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		<title>By: sammie</title>
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		<dc:creator>sammie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;do as I say...not as I do&quot;..should be the motto for perez and keith.  

although, she should have kept her title, i wish she had resigned, she knew they were out to get her in the dirtiest of ways.  

However, she will do fine. She is a example to people that should and need to have a voice!!!

AND WHERE IS DONALD THE MOUTH WHEN HE&#039;S NEEDED????</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;do as I say&#8230;not as I do&#8221;..should be the motto for perez and keith.  </p>
<p>although, she should have kept her title, i wish she had resigned, she knew they were out to get her in the dirtiest of ways.  </p>
<p>However, she will do fine. She is a example to people that should and need to have a voice!!!</p>
<p>AND WHERE IS DONALD THE MOUTH WHEN HE&#8217;S NEEDED????</p>
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		<title>By: caestal</title>
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		<dc:creator>caestal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 07:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Troll quote of the moment: &quot;wow - hunger in  
 Africa, Election stolen in Iran, Drug Cartels 
 in Mexico, N Korea has the bomb and this is 
 the issue that the wingnuts want to discuss. 
 No wonder you lost the last election&quot;
Some folks can probably handle more than one discussion in a day... if you can&#039;t, perhaps you should ease up on the crack?

 &quot;the nastier the liberals get, more skeptical 
 (if not outright with antipathy) mainstream 
 America will regard their soooooo! legitimate 
 causes for protests, rants and commotion.&quot;
This is true in both directions.  It is something to keep in mind when posting here.  Personally, I am not fish nor fowl -- not a liberal or conservative, in the way folks &#039;round here seem to think of it -- but pretty solidly in the center of things.  Extremely hateful posts/articles/shows from the Left tend to push me to the right; ugly mean-spirited posts/articles/shows from the Right make me lean left to avoid the radiating ugliness.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Troll quote of the moment: &#8220;wow &#8211; hunger in<br />
 Africa, Election stolen in Iran, Drug Cartels<br />
 in Mexico, N Korea has the bomb and this is<br />
 the issue that the wingnuts want to discuss.<br />
 No wonder you lost the last election&#8221;<br />
Some folks can probably handle more than one discussion in a day&#8230; if you can&#8217;t, perhaps you should ease up on the crack?</p>
<p> &#8220;the nastier the liberals get, more skeptical<br />
 (if not outright with antipathy) mainstream<br />
 America will regard their soooooo! legitimate<br />
 causes for protests, rants and commotion.&#8221;<br />
This is true in both directions.  It is something to keep in mind when posting here.  Personally, I am not fish nor fowl &#8212; not a liberal or conservative, in the way folks &#8217;round here seem to think of it &#8212; but pretty solidly in the center of things.  Extremely hateful posts/articles/shows from the Left tend to push me to the right; ugly mean-spirited posts/articles/shows from the Right make me lean left to avoid the radiating ugliness.</p>
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		<title>By: misanthropicus</title>
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		<dc:creator>misanthropicus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree with Dougles&#039; article, and I think this is what normally should be in LA Times, not their trash which tried to ratiocinate this ugly affair - ugly affair, and Musto is an equally ugly yet valid symbol for the liberals&#039; jubilation regarding this matter.

Yet, even when looking at this situation I still can find a silver lining here - I am left with Hilton Perez&#039;s rants and videos.
And this is not little thing, because the nastier the liberals get, more skeptical (if not outright with antipathy) mainstream America will regard their soooooo! legitimate causes for protests, rants and commotion.
So, sorry for Prejean, but now Perez Hilton has entered in the public consciousness - and he&#039;s not a pleasant vision to entertain.
We need more Perez Hilton-s, they help a lot!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with Dougles&#8217; article, and I think this is what normally should be in LA Times, not their trash which tried to ratiocinate this ugly affair &#8211; ugly affair, and Musto is an equally ugly yet valid symbol for the liberals&#8217; jubilation regarding this matter.</p>
<p>Yet, even when looking at this situation I still can find a silver lining here &#8211; I am left with Hilton Perez&#8217;s rants and videos.<br />
And this is not little thing, because the nastier the liberals get, more skeptical (if not outright with antipathy) mainstream America will regard their soooooo! legitimate causes for protests, rants and commotion.<br />
So, sorry for Prejean, but now Perez Hilton has entered in the public consciousness &#8211; and he&#8217;s not a pleasant vision to entertain.<br />
We need more Perez Hilton-s, they help a lot!</p>
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		<title>By: Banned by Huffpo</title>
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		<dc:creator>Banned by Huffpo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The hatred and intolerance of the left for any view or belief other than their own is just stunning.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The hatred and intolerance of the left for any view or belief other than their own is just stunning.</p>
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		<title>By: Rashputin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rashputin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>G Alston (57)

  Read no further than Wikpedia and the references therein.  In addition, you might want to check out :

   American Psychological Association (APA) website
  ‘Homosexuality: Innate and immutable?’ by Dr A Dean Byrd and Stony Olsen
  `The Masculine Journey&#039; by Dr Robert Hicks
  

  and for a quick intro to the above :

  Homosexual researcher Simon LeVay, who attempted to find a genetic basis for homosexuality by examining the differences in the hypothalamus between “homosexual” and “heterosexual” males, has written: “I didn’t show that gay men are born that way, the most common mistake people make in interpreting my work. Nor did I locate a gay center in the brain.”

   from AP May 5, 2002


   have a nice show me yours kind of say</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>G Alston (57)</p>
<p>  Read no further than Wikpedia and the references therein.  In addition, you might want to check out :</p>
<p>   American Psychological Association (APA) website<br />
  ‘Homosexuality: Innate and immutable?’ by Dr A Dean Byrd and Stony Olsen<br />
  `The Masculine Journey&#8217; by Dr Robert Hicks</p>
<p>  and for a quick intro to the above :</p>
<p>  Homosexual researcher Simon LeVay, who attempted to find a genetic basis for homosexuality by examining the differences in the hypothalamus between “homosexual” and “heterosexual” males, has written: “I didn’t show that gay men are born that way, the most common mistake people make in interpreting my work. Nor did I locate a gay center in the brain.”</p>
<p>   from AP May 5, 2002</p>
<p>   have a nice show me yours kind of say</p>
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		<title>By: Larsen E. Whipsnade</title>
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		<dc:creator>Larsen E. Whipsnade</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>57. G.Alston: &quot;But they all agree on one thing: it’s physiological&quot;

You&#039;re kidding, right?  Your expert is a physicist, not a geneticist.  He&#039;s playing with hobby-level statistics, just for something to do on his day off, and you&#039;re taking this as serious science?  He says, inter alia, that &quot;Actually, we can be pretty sure that there is no gene that codes for male homosexuality . . . There is no positive evidence. There is no positive evidence for any explanation, really.&quot;

And from this you are trying to extract some truth to support your position?  As your source says, there&#039;s no support at all.  The only reasonable explanation that stands up to the most rigorous analysis is that homosexuality is deviant.  In plain English, it&#039;s a sin.  Why are you so afraid of this explanation?  Isn&#039;t it about time to man up to it and admit that it&#039;s a sin and that you enjoy being deviant?  And spare us the phony scientific explanations!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>57. G.Alston: &#8220;But they all agree on one thing: it’s physiological&#8221;</p>
<p>You&#8217;re kidding, right?  Your expert is a physicist, not a geneticist.  He&#8217;s playing with hobby-level statistics, just for something to do on his day off, and you&#8217;re taking this as serious science?  He says, inter alia, that &#8220;Actually, we can be pretty sure that there is no gene that codes for male homosexuality . . . There is no positive evidence. There is no positive evidence for any explanation, really.&#8221;</p>
<p>And from this you are trying to extract some truth to support your position?  As your source says, there&#8217;s no support at all.  The only reasonable explanation that stands up to the most rigorous analysis is that homosexuality is deviant.  In plain English, it&#8217;s a sin.  Why are you so afraid of this explanation?  Isn&#8217;t it about time to man up to it and admit that it&#8217;s a sin and that you enjoy being deviant?  And spare us the phony scientific explanations!</p>
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		<title>By: Marc Malone</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marc Malone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#57 G Alston - I read through your link.  It is very clear that he&#039;s just speculating.  It&#039;s a theory with no evidence, but you quote it as fact.  There is yet no proof of natural causes for homosexuality.  There is quite a bit of proof of environmental conditioning (e.g., Ancient Greek Armies, lack of available women in polygamist societies, childhood rape, etc).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#57 G Alston &#8211; I read through your link.  It is very clear that he&#8217;s just speculating.  It&#8217;s a theory with no evidence, but you quote it as fact.  There is yet no proof of natural causes for homosexuality.  There is quite a bit of proof of environmental conditioning (e.g., Ancient Greek Armies, lack of available women in polygamist societies, childhood rape, etc).</p>
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		<title>By: G Alston</title>
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		<dc:creator>G Alston</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#56 -- &lt;i&gt;You obviously, ‘know’, quite a bit not supported by the evidence.&lt;/i&gt;

Nah. I rely on the experts who know stuff about evolutionary biology and such. They&#039;re the ones who know.

Here&#039;s one take:

http://gc.homeunix.net/home/post/5

And chances are he&#039;s correct. Bear in mind it&#039;s not a good idea to dismiss the smartest guy in the room out of hand, because this guy is that guy in almost any room you can find. Here&#039;s an idea: why don&#039;t you email him tell him it&#039;s a sin. You won&#039;t, because in a debate he&#039;d tear you to shreds.

I&#039;m certainly not going to debate people like you. I have no need: this is what experts are about.

There are other EXPERTS who may disagree with Cochran, some who will assume a more conventional approach and suggest hormones in the womb and/or gene malfunction. But they all agree on one thing: it&#039;s physiological.

OK, I showed you mine. Show me your renowned expert.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#56 &#8212; <i>You obviously, ‘know’, quite a bit not supported by the evidence.</i></p>
<p>Nah. I rely on the experts who know stuff about evolutionary biology and such. They&#8217;re the ones who know.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s one take:</p>
<p><a href="http://gc.homeunix.net/home/post/5" rel="nofollow">http://gc.homeunix.net/home/post/5</a></p>
<p>And chances are he&#8217;s correct. Bear in mind it&#8217;s not a good idea to dismiss the smartest guy in the room out of hand, because this guy is that guy in almost any room you can find. Here&#8217;s an idea: why don&#8217;t you email him tell him it&#8217;s a sin. You won&#8217;t, because in a debate he&#8217;d tear you to shreds.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m certainly not going to debate people like you. I have no need: this is what experts are about.</p>
<p>There are other EXPERTS who may disagree with Cochran, some who will assume a more conventional approach and suggest hormones in the womb and/or gene malfunction. But they all agree on one thing: it&#8217;s physiological.</p>
<p>OK, I showed you mine. Show me your renowned expert.</p>
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		<title>By: Rashputin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rashputin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>“Being gay isn’t a sin. Gays know it. It’s physiological. I know this; why &quot;don’t you? Is it also a sin to read?&quot;

  You obviously, ‘know’, quite a bit not supported by the evidence.  On this as on other topics you have some tidbit yanked out of context and suddenly, it’s the total explanation.  Homosexuality is far more complex than your simplistic assertion implies.  As with many other things, there is an entire range of causes for the range of behaviors commonly called homosexuality.  Were you sincerely interested in the causes, you’d know that.  Obviously you just picked your favorite excuse or rationalization and now proclaim it.

  Homosexuality is a sin.  Theft is a sin.  Just as there are homosexuals that cannot control themselves, there are thieves who cannot control themselves.  That doesn’t alter the fact that both are sins.  The same is true of a wide range of things classed as sins.  That’s human condition, they’re sinners and can’t even keep themselves from indulging in the sins they have particular weaknesses for.

  Reading is not a sin, although your comparing homosexuality to a the learned ability to read is interesting.  Does that mean that both are learned skills?  In this and other posts you’ve made, you seem to be the one who avoids reading for whatever reason. 
 
  You’re in real trouble now, there will be Christians praying for you.

  have a nice midwestern day</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“Being gay isn’t a sin. Gays know it. It’s physiological. I know this; why &#8220;don’t you? Is it also a sin to read?&#8221;</p>
<p>  You obviously, ‘know’, quite a bit not supported by the evidence.  On this as on other topics you have some tidbit yanked out of context and suddenly, it’s the total explanation.  Homosexuality is far more complex than your simplistic assertion implies.  As with many other things, there is an entire range of causes for the range of behaviors commonly called homosexuality.  Were you sincerely interested in the causes, you’d know that.  Obviously you just picked your favorite excuse or rationalization and now proclaim it.</p>
<p>  Homosexuality is a sin.  Theft is a sin.  Just as there are homosexuals that cannot control themselves, there are thieves who cannot control themselves.  That doesn’t alter the fact that both are sins.  The same is true of a wide range of things classed as sins.  That’s human condition, they’re sinners and can’t even keep themselves from indulging in the sins they have particular weaknesses for.</p>
<p>  Reading is not a sin, although your comparing homosexuality to a the learned ability to read is interesting.  Does that mean that both are learned skills?  In this and other posts you’ve made, you seem to be the one who avoids reading for whatever reason. </p>
<p>  You’re in real trouble now, there will be Christians praying for you.</p>
<p>  have a nice midwestern day</p>
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		<title>By: Roderick Reilly</title>
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		<dc:creator>Roderick Reilly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My dear fellow agnostics, atheists and secular humanists: Christians are NOT, by and large &quot;yokels and knuckleheads.&quot; 

WHERE do those anachronistic, simplistic notions come from? And why do those of you who express those retarded opinions use them as a springboard to announce your supposed superiority?

And what&#039;s with getting on Carrie Prejean&#039;s case for going topless, or whatever? She&#039;s a Christian, NOT Amish. Seriously.

As to my fellow &quot;conservatives and libertarians&#039; (what do those labels mean anymore?), what&#039;s with getting infected with the same celebrity virus as your detractors? Carrie Prejean is a 21-year-old beauty contestant, not a &quot;conservative spokesperson.&quot; It&#039;s appalling how she was treated, granted, but does that really rate her a special anchor appearance on a Fox show? Ditto with Joe the Plumber -- I also don&#039;t like the shabby treatment he got, but enough with this elevating the &quot;man on the street&quot; to iconic status just because he got victimized. Yes, I am addressing this comment to Pajamas Media. In a world that now celebrates awful, narcissistic mediocrities on reality shows, do we have to play along, even if our &quot;mediocrities&quot; do have more character?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My dear fellow agnostics, atheists and secular humanists: Christians are NOT, by and large &#8220;yokels and knuckleheads.&#8221; </p>
<p>WHERE do those anachronistic, simplistic notions come from? And why do those of you who express those retarded opinions use them as a springboard to announce your supposed superiority?</p>
<p>And what&#8217;s with getting on Carrie Prejean&#8217;s case for going topless, or whatever? She&#8217;s a Christian, NOT Amish. Seriously.</p>
<p>As to my fellow &#8220;conservatives and libertarians&#8217; (what do those labels mean anymore?), what&#8217;s with getting infected with the same celebrity virus as your detractors? Carrie Prejean is a 21-year-old beauty contestant, not a &#8220;conservative spokesperson.&#8221; It&#8217;s appalling how she was treated, granted, but does that really rate her a special anchor appearance on a Fox show? Ditto with Joe the Plumber &#8212; I also don&#8217;t like the shabby treatment he got, but enough with this elevating the &#8220;man on the street&#8221; to iconic status just because he got victimized. Yes, I am addressing this comment to Pajamas Media. In a world that now celebrates awful, narcissistic mediocrities on reality shows, do we have to play along, even if our &#8220;mediocrities&#8221; do have more character?</p>
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