en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/543801 Comments by FreemanPresson http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/11/election-night-wrap-up-lale-odonnell-hindus-and-the-new-landscape.html#IDComment107735493 I was an LP activist for a long time, and I saw the sellout of the National LP to the Right coming years ago; it was finally consummated with the nomination of Barr. We now have no principled libertarian voice in national politics. The Founders warned us, and we didn't listen. Hell, Eisenhower warned us and we said "military-industrial what? How about them Yankees?" Thu, 4 Nov 2010 06:58:11 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/11/election-night-wrap-up-lale-odonnell-hindus-and-the-new-landscape.html#IDComment107735493 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/checking-back-in-with-the-samhain-flood-of-news-coverage.html#IDComment107169813 Without trying to pin down a definition of "troll," I'll just say that I know from experience that that little part of the mind that keeps most of us from caring whether we look like horseparts is, in his case, being used for something else. Perhaps it's part of his hyperbole generator, since there are actually non-Wiccan Pagans in Birmingham, and certainly non-fluffy ones as well. Mon, 1 Nov 2010 13:51:16 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/checking-back-in-with-the-samhain-flood-of-news-coverage.html#IDComment107169813 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/honoring-my-ancestors.html#IDComment107030852 That is a marvelous poem. I figure "remind hum" is a typo? You should fix that when you get back, poets don't like typos ;-) Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:02:01 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/honoring-my-ancestors.html#IDComment107030852 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/checking-back-in-with-the-samhain-flood-of-news-coverage.html#IDComment106997917 Don't feed the troll. Seriously. I know who this is, and he just likes to play "Big Horny Vikings kick wimpy Wiccan ass." Sun, 31 Oct 2010 08:28:08 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/checking-back-in-with-the-samhain-flood-of-news-coverage.html#IDComment106997917 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/quick-note-why-are-they-leaving-christianity.html#IDComment105875278 Logos, yo! Mon, 25 Oct 2010 05:21:47 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/quick-note-why-are-they-leaving-christianity.html#IDComment105875278 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/is-it-santeria.html#IDComment105637509 And I agree, this piece is brilliant. I am going to borrow my wife's sunglasses before I read the next one. Sat, 23 Oct 2010 17:35:29 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/is-it-santeria.html#IDComment105637509 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/is-it-santeria.html#IDComment105637263 Yeah, and I thought you weren't supposed to do it if they weren't doing it at the Temple in Jerusalem or something ... Sat, 23 Oct 2010 17:33:13 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/is-it-santeria.html#IDComment105637263 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/is-it-santeria.html#IDComment105637000 When I was a member of <J. Random Zen Center>, they ran a very nice ethnic vegetarian kitchen. They did seem a little strong on the "health food" side, to the extent that I saw that the shopping list on the wall specified _fertilized_ eggs. I was forced to annotate it with "Why would you want to abort a chicken?" Sat, 23 Oct 2010 17:30:47 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/is-it-santeria.html#IDComment105637000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/is-it-santeria.html#IDComment105497309 Teenage Satanic Dabblers? Get a warrant for Christine O'Donnell! Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:26:25 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/is-it-santeria.html#IDComment105497309 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/len-rosenberg-black-lotus-1951-2010.html#IDComment104504053 Very nice obit, Jason. I finished reading and said, "Hail to a life well lived, indeed." Sun, 17 Oct 2010 18:22:40 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/len-rosenberg-black-lotus-1951-2010.html#IDComment104504053 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/quick-note-thorn-local-druids-interviewed.html#IDComment102570484 That is the take-away -- just keep restating your points, whether they ask you about that or something else. We have all heard politicians do it. None of us will likely be on TV enough times for anyone to get tired of us. I do admire the coolth under fire that the interviewees showed. I would not have done as well unless I drilled myself silly in advance. I would also like to ask again that people avoid saying or implying that they are better (more acceptable) than those nasty Satanists ... who happen to have the same rights we do. One can have one's critiques of Satanism (hopefully informed ones), but constantly repeating that "we're not Satanists" as if that alone makes us OK is just wrong. Wed, 6 Oct 2010 02:00:36 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/quick-note-thorn-local-druids-interviewed.html#IDComment102570484 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/quick-note-thorn-local-druids-interviewed.html#IDComment102381381 That is exactly what I meant. I agree this was a step in the right direction, but it is also a cautionary tale, as |> explained well. Mon, 4 Oct 2010 23:59:41 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/quick-note-thorn-local-druids-interviewed.html#IDComment102381381 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/quick-note-thorn-local-druids-interviewed.html#IDComment102279893 That was OK, but ... let's all think about how to say what we are without referring to the Devil or human sacrifice. People didn't hear what was said, they heard "Druid" "Devil worship" and "human sacrifice" in the same sound-bite. I live deep in the Bible Belt and I have never heard a reference to Druidic devil worship. I might now, though. Mon, 4 Oct 2010 15:36:03 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/quick-note-thorn-local-druids-interviewed.html#IDComment102279893 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/09/pagan-reactions-to-o%e2%80%99donnells-dabble-gate.html#IDComment100087966 Yes! We all need to stop throwing Satanists under the bus, even if it DID keep the bus from running us over (which actually it doesn't). Satanists are legally protected to exactly the same extent Pagans and Heathens are. Tue, 21 Sep 2010 05:37:56 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/09/pagan-reactions-to-o%e2%80%99donnells-dabble-gate.html#IDComment100087966 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/09/how-we-deal-with-death.html#IDComment97385027 I'm not so sure about that. I'm feeling fairly peripheral about now ;-) Tue, 7 Sep 2010 02:57:32 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/09/how-we-deal-with-death.html#IDComment97385027 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/08/tributes-to-isaac-bonewits.html#IDComment92895541 Or in personal terms, five months older than I. That's a sobering thought in more than one way. Fri, 13 Aug 2010 23:40:53 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/08/tributes-to-isaac-bonewits.html#IDComment92895541 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/07/rajan-zed-vs-sacred-source.html#IDComment86010252 THanks, that was what I was going to point out, too. Sat, 10 Jul 2010 23:11:32 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/07/rajan-zed-vs-sacred-source.html#IDComment86010252 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/06/christianitys-pagan-god-of-midsummer.html#IDComment81994186 "I'm glad to see the point being made that Christan myth and pagan myth are not opposed to each other. " While it's quite true that the mythology of the Bible can be seen in its original ("pagan") matrix, you can't slip this statement past most modern Christians, who'd be too busy being apoplectic about the phrase "Christian myth" to listen to the rest of it. J the B may be Catholicism's "Pagan God of Midsummer," but this little thing called the Reformation polished that off for a large segment of the world's Christians. Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:01:07 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/06/christianitys-pagan-god-of-midsummer.html#IDComment81994186 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/06/christianitys-pagan-god-of-midsummer.html#IDComment81993406 Credit goes to the guest blogger in this case, Jordan Stratford. Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:55:29 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/06/christianitys-pagan-god-of-midsummer.html#IDComment81993406 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/05/quick-notes-wicca-in-livingston-more-prothero-and-wasps.html#IDComment75845311 All that nonsense is not required, though. Since the Temple through which I have my ordination is registered with Probate Court as such, my ordination is valid for all legal *and journalistic* purposes. If that is the distinction they're making, it still needs to go away. Mon, 17 May 2010 16:49:22 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/05/quick-notes-wicca-in-livingston-more-prothero-and-wasps.html#IDComment75845311