Maybe it's me, and maybe this reflects a shocking naivete, but why does this discussion keep moving away from the fact that a Christian community persecuted and eventually pushed a Jewish family out of their home because they didn't accept Jesus and, in this separation-of-church-and-state, post-Holocaust, post-Civil Rights United States, so many people seem to be okay with that?
And why does this discussion keep moving away from the fact that what Obama should have done was come out against it and not make some general statement that was so wishy-washy that it could be interpreted by any side in the discussion as a defense of Good Christians Everywhere and the idea that a few words can't hurt anyone?
As for Mr. Brust's assertion that Israel is waging a war against Lebanese children, well, beyond my pure disbelief that someone with any brains at all would think that's what's going on, I'm really pretty speechless. That's all I'm going to say on that subject.
Have you heard? Novelist and commentator Lev Grossman, prompted by the Lori Jareo/Amazon thing, offered an essay this afternoon on "All Things Considered" in praise of fan fiction.
Links posted here.
(Hi! ::wave wave::)
Wow, look at that! It's been so long since I've been in a blizzard like that. And today in Seattle it was sunny and balmy. There's a part of me that really misses proper winter weather. But there's another part of me that remembers the necessary shoveling and thinks, "Not so much."
(PS--Hi Teresa!)
Don't know if they're doing it back east, but here in Seattle, the post office has a special program where you can buy phone cards for troops when you're buying stamps. I've done it a couple of times. It's a great way to support the troops.
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