So if Jesus was running, would you tell him

[XemaSab]

to can it with the kumbaya shit and talk in specifics? :shrug:

[originalpckelly]

1. "Quit hanging around, cut your damn hair you hippie, and put some clothes on!"

[AlCzervik]

2. and get a haircut and lose the sandals ya hippie!

[Earth_First]

3. I would want to see the magic tricks first...

then base my assumptions.

[Captain Angry]

4. It depends on what he was running from.

I mean, I wouldn't tell him anything if something bad enough was chasing him.

[billbuckhead]

10. Some around here think a Jesus is running

When the new messiah produces loaves and fishes, i might believe, but until then, "Belief is the enemy of truth".

[TheDebbieDee]

5. You aren't comparing Sen. Obama to Jesus, are you?

I only read kumbaya references when folks are posting about Sen. Obama!

[XemaSab]

12. I'm saying that bagging on a man for promoting unity

is pitting yourself against some very powerful historical figures.

It was either going to be Jesus, Ghandi, or MLK. :shrug:

[AlGore-08.com]

16. You're comparing apples to oranges. Putting Jesus to one side, Gandhi & MLK were activists

Activists have a different role in the system than office holders. Activists make the populace aware of social problems, and often demand broad stroke remedies. They push their own agenda as The Thing We Should Solve First, regardless of what other problems society is facing at that moment.

Office holders are responsible for:
1.) Confirming that the activists are right - - that it really is a social problem
2.) Confirming that it is a social problem of such magnitude that it needs to be fixed now (or soon)
3.) Figuring out a way to fix the social problem that helps society more than it hurts society
4.) Finding a way to implement that fix
5.) Monitoring the fix to make sure it's working the way everybody expected
6.) Tweaking or scraping the fix as necessary

As citizens, it is our duty to make sure that people running for office explain up front what their proposed policies are in detail, or we're not doing our job.

A hugely exaggerated example: A candidate for public office says "There is too much poverty in America. Elect me and I'll fix that."

What are you voting for if you vote for this candidate? Are you voting for a well thought out, complex series of economic and educational incentives that will increase the earnings of 10% of the families now below the poverty line over the course of twenty years? Are you voting for a poorly thought out plan to create a huge new welfare program that is so complex it helps no one and is so costly it causes the government to remove major funding from programs you think are the most important ones? Are you voting for a Communist revolution that will redistribute everybody's income so we're all equally poor? Or are you voting for somebody who has absolutely no intention of doing anything about poverty and is only saying that to win your vote?

Until the candidate provides specifics about their plan to end poverty, you won't really know what you're voting for. And you'll probably be unpleasantly surprised after they're in office and implement those policies.

[XemaSab]

24. Barack's got a website

where he's got all his plans laid out in detail.

There's even a section on poverty. :)

[Wickerman]

6. What about some tax cuts, man?

Give me some tax cuts. Oh, and nice sandals.

[Truth2Tell]

7. Jesus did talk in specifics.

At least compared to....

[zabet]

8. He would get

crucified by the repukes.

[originalpckelly]

11. I think you nailed it.

[walldude]

25. Nailed it... ouch.

:rofl: Reminds me of an old Bill Hicks bit about Jesus.

Paraphrased: "Jesus gets nailed to a cross and dies for our sins. So what do his brilliant followers do? In preparation for the second coming they start hanging crosses everywhere. Tell me this, if you were Jesus, would you ever want to see another fucking cross again?

[NC_Nurse]

9. Yes. nt

[FlyingSquirrel]

13. Yes, and if God were running I'd tell him...

"Nobody trusts an invisible person. You want the media to take notice of you, better lose the cloak."

O8)

[jmm]

14. Jesus's press coverage would make Gravel look like Clinton

but assuming he had a shot at the presidency he'd get use to this type of treatment really quick-

[XemaSab]

15. Fo' sho!

:rofl:

[Hekate]

17. ROFLMAO

>Sigh<
Really I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Hekate

[Fire Walk With Me]

21. I am SO adding that to my Photobucket account!

Brilliant! :7

[Emit]

28. Lol! n/t

[Hekate]

18. I'd say: Love your parables, now be sure to hire a policy wonk to implement them!

I'm one of those who is quite certain Obama is no Messiah, but he is a policy wonk himself.

As Mr. H would say: He can't walk on water, but he sure can swim fast.

Hekate

[Swamp Rat]

19. I'd ask him, very nicely, to call Bushler and Cheney home.

:)

[NMMNG]

20. Are you comparing Barack Obama to Jesus?

:shrug:

[XemaSab]

22. I'm saying that it's pretty hard to bag on hope, unity, and love for one's fellow man

but some here have accomplished that today. :(

[Tom Joad]

23. Jesus would be rushed to Gitmo so fast it would make your head spin.

[jlake]

26. Jesus wouldn't lie to us and say we can get along with the Republicans.

[JVS]

27. According to John you said "My kingdom is not of this world" Isn't your very candidacy a flip-flop?

[bridgit]

29. I'd be all like, "Yo, Rabbi!! Does a kite need a string to fly?"

"And if so, then how much and can I roll it up on a funky stick? Or, if not, is it still a kite? Cept a kite without a string? Or is it then like a UFO er'somthin, just sailing around on the wind like an empty bag of Doritos? Or maybe Cheetos?"

[Garbo 2004]

34. That pic is just cracking me up. LOL. n/t

[Zookeeper]

30. Most likely, yes. n/t

[Naturyl]

31. Jesus chased the moneychangers out of the temple

Jesus knew how to lay the smack down when the "entrenched special interests" had it coming. He was incredibly hard on Pharisees, hypocrites, the rich, and many others. Jesus was so committed to fighting the evils he saw that he got himself hung up on a cross.

Jesus was not about "kumbaya."

[ruiner4u]

32. id tell him to slow down...

he might hurt himself in those sandals...

[Occam Bandage]

33. Jesus wasn't very big on "Kumbaya shit." Dude was hardcore. Reread your New Testament.

[Incitatus]

35. goddamn right I would nt