And then the turkey said what?
Keiko, Josh and Noah in Japan
Miles with his L L Bean Imitation dad
Miles is always happy to be anywhere.
Just like the Republicans, the church keeps tripping over its sex perspective
Why does organized religion have such a problem with sex and sexuality? I understand that in the biblical sense cleanliness is next to godliness and disease was considered a sin. Refraining from sex meant avoiding disease. But, the church tends to get hung up on the pleasure of it all. They have yet to reach a workable paradigm. In the case of sexual identity, gays and lesbians are somehow considered less than human.
Gene Robinson finds the Anglican movement towards a two tiered system unacceptable.
Robinson, who was in Britain to speak at the Greenbelt festival at Cheltenham Racecourse this weekend, added that he could not accept the archbishop’s recent comments that if the Episcopal church refused to uphold the current moratorium on consecrating actively gay bishops or blessing civil unions, the communion might have to be reorganised into a two-tier, or “two-track” model. “I can’t imagine anything that would be more abhorrent to Jesus than a two-tier church,” he said. “Either we are children of God and brothers and sisters in Christ, or we aren’t. There are not preferred children and second-class children. There are just children of God.”
While the Roman priests’ abuse of women in the case of Miami’s Father Babydaddy shows a complete breakdown of morality. Continue reading ‘Just like the Republicans, the church keeps tripping over its sex perspective’ »
Macs are over priced…..unless
This is kind of important so I’m lifting it verbatim from AP/Yahoo:
By JORDAN ROBERTSON, AP Technology Writer – Sun Nov 8, 2009 12:17PM EST
Framed for child porn — by a PC virus
Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.
Heinous pictures and videos can be deposited on computers by viruses — the malicious programs better known for swiping your credit card numbers. In this twist, it’s your reputation that’s stolen.
Pedophiles can exploit virus-infected PCs to remotely store and view their stash without fear they’ll get caught. Pranksters or someone trying to frame you can tap viruses to make it appear that you surf illegal Web sites.
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Reports of my demise have been greatly exagerated.
If you have been wondering what’s been going on or not going on, I have to say that I have not been physically able to keep up with my blogging since the beginning of October. To make a short story long, I noticed a lump in my groin area back in the spring and had it checked out by my doctor. She referred me to a urologist who then referred me to a surgeon who said he knew not what the lump could be.
So, after an ultrasound and then a cat scan it was determined that I did in fact have a lump in my groin and no one knew what it was. The urologist determined that under the lump I had a hernia so we all took a vote and decided the lump had to come out and be analyzed and the hernia had to be repaired. Continue reading ‘Reports of my demise have been greatly exagerated.’ »
Much ado about nothing
Barack with Joshua DuBois
Anyone who could add 2+2 and get 4 most of the time knew that Bush’s office of faith based initiatives was nothing more than a bone for the religious right radicals to placate their extremism and keep them on the Republican side of the aisle. Progressives have become surprisingly disappointed to find that Barack is reluctant to dismantle and discard the OFBI perhaps because he sees it as one point where his precious bipartisanship can be developed and put on display.
If you want to find information about grants awarded to religious organizations…….good luck. If money has been given out it has been behind closed doors or under secluded tables in back rooms in the dark of night.
OK maybe the disbursements have not been all that clandestine, I just have not been able to find any information on what is supposed to be public records.
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We have been waiting for a “teaching moment”.
After the Gates vs. Crowley fiasco we have been waiting for a “teaching moment”. Could this be it?
Ok, its now official, jackasses come in your choice of flavors. First it was vanilla Joe wilson making an ass of himself at president Obama’s address to the joint session of congress. Then it was chocolate Kanye Wests’ ridiculous outburst at the MTV video music awards.
IMHO both Joe Wilson and Kanye West are jackasses.
So what’s up with all these brain farts? Is it buried racism bubbling to the service? Apparently yes according to:
Drew Westen, an Emory University psychologist who has studied the effects of unconscious racism in political contests, said it was no accident that most of these incidents involved blacks and whites. West is black and Swift is white, he noted. And Wilson, who yelled at Obama, is white.
“I think racial tensions on both sides are pretty high right now,” Westen said. “It’s on a new level now because it’s not conscious or overt. It’s bubbling underneath. What might have led to a small reaction or a thought to yourself that something is unfair is now popping out of people’s mouths.”
With racial tensions becoming apparent and the firewall of proper behavior melting away it is evident that African Americans Are quite capable of being just as ignorant as their white counterparts.
Oh, and don’t forget Serena Williams.
Flatus The Elder
