After Bush talked of the dead innocents in Lebanon today he giggled

[NNN0LHI]

Like someone playing the part of a maniac in a B-movie or something. That is disturbing as hell. He was in the process of pinning the blame on Hezbollah at the time and maybe thats what tickled him? I don't know? But it is goddamn scary if you ask me. I can't believe the media never mentions this goulish habit of Bush.

Don

[elehhhhna]

1. Cherty had a grin on in hisleast few appearances. He & GW seem to be

laughing on the inside.

Wonder why.

[Tellurian]

6. Because Israel and Lebanon are killing each other..

The Bush regime and the Evangelical Right (read Graham) want to Christianize
the Mid-East. The more they shed their own blood and kill each other,
the less Resistance they will have to their Christian missionaries
when they start the colonization of Christianity in the ME!

Graham has been setting and waiting to go into Iraq..

[PATRICK]

10. Also, the Lebanese are Catholic

and there is a subtext to that no one is even thinking about.

I am also bringing up the recent stands of the Vatican. Ratzinger made a selfish blunder. He probably had close ties to the previous anti-war stances of the Vatican, but he is NOT the man to do the international job. Whatever he was thinking in taking the name of the equally ineffectual WWI Pope he certainly is reliving history in a way no one, including himself, can truly want. John XXIII had a tremendous voice. Now we have a squeak that the media can more easily ignore. Also, the American Church does not have to downplay the criticism, more powerful now than during the Iraq invasion. A new face, with the charisma and force to carry out a peace mission was absolutely required.

Instead we have a sad character happy to be a stabilizing force only when it comes time to pick up the peaces and hurt "secularization" or some other bugaboo. Those thinking that he is actual league with the neocons on war I believe are wrong, but certainly that is helping diminish the voice against this terrible slaughter. The consequences of his putting indispensable ego over the job that needs to be done.

[Tellurian]

18. Ratzinger is evil and no more than a figurehead of the Catholic Church..

If you google Meggido, there is alot of information on the Jews watching for the coming of the Anti-Christ.
Pope John was a very good man, a holy man, indeed. He wasn't strong enough to take a stand to dismember the
Church as it stands today. (The assassination attempt shortened his vitality tremendously)

From what I've been able to ascertain from the research done by the Jew's writings, the AC is living in Rome and is about 35 yrs old at this time. I don't believe, Jesus ever intended the Catholic Church to be a physical building. My understanding is he meant for us to find HIM in each of us and find out what we were born to accomplish here while we are on earth.

The Catholic Church was corrupted from the day St. Peter was crucified upside down, (which is the mark of Satan). When Christ said (of Peter) "On this rock, I will build my Church", what he meant was, the knowledge and teachings he imparted in Peter, as his scholar, was to propagate the faith person by person and let it flourish as a way of life.

I asked myself one day...how in the world, after Christ died and left his Apostles, did we arrive at the church hierarchy and Rules that inhabit the Church to this day...The Catholic Church is bogus..bogus all the way and has been since the death of St. Peter.

[PATRICK]

20. Holy Mackerel

how long has this guy been posting? But in any event, that is part of the point. The present pope has poor standing to hinder the escalation of war. I thought that was simple enough. Sorry to provoke someone's inner demons.

[Tellurian]

29. Hey, this guy, is a girl...

and I've been researching this stuff for years. At this point in time, mackerels are holier than most..hahaha!
No inner demons, though- maybe my post was a bit abrupt but I wasn't in the mood to play kissy poo and romance what I believe to be true. In my line of work, I've been talking to and helping people all day, and may have been too quick and/or blunt about getting to the point of what role Ratzinger plays in the scheme of things. Sorry, if I affected your sensibilities..it had to be said, but I'm sorry I wasn't as tactful as I could have been at another time...humble apologies.. But, I stand by what I said.

[PATRICK]

32. The Last Benedict

was one of the last to hold reflexively to what in fact was the tragic replacement of Roman government, in gross decay, with the talented and dedicated Church organization. When the state within the state inherited a lot by default and by the usual corrupting upper politics(Constantine) someone was fused into the Church that Jesus always vehemently and with good reason inveighed against. What benedict was left with was being moved into a spiritual arm of the Euro power establishment. Of course issues like these get fused with sanctified tradition and mindsets even when the temporal power vanishes. It's a long mess of wheat and weeds, the wars of religion doing little to resolve anything on any side except spread the junk around. Like malaria, any crisis brings dormant illness to a new head.

The proper response is indeed anger and sorrow. I couldn't even begin trying to untangle or wanting to. I am still a Catholic and still a Democrat. Alas, poor humanity. Such a terrible long road ahead.

[Tellurian]

44. Benedict's mindset is imprinted with Hitler's nazi youth org's

mantra where as a boy, he was a member. I've seen pictures of him as proud as punch in his uniform, giving the seig heil to Der Fuhrer, looking thrilled at the prospect of qualifying as a chosen Aryan of the Reich. I don't believe he is anything but evil and is the chosen purveyor of things to come.

I am a Catholic as well, not so sure about being a Demo...but an Indy for sure. Picking and choosing the best man for the job from both partys as my Congressional representative. I'm not interested in lockstep mindsets more in concurrence of universal conclusions. If that makes any sense to you. I've studied 'Gnosticism' for a very long time, (which is the antithesis of Agnostic) and also is the meaning of the search for knowledge.

If your interested, you can begin with :

The Secret Teachings of Jesus: Four Gnostic Gospels

(the book is written in riddles with helpful explanations at the back of the book)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0394744330/ref=pd_sim_b_5/102-6763738-1410541?ie=UTF8

And read Elaine Pagels book on Gnosticism.

She provides informative insight on the beginnings of Religion.

sorry for rambling...do as you please..<g>

[Tellurian]

47. And as an aside, you may want to have a look at this-

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/arch/sbrandt/nicea.htm

Interesting the words Aryan and Arian have the same pronouncements
and their meanings also similar in their effect...division/divide.

<coincidence?>

[midnight]

33. I have a question about the Catholic Church.

Did the existance of female popes exist in Ireland?

[elehhhhna]

42. Dunno but fyi my hubs is such a lapsed Catholic he does the sign of the

kite (right, down, left, up) at holiday mass.

bah-dump-bump

[Tellurian]

46. Dominus vobiscum,

Et cum spiritu tuo-

Leave the poor ting alone..his intentions are pure..

:toast:

[Tellurian]

45. Why yes, today they're known as Black and Tans...

popes!

:rofl:

[louis-t]

19. Photo in Detroit Free Press had chertoff

with a light over his head in a domed room. Looked very "Jesus-y". There they go again. Can't find the photo online.

[Drewskie]

50. ...

[Richard Steele]

2. Heeeere's GEORGIE!

[Olney Blue]

37. Is that photoshopped, or did he swallow a radioactive toothpick?

[Richard Steele]

39. Not PhotoShopped; that's an actual press photo.

Taken aboard Air Force 1 as he flew over the flooded streets
of New Orleans last August.

Americans were still DYING just a few thousand feet below
at the moment that pic was snapped; I sometimes think
that camera captured a glimpse of the dark THING that he traded
his soul for as it fed upon their misery and despair.

[elehhhhna]

43. Not p'shopped. Cherty was trying to light * 's boozy face on fire w/ a

looking glass.


Gotta be per-PARED!

[Octafish]

41. The evil turd laughed when mentioning '' hanging '' a portrait of MLK

One sick psycho.

[spanone]

3. I saw that smirking chimp. He's quite the smart-ass.

The media sits there and lobs softballs at this man. I can only assume that they feel sorry for him, there is no other excuse.

[partylessinOhio]

4. The selected imposters love killing and endless wars. They are both

deranged. How could anyone (30%) support them?

[Hubert Flottz]

5. "How could anyone (30%) support them?"

They are just as criminal and nuts as Bush is, so he seems okay to them. It's like how drunks can tolerate other drunks.

[sinkingfeeling]

7. Bush has exhibited inappropriate behavior ever since he took office.

He's always smirking at the wrong time and grinning when he thinks he's being humble or sympathetic.

[MrSlayer]

8. Someone should make a clip of every instance of this behavior.

He does it so often, he's like a friggin sadist getting off on the suffering of others. I'm sure out there on the internets the resources to make such a video are readily available.

[Francine Frensky]

17. That would be #1 on YouTube if somebody took the time to do it

It's just SICK how often he does this. I wonder why all his christian supporters don't notice this.

[WinkyDink]

25. "like"?!

[DoYouEverWonder]

9. I noticed Condi does the same thing

Everytime she talks about killing people.

[Generic Other]

11. Why does he do that all the time? Is it a frat boy tic

Laughing nervously and looking to see if any of the other boys join in? A need for approval of his "pranks."

I'm trying to be magnanimous here and not say it's because he's a sadistic madman.

[Iwasthere]

12. You got it... the sadistic madman thing

Do you remember back when he was running the first time and in virtually all the media much of the talk centered around Bush's intelligence and the question, "Is he smart enough to be effective globally (or at all)" How soon everyone forgets; there was time that this man was just flat NOT LEGIT. Now the media acts like he was always legit and like he even has the smarts for the job. Remember how he also used to say, "I am a uniter (while in the back of his mind he was thinkin, "I will divide like a madman, heaaauu!)"

The SOB is crazy! He has to be stopped!!!

[louis-t]

21. There was a short time when the kooky right was calling him

"the greatest orator of our time". "King of the Hill" episode parodied this along with the "man's man" image they were pushing. Hank was devastated after shrub gave him a limp handshake.

[Maat]

35. I loved that episode of "King of the Hill" ...

Not that I have certain relatives in mind when I laugh, mind you (HeeHee).

(But my favorite one is the one in which they take LuAnn down to register to vote ... "... so that she can vote for Bush." Then she registers as a Communist, and the "boys" tell her, "Commie, go home," near the front yard. She says, "O.K.," and then walk into her house (Hank's house).)

[louis-t]

51. That was a good one, too!

No social commentary in that show, is there?

[Maat]

52. Ooooh, nooooo! HeeHee (n/t).

[City Lights]

13. He gets off on talking about death.

I remember him smirking during the debates of 2000 when discussing the death penalty. He's psycho.

[Iwasthere]

14. He liked to insert firecrackers into frogs as a kid

and gleefully watch them blow up

[City Lights]

24. I know. It disgusts me.

He needs a padded cell.

[BeHereNow]

15. Actually, he exhibits classic traits of a sociopath.

Did you see him joking about the WMDs a few
years ago?
I actually called the WH and asked if he
had been examined by a psychiatrist, as there
was nothing funny about dead soldiers who were
sent there BECAUSE of the WMD claims.
I mentioned that the parents and loved ones of
those soldiers probably failed to see the humor in his
little comedy routine featuring his search for WMDs...
A fucking SOCIOPATH- that is what he is.
BHN

[Iwasthere]

16. Sociopath proof ...

http://www.serendipity.li/wot/conover01.htm

[louis-t]

22. Makes a good point....

something I never noticed before. I always attributed it to the meds being just right when he could actually complete a sentence. It's the subject that makes him lucid.

[AnneD]

40. Read Bush on the Couch

by Dr Frank. He does a psych eval and it is dead on accurate. After you finish-you feel a mix of sadness about GWB early life and dread for our future....a great read.

[BeHereNow]

23. Great link!

Thanks for that!
I remember someone posted it to DU way back when-
I had forgotten all about it!
Yes, we have been repeatedly warned, haven't we?
There is a sociopath sitting in the WH.
What to do, what to do?
BHN

[City Lights]

27. Thanks for the info.

Very informative.

[man4allcats]

30. Interesting link.

Thanks! :hi:

[City Lights]

26. Sociopath it is. eom

[WinkyDink]

28. Now don't you sell this Presidential coin on e-Bay! Sorry your kid's dead.

[Raine]

34. He is but

can't he even fake it, put on an act like Ronnie Raygun did with a tear or two. :eyes:

[Raine]

31. He's a freak...

he's not even close to being human. :puke:

[focusfan]

36. this man is bipolar

he can turn the tears on when need be when they interviewed
him about 9/11 when it first happened:thumbsdown: :cry: the
man  is a great actor.and crook

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

38. Like Richard Widmark in Kiss of Death?

That was actually the definitive giggling sociopath in a B movie. If you haven't seen it, by all means put it on your Netfliz queue.

[GeorgeGist]

48. Was it the same giggle...

he gets when he mentions 'rape rooms'? I've always thought it quite revealing of his insanity.

[BattyDem]

49. That happens EVERY time!

Every time the man talks about death and destruction, he gets that stupid grin on his face and he giggles. It's sickening! :grr: