tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35686082011-04-21T13:58:06.904-04:00Font Rants on Many SubjectsGod, Politics, Science, SoftwareJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.comBlogger1471100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-63530996479199078262007-04-13T23:19:00.000-04:002007-04-13T23:38:05.833-04:00It is the same all over you racist jerk.Let me preface this by saying I'm a white man and I think Imus deserved what he got. I hope Limbaugh, O'Reily and the others all go up against the wall. Even if we have to sacrafice Amy Goodman, in the name of balance. In the midst of all this Imus noise, has been a discussion of how he is just echoing hip-hop culture which elevates the degradation of Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-55015757644205779502007-02-26T02:31:00.000-05:002007-02-26T02:36:09.885-05:00Jesus!My guess is someone found a tomb of related family members and then marked up the coffins. We should stop all Biblical Archeology. It just continues the idea that the bible was meant to be a litteral New York Times version of history.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1166154747533061082006-12-14T22:41:00.000-05:002006-12-14T22:52:27.546-05:00Reformed Episcopal ChurchIn 1873 they left over the loss of protestant and evangelical witness in the ECUSA. How's that working out for them 133 years later?Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1165287609266785812006-12-04T21:47:00.000-05:002006-12-04T22:00:09.283-05:00HereticsArticles like this piss me off. The media needs to stop calling these guys Orthodox Episcopalian. To be orthodox you must adhere to the established doctrines of your church. These folks at Falls Church do not adhere to the doctrines of our church. There is a word for a minority that rejects the established doctrines of the church and that word is "heretic". So lets make sure we let Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1164399341114483942006-11-24T15:11:00.000-05:002006-11-24T15:15:41.126-05:00Complaint ChoirsThe latest trend sweeping the world. Behold the Complaint Choir. Videos here and here.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1164334308596122752006-11-23T21:04:00.000-05:002006-11-23T21:11:48.610-05:00Second Church?Second Life is a virtual world where you make characters. Unlike other MMPORG like world of warcraft; there is no story other than the stories you make. It has a virtual economy where linden dollars can be converted into real US dollars and back to Linden dollars if you want. You can even purchase virtual real estate. Several real companies have setup virtual pavilions where youJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1164086259014757352006-11-20T23:56:00.000-05:002006-11-21T00:17:39.036-05:00Thoughts on God.-I've been thinking about advent recently; and its making me realise that its not a bad idea to raise my daughter unitarian. The last thing I want is her to be all devout and get knocked up by the holy spirit. -I'm not sure I can be a follower of God. I mean they were "lost" in the desert for 40 years. Maybe a new slogan should be "worship God, but don't ask him for directionsJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1163947270059413762006-11-19T09:40:00.000-05:002006-11-19T09:41:10.070-05:00Jesus Christ, Turning Japanese?Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1163902782128210812006-11-18T21:17:00.000-05:002006-11-18T21:19:42.143-05:00WeirdJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1163040627747793812006-11-08T21:49:00.000-05:002006-11-08T21:50:27.760-05:00K-Fed / RummyIt is as if all the crazy is being thrown out. Who will complete the celeb trifecta?Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1162866689999266202006-11-06T21:02:00.000-05:002006-11-06T21:31:30.010-05:00HopeI went to the installation of the new PB this weekend. I'm looking forward to the midterm elections tomorrow. For the first time in a while I'm hopeful.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1157684085021942082006-09-07T22:42:00.000-04:002006-09-07T23:42:22.423-04:00Kermit is dead to me nowOn 9-11 I drove past the Pentagon 5 minutes before the plane hit. No BS. I fled the city while the radio said the towers fell. Information was terrible that day, and it sounded like everything was being hit by planes. Afterwards I entered a terrible sorrow. Those were dark days, and there seemed to be no light.Now I hear that Disney is about to run a little movie Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1155880425391825272006-08-18T01:32:00.000-04:002006-08-18T01:53:45.460-04:00George AllenI'm disgusted that my senator belittled a 20 year old for "looking foreign". This isn't a political issue, this is an issue about how we relate to one another as human beings. It doesn't matter if the senator knew what the word meant, his intent was clear enough. It saddens me to think that conservatives feel like they have to defend him just cause his party is GOP. There is Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1154292430974868852006-07-30T16:44:00.000-04:002006-07-30T16:47:10.996-04:00An evangelical leader makes senseHere's an article in the NY Times about an evangelical leader who seems to get it. The quote:“When the church wins the culture wars, it inevitably loses,” Mr. Boyd preached. “When it conquers the world, it becomes the world. When you put your trust in the sword, you lose the cross.”Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1153540618213999422006-07-21T23:38:00.000-04:002006-07-21T23:56:58.310-04:00Pop QuizIf you are a youth minister. Do you understand what this video is about?Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1153278564191599482006-07-18T23:06:00.000-04:002006-07-18T23:09:24.206-04:00Headbanging about Oliver CromwellThis song should be mandatory for your youth group when covering the history of the church. It's not as historically fact filled as Monty Python's Version, but the headbanging quotient should get the youth group rocking.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1152833600441658332006-07-13T19:29:00.000-04:002006-07-13T19:33:20.450-04:00This ain't it.I realize that thing are very unsettled in the Middle East. No doubt Tim Lehay is ready for rapture. However call dibbs on your evangelical neighbors manse just yet. Whatever we are about to see in the Middle East it is not the start of armegeddon. It is just the tragic continuation of more of the same. Please don't glorify this tragic conflict by making God somehow responsible.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1152455274961198302006-07-09T10:11:00.000-04:002006-07-09T10:27:55.683-04:00Blogging PastorsThis article in today's does a good job of providing some examples of pastors who are using blogs as a part of their ministry. From the interviews in the article a good lesson comes out about the kinds of communication that should go in your blog. Write your blog using more informal and personal communication than you would in your Sunday sermon, or pastoral letter. This Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1152158480410890752006-07-05T23:28:00.000-04:002006-07-06T00:01:20.473-04:00You Tube / Google VideoKids are Asking Ninjas, why can't they ask an Episcopal Preist or Bishop. For the last 50 years evangelical conservatives have had a near monopoly on broadcast religion (Falwell, Robertson, etc). Now we have the technology that breaks this stranglehold. So where are you guys?Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1151901537981561792006-07-03T00:22:00.000-04:002006-07-03T00:38:57.990-04:00Katharine the GreatI've listened to her on NPR and I'm going to call it. Katharine will usher in a golden age for the Episcopal Church. In the otherwise ridiculous Washington Post article, she shines, with the closing quote "that we're more interested in feeding hungry people and relieving suffering than we are in arguing about what gender someone is or what sexual orientation someone has." IJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1151805696998642192006-07-01T22:00:00.000-04:002006-07-01T22:01:37.010-04:00Old but Relevant TodayThe author of The Name of the Rose and other works has a brilliant essay on Mac vs. DOS. Windows he says represents a kind of Anglicanism.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1151718236063731692006-06-30T21:42:00.000-04:002006-06-30T21:44:21.543-04:00A fun projectA writer at Slate has an interesting project "Blogging the Bible". Where he's reading an english translation of the Bible (Old Testament / Torah only) and writing a blog about it.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1151111975279189722006-06-23T20:33:00.000-04:002006-06-23T21:19:35.680-04:00More on LinkedIn and MySpaceI've heard a couple of rumblings about my post regarding MySpace Evangalism. Let me try to address them. Some folks felt I should warn about the dangers of MySpace before just telling folks to get up there. This is an excellent point. If you are under 18 you should have your parents review your page before you post anything there. I say this as a parent and Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1151028887992807142006-06-22T21:39:00.000-04:002006-06-22T22:14:48.070-04:00A Response to Archibishop of Canterbery.Bishop Williams you said, It is not yet clear how far the resolutions passed this week and today represent the adoption by the Episcopal Church of all the proposals set out in the Windsor Report.Archibishop, I recall your countrymen kicked us out of the church after July 4, 1776 too; due to a dispute involving the divine right of kings. We were on the Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1150993266706181882006-06-22T12:14:00.000-04:002006-06-22T12:21:06.720-04:00Evangelism through My Space. Note to all Reverends and church leaders, get a My Space page; or if you feel its too unprofessional try LinkedIn. Encourage your fellow church members to get up there as well and link in their freinds and associates. Within a few days you'll be able to browse through not just the congregation, but all their freinds who may not be attending church. Not only that Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1150692548149264972006-06-18T23:25:00.000-04:002006-06-19T01:03:12.676-04:00The new PBI just heard about the election of Katherin Jefferts Schori to be the next PB. As Chair of the Anglican Cetacean Consumption Network (ACCN) I'm sure you are all looking for my reaction. I fully expect calls from the press at any moment. How are we do deal with this obvious election of a Marine Biologist who opposes whaling? I know this will come as a suprise to you but, I'm not Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1149483448097115552006-06-05T00:16:00.000-04:002006-06-05T00:57:28.136-04:00How many whales died to make that newspaper.Today's Editorial in the Washington Post has me ranting. What's so special about whales? Global warming will likely kill the polar bears, the Emporer Penguins, and many other polar species. It is the biggest environmental crisis of our times; and the threat to polar species is the "optomistic view." The Post though, wants us to focus on a few Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1147234021691191902006-05-09T23:46:00.000-04:002006-05-10T00:07:01.700-04:00The one eyed man is not king of the world of the blind. Prophets with their third eye are stoned or martered more than they become kings. Why would a sighted man fair any differently in the world of the blind? No matter how slowly you raise the temperature the frog jumps out long before the pot boils him alive. Cold blooded animals by their nature must become more active as the tempurature Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1136519314651177002006-01-05T22:44:00.000-05:002006-01-05T22:48:34.663-05:00CRM and the ChurchI think every church should have a form on their website that lets a person make contact the ministerial team. This form should get name and contact information for the person and allow them to select from a menu of potential subjects such as, "prayer request", "visitor information", "meet the ministry", "questions about activities". Also captured on this form should be some Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1136103666838310872006-01-01T02:05:00.000-05:002006-01-01T03:21:06.846-05:00Water Signs....God promised Noah that he wouldn't flood the whole world again; but the rainbow is looking a little shaky. Coastal portions of Asia, New Orleans, and California all in the last 13 months. I'm just thankful we haven't started burning witches; or gone into some kind of collective hysterics like they did in early ages.Amidst these signs of trouble. My generation (X)is heading Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1135057764714494512005-12-20T00:05:00.000-05:002005-12-20T00:49:24.763-05:00Personalization of Faith.I'm meditating on what my TiVo means for the future of faith. Every storyteller knows that if you tell 50 people a story, even at the same time, you'll actually end up with 50 unique viewpoints on the story. Sure many will be similar; but they will not be the same. People are terrible at listening; mostly they just hear what they want to hear. Still technology is Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1134718762967299972005-12-16T01:48:00.000-05:002005-12-16T02:39:22.980-05:00New Church WebsiteWell the Episcopal church has redesigned their website. There are many great things about this new website, and I hope if any of the creators read this blog they won't feel that I'm totally trashing them. I'll just say up front that its a vast improvement over the old page; but there still is a ways to go. I do like the fact that they are at least trying to think about the Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1134354112155251752005-12-11T20:16:00.000-05:002005-12-11T21:21:52.166-05:00Best Fark headline this month:Pope denounces materialism from balcony of marble, gold-domed building in midst of jewel-encrusted religious icons while wearing giant gold cross.Perhaps he's trying to appeal to my generation's love of irony. What is the real spirit of Christmas? While some of my more pagan friends want us to go back to Saturnalia, or kill a bull in honor of Mithras' birth. WhileJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1132719170901703112005-11-22T21:12:00.000-05:002005-11-22T23:12:50.940-05:00Missing the next revolution.That the church is too occupied by gays and women priests. It's time to let go of the 28 prayer book and look to the future. I'm not trying to belittle what I'm sure are well thought out and principled stands. We had a process for debating these matters; we held a vote; and we made a decision now lets get going. I'm just trying to say that while you're busy Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1132418268661378662005-11-19T11:01:00.000-05:002005-11-19T11:37:48.673-05:00A dream to share.I don't normally share this kind of thing; because frankly dreams are personal. However this particular dream seems significant. Though honestly it may just be the result of something I ate. I share this dream because it leaves me wondering; and I'm curious what kind of comments will come in (assuming anyone reads this).I was in my normal slumber of unmemorable things; when Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1132122118750938012005-11-16T00:28:00.000-05:002005-11-16T01:21:58.763-05:00Becoming a Wired ChurchFirst the basics: -I expect your church website to have the following information in a visible easy to find place: contact information, service schedule, and link to mapquest or google maps for directions. This is the minimum. I'm going to look at your webpage for 10 seconds. If I don't see how to find that information; I'm not showing up on Sunday. Also if you're Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1131513995693992222005-11-09T00:26:00.000-05:002005-11-10T00:22:20.736-05:00In the old days we marked men of the tribe with circumcision. now we just wax their unibrow and give them a makeover. Salvation used to be a place in the heavens; now it is the deluxe apartment but it's still in the sky. We went from 3 in 1, to 2 for a dollar. The way of the world I guess. Every sacrafice becomes a little less intolerable; until we give it up all together because it has no Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1131420527379340752005-11-07T21:57:00.000-05:002005-11-09T00:25:40.493-05:00Can you connect with your own personal Jesus if everyone is watching.I've really struggled with this post. I've written it three times and each time thrown it all out. I warn you it's a bit of a mess.I've been pondering the contrast in my mind between 1984's Winston in his dark future against the bright equally "big brother is watching you" but radically different world of Las Vegas (Mondays onJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1131250880459840812005-11-05T23:16:00.000-05:002005-11-05T23:21:20.470-05:00Am I the only one who wonders why the media is ignoring the global warming angle? All hail his noodlie appendage.(follow the links)Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1131165052295442902005-11-04T21:20:00.000-05:002005-11-04T23:30:52.356-05:00I was thinking back on my travels in the "holy land" and I came back to the time some locals showed me around some holy sites that were off the normal path. We traveled on backroads in the West Bank in the back of a van that doubled as an ambulance. One stop on our trip was at Jacob's Well. I remember the old orthodox preist led us past his many dogs; down into the crypt beneath a half Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1130910448784381862005-11-01T23:42:00.000-05:002005-11-02T00:47:28.796-05:00Happy New YearA long time ago the new year was celebrated October 31 when we brought in the harvest; near the fall equinox when the darkness took over from the day. The day started at sundown; as the Sabbath still does. At some point we shifted the new year to begin right after the winter solstice, and began to start our days at dawn. In the early days of the Christian church; the ascension on Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1130733309097758302005-10-30T22:37:00.000-05:002005-10-30T23:35:09.110-05:00The purpose driven life my ass.God leaves us to wander creation. We were kicked out of the garden God made for us for eating an apple and have been homeless ever since. The bible repeats this theme pretty much everywhere; so you know we are nomads. Cane gets sent to the land of Na veh Nod. Noah floats aimlessly on the floodwater. Abraham crosses the river; ends up on a mountain being given the Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1118231732954356352005-06-08T07:53:00.000-04:002005-06-08T07:55:32.960-04:00SyriaHow long?Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1117770303958482192005-06-02T23:35:00.000-04:002005-06-02T23:45:32.776-04:00NeighborsAn article in the Post has got me ranting. First of all will people please realize that Robert Frost's line about good fences, was meant to be ironic. If you are a journalist I expect you to at least get literature right. Second of all it is really depressing that the government has seen fit in all 50 states to have fencing laws. If someone wants a fence, let them work it out. I'mJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1114569770871566682005-04-26T22:09:00.000-04:002005-04-26T22:54:02.773-04:00Patterns in the noiseI've been watching a friend's baby learn language; and meditating on the amazing ability of humans to see patterns in noise. I believe the breadth of our civilization is owed to the development of language. I was thinking of Adam naming the pieces of creation as an apt description of our development. As we named things; we defined them and differentiated them. We create an Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1113869228351121012005-04-18T19:54:00.000-04:002005-04-18T20:07:08.353-04:00Faith based initiatives....Scientists tell us, that an asteroid has a 1/233 chance of knocking us into oblivion on Friday, April 13, 2005. There is a chance that after it passes Earth the odds will go up in 2034, and 2035. Social Security has a 'chance' of going bankrupt in 2037. Right now our politicians have competing plans to deal with social security. However the only plan for dealingJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1112361173080956232005-04-01T08:10:00.000-05:002005-04-01T08:12:53.080-05:00Last Rites for the PopeHow much of the Terry Shiavo mess can be attributed to the Popes own fear of death? Or perhaps not his fears; but the fears of those under him. Have years of progress been set back because of a handful of peoples fears.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1111871755653937692005-03-26T15:58:00.000-05:002005-03-26T16:15:55.653-05:00Since we are in the neighborhood why don't we just drop in the 82nd airborne.First the assassination or Hariri, now the bombings and brazen attempt to re-ignite the Lebanese civil war. We all know Syria is funding the insurgency in Iraq as BashirAssad tries to make himself into the latest strong man. Bashir better hope Bush's approval ratings go back up soon; before we launch a second preemptiveJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1111760246299885992005-03-25T09:03:00.000-05:002005-03-25T09:17:26.300-05:00Give me BarabasI envision Barabas as this AD 30 Jessie James style outlaw riding through the holy land stealing from those rich smug romans. Or maybe he's like George Clooney in Ocean's 11, a cool theif breaking some palestinian casino and escaping into the darkness; only to be rounded up and brought over for trial. He is in my mind sense a romantic villian; the kind we love to see on the big Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1111511272698326362005-03-22T12:03:00.000-05:002005-03-22T12:07:52.696-05:00More on Terry ShivoI have a new image in my head. This woman has been reduced to a doll by her parents and loved ones. Reading William Satelan's article in Slate today it is clear to me that this is what has happened. It is in a way the ultimate idolitry. God's form sustained through artificial means, kept in limbo. God's form replaced by thing. Woman reduced to object.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1111376608168042382005-03-20T22:10:00.000-05:002005-03-20T22:43:28.170-05:00Re: Saint Shivo....Why are we so captivated by this case? We are heading into a new age. Death as we now know it may pass away from human experience in the next 20-30 years. Though it may not be the immortality you planned for. How much of your brain and body must pass on before we declare you at your end. For many people a living will, can set forth the conditions by which they should be Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1110605181317088942005-03-11T23:28:00.000-05:002005-03-12T00:26:21.320-05:00I had to give up blogging for a while after the election. I was just too tired out.After a long hiatus I'm back for more rants. To clear the decks let me exposeupon three topics.Topic 1: Our mother Anglican Church.If we are out of the ACC; can we join the Big East? Maybe we can hope for the at large bid to the tournement; or at least the NIT. I've recently been attending the local Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1097331546414381032004-10-09T10:17:00.000-04:002004-10-09T10:19:24.703-04:00Just one question, "Why are you so angry Mr. President?"
Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1097294143785227162004-10-08T23:55:00.000-04:002004-10-08T23:55:43.786-04:00Two Faced
Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1096470287325561122004-09-29T11:00:00.001-04:002004-09-29T11:04:47.326-04:00On Baseball's Return
I note from "Noted Now" that Cheney is taking administration credit for the return of baseball to DC. "The President has a deep interest...."
Maybe he should have had a deep interest in planning the post war occupation of Iraq. Or capturing Osama. Maybe he should have spent a little less time worrying about Peter Angelos and the O's; and a little more time worrying Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1095771243482296352004-09-21T08:53:00.000-04:002004-09-21T08:54:03.483-04:00Did Martha Have a Safety Prison?
http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/21/news/newsmakers/martha_danbury/index.htm?cnn=yes
Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1094606778521771102004-09-07T21:08:00.000-04:002004-09-07T21:26:18.523-04:001ooo good and brave men and women gone to their deaths too soon. Queue the info graphic on CNN; well written stories on MSNBC and the nets. It's hardly a suprise; so you know they've had these stories written for days. They were just waiting for the 1000 man to die. The last 500 have been burried in the back pages.
How quickly we've gone from the tragedy of one death to statitistics. 7000Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1094475266319788512004-09-06T08:52:00.000-04:002004-09-06T08:54:26.320-04:00Seen on the web: "Don't change horsemen in the middle of an apocolypse."
Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1084158979409206732004-05-09T22:29:00.000-04:002004-05-09T23:16:19.410-04:00Contining my long tradition of babling on about what everyone else has already made their minds up about; I offer my rant on the current mess in Iraq. Since I've been completly wrong on this, from my support for going to war, to my beleif that Al-Sistani would never come to terms; to missing the boat on the Al-Sadr problem; I'm really hoping to turn it all around here with this post. Otherwise Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1082332485176813282004-04-18T19:54:00.000-04:002004-04-18T19:58:41.716-04:00A short break, but I'm back. The thing that is good about Kerry is that he is willing to give us some simple metrics to judge his policies by. Bush refuses to give us these kind of metrics. Kerry says, I'm a good President if I create 10 million jobs, and cut the deficit in half. This is exactly what we need as a country. Lets ignore the partisan crap, and settle on a few simple things thatJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1079241748733452322004-03-14T00:22:00.000-05:002004-03-14T00:25:37.653-05:00A chronology of the last 4 years Pretty much sums up why Bush has been a terrible President and should be replaced in November. His campaign theme "Steady Leadership in Times of Change", is an admision of his own incapacity to govern. Times have been hard, intead of offering a new bold vision for America to get us out of hard times, we get more and more of the same tired leftovers from the Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1078585185555484352004-03-06T09:59:00.000-05:002004-03-06T10:02:44.810-05:00A motercyclist tours the Chernobyl area. Haunting photos of a place where humankind scarred the earth.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1078547809164492262004-03-05T23:36:00.000-05:002004-03-05T23:39:47.296-05:00Water and wealth is the key to this bad news from Iraq. Font reads between the lines for you. Al-Sistani doesn't want an agreement yet. Why would he; the current situation gives him a lot of power. The longer there isn't a civil authority in Iraq; the more powerful he is going to become because the Mosque will be the only place where people can go to get services; and his militia will be theJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1078453781256331012004-03-04T21:29:00.000-05:002004-03-04T21:32:38.030-05:00Yet another reason to vote against Bush. Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1078363950423711532004-03-03T20:32:00.000-05:002004-03-03T20:35:25.793-05:00All I want for my birthday is a new President. In honor of my soon to be thirty-something birthday; I request no cards, gifts, or things; just get me a new President. Since we need an election for this; and winning the election will take money; how about giving a few bucks to John Kerry. From access stats for this blog I know that if each of my readers will give $31 dollars in my honor; we Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1078285129690414962004-03-02T22:38:00.000-05:002004-03-02T22:41:43.763-05:00Crap this is going to get really really bad really fast. Ashura is one of the most important dates in the Shi'a religous calendar. Coordinated attacks in Baghdad and Karbala ( the most important Shi'a city); Al-Sistani (the most important Shi'a Imam in Iraq) blames the US occupation. I would say there is a very high chance that Iraq is going to turn into a blood bath. I would say 90% chanceJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1078198485127853432004-03-01T22:34:00.000-05:002004-03-01T22:37:37.920-05:00God Hates Shrimp. In a fundie flamewar over gay marriage, or other do what the bible says or face God's judgement, kindly direct them to this site and ask, "So when was the last time you had a shrimp cocktail."Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1077939957629815982004-02-27T22:45:00.000-05:002004-02-27T22:48:46.483-05:00Apparently not all the African Bishops feel the ECUSA should be excommunicated over the whole Robinson thing. Here's one who disagrees. I'm reminded of Matthew 9:16, "What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder"Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1077935934223369572004-02-27T21:38:00.000-05:002004-02-27T21:41:43.076-05:004% = 1 out of 25. From all the postulants who start, to those who train in seminary; watched by their spiritual elders and finally ordained and raised up to be fathers of the church; and 4% of those people will still molest you. Those are only the ones they know about.
In reflecting on these terrible numbers; I think back to the temptation of Christ; and how it speaks to the twin callings of Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1077767021189660672004-02-25T22:43:00.000-05:002004-02-25T22:46:27.233-05:00And now with feeling The Passion of the Christ. I havn't seen it; so my vision is colored by the reviews and the chatter. However everyone is talking about this movie; so I will address it context of the conversation it has spurred. Allow me to define
Point 1. I'm not going to see the Passion of the Christ. I know the story. I walked the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem, and prayed at Golgatha,Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1077717074618372162004-02-25T08:51:00.000-05:002004-02-25T08:55:59.623-05:00Robert Samuelson thinks we shouldn't blame the President for the economy. He compares it based on "selecting a doctor based on palm reading." Lets look at his reasoning:
Jobs are created by employer's (true)
Employers create jobs when:
-demand justified new workers.
-labor costs aren't unprofitable.
-they think healthy conditions will last.
On the demand side. He seems to suggest that the Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1077680063980053552004-02-24T22:34:00.000-05:002004-02-24T22:37:08.966-05:00Remember when Talk about the Passion was just an REM song.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1077594588460781162004-02-23T22:49:00.000-05:002004-02-23T22:52:31.966-05:00The latest terrorist organization is the NEA. An ad on the Move-On site compares Bush to the Nazi's and that gets play for a few weeks on Hardball, O'Reily and others as Outrageous. The secretary of Education compares the NEA to Al-Qaeda, and I'll bet it never makes any thing. Time to e-mail Matthews, Sullivan, and the usual suspects; call them on their hypocracy.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1077501049016312922004-02-22T20:50:00.000-05:002004-02-22T20:53:30.920-05:00What do you make of this? , ok now what do you make of this. I think this is mostly just wishful thinking; the fantasy goes like this. Bush is outed, his evangelical base deserts him in November and the Republican party in general. The ensuing drop results in a landslide trifecta for the Democrats. Following our victory we fix social security; balence the budget and provide universal health Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1077371995259088612004-02-21T08:59:00.000-05:002004-02-21T09:02:35.060-05:00Another brilliant idea by the people who brought you: 500 billion dollar deficits, the war for non-existant WMD's, and Enron. Lets call Fast food prep jobs, "Manufacturing", instead of service jobs. That way we can say Manufacturing jobs are growing.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1077170708382425972004-02-19T01:05:00.000-05:002004-02-19T01:07:45.860-05:00People are always asking me, "Where do you get all your crazy stuff, Font?" or telling me, "I love your blog; but can you point me towards some other enlightened souls." So in what will probably drive away my few readers; I give you links on the left hand side of the page. These arn't all the places I look, but they should give you things to think about when you arn't reading my blog.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1076867868097156362004-02-15T12:57:00.000-05:002004-02-15T13:00:21.030-05:00Great Chart. So instead of just thinking about the 2 million jobs lost; you need to add 2 million more that they promised to create. So its really 4 million jobs and by the end of this year, probably 6. We need a President who can deliver on his numbers.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1076790354660791362004-02-14T15:25:00.000-05:002004-02-14T15:28:26.030-05:00More on Bush AWOL here. Call any reporter you know. The story monday Morning should be:
Documents prove Bush was absent. He requested a transfer after moving to Alabama. The request for a transfer was deinied. He didn't show up in Texas for 5 months. End of story. Bush was absent from his ordered duties for more than 30 days. Ergo he was AWOL. Worse for him because he was voilating Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1076788330319233062004-02-14T14:52:00.000-05:002004-02-14T14:54:42.076-05:00The records have been released. First I will crow about the fact that I was right; 2 inches of documents suddenly show up when the President gives the order. Records which Bush said they couldn't find; suddenly got a lot easier to find when he said show them. The Washington Posthas a first take read it here. Lets look at the facts for some deductive reasoning:
1. Bright, earnest young manJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1076775696728321872004-02-14T11:21:00.000-05:002004-02-14T11:24:08.013-05:00Traitor Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1076292869879822212004-02-08T21:14:00.000-05:002004-02-08T21:16:53.716-05:00Russert Review:
Despite not a single challenging followup question and ample times where he wandered off of subject into pre-canned soundbytes; this was the single worst performance on MTP I've ever seen by a candidate. I wonder if Russert didn't followup out of pity.
Some talking points:
1. The many long pauses and inarticulate answers like, "its just politics"(shrug). Add to this a visual Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1076034461034032932004-02-05T21:27:00.000-05:002004-02-05T21:30:00.716-05:00Bush is going down.
1. UPI: Cheney's Cheif of Staff may be indited.
2. Rove is sending Bush to Russert on Sunday. Either this will be a softball interview the DNC will spin into an attack on Russert; or Russert will eject on bush and go hard with his trademark "Gotcha". I believe Russert loves to be the kingmaker; if he believes Bush is going down;
3. Roy Moore, the Ten Commandments Judge is Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1075987852026337192004-02-05T08:30:00.000-05:002004-02-05T08:33:10.903-05:00Step 1: Pass Prescriptiong Drug Benifit for Big Drug companies.
Step 2: Leave Congress to run the Big Drug company lobby.
Step 3: Whoops its actually going to cost 140 BILLION more than we said. (kinda like when we told you Iraq would pay for itself).
Step 4: Lets spend your tax dollars on the Bush re-elect under the guise of promoting the program.
Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1075871065539607462004-02-04T00:04:00.000-05:002004-02-04T00:06:43.043-05:00Putting on the tin foil hat tonight. Read this, now tell me; am I just a tramatized Democrat who can't handle the fact that Gore lost in 2000; and now Dean, has totally melted down. Is this just paranoia or are they out to get us. If only there were some institution which we could trust to look into this; instead of a bunch of super rich media barons who probably don't care as long as they canJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1075867802220441052004-02-03T23:10:00.000-05:002004-02-03T23:12:19.610-05:00Via comments on Fark. When news of the weird gets weirder. Read this story. It's an amusing story of an out of control car; and the cops stopping it using something they learned watching CHiPs. Have a little laugh; now look closer:
1. The woman's name is Angel Eck.
2. She was driving a Sunfire.
3. She went off the road "three" times. ( a nice biblical number)
4. Arresting Officers are Gary Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1075524684511858532004-01-30T23:51:00.000-05:002004-01-30T23:53:36.856-05:00Please join me in e-mailing Chris Matthews at Hardball. On tonight's show we get 20 minutes on John Kerry's botox, a light-hearted chat with Darryl Hammond, but not one freakin word on Neil Bush's peccadilloes with Chinese prostitutes and the Chinese leader's son. Also if he's going to talk about Botox; I'd like him to at least admit that he's had it once or twice. Seriously the guys totally Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1075341786172794532004-01-28T21:03:00.000-05:002004-01-28T21:05:15.606-05:00You think this item would be on the front page if this was Roger Clinton instead of Neal Bush? Not that I'm accusing the press of giving Bush a free pass or anything; oh wait I am and they are.
Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1075261226786858252004-01-27T22:40:00.000-05:002004-01-27T22:42:34.483-05:00RIP Howard Dean. Killed by a scream. He is survived by his darling wife Judy, and his idealogical children especially John Kerry who have now grown some sack (ironic given Kerry's recent prostrate surgery). I would like to strongly encourage everyone who wrote a letter to Iowa, or gave money to break bats; please remember this election is bigger than Howard Dean, its about putting George BushJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1075176460031636582004-01-26T23:07:00.000-05:002004-01-26T23:09:46.873-05:00Howie Kurtz Washington Post media critic is apparently both fair and balenced :-)Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1075064673462904802004-01-25T16:04:00.000-05:002004-01-25T16:06:38.623-05:00Get Your War On takes on the State of the Union. HERE.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1074979712003376882004-01-24T16:28:00.000-05:002004-01-24T16:30:35.653-05:00We have not yet begun to rantJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1074973629712038832004-01-24T14:47:00.000-05:002004-01-24T14:50:42.996-05:00What did I tell you. Days after his awful state of the union (below). Bush's poll numbers have dropped 4 points. Could it be people have finally seen the light? Maybe he's teh American Idol president, you know Simon Cowley (or in this case Karl Rove) selects a new one hit wonder (or in this case one term wonder).Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1074924218413819292004-01-24T01:03:00.000-05:002004-01-24T01:05:41.450-05:00Rant on the State of the Union
Funny how Dr. Dean got all that coverage about his Rebel Yell in Iowa; but the Worst State of the Union in history; gets totally ignored. Since the pundits in the big media ignored the story; let me give you some things to talk with your freinds about:
1. What the hell happened to the Republican party.
$300 Million in Pork for Prisoners and drug adicts? Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1074604467234532392004-01-20T08:14:00.000-05:002004-01-20T08:16:25.216-05:00Ok Dr. Dean its time for a halftime adjustment. Here is your New Hampshire Battleplan:
1. As Rove says; stick to principle. In this case focus on your strengths; play to your ability to attack Bush; unlike the others in the race. In honor of Bush's space schema; start calling him President Moonbeam. This will rally your supports and remember why you like them.
2. Laugh off your crazy Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1074259330322715072004-01-16T08:22:00.000-05:002004-01-16T08:24:02.950-05:00Dewey vs. Truman all over again. This column while detailing Kerry and Edwards surge in the polls; also contains an omnious message; pollsters don't call cellphones. How many people use a cellphone as their only phone anymore? Or use the cell phone when they are dailing into the Internet. Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1074044557133703892004-01-13T20:42:00.000-05:002004-01-13T22:07:46.780-05:00Four articles you must read:
1. The owner of The Washington Times says God will call for a genocide against gays. Yet George Bush will still take checks from the Rev. Moon; 3 24 hour cable news networks and they can't find five minutes to say anything about this.
2. The Daily Kos recommends: this article in Salon about the anti-democratic media meatgrinder; and gives some ideas about what you Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1073880464741894822004-01-11T23:07:00.000-05:002004-01-11T23:16:00.936-05:00In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. Genesis 1:1-3
This is my favorite Biblical passage. One imagines the sea on a pitch black night. A loneliness where there is nothing. Then a Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1073847570392220942004-01-11T13:59:00.000-05:002004-01-11T14:01:17.076-05:00MTP/Russert review today. Russert spent the first half-hour on the irrelevant Kerry. One week before the Iowa caucus they put on Kerry; a guy who isn't in contention and who's dropping in the polls like a stone. Thank God for TiVo so I could skip ahead. No wonder his roundtable spends 15 minutes bashing bloggers.
Other highlights:
1. David Broder comments that Dean supporters as a bunch of Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1073764359747726752004-01-10T14:52:00.000-05:002004-01-10T14:54:24.450-05:00CNN sucks. We have come to live in a world where a single blonde bimbo; or a crazed blowhard; can dominate the political debate with their nightly/daily show. The tragic thing is once they get something into their little pea sized brains; they just repeat it endlessly; even in the face of actual truth. Al Gore never said he invented the Internet. Dean is pilloried for suggesting instead of Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568608.post-1073623344825490252004-01-08T23:42:00.000-05:002004-01-08T23:44:07.686-05:00An article in Slate has got me thinking about the exploration of Mars. I'm fairly certain I don't give a crap about some bacteria living in a hotspring on Mars. I think the moral dilemma is totally over blown. Maybe it is a special and unique thing; but special and unique things are destroyed every day; you think all those people who die every day; the ordinary grandparents; mothers; daughtersJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948480121481931706noreply@blogger.com0