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Fingernails down a blackboard

The news has been making my head spin lately. Can hardly keep up with all the shenanigans in Washington. Once upon a time that’s all I blogged about, but blogging about politics with this administration is a full time job. I raise my glass to those who have done so. The main stream media have not exactly distinguished themselves. I’d like to see someone at Firedoglake or Talking Points Memo get the recognition for independent reporting that they so richly deserve. Like...oh...maybe a Pulitzer. It is time for the Pulitzer rules to expand to include independent on-line journalism and investigative reporting. I believe that Joseph Pulitzer would approve.

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In the category of Holding My Nose While Reading…

The renowned US Christian, James Dobson, has announced that potential/possible Presidential Candidate, former Senator Fred Thompson, is not a Christian. You read that correctly. James Dobson doesn’t believe Fred Thompson is a Christian. Dobson’s spokesman explains that only evangelical Christians get the appellation “Christian”. It’s not that Thompson is a non-Christian, but he doesn’t get out there and openly talk about his faith. So, too bad for Fred. He evidently isn’t going to get an endorsement from the religious right if Dobson has any influence remaining.

But Newt Gingrich is a Good Christian. He’s on Dobson’s Good Christian list. Dobson likes him very much.

It makes you wonder...many things.

Thought you’d like to know.

(via Americablog)
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That’s about all I can stomach for now. 

Posted on 03/29/07 at 02:37 PM
 




Gary Boyd

I promised myself I was going to quit ranting about these guys. I even put my political blog on ice. Now I just rant on my other site when the boy’s do something over the top...fingernails on the blackboard...is that what has been wrong with me for the last few years?

And when it comes to “good Christians”, don’t get me started. I choked listening to my ex-congressman Tom Delay on the tube the other day...Now there is a good Christian. No really, just ask him.

United States   Posted by Gary Boyd on 03/29/07  at  06:41 PM





Kate

What I think is… that one is free to lie, cheat, steal, and hate on people as long as one gets a gig on the tube every coupla weeks to publicly state that one has great faith. It’s sort of like confession without the confession.

I’ve known an awful lot of quiet Christians who have managed to navigate life without being indicted for corruption and such. They’ve even managed to do some really good and selfless things, too. But they probably aren’t real Christians because they don’t screech about it from the rooftops or on teevee.

United States   Posted by Kate on 03/29/07  at  07:38 PM





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