Get that Congressional steroid committee back in session!
Some wet blankets are beginning to cast doubt on Pat Robertson's claims that he can leg press 2000 pounds. To buy into the good reverend's claims, one must be willing to believe that a 76-year-old man is capable of shattering the Florida State University leg press record by more than 665 pounds. Furthermore, one must believe that Robertson bettered a record-holder there by the name of Dan Kendra, who had to modify the leg press machine to even fit 1,335 pounds of weight on the machine and whose capillaries in his eyes burst-- seriously-- when he attempted the feat.Quote of the day: "Thou shalt not lie." -- Charlton Heston, as "Moses," "The Ten Commandments," 1956
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Another quote: "We believe that God in fact is in control and indeed he does work all things for good for those who love the Lord." Ken Lay, this afternoon. Amen to that... and don't drop the soap.
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This item won't mean anything to many of you, but those boneheads at Clear Channel Radio in Des Moines have finally succumbed to an utter lack of vision. One of their long-suffering stations, KMXD-100.3 FM, is getting the Terri Schiavo treatment on its ubiquitous "Favorite hits of the '80s, '90s, and '70s" format, and since they can't think of a better mix of music to replace it with, they're just going to simulcast one of their more successful stations on that frequency for a while. KMXD's remaining on-air staff was fired weeks ago so now the corporation has this enormous new building in Des Moines and two of their five stations operating as jukeboxes. Ridiculous.
And a note to their general manager-- the proper expression would be "a really popular format," not "a real popular format."
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I'll be in Cedar Rapids for the holiday weekend, but I'd prefer to get things straight first-- Is Memorial Day about honoring the sacrifice of the American military, or will any dead Americans suffice? I'm pretty sure it's the latter. They have Veterans' Day, right? Seriously, which is it?
posted by CM @ 5:27 PM
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With Pat, they probably meant to say he presses 2000 pounds during a workout, like maybe 200 pounds for 10 reps. I don't think it said he can leg press 2000 pounds at once.
Also, two things about the quote of the day - I think in the movie, you only hear God (not Moses) saying the commandments as he carves them into the tablets with his finger of fire. (Though I have read conflicting reports that the voice of God in the movie may be Charlton Heston as well) Also, the actual commandment is "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor". He never actually says "lie". It's a minor point, but if we are quoting God, we should probably not paraphrase.
Then again, we're already dealing with a translation of something that had already existed as an oral history for centuries before it was actually written down in the first place, so "paraphrasing" seems like a relatively minor concern. It was King James who used language like "thou shalt" and "thy neighbor". Moses didn't say those phrases anymore than we do.
We could consult the actual tablets I suppose, but last I heard they were lost in a warehouse somewhere after Indiana Jones found the lost ark of the convenant.
I thought the ark was empty - except for those flying ghost things that killed everybody with their eyes open.
Thou art probaby right Aaron. I mean Moses certainly wasn't saying anything like Thou shalt or even You shall since they didn't speak English in that part of the world. Thy wisdom continues to amaze and bewilder me.
I think we should try to bring back King James speak to today. It just sounds much more dignified.
Just look:
You're an idiot.
Thou art an idiot.
I'm gonna kick your ass.
I shalt kick thy ass.
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