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46. I believe you.

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Thu Nov 5, 2015, 03:56 PM

Nov 2015

There are many that believe The History Channel makes them honorary historians. So does Google U.

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Ben Carson: Humans walked on the moon because America was founded on God [View all] smirkymonkey Nov 2015 OP

"Now I want you to think about something" underpants Nov 2015 #1

I would be tempted to say I want what he's smoking... but seriously... Xyzse Nov 2015 #2

Omg. I keep thinking it's weed. bravenak Nov 2015 #4

Can't be... Has to be much stronger than that. Xyzse Nov 2015 #14

I have been getting some one hitter that has me all messed up! bravenak Nov 2015 #16

I talk, but I don't know what I'm talking about. Xyzse Nov 2015 #18

Yay!!! I'm an EXPERT. bravenak Nov 2015 #19

That's always awesome. Xyzse Nov 2015 #20

I've smoked some incredibly high-test weed in my day hifiguy Nov 2015 #58

You know he had prostate cancer tho. Prolly gets meds for that. bravenak Nov 2015 #59

If he "cured it" himself, as he claims, I think that's an unresolved question. hifiguy Nov 2015 #62

He DOES always look like that. bravenak Nov 2015 #63

that would explain his half-closed eyes & reports that wordpix Nov 2015 #137

as a doc he has access to all the meds, for sure wordpix Nov 2015 #136

All he really cares about is religion. bravenak Nov 2015 #3

And Nazis, his loves to talk about them Nazis! Rex Nov 2015 #10

He is such a weird person. God and Nazis. Damn. bravenak Nov 2015 #11

I agree he might be the strangest person I've ever seen run for POTUS. His ideas are bizarre. Rex Nov 2015 #13

If he wins, I move to pluto. bravenak Nov 2015 #17

Save me a seat, please. Rex Nov 2015 #21

We might have to start selling spots on our colony. Bet we get lots of people to come with us. bravenak Nov 2015 #22

LOL! Nobody will want to stay on this planet! Rex Nov 2015 #24

Hee hee!!! bravenak Nov 2015 #25

Yes! We must establish our hegemony/economy first thing! Rex Nov 2015 #26

A caste system!!! With us on top!! I'm gonna be Queen like Daenarys. bravenak Nov 2015 #30

I will make sure to be the ONLY Evangelical charlatan in existence. Rex Nov 2015 #36

Please!!! Can't! Too funny. Praise Pluto!!!! bravenak Nov 2015 #38

Sorry too late...my brain now just wired itself! Rex Nov 2015 #41

Hey! My art teacher had me convinced for TWO HOURS that the pyramids were a power plant. bravenak Nov 2015 #42

We have evidence (science!), clearly, who built the pyramids? Rex Nov 2015 #43

If I send this to her she will work it into our class, I shit you not. bravenak Nov 2015 #44

I believe you. Rex Nov 2015 #46

OK, that even tops hifiguy Nov 2015 #67

True but nothing tops assassin raptor riding death shark. Rex Nov 2015 #76

Needs a frikkin' laser attached to its head. hifiguy Nov 2015 #77

Ok, that is one of the funniest things I have seen in a long time! smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #91

This is more Ben Carson's style: Scurrilous Nov 2015 #120

But, It's Not A Planet Anymore! ProfessorGAC Nov 2015 #31

Venus is sooo hot!!! I'm alaskan now. Maybe Mars? bravenak Nov 2015 #32

I Hear Mars Is Nice ProfessorGAC Nov 2015 #54

It has Mars University and the Wong Ranch. hifiguy Nov 2015 #72

Yay!! Carpool!! bravenak Nov 2015 #89

I hear that the rapture is coming any day to take them away. And then finally sanity. LiberalArkie Nov 2015 #78

I hope so. The line is too long at The Lucky Wishbone. I want pan fried chicken. bravenak Nov 2015 #88

Blaspheme! You will have to be Left Behind... Rex Nov 2015 #37

I'll Just Wait For Cochrane To Build The Phoenix ProfessorGAC Nov 2015 #56

Pluto? hifiguy Nov 2015 #64

NOOOOOOOOO!!! bravenak Nov 2015 #66

You can only do that because America is a Christian nation nxylas Nov 2015 #115

Of course! bravenak Nov 2015 #116

You could do worse . .. PosterChild Nov 2015 #128

Stranger than Herman Cain? Initech Nov 2015 #47

He smokes. Block is Block. Blockhead? Rex Nov 2015 #48

No that ad makes absolutely no sense. Initech Nov 2015 #141

If you're a smoker, Cain's your man? Cain's choice for surgeon-general was Ben Carson wordpix Nov 2015 #138

And slavery. He is slavery-obsessed. KamaAina Nov 2015 #81

see hes almost got it lol.. Volaris Nov 2015 #118

Just like his Joseph and the Pyramids being granary myth...he gets about half of the legend right. Rex Nov 2015 #119

..... trusty elf Nov 2015 #124

Yes! We now have a way to measure the total effects of THC! Rex Nov 2015 #130

My god! You mean there is more than one of them! smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #94

Fraid so... jmowreader Nov 2015 #117

Oh pleeeeese let this guy be the Republican Nominee... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #5

If he gets in... MrWendel Nov 2015 #6

"Orderly, open the door. We need him to sign something." randome Nov 2015 #35

So he doesn't know shit about history, why am I not surprised? Rex Nov 2015 #7

Pretty sure f***ing is the same, too XemaSab Nov 2015 #96

Oh yes, fucking too. Rex Nov 2015 #103

A very strange person to say the least! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2015 #8

Not strange, hifiguy Nov 2015 #68

Yep! RKP5637 Nov 2015 #73

That certain Christian kind of "special". smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #93

"this nation, which believed in God" packman Nov 2015 #9

God invented penicillin Mendocino Nov 2015 #12

And we invented the radio beacsue of God... joeybee12 Nov 2015 #15

So once he isn't president how soon does the history channel hire him to voice over shows? Johonny Nov 2015 #23

And we think we're the laughingstock of the world now . . . Vinca Nov 2015 #27

I know, he makes W look like a statesman! smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #33

And Jethro Bodine hifiguy Nov 2015 #69

Russians beat us into space, not to the moon HassleCat Nov 2015 #28

Oops, sorry. My mistake. Thanks for the correction! smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #34

If it makes you feel better, you weren't totally wrong. Frank Cannon Nov 2015 #97

Good to know! Thanks for the info! smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #121

Thank you. Ilsa Nov 2015 #90

And this guy is a doctor? romanic Nov 2015 #29

yes, because only God-fearing American scientists could build rockets onenote Nov 2015 #39

LOL Scurrilous Nov 2015 #49

Best line hifiguy Nov 2015 #71

Back in the sixties, Tom Lehrer... gregcrawford Nov 2015 #102

more proof that he is unqualified to be president. i don't find it / him funny at all. spanone Nov 2015 #40

sadly this is why he has been polling well in the republican primary JI7 Nov 2015 #45

Of course it is....any chance to proclaim american exceptionalism, sit on top and punch down wiggs Nov 2015 #50

Actually Ben it was because we had Wernher von Braun and the Soviets didn't. yellowcanine Nov 2015 #51

Acid: not always helpful. shenmue Nov 2015 #52

Why is this lunatic getting secret service protection? He's a fuckin' hologram, not a human. valerief Nov 2015 #53

Herr Protessor Einstein? hifiguy Nov 2015 #55

I just love this picture of Mission Control singing "Gimme gimme gimme that ole time religion" struggle4progress Nov 2015 #57

this nation was founded by people who *fled* christian nations unblock Nov 2015 #60

He forgot all Greek, Roman, Ancient, European history treestar Nov 2015 #61

He also left out everything contributed by haikugal Nov 2015 #80

Yes there too! treestar Nov 2015 #87

lol rockfordfile Nov 2015 #65

Nazi scientists Adsos Letter Nov 2015 #70

Yes, see post #39. hifiguy Nov 2015 #74

Why yes they did! Thx hifiguy....you rock! nt haikugal Nov 2015 #82

Seriously, every time I read the newspaper or log on to the internet, BigDemVoter Nov 2015 #75

i have a teddy roosevelt era book, it say america was based on the magna carta. pansypoo53219 Nov 2015 #79

He's never heard of it..... haikugal Nov 2015 #83

Why, yes it was. hifiguy Nov 2015 #84

He does know the nazi's were pagan's right? And that von Braun was a nazi right? kydo Nov 2015 #85

Official response from Neil DeGrasse Tyson Yavin4 Nov 2015 #86

Then how does he explain the Russians being first in space? hobbit709 Nov 2015 #92

God says not to bring all of ... this ... up to Sulva, thank you kindly MisterP Nov 2015 #95

Computers were invented by a woman, a gay atheist and another atheist. DetlefK Nov 2015 #98

In boot camp, my drill instructor used to say Recursion Nov 2015 #99

America was founded by Deists! B Calm Nov 2015 #100

El Salvador was NAMED after Jesus jberryhill Nov 2015 #101

I find it truly amazing how talented he is... Javaman Nov 2015 #104

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? swwallace81 Nov 2015 #106

His speaking style does remind me of Chance. tclambert Nov 2015 #111

Just like Mexico and South America! JohnnyRingo Nov 2015 #107

New campaign slogan! VWolf Nov 2015 #108

"[E]very one of our bills says �In God We Trust." LastLiberal in PalmSprings Nov 2015 #109

So we wasted all that money and tapped all those scientific minds for nothing because it was GoneFishin Nov 2015 #110

There are other nations where some people believed in God. Eric J in MN Nov 2015 #112

You're joking with your last sentence, right?? WinkyDink Nov 2015 #113

In 301, Arsacid Armenia was the first sovereign nation to accept Christianity as a state religion. eppur_se_muova Nov 2015 #114

But did God TELL them they were his special children, like us? :) Hortensis Nov 2015 #126

"Under God" was added to the pledge when Carson was 3 years old, and.. NonMetro Nov 2015 #122

Carson is wrong HeiressofBickworth Nov 2015 #123

a kick for absurdity n/t quaker bill Nov 2015 #125

Actually, more. nt PosterChild Nov 2015 #129

Yea nobody believed in the God of Abraham Shankapotomus Nov 2015 #127

Man, this guy NEEDS to be in a rubber room!!!! n/t Hepburn Nov 2015 #131

In spacecraft named after Roman gods! backscatter712 Nov 2015 #132

WTF kwolf68 Nov 2015 #133

WAIT...... cynzke Nov 2015 #134

"for 100 years, 200 years, a 1,000 years, 3,000 years, people did things the same way" left-of-center2012 Nov 2015 #135

they explored the planet by crossing oceans in dugout canoes wordpix Nov 2015 #139

He thinks he is... Moostache Nov 2015 #152

SAPs Martak Sarno Nov 2015 #140

just think of all the grain They_Live Nov 2015 #142

Is Carson on something? Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2015 #143

Yes. Religious lunacy. Arugula Latte Nov 2015 #150

Anyone who thinks this country was founded on "God" doesn't know anything. NonMetro Nov 2015 #144

Isn't it way past time ThingsGottaChange Nov 2015 #145

He's been grifting right wing religious whites for quite some time� MrScorpio Nov 2015 #146

hey quit making Ben look good PatrynXX Nov 2015 #147

hey quit making Ben look good PatrynXX Nov 2015 #148

Politics are all about the issues Sheepshank Nov 2015 #149

FIrst time I am seeing this LOLOLOL randys1 Nov 2015 #151

Spain under Philip was way more "Christian" thucythucy Nov 2015 #153