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steve  ·  4224 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 18 years ago 1 year ago no hours left in the day

    Harry Reid and Glenn Beck in the same religion.

scandalous, no?





b_b  ·  4224 days ago  ·  link  ·  

JFK and Paul Ryan are the same religion, too! I find in life that people ascribe a lot of their moral beliefs and ways of life to their faith or lack of faith, but in the end some people are jerks and some people are awesome, end of story. This seems to be completely independent of creed or affiliation.

Edit: But is Glen Beck really even a Mormon? Isn't he part of some offshoot sect started by an End-of-Times type nut? I think the man's name is Skousen, or something similar.

steve  ·  4224 days ago  ·  link  ·  

mormon.

JakobVirgil  ·  4223 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Is Cleon Skousen sill around that guy was too nucking futs for the John Birchers. Y'all let him stay around?

steve  ·  4222 days ago  ·  link  ·  

He died a few years ago. I haven't read much of his stuff. I'm not proud of some of the John Birchers that have come from the beehive state.

JakobVirgil  ·  4221 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Is that were you live Utah? I have visited several times for the film festival and for the parks in the southern part of the state. I like it not a small bit.

steve  ·  4221 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Nope. I lived in Utah on a few occasions, but currently do not. It is a great place to visit though.

b_b  ·  4221 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Among the most beautiful states in the country by my estimate (full disclosure, I've never been to AK, HI or NM).

steve  ·  4221 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Do you ski or snowboard? I haven't traveled the world, but I have to say, nothing else I've ever seen compares to Utah snow. When you measure packed power and fresh powder in feet instead of inches, you know it's good...

My one complaint about Utah (besides all the mormons) is the way they make their milkshakes. I know it sounds trivial (I am a bit of a milkshake connoisseur.) But when I lived there for a couple of years, it was torture. I'm a purist. A milkshake should be drunk through a straw. In Utah, they make everything thick... like a blizzard at Dairy Queen. And don't get me wrong, I love a good blizzard. But when I want a chocolate malt, I want to be able to drink it through a straw. And when you ask for the shake a little thinner, so you can drink it through the straw - the kid behind the counter looks at you like you just ordered a stake that could be eaten with a spoon. It's a cross between confusion and disgust.

b_b  ·  4221 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I love to ski (don't do it nearly enough), but I haven't made it to Utah to do so. Hopefully, one day.

Obviously you don't want a malt to be eaten with a spoon. Leave it to the Mormons to take the fun out of milkshakes! (I kid, I kid).

JakobVirgil  ·  4221 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I do enjoy utah scones and Navajo tacos is there still that frybread place in Salt Lake?

steve  ·  4221 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Sconecutter?

JakobVirgil  ·  4220 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No an amerind place. The Frybread house. I think the people were dine.

JakobVirgil  ·  4224 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It is a good argument that you are not mindless drones.