Hey enjoy that huge BBQ – then go blow some stuff up. It’s what the founding fathers would want.
HT: Shawn Groves
Category: Politics
JamesDobsonDoesntSpeakforMe.com
MondayMorningInsight reports that President Bush’s pastor is supporting Barack Obama this year and has started a new website :: JamesDobsonDoesntSpeakforMe.com.
From the website:
James Dobson doesn’t speak for me.
He doesn’t speak for me when he uses religion as a wedge to divide;
He doesn’t speak for me when he speaks as the final arbiter on the meaning of the Bible;
James Dobson doesn’t speak for me when he uses the beliefs of others as a line of attack;
He doesn’t speak for me when he denigrates his neighbor’s views when they don’t line up with his;
He doesn’t speak for me when he seeks to confine the values of my faith to two or three issues alone;
A party I could/maybe/possibly/sometimes believe in…
The Texas Republican Party released their final platform for 2008… there’s a lot of things I think I could really get on board with. And yet there are still many things I think I could do without.
I could list lots of highlights on both sides of the line… but my cousins and Laurie have probably stopped reading already.
I think it’s amusing that the party seems to applaud the freedom of speech for pastors (see ending IRS restrictions on clergy) – yet wants to limit the freedom of speech of those who may want to “desecrate the American flag” (see section on honoring the symbols of American heritage).
“Yes. We’re for freedom of speech. Well as long as you don’t offend me with what you’re saying.”
I wonder if they’d be happy giving full freedom of speech to Dr. Jeremiah Wright or Louis Farrakhan…
So, I’ll let you read the platform for yourself and then share what you think is great/grand/wonderful/horrible in the comments. Let’s see if we can top the site record of 24!
Related ::
The Texas GOP 2008 party platform
The Texas GOP
Capital Words tells you what Congress is talking about
Via e-mail:
Capitol Words Gives Glimpse of What Congress is Discussing
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Sunlight Foundation launched a new site, “Capitol Words” to provide an at-a-glance view into the daily proceedings of the United States Congress through the simplest lens available — a single word. For every day that Congress is in session, Capitol Words displays the most frequently used word in the
Congressional Record.
Continue reading Capital Words tells you what Congress is talking about
Ethics question of the day
So a same sex couple in New Mexico wanted to have a commitment ceremony.
They started looking for a photographer and contacted one via e-mail.
In returned they received: “We do not photograph same-sex weddings. But thanks for checking out our site! Have a great day!”
The couple was hurt, devastated and apparently angry. They sued the photographer for discrimination.
At the hearing, the photographer said that when he and his wife formed the company two years ago, they made it company policy not to shoot same-sex ceremonies, because the ceremonies conflicted with their Christian beliefs.
“We wanted to make sure that everything we photographed — everything we used our artistic ability for, everything we told a story for or conveyed a message of — would be in line with our values and our beliefs,” he said.
The couple won the case and the photographer was forced to pay the $6,600 in attorney fees.
Who was in the right here? Was anyone? What would you have done if you had been the photographer? What would you have done if you had been the couple?
How do you think Jesus would have handled the situation?
Ron Paul ends his campaign
June 12, 2008 – Ron Paul has ended his campaign for President in 2008. Guess he wanted to out last Hillary on the campaign trail.
Still wish things had gone better for him. He was my next pick behind Mike Huckabee.