:20.981-07:00Most of the religious people I know (particularly ...Most of the religious people I know (particularly Christians) embrace evolution. But then, I live in Canada. In fact, I don't know anybody who believes we are "living on a five-thousand-year-old landscape the shape of a dinner plate."<br />But maybe that's an accident of geography. Or something.<br />Vineyards in the Yukon — sounds like a bit of a stretch. The rest of the Rob-bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00171692478879522588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-54215875313158830602011-07-16T05:45:18.685-07:002011-07-16T05:45:18.685-07:00I kept thinking you were going to make some commen...I kept thinking you were going to make some comment about the "flat" contestants, too (AnvilCloud beat me to it). And Teresa is so right about your ability with words. And humor. How can you make me smile at something so dire? But you do.DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-14145488874473399062011-07-16T05:27:54.032-07:002011-07-16T05:27:54.032-07:00It's so much easier to debate than fix. And th...It's so much easier to debate than fix. And the greater the culpability, the more urgent the need for denial. <br />Although South Africa happily embraces global warming, for years the government denied the link between HIV and AIDS (it's not been proven!). Why? South Africa had the highest proportion of HIV positive people in the world.Mainly mongoose (Lynda)http://www.mainlymongoose.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-89655713451726165772011-07-16T05:17:17.377-07:002011-07-16T05:17:17.377-07:00First, let me just say that cousin Don looks like ...First, let me just say that cousin Don looks like the kind of boy who I would have wanted to be the first boy I ever kissed. And, is that Grandma behind you?<br /><br />Second, damn, you're good. You can say more with a few well-used and well-placed words than a thousand other folks with a thousand words. Your last sentence here is a perfect conclusion to the impending mess we'll be in ifTeresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-82595832697730428982011-07-16T04:11:15.817-07:002011-07-16T04:11:15.817-07:00But...but...but....evolution is just a THEORY. (D...But...but...but....evolution is just a THEORY. (Does this bikini make my brain look small?)Linda Koonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05614162024708881395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-59599152595072088982011-07-16T03:54:48.977-07:002011-07-16T03:54:48.977-07:00Aw c'mon. Those contestants were not flat.Aw c'mon. Those contestants were not flat.Anvilcloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974744042579564912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-55945173750404778852011-07-16T03:48:59.840-07:002011-07-16T03:48:59.840-07:00I once taught in a religious school and had to tea...I once taught in a religious school and had to teach biology backwards, starting with humans so no one would even see the patterns that led to the theory of evolution. <br /><br />And when our school children can't tell fact from opinion and grow up never learning the difference, and when we live in a society of instant gratification and learn to look out for number one and never learn to Marilyn Kircushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15014565704792020948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-23527072968638644342011-07-16T03:19:22.833-07:002011-07-16T03:19:22.833-07:00Excellent post. I read about this a year or two a...Excellent post. I read about this a year or two ago -- about 90 million years ago there was a vast shallow sea between the Rockies and the Appalachians, covering most of the part of the country where, today, so many people believe that nothing is more than 6,000 years old. Hence the fossils of ancient sea creatures found all over the area.<br /><br />Reality is so much more interesting than theInfidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.com