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Generic Brad

(14,270 posts)
44. Too many Americans falsely equate morality with religion
Sat Nov 24, 2012, 01:24 PM
Nov 2012

While a person can be both moral and religious, there are plenty out there who are moral without being religions or religious without being moral. Patraeus is living, breathing proof that the two are not synonymous.

MRFF take on Petraeus................. kooljerk666 Nov 2012 #1
My take on him? He's a bullshitter and a liar. MADem Nov 2012 #2
Yup............... kooljerk666 Nov 2012 #4
This is the second biographer. Look at where the first one landed... Tutonic Nov 2012 #7
where did the first one land? Liberal_in_LA Nov 2012 #34
I agree... Little Star Nov 2012 #12
Irony has long since been dead, cremated and its ashes placed in a subduction zone Fumesucker Nov 2012 #3
One of the two ex-seals who died in Benghazi was a member of MRFF Schema Thing Nov 2012 #11
Any bets that details were being fed straight to malaise Nov 2012 #5
Hell of a job Petraeus! kitt6 Nov 2012 #6
Deep Doo Doo (R) and the Mysterious Emails (R) Berlum Nov 2012 #8
It was worth five edits to finally produce that image...HILARIOUS!! A+++! nt MADem Nov 2012 #14
Yeah - some days ya gotta work it Berlum Nov 2012 #16
If Margaretha Geertruida Zelle had been alive and wanted to be a Petraeus' biographer, AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2012 #9
Margaretha was not without her talents, that's for certain. MADem Nov 2012 #18
And, excuse me for saying so, probably smarter than Petraeus as well. AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2012 #23
Of that, I don't think there's any doubt! Petraeus has always been VERY overrated, IMO. nt MADem Nov 2012 #33
So Petraeus was part of that religious fundamentalism in the military? yardwork Nov 2012 #10
Xtian nutz in US Armed Forces is one of the most dangerous things on the planet............. kooljerk666 Nov 2012 #13
Got his Fundie Freak On. They usually do. While preaching to everyone else. Berlum Nov 2012 #17
Can someone answer this? RoccoR5955 Nov 2012 #15
He's a RepubliFundie Berlum Nov 2012 #19
Why are they special RoccoR5955 Nov 2012 #20
Ask a Republican Berlum Nov 2012 #22
Eric Holder. AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2012 #24
Too many Americans falsely equate morality with religion Generic Brad Nov 2012 #44
He didn't give anything to Wikileaks. He just gave it to his girlfriend, who had a clearance. MADem Nov 2012 #21
He denied giving anything to his girlfriend. sabrina 1 Nov 2012 #25
I read that he directed his subordinates to give her access--that, IMO, is the same MADem Nov 2012 #27
So RobertEarl Nov 2012 #29
Not necessarily--see the link I added in the above post. MADem Nov 2012 #30
So RobertEarl Nov 2012 #32
That could be. Then again, his attitude (the General's, that is) could have contributed to MADem Nov 2012 #35
She stopped them RobertEarl Nov 2012 #36
It was not her intent to "stop them" at all--she wanted to be ONE OF THEM. MADem Nov 2012 #39
Where and how RobertEarl Nov 2012 #40
How asinine--so if I write "a high word count" about Jack the Ripper, I'm "favoring" him? MADem Nov 2012 #41
That's better RobertEarl Nov 2012 #42
You don't "know my words" though, unless you've read every post I have ever written about this guy. MADem Nov 2012 #45
So you're annoyed, then RobertEarl Nov 2012 #46
I'm not absolving the general of ANY responsibility. MADem Nov 2012 #47
Pertraeus is a 1,000 times worse RobertEarl Nov 2012 #48
Yes I do--but you'd have to have been a commissioned officer to understand. MADem Nov 2012 #50
her clearance gave her access TorchTheWitch Nov 2012 #37
No, that is NOT what clearance means. Just because you are cleared to "TS"--which she was--does not MADem Nov 2012 #38
that isn't what I was talking about TorchTheWitch Nov 2012 #49
No, you are still not understanding. You continue to confuse clearance and access. MADem Nov 2012 #51
And if they find some, shouldn't he be treated the same as Bradley Manning? n/t RoccoR5955 Nov 2012 #26
Not necessarily--if Petraeus shared information, he shared it with someone who has a clearance MADem Nov 2012 #31
"Rank hath its privileges" n/t Cerridwen Nov 2012 #28
Recommend for "MADem's" extra info re "Security Clearance" and links in the comments. n/t KoKo Nov 2012 #43
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