I do SOOOOOOOOOO love it when whack jobs trip up. Like Jimmy Swagart caught ho'in around. Pat Robertson obviously forgot the First Commandment;^)
Now on to outrage. The whack job preacher from Kansas who goes around the country with his little cult of homophobic followers has adopted a particularly egregious new tactic. He's been showing up at military funerals to inform the assembled mourners that their loved ones who have died in the line of duty were actually killed as divine retribution for America's tolerance of homosexuality. Now, if we could just get Pat Robertson to redirect his attention to the preacher......................
Ankh
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Gaza............whazzup?!
Hey gents;
This is such a complex and fraught situation. Surely we can get a lot of mileage out of it. I'm curious about the U.S. government's support of Isreal from a Christian perspective. It's naive to think our interests are purely geopolitical. I've mistakenly stumbled into discussions about this perspective before with people(read devout Christians) who have an emotio/religious attachment to the situation. Can anyone explain the Christian perspective dispassionately?
Ankh
This is such a complex and fraught situation. Surely we can get a lot of mileage out of it. I'm curious about the U.S. government's support of Isreal from a Christian perspective. It's naive to think our interests are purely geopolitical. I've mistakenly stumbled into discussions about this perspective before with people(read devout Christians) who have an emotio/religious attachment to the situation. Can anyone explain the Christian perspective dispassionately?
Ankh
Friday, August 12, 2005
Minutiae, errata
Just bits and pieces of mental detritus, flotsam and jetsam;
Kansas(atajim: since you and your folks left, the place just ain't the same;^) is the first state to legislate intelligent(small "i" demonstrates my contempt) design into it's school science curriculum. Toto's looking off into thin air and whining. Thinking individuals among us can only hope this will gain as much traction as previous efforts to slip "creation science" into the curriculum in the same state some years ago.
The potential Republican presidential candidate pool is lookin' pretty shallow and murky. Forgive me, I can only come up with two in my sleep deprived state. First and most egregiously, is Senator Rick Sanctimonium, closely followed( a little too;^) by Jeb"Ya owe me one Dubya" Bush. Is Catherine Harris' continued ascendancy in politics any surprise?
S'all fer now,
Ankh
Kansas(atajim: since you and your folks left, the place just ain't the same;^) is the first state to legislate intelligent(small "i" demonstrates my contempt) design into it's school science curriculum. Toto's looking off into thin air and whining. Thinking individuals among us can only hope this will gain as much traction as previous efforts to slip "creation science" into the curriculum in the same state some years ago.
The potential Republican presidential candidate pool is lookin' pretty shallow and murky. Forgive me, I can only come up with two in my sleep deprived state. First and most egregiously, is Senator Rick Sanctimonium, closely followed( a little too;^) by Jeb"Ya owe me one Dubya" Bush. Is Catherine Harris' continued ascendancy in politics any surprise?
S'all fer now,
Ankh
Saturday, August 06, 2005
AVAM
Hey y'all;
Wife and I spent a very enjoyable evening south of the border at the American VisionaryArt Museum near Inner Harbor. Lots of fantastic nonconformist art. The capper appeared in the museum's gift shop. Among other interesting and entertaining things was a picture of Dubya wearing a sandwich board which said, "Will kill for oil". Made me smile. I tried to recreate it using the computer, but am just not savvy enough. Anyone care to give it a try............Geo?
Also, I immensely enjoyed the snippet of the interview show I saw yesterday where James Carville got Robert Novak to self-destruct. Don't particularly love Carville, but I admire his style. Don't particularly hate Novak, but I dislike his pole-up-the-ass conservativism(hope I'm characterizing him right).
Ankh
Wife and I spent a very enjoyable evening south of the border at the American VisionaryArt Museum near Inner Harbor. Lots of fantastic nonconformist art. The capper appeared in the museum's gift shop. Among other interesting and entertaining things was a picture of Dubya wearing a sandwich board which said, "Will kill for oil". Made me smile. I tried to recreate it using the computer, but am just not savvy enough. Anyone care to give it a try............Geo?
Also, I immensely enjoyed the snippet of the interview show I saw yesterday where James Carville got Robert Novak to self-destruct. Don't particularly love Carville, but I admire his style. Don't particularly hate Novak, but I dislike his pole-up-the-ass conservativism(hope I'm characterizing him right).
Ankh
update: The Education of Shelby Knox
'lo;
I had posted on 30 June 'bout a P.O.V. show on PBS called "The Education of Shelby Knox".
I finally, by chance got to watch it the other night. What a tremendous show. The best part was the superintendant of the school district, who ultimately blocked all the kids' efforts to get Sex Ed. into the school curriculum, was discovered to have been carrying on a torrid affair with a female staff member, complete with graphic emails on the school's computer system. He has since left his post and disappeared.
But the dynamic tension created by the opening of this girl's mind(coming from a conservative Christian, Republican background) is amazing. Y'all must watch if you get a chance.
Ankh
I had posted on 30 June 'bout a P.O.V. show on PBS called "The Education of Shelby Knox".
I finally, by chance got to watch it the other night. What a tremendous show. The best part was the superintendant of the school district, who ultimately blocked all the kids' efforts to get Sex Ed. into the school curriculum, was discovered to have been carrying on a torrid affair with a female staff member, complete with graphic emails on the school's computer system. He has since left his post and disappeared.
But the dynamic tension created by the opening of this girl's mind(coming from a conservative Christian, Republican background) is amazing. Y'all must watch if you get a chance.
Ankh
Friday, August 05, 2005
Ne'erdowell carries the blog
Gentlemen;
Are we mice or men?! Ne'erdowell has been carrying the weight here. Speaking for myself, I've been suffering from a lassitude regarding posting on things which stick in my craw. My craw's full to overflowing and emptying it doesn't seem to help. I've taken refuge in concentrating on things which I can do something about, like building stone walls, diddling with my bike and living with my family. Hoping this passes though, 'cause I do likes to bloviate on things worldly;^)
Ankh
Are we mice or men?! Ne'erdowell has been carrying the weight here. Speaking for myself, I've been suffering from a lassitude regarding posting on things which stick in my craw. My craw's full to overflowing and emptying it doesn't seem to help. I've taken refuge in concentrating on things which I can do something about, like building stone walls, diddling with my bike and living with my family. Hoping this passes though, 'cause I do likes to bloviate on things worldly;^)
Ankh
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