Things That People Believe

barman · Aug 24, 2010

Came across this fun post while surfing a cyber trail from coverage related to "Many Americans believe President Obama to be a Muslim"

Started to give it a dismissive pass before suddenly realizing that "I" believe in at least three of those listed

I post if for friendly-spirited discussion here at the Rx with a similar friendly request that Comments be limited only to those "beliefs" listed below. Save your hot "Obama"-related beliefs for the Rx PoliticoSatirePub, please

hat tip to Matthew Iglesias and his Think Progress blog

http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/2010/08/things-people-believe/

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Things People Believe

Adrian Arroyo observed yesterday that writing about odd American beliefs about politics would benefit from some context. According to Gallup, lots of Americans believe lots of weird stuff:

What’s more, that’s not just a group of overlapping people. Instead “A special analysis of the data shows that 73% of Americans believe in at least one of the 10 items listed above, while 27% believe in none of them. A Gallup survey in 2001 provided similar results — 76% professed belief in at least one of the 10 items.” I’ll admit that I’m a lot more open to the view that Barack Obama is secretly a Muslim than to the view that the spirits of dead people can return in certain situations.

barman · Aug 24, 2010

Oh, the (for now) 72 comments listed below the linked coverage above provide some further level of often wry amusement.

festeringZit · Aug 24, 2010

festeringZit · Aug 24, 2010

barman · Aug 24, 2010

heh....I wondered if I might smoke you out of your recent Rx lacitude by creating this here Topic

So yep...you've correctly identified one of the three which I believe from the above list

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ps...I especially like that you didn't just Bookmark that post for your Rx Classics folder....you took the time to fire up a screen shot, thus giving us a nostalgic peek at my longtime avatar

Bonus fun fact included with that screen shot.....Almost half of my lifetime Rx posts have come in past 23 months

festeringZit · Aug 24, 2010

Barman,

Have you changed your beliefs over the last couple years?

festeringZit · Aug 24, 2010

barman said:
heh....I wondered if I might smoke you out of your recent Rx lacitude by creating this here Topic

So yep...you've correctly identified one of the three which I believe from the above list

Lol... I'm honored that you missed me.

festeringZit · Aug 24, 2010

barman said:
heh....I wondered if I might smoke you out of your recent Rx lacitude by creating this here Topic

So yep...you've correctly identified one of the three which I believe from the above list

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ps...I especially like that you didn't just Bookmark that post for your Rx Classics folder....you took the time to fire up a screen shot, thus giving us a nostalgic peek at my longtime avatar

Bonus fun fact included with that screen shot.....Almost half of my lifetime Rx posts have come in past 23 months

BTW,

I've been on the Oregon coast getting out of this damn heat. If only I had enough cash to live up north in the summers and down here in the winters...

barman · Aug 24, 2010

Easy now....no need to hijack this towards general religious beliefs, though a few in the Lead Post tilt kind of that way.

If we're talking straight religion, that's a whole 'nuther list of Things People Believe

barman · Aug 24, 2010

festeringZit said:
Barman,

Have you changed your beliefs over the last couple years?

Well not the one you cited above (communicating mentally with a very select group of people who have passed from this plane) and that includes as well your second pasted reference wherein I stated (and still believe) that active spiritual communication is possible between human beings and Jesus Christ. Pretty much the same belief in two different applications.

festeringZit · Aug 24, 2010

I still can't figure out what you are saying though...

"I’ll admit that I’m a lot more open to the view that Barack Obama is secretly a Muslim than to the view that the spirits of dead people can return in certain situations."

But then in 11/2008 you say that you communicate with your dead mentor?

barman · Aug 24, 2010

festeringZit said:
BTW,

I've been on the Oregon coast getting out of this damn heat. If only I had enough cash to live up north in the summers and down here in the winters...

I can dig it....Our visit to Steamboat Springs (northern Colorado) this past Memorial Day has greatly inspired me to persist with private business efforts that could give us legitimate means to do that region for three to four months a year, with Florida and elsewhere at six months.

barman · Aug 24, 2010

festeringZit said:
I still can't figure out what you are saying though...

"I’ll admit that I’m a lot more open to the view that Barack Obama is secretly a Muslim than to the view that the spirits of dead people can return in certain situations."

Ummmm...I believe you've gotten a tad befuddled by the content of the link I provided.

In Post #1 of this here Rx thread, my own comments are italicized. The pasted comments are from the linked blogpost by Matt Iglesias.

barman · Aug 24, 2010

festeringZit said:
Barman,

Have you changed your beliefs over the last couple years?

YES INDEED....As of today, I no longer believe - as I did in the offseason of MLB 2008-9 - that BJ Upton was a surefire TopTen fantasy baseball selection.

festeringZit · Aug 24, 2010

barman said:
Ummmm...I believe you've gotten a tad befuddled by the content of the link I provided.

In Post #1 of this here Rx thread, my own comments are italicized. The pasted comments are from the linked blogpost by Matt Iglesias. And the apended Comments (from which you just quoted) are from a long list of his many readers. I myself (Barman) did not post any comments into the Iglesias page.

Ahh... now it makes sense...

barman · Aug 24, 2010

OTHER RX Members welcome to participate in this here thread

:drink:

festeringZit · Aug 24, 2010

barman said:
OTHER RX Members welcome to participate in this here thread

:drink:

I'll go back into hibernation now...

!~))!

quantumleap · Aug 24, 2010

barman said:
Came across this fun post while surfing a cyber trail from coverage related to "Many Americans believe President Obama to be a Muslim"

Started to give it a dismissive pass before suddenly realizing that "I" believe in at least three of those listed

I post if for friendly-spirited discussion here at the Rx with a similar friendly request that Comments be limited only to those "beliefs" listed below. Save your hot "Obama"-related beliefs for the Rx PoliticoSatirePub, please

hat tip to Matthew Iglesias and his Think Progress blog

http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/2010/08/things-people-believe/

=========

Things People Believe

Adrian Arroyo observed yesterday that writing about odd American beliefs about politics would benefit from some context. According to Gallup, lots of Americans believe lots of weird stuff:

What’s more, that’s not just a group of overlapping people. Instead “A special analysis of the data shows that 73% of Americans believe in at least one of the 10 items listed above, while 27% believe in none of them. A Gallup survey in 2001 provided similar results — 76% professed belief in at least one of the 10 items.” I’ll admit that I’m a lot more open to the view that Barack Obama is secretly a Muslim than to the view that the spirits of dead people can return in certain situations.

I believe all of those things are possible except for astrology. Notice I didn't say I necessarily believed in those things. I believe there may be a scientific explanation for some of those things that we may not know about yet.

I remember watching Leonard Nimoy's "In Search of..." and he was investigating a possible haunted cave or basement or something. He said that perhaps it is possible that the stones recorded the actions of Roman soldiers there hundreds of years ago much in the same way other media can record things. Then, certain conditions can play back the recording.

DNoonan · Aug 25, 2010

27%er here...

spent years studying primates/anthropology/evolution and we humans are just glorified ants in my opinion...everything else is just a means for us to deal with our mortality and that which we have yet to explain with science...no offense to those who believe in this stuff though, to each his own.

DNoonan · Aug 25, 2010

would u call 911 on a drunk driver

i am not one to rat on anyone, but i was heading out to malibu on sat am at 5:30 am to surf and this dude was swerving back and forth...at first i thought he was just not paying attention but when he crossed two lanes i realized how hammered he was....

so i finally decide to call dude in when the 101 freeway banks to the right, he doesnt make the turn and smacks into the median....he kept going...i gave a description and followed until he exited, but dont know if they got him...

shit, i cant say i never drive when i am over the legal limit, but i hope if i am ever that stupid one of my buddies knocks me out or someone calls me in.....would you call someone in?

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