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Friday, July 04, 2008
Why I Will Vote for Obama (I have now corrected some pretty bad errors)
1. Yes, he doesn't share my views on abortion, but so what? After all, aborted babies go to heaven. If they grow up, they might go to hell. Abortion on demand is the best form of evangelism ever invented. So, with Obama we'd continue to get over a million babies into heaven year, and Supreme Court Justices to insure that it goes on for another generation. Obama would push for more and more federal funding for abortions, which means we would be using state money for evangelism! How cool is that?! And I'm sure the ACLU would never call him on it. Yes, I know the Bible talks about "Thou shalt not murder" and caring for "the least of these," but let's not get legalistic and impose our Christian morality on others.
2. Yes, Obama would likely withdraw the military from Iraq and Afghanistan, thus leading to increased terrorist activities there and to their take over by terrorist governments. Well, it's not perfect world. Losing these countries to forces bent on destroying us is really good for two reasons:
(a) Doing this would free up funds here at home--along with Obama's massive tax increases--for state programs. We all know that you cannot trust free people use their own money wisely. No, people are greedy, but the state is giving. Profit is evil, but tax confiscation of profit is just. Why shouldn't a faceless bureaucracy do a better job with my money than I can?
(b) With increased terrorist activity in Afghanistan and Iraq, attacks on the US are much more likely. This would embolden Osama and his ilk to rain upn us as many 9/11-like apocalypses as possible. But do you remember how full the churches were after 9/11? Remember how many people were asking significant questions about life and death in the wake of 3,000 deaths? This spiritual openness trailed off as months and years went by without another catastrophe in America (thanks to President Bush's authoritarian policies at home and abroad.) But with Obama in The White House, terrorist attacks would increase. This would rally terrorists abroad and give them more freedom at home (since Bush's heavy-handed surveillance tactics would be annulled). Think of the possibilities for revival! San Francisco is shattered by a suitcase nuke and then repents of its long term and trend-setting immorality--just like after the San Francisco earthquake long ago. Marvelous are these thoughts. Let it stretch your faith.
3. The Bible does view marriage as being between a man and a woman. This has been the basic standard of civilization ever since the garden. Yes, but things change over time and we need to be flexible. While Obama has yet to plainly endorse same-sex marriage, he does oppose measures to legally define it in the traditional manner. He certainly would not impose his own, private, personal, religious views (whatever they are) on others. In fact, he may not even impose his own morality on himself. So, an Obama presidency would open the way for same-sex marriage to become a legal institution in America. Think of the benefits to open-minded people. Ministers who need gigs performing marriages would experience a boon! Couples wanting to tie the knot would be popping up everwhere. On top of that, these ceremonies would provide opportunities for evangelism. The minister could say, "Do you, Holly, want to take Penny as your lawfully wedded partner--and accept Jesus as your personal Savior?" But most importantly, with same-sex marriage inshrined in law, more and more Christians will drop their old fashioned principles about marriage (just as they have against abortion). This, in turn, will soften many homosexual hearts to accept the gospel (or what's left of it).
Well, since Obama is somewhat ahead in the polls and since many evangelicals are supporting him, I can breathe a lot easier and enjoy the Fourth Of July. America: land of the free and home of the Obama.
(Yes, this is a satire.)
20 comments:
- Sarah Scott said...
Bravo! You have seen the light. On to change-- change into an Obama-nation! I feel the hope...
...hope that many read and consider this.
- Mark said...
Hi Doug,
I find both candidates distasteful.. but I agree, Obama is exceptionally horrible.
There are some things that I would like to comment on, though. Not in defense of Obama at all, but rather in regard to foreign policy.
It is highly doubtful that a withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan would lead to increase terrorist activities, especially in the long run. This sort of reasoning is a normally a fear tactic that politicians use. First of all, to say that the occupation of Afghanistan (I'm not refering to going after Bin Laden, but rather the subsequent nation building) has anything directly to do with terrorism is quite off the mark. And similar sort of things could be said about the involvement in Iraq.
And secondly, I think its pretty clear that generally speaking in the middle/near/etc. east, a decrease in foreign involvement has always led to less hostilities and terrorism than vice versa. Osama's main recruiting advantage is hostility to America. Some of this hostility is present no matter what is done, but some of it certainly is aided by seeing American forces in their streets every day. Staying in Iraq/Afghanistan might make temporary strides against terrorism (though I would doubt that plausible possibility), but I'm quite sure it will do nothing than forment more future hostile towards us ('us' being Western people in general).
While certainly less socialistic than Obama, on economics/tax/liberty other areas, John McCain isn't some sort of solid leader. Remember, he said Hillary would make a good president, which in my mind qualifies him as lacking dignity (saying anything to look good) or sense (believing something so foolish). McCain's also voted against tax cuts repeatedly and he's used federal bueracracy to threaten people who don't support his initiatives.
If I were American, I think I'd opt for NONE OF THE ABOVE until the Republic party can field a non-statist candidate.
- Tom Hinkle said...
Please tell me where Obama has ever said he wanted to pull troops out of Afghanistan. You can't, because he hasn't. Please make your points on the truth, not misinformation. If you follow the news at all, things are getting worse in Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden is hiding in Pakistan, supposedly our allies (ha-ha), and we have our troops diverted in a country that doesn't want us there but doesn't seem to be doing much to train their own troops to take over. I guess you want that McCain 100-year occupation. It saddens me that Christians have supported an illegal and immoral war while supposedly being "pro-life."
And you conveniently forget the fact that abortion has not been made illegal despite the fact that 7 out of 9 Supreme Court justices were appointed by Republican administrations (and if you think getting a GOP guy in there guarantees a pro-lifer in there, remember GWB first wanted Harriet Myers appointed instead of Alito.)
Gay marriage is a non-starter for most people who are more concerned about a poor economy and spiraling gas prices.
- Doug Groothuis said...
1. Of course, the attack on Afganistan addressed terrorism. Ben Laden was hiding there at the time and the Taliban supported him!
2. If we pull out of Iraq and/or Afganistan too early, this will destabilize the country. Whether or not you agree with these wars, this is the reality on the ground. Iran would do everything possible to influence Iraq. Iran is a terrorist state. This is not fear-mongering; its true. By the way, we should fear terrible outcomes.
3. Not voting at all is not wise at all. You chose the lesser of two evils; it's a fallen world.
4. Obama, like all liberals today, is for cutting the military and bringing back the troups. A year and half ago, he announced he wanted all troops back from Iraq by May of 2008. He would not support an adequate effort in Afganistan either. He is too far to the left for that. Liberals simply do not understand the evils of Islamic terror. See David Horowitz, "Unholy Alliance."
5. If same-sex marriage is a "nonstarter," this only indicates the general debauchery of the country. But the vast majority of American oppose it. It is a small cadre of deconstuctionist judges who support it.
6. The old canard that liberals alone care for the poor, doesn't fit the empirical evidence. They talk of all manner of government programs, but they typically don't deliver. Remember "the war on poverty"? It fostered generational dependence and cultural decay. Charles Murray and John McWorter (African American) have both written on this. (And, no, I do not accept Murray's "bell curve thesis." That is another issue.)
- Anonymous said...
I appreciate that you responded with some detail to Tom's remarks, so please indulge me. I would very much appreciate it if you gave me specific responses to each of my questions. No need to fully elaborate--just enough to show me that you are nuanced in your thinking and have thought carefully about the topic.
1. What again makes you think that supreme court justices will enforce a pro-life agenda. The only connection that they would uphold a pro-life law. But they haven't and 7 of the 9 justices were Rep. appointes. I fail to see this connection.
1a. Why not outlaw the pill and IUD's? aren't they abortive? Please be consistent.
2. "this will destabilize the country", but what kind of destabilization? You speak with so much confidence. Don't you think you should use the subjunctive a bit?
3. Cutting the military. What budget do you propose? And if you feel so comfortable with keeping government expenditure high, I assume that you are in a high enough tax-bracken in which you pay your fair share of governement costs (3 trillion/300 million) = 10k per person, so 20k for a family of two. Or are you just subsidized, e.g. on welfare by wealthy tax-payers, and you feel comfortable demanding budgets that you don't pay your fair share of. Put your cards on the table: do you collect welfare or are you able to actually foot the bill of more military spending?
4. Why not outlaw divorce, or fat people? They, like gay marriage, are proscribed? Why do you make a distinction?
5. There are better statistics about the liberal/conservative divide on giving. G. Will wrote an article on that.
6. What do you disgree, empirically, with Murray. Be specific and provide a citation from his book--not from another source.
- Mark said...
Regarding your points:
1. I mentioned in my post that the intial imperative was to go after Bin Laden (who is a threat to the USA), but that I was speaking of what happened after that (the focus on Bin Laden was very short lived). But in reality the mission was moreso to eliminate the Taliban (which is not a threat to the USA) and rebuild Afghanistan's infrastructure.
I feel there is a great deal of ignorance about the Taliban and the Northern Alliance (also known as "United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan"). Keep in mind that Iran, apparently a terrorist nation as you mentioned, was the main supporter of the Northern Alliance before 9/11. And US allies (to some extent) such as Saudi Arabia, UAE, Pakistan all were supporters of the Taliban before 9/11. The Northern Alliance and Talbian are in a region squabble, and aren't really that differential ideologically. They have found themselves in different sides of a power struggle right now, though.
Just a few short years before this whole mess started, the U.S. was negotating with the Taliban (who were just as supportive of Bin Laden's terrorism) over an oil pipe line. And Iran was backing the Northern Aliance. I personally have trouble keeping up with who is the bad guy in all of this. Speaking of Iran, what tangible national security threat have they posed to the USA? (exempting those targeting the USA's adventures in the Middle East)
2. Your claim that exiting will destablize the country may be true, but if there is no legitimate reason to be occupying a country or if the war is illegal, then it logically follows that staying is not an option, even if leaving turns out for the worse. And if it is true that things over there are not getting better, staying there longer will not make them better. If the presence is unjustified the whole argument about needing to stay there falls apart (the argument that we are bound to stay there only works in disputes where both parties essentially have the same foreign policy just dispute some incidental details--such as the Republicans and Democrats, both generally supporting the concept).
3. I agree that its a fallen world and that ultimately all voting is choosing between the lesser of evils. However, there is a threshold, perhaps sometimes hard to pinpoint. From my estimation, if the Republican party knows that you will always get peoples vote regardless of what they do or what candidates they put forward, things will get even more sour than they are now. The "I vote for you because the other guy is " just KILLS a two party system. It naturally leads towards the parties floating together until they become undistinguishable. You can see that happening with the Republican/Democractic parties. If the "Party X" knew that many people would abstain from a vote if they put forward a bad candidate, I think things might gradually change for the better..
Ultimately, I think it is sort of subjective though. If you can stomach voting for John MacCain in good conscience, all the more power to you. So, I'm not criticizing that decision, though I don't agree with it. I'm just saying there needs to be a point where you would abstain to vote, otherwise you're voting very unconscienctously (I'm not completely rejecting pragamatism in voting, just claiming there has to be limits, and personally my limits would not include a "character" such as McCain).
Anyways.. Don't mean to be burdensome here :< Just thought I'd share a few thoughts.
- Doug Groothuis said...
I only have time a quick response.
1. I am not a utopian about abortion. Repealing Roe v. Wade (which is far more likely by judges appointed by McCain than by Obama, but not guaranteed) means putting the question back to states, which will vary in their laws. This would be better than what we now have: judicial tyranny based on a botched decision.
I don't expect many or any states to outlaw all abortions or birth control that kills young embryos (although I find these to be immmoral).
My own state has the Personhood Amendment on the ballot this fall, which would consider personhood to begin at conception. It got over 130,000 signatures, 30 or so gotten by me. (I didn't sign it 30 times; I was a petioner.) It is the first time this kind of thing has gotten on the ballot. May it pass. I will do what I can to help.
- Tom Hinkle said...
Doug, you said:
" He would not support an adequate effort in Afganistan either. He is too far to the left for that. Liberals simply do not understand the evils of Islamic terror."
Again, he has stated repeatedly that we should have concentrated our forces in Afghanistan, not Iraq. Obama has never said he would pull forces out of Afghanistan. The stereotyping of "liberals" is not enough reason to base your argument on what is basically an untruth. And don't get me started on David Horowitz.
- pgepps said...
3. Not voting at all is not wise at all. You chose the lesser of two evils; it's a fallen world.
I must disagree. Many (most) people have no intelligible or articulate framework for making intelligent judgments about which evils are lesser, let alone about the good. Their voting insures the incoherence of our political processes, the sort of constituency-carving that makes up The People comprising the interests sanctified by the information elites.
1) Not voting because you don't know how to make such decisions is wise. In what domain of life is making some judgment, any judgment, considered wiser than reserving judgment? In what Proverb?
2) Not voting because you don't see a clear difference between the alternatives, or a clear reason to believer your vote matters, is wise. After all, you may be right: your vote may be meaningless, in which case you ought not legitimize a farce. Or you may be wrong, in which case number one applies.
Generally, I would say a wise man needs to be given a reason to vote. There is such a reason in this election; however hard to stomach McCain is, Obama is indigestible altogether.
But let us not make voting a sacrament. Either you can see a reason to vote, this time, or you can't. And a wise man behaves accordingly.
- BJ the Tornado said...
lots to discuss, but I'll address your claims on Obama regarding Iraq & Afganistan (I agree with you, as you know, on abortion -- and Obama's positions therein are indefensible).
First, it seems you have done something you don't like very much when other people do to you: you claimed a position for Obama that he does not hold. He has stated, repeatedly -- including back when the first vote for war in 2003 happened -- that we should focus our efforts and our forces in Afghan. He has said we should not pull out of Afghan and, in fact, with freed up resources from Iraq we should focus efforts there even more so than we are currently. So... you got him wrong there, and I think you should correct that (important) point.
As for your theory on Iraq. Well, I could not disagree more strongly in your analysis. I am convinced that our presence IN Iraq has created far, far more terrorists than it has prevented. There are more terrorists in the world today because of our presence in Iraq. The longer we stay, the more this will continue (at least I'm convinced of that). With your knowledge of Islam and how they view the world, I'm surprised you don't see this.
Moreover, pulling out of Iraq would not "embolden" the enemy (at least not much, I don't think). In fact, it could settle down Islamic resentment against us. It would not be counted as a victory for them and would be even hard for their propaganda machines to claim. For what was our goal in Iraq? Well, it was to free the people from the evil dictatorship of Saddam and help them set up a democratic government. We did both of those. They are now a free people with free, democratic elections. We accomplished those goals. They are a free democratic nation. It is time for us to leave.
(Of course, if the goal was to fight the war on terror or to stabilize the middle east... well, we absolutely abysmally failed at that.... We were directly counter-productive in those aims. Again, I am convinced the world is less safe from terror because of our actions in Iraq.)
So I don't think your satire against Obama hits home for me... at least not on the Iraq & Afghan points. It seems, in my view, he's got the right outlook here. And so your satire only makes it appear that YOUR theory on Iraq is the one being mocked.
I respect McCain a great deal. I think he's a good & honorable man and I stand firmly behind him on fighting the evil of abortion. But I think he is dead wrong on Iraq.
- Dezene Huber said...
You wrote:
"Doing this would free up funds here at home--along with Obama's massive tax increases--for state programs. We all know that you cannot trust free people use their own money wisely. "
While I agree with many of your items, this one lacks logical consistency.
Note, please, that your taxes are already going to a massive government program - the Iraq war.
So, if you don't think that the government can be trusted with your money, then you shouldn't support your money going to the war effort.
You can't have it both ways.
- cslewis3147 said...
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- Nathan said...
I am curious how your complaints over the potential of higher taxes and more government involvement meshes with Paul's perspective on government in Romans 13. Paul uses the word "render" when he speaks of paying taxes to government, indicating that we are only paying what is due to the state. Paul doesn't put a cap on it and so it would be the Christian's responsibility to pay and then honor the government regardless of the percentage of taxes due to the state.
- Nick Jesch said...
In response to Nathan's bit about -render-: in that little vignette, Jesus commanded His followers to render unto Caesar what IS (that is, rightfully belongs to) Caesar. This is decidedly NOT whatever Caesar asks or demands. If Caesar demands our daughters to fight in his wars, we are forbidden by other passages of scripture to comply. Just as Nebuchadnezzar required EVERYONE to bow down and worship him and the Hebrew boys refused, there are times we are to refuse rendering whatever the ruling government demands. I might attend the local motorcar dealer and DEMAND he render me that red roadster. He would be in the right to refuse such a request. However, once having PAID for it, it is rightfully mine and such a demand MUST be honoured. The present level or tyrannical and confiscatory taxation extant in the United States is far outside the realm of what IS Caesar's. But then, WE have allowed this situation to develop, remaining mute as civil government usurps control never allotted to it. Thus, we deserve the present tyranny, and will until WE rise up and throw off the yoke. This will not happen until WE again assume OUR OWN God-given spheres of authority. Personally, I find BOTH offerings for president beyond appalling. The only difference I can see between them is that Obama is far more so, and in far more critical areas. I sincerely wish I COULD vote FOR a good candidate, rather than vote AGAINST an unconscionable one. But then, I've not stood for office myself, so how can I complain overloudly?
- Nathan said...
Obviously, Jesus never intended us to disobey Him in order to obey our government. Jesus made the point that part of our duty as a Christian is to pay taxes to our civil government.
You make the statement "The present level of tyrannical and confiscatory taxation extant in the United States is far outside the realm of what IS Caesar's." I"m curious what percentage of taxation of our income is "rightfully" the government's in your eyes? What is the maximum percentage at which the government is allowed to tax us? Is it 10%, 20%, 30%?
- pgepps said...
...and so the scribes, Pharisees, and Sadducees debate motes and beams, and the eyes have it.
Paul's usage "render" doesn't settle the question of to whom or how much is owed. In one sense, "owe no man anything, except to love one another" and "do not be taken captive again" and "are you free? seek not to be made a slave" all suggest (as do many other parts of Scripture) a portrait of the Christian's overriding loyalty to Christ's Kingdom and the good each must be free to do in His name (social good beginning at the church, Gospel proclamation within the authority of the church, all as the Spirit leads the believer's conscience by the Scriptures to enter into these goods). If I keep contracting ever-increasing debts and entanglements with the kingdoms of this world, how am I to be free to provide hospitality, to give to those who have need, to move about seeking the spread of the Gospel without being a burden to others?
Further, it is plain that government does not achieve the ends of Christian sharing and giving of resources, in any respect. Look at the instructions to the churches for the generous, hospitable, spiritually enlightened care of the needy (including a voluntary but commanded reciprocity). Don't kid me, or lie to yourself, when you think governments of this world, under the power of the evil one (see 1 John) who has the power of death (see Hebrews), who turn from ethics to eugenics, from "deserving poor" to "six generation of idiots are enough," from Oliver Twist to Margaret Sanger, in a heartbeat, are to be preferred to we "who will judge angels" and who are not even to take our earthly disputes with other believers to profane courts....
In this context, how can we see ourselves obligated to support the increasing debt that some would load on us? How could we support increasing involvement of the government (the profane and meddlesome) in our lives (the conduct of the Kingdom of Christ) and our churches (the embassies of a Power more alien than any foreign government to the ways of our nation, or others)?
Surely, we would be obligated to "render" lawful taxes. But we are hardly obligated to support increasing them, or to pretend that they are moral, right, acceptable, or tolerable simply because, as lawful, we must "render" them.
And as for the mistaken reading of Christ's use of the coin, it is child's play to hear the Master's message, here: They were arguing over the use of the coin, and ignoring the more significant matter. Showing them the imago of Caesar on the coin, Christ reminded them (if they had ears to hear) of the words they chanted every time Genesis 1&2 came up in the synagogue's Torah reading, made even clearer by their Greek reading in the LXX, of their being created in imago dei, stamped with God's likeness as the coin was with Caesar's:
They were to render to Caesar the trivia, the coins, and to God the materially significant, their bodies.
If Caesar's coins come to be needed to feed God's bodies, we'd better consider how many of them we accept--and how many we obligate ourselves to "render." Both are worthy of consideration.
And any politics that makes it harder to "just walk away," to live peaceably with all men, rendering honor and custom, while being as little entangled in the affairs of this life as possible, dwelling as it were in tents, becoming strangers and aliens--any politics that tends toward our increasing engagement with the state, that tends toward totalitarian, corporatist, statist controle (think "welfare" and "entitlements" and "managed care" and many another encroachment)--such I name as inimical to the Kingdom of God on earth, in the lives of His church.
- Doug Groothuis said...
Two responses to objections:
1. There is no inconsistency. The state has the power of the sword (police and miltitary). See Romans 13:1-7. The question of the state controlling the rest of society (through the redistribution of wealth, massive social programs,etc.) is something else entirley. There is no private military. However, the private sphere is the best place for charity, business, etc.
2. Paul says to pay taxes, but that doesn't justify gigantic taxes going to inefficient and/or unjust beaucracies! We have a say on who we elect and what the tax policy would be (unlike in NT times). I suggest a smaller state and less taxes overall as being more fair and just. Remember Ronald Reagan anyone?
- Bill said...
Reagan took the U.S. from being the world's largest creditor to the world's largest debtor nation and left us with a $3 trillion dollar debt.
- Lily said...
Thank you so much for posting this! Now I have a fresh example to use in my class when I introduce satire and Swift's "A Modest Proposal" to my 11th and 12th grade students.
On another note, it IS sad how many of my evangelical acquaintances are swallowing the Obama lie hook, line, and sinker. Naturally, these are the people who pose as Christian "intellectuals" and pride themselves on their open-mindedness. Not openminded enough, of course, to take the time to read "Truth Decay," as I have often recommended. Alas.
- Preston said...
Mark, I am going to repost something here that you said, and then comment on it:
"And secondly, I think its pretty clear that generally speaking in the middle/near/etc. east, a decrease in foreign involvement has always led to less hostilities and terrorism than vice versa. Osama's main recruiting advantage is hostility to America. Some of this hostility is present no matter what is done, but some of it certainly is aided by seeing American forces in their streets every day. Staying in Iraq/Afghanistan might make temporary strides against terrorism (though I would doubt that plausible possibility), but I'm quite sure it will do nothing than forment more future hostile towards us ('us' being Western people in general)."
--Now... my comment. Please tell me where our soldiers were, what streets and in what country were our soldiers, when Osama decided to recruit and train people to run airliners into our landmark buildings and kill so many Americans on our very own soil? Please tell me in what way did Bill Clinton (since he was in office during the time Osama was training these guys to attack America) instigate these terrorists to feel hate toward us enough so that they would come over here and attack us?... Because the very thinking that you have adopted is exactly the ignorance that puts us in a vulnerable position. What type of person do you have to be to figure out that it's possible that some people are so evil that you don't really have to do anything but exist for them to want to destroy your life? I hope you will seriously think about how you like so many Americans are buying into the hype that Bush and Republicans are the ones sewing fear. All it took was an attack on American soil for me to know that it was a real possibility. Apparently you need a missile right up your a** to get you to realize that terrorist don't need a reason to attack you.


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Friday, May 7, 2010
Mum's Day Market Tomorrow
Look at this gorgeous owl tea cosy that could be a great gift for a mum with everything this mother's day!
Pop into town and over to Homespun at Pilgrim Hall and you will find an absolute treasure trove of gifts, made with care and love especially for your mum.
You don't need to be loaded either. For under $10 you can find lots of lovely things.
We have more great new stalls tomorrow including groovy kids stuff and a completely natural probiotic product that is a great replacement for milk for people who don't drink milk. Does that sentence make sense? I'll just put it down to my brains being packed in boxes like the rest of my belongings!
Here are our wonderful stallholders for tomorrow and a gift idea for mum from each:
Soewnearth - a gorgeous journal
Three Little Chickens - a groovy pendant
inner+child - a little felt owl brooch
Shazza & Marys' Knits - on the subject of owls - a divine owl tea cosy
Photos Alegria - an inspirational photo
BJ Creations - a very special fine wool scarf
Cheryl's Creations - a warm and one of a kind freefrom knitted vest
Sew & Sow - a beautiful knitted wrap
Mary & Janice - a wonderful tote
Janellish - cute house slippers for when its not too cold but not warm enough
Ally - a break from the washing by using one of Ally's cute bibs
22 Cupcakes - mmmmm.... morning tea on mother's day
Samspiration - a delightful little hand felted brooch
Handmade by Rowena - a hand woven knee rug
Paper & Thread - a practical little notelet set
Harry de Jonge - a beautiful, hand turned timber bowl
Don't be fooled by our shorter list of stallholders, we are quality plus!
See you tomorrow for your mother's day gift shopping!
Pilgrim Hall, Paterson St, opposite Myer carpark
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Working where I work, I run into little bits of History every day.
Some times it is easy to see the historical significance of an item; like Hitlers Chair, Mussolinis' wool coat or a weapon used by a famous outlaw.
But sometimes the significance is hidden.
Such as this cavalry spur.
It was in a lot of other stuff- non horse related, in a manilla envelope marked, "Important Spur".
Of course I had to peek.
I found an English type spur, brass colored with a broken and rusted rowel.
I closed the envelope and went back to work.
But I kept thinking about that spur. I had to look again.
I took it out of the envelope, setting it on the table.
It seemed unimportant at first glance.
Attached to the side of the item was a small typed note:
" Confederate Cavalry soldier's spur. Killed in the Battle of Gettysburg."
I thought about that for awhile.
This spur, this one lonesome little item, was a battle scarred veteran of The War Between The States.
Some young man had strapped this spur to his boot and ridden into battle.
This spur had touched the hide of a war horse, urging it into a charge.
This spur, with its rusted and bent rowel had lain on the bloody Gettysburg field.
The battle had lasted three hot days in July.
So many men were killed, horses too.
As I held this spur, images flitted through my mind, heroic and horrific.
One little brass spur.
Still here.
Still with a story to tell.
Who will listen?


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Oh man does an OnCuey x Brenton Duvall collab take me way back. Back to the glory days of "fratrap" and the like, where Brenton would produce for the likes of Cuey, Sonny Shotz and more along with epic mashups like as Potomac Boys Club circa 2010. So seeing this happening right now in 2016 is pretty trippy. Additional production from Mike Kuz. Here is "Boy On The Come Up."
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Why you'll be hearing so much about St. Malachy in the next few weeks
Here's a rundown from NBC News on the prophesy of St. Malachy- and why it may induce a bigger end-of-the-world scare than 2012, Harold Camping and Asteroid 2012 DA14 combined.
Bottom line: according to one interpretation of Malachy's forecast, Pope Benedict's successor will be called Peter II- and will be the last pope.
(Cue Twilight Zone theme) One of the leading contenders is said to be Peter Cardinal Turkson of Ghana.
Malachy, a 12th Century Irish monk, produced a list of what are said to be the final ten popes, together with a brief description of each. The interpretation of the list is controversial, and especially so is the genuine character of the final prophesy about the apparently apolcalyptic reign "in the midst of great persecution" of Petrus Romanus, whose papacy will supposedly see the return of the "terrible judge" (Christ).
Not much distinction of Law and Gospel there. As to the validity- and even the content- of the supposed "prophesy," you'll be hearing a great deal more about it in the next month or two- especially if Cardinal Turkson is elected.
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It's been going on a long time. My interest in local food began at a young age. In fact, when I was growing up in the late 50's and 60's, that is what we ate. My father had a large garden that provided almost all the produce we ate except for lemons and onions, the big round kind anyway. We always had multiplying onions in the winter and spring. We might buy a potato every now and then at the store when we had run out of ours. If there was not enough, out of our garden, of things like purple hull peas and corn, there were farms around the area where you could pick your own or buy what they had picked. We had two large chest freezers. One was for vegetables. The other was for catfish. There was a little meat in there that did come from the grocery store. But they cut their own meat and I suspect it was fairly local. We went to a local pork butcher for all our pork items. His meat was very local. Mostly, we ate catfish. My father fished regularly. The first meat any baby in the family ate was catfish from local streams or lakes. We lived in a small town but had a large yard.
Into this agrarian scene came the young woman who would later become my sister-in-law. She brought with her the little pamphlet like Organic Gardening magazines of the mid-sixties. She wanted to discuss it with my father who was a strong believer in "progress." And by this I mean any chemical or method which made his garden more productive, at least in his eyes. He was not interested in going back to the old days and was dismissive of her ideas. But she pressed on and would bring it up again and again and through that, I learned a lot about organic gardening at about the age of 9. It all made pretty good sense to me, but I was eating all that produce that my dad was growing so I did not say a lot about it. There were many loud discussions about the merits of manure and ammonium nitrate. She extolled Ruth Stout and heavy mulching, my father harumphed. It was entertaining and educational.
When I had my own yard and space to garden, organic was the way that seemed right to me. That was in the very late 70's and early 80's. What I grew in my small square foot garden plots was all done organically and fairly successfully, just not in large enough quantities to really feed us. My daughter could scarf up all the available broccoli in a morning of playing in the backyard. That went on for many years. We grew a little bit and picked over the meager organic offerings at the store. There weren't a lot of options.
Then in 2001, we moved to Covington, GA, and about a year later discovered that we had arrived in some sort of organic food mecca. Some very forward looking folks began an enterprise called, "The Square Market" because of its nearness to the downtown square. It was wonderful. There were many organic farmers right in our own little neck of the woods who would bring their produce in every Friday night during the growing season and along with local artisans and musicians, it was a grand time. At first many people came out. They enjoyed visiting with their neighbors and friends, they listened to the local musicians, but they did not buy much. The shock of paying the real cost of organic produce was a little too much for them. We went every week and always bought something. The food was wonderful and the people were fun. It felt like investing in the community. But most people did not feel that way. In the third year, the time was changed from Friday night to Saturday morning. Somehow, it became less friendly. Not as many people came and it died away. I sought out the growers to get produce from their farms, but negotiating that was sometimes tricky. They were selling mainly to markets and restaurants in Atlanta where people were more willing to pay the higher prices that they needed to support their efforts.
It was too far for us to drive into town, but then, miraculously, with me begging some of the local farmers for some kind of local outlet for good organic, local produce, Mary Denton started her CSA. I did myself proud by forgetting to go pick mine up the first day until she called me. But I've been faithful ever since. Now she brings it to me, because my house is the pick-up spot for the people in town. We are just about to finish the third growing season of her CSA. It has been wonderful. She not only brings us things that she grows, but adds in some lovely other goodies from other farms, like apples, local grown and ground grits, local cheese and many other fun items that we are not able to get here.
I started concentrating more on my vegetable beds in the back. We also had blackberry canes and blueberry bushes. We added a fig tree and two pear trees. About a year and a half ago after reading Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, we got chickens and began to seriously consider eating only locally grown vegetables and meats. I began looking for more local options and it turns out they were there. And more are coming all the time.
Then in January of this year, my doctor said that I had Type II diabetes and that if I would just lose weight, I would not have to worry about it. I made up my mind that that was what I had to do. Part 2 will let you in on how that is going.


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Ah man I love this song! It's upbeat notes make me jive, mostly in my car. It's one of those songs that causes me to release a little squeal when it starts to play on the radio.
Is it just me or is SA music improving in leaps and bounds?
This Durbanite Michael Lowman has smooth sounds, his voice is soft, and his lyrics aren't cheesy.
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In all my years, I don't know if I've ever come across a more nonsensical argument against evolution. I'm just itching to write the anti-Creationism treatise I promised a while back, but for now I think I'll just stick to the facts of this case. What in the world are these people talking about?!
While this video may be the most puzzling of approaches to debunking evolution, I'm afraid it's not very far from what many people actually believe. It represents a profound failure of education and imagination, along with an unhealthy dose of blind faith.
This gentleman claims evolution doesn't happen because we don't find life spontaneously generating out of a jar of peanut butter* (a version of this argument also figures prominently in Ben Stein's ludicrous documentary on intelligent design). The implication here is that life can't just come from nowhere... which is what scientists apparently believe, right? No, of course it doesn't come from nowhere. But the situation is much more complex than these Bible-thumpers care to read about.


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The folks at Corvette Quarterly have been holding onto this vid ever since the Corvette ZR1 was trotted out at Laguna Seca in October for a hot lap. In it we get a cockpit's view of the track from inside the most powerful Corvette ever produced, but aside from the visuals, we really get rockin' to the soundtrack that features a distinct and glorious supercharger whine right at the beginning as the car's leaving the pits that just can't be denied. And while the driver was taking it easy, there's plenty of tire screeching and V8 rumbling to the redline that can be heard, too. Enjoy!
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Amy Schumer spoofed boy bands who rave about a woman's natural beauty without seeming to realize the work that goes into achieving that look.
The comedian is serenaded in a video that aired Tuesday night by a One Direction-style group of handsome young men, who urge her to ditch her beauty regimen.
"Girl, you don't need makeup, you're perfect when you wake up — just walk around like that all day," they sing as Schumer dumps her makeup in the trash and wipes off her face.
However, when Schumer done – and they see her face au naturel – the singers admit they have changed their mind "on that whole makeup thing."
"Girl, you could be the hottest girl in the nation with just a touch of foundation," they sing as they start slathering makeup back onto Schumer's face. "Just get up an hour earlier, and you could make yourself much girlier."
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The real possibility of foreign terrorists finally striking on these shores is a frightening scenario, but in ``Under Siege,`` it is frittered away in Hollywood histrionics and a Place the Face mentality.
See Hal Holbrook, whom you all loved as Abe Lincoln in ``North and South,`` as yet another Chief Executive. See E.G. Marshall as the secretary of state and Paul Winfield as the secretary of defense. See Fritz Weaver as the head of the CIA. See, but probably don`t recognize, Mason Adams (Lou Grant`s managing editor) as a trusted presidential aide. And, particularly, see Peter Strauss as the most noble FBI man since Efrem Zimbalist Jr.


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Sometimes there are those sweet little conversations that you just want to hold in your heart.
Yesterday we had one of those.
I had to work late the night before. When Caroline woke the next morning she told me to come into her room,
she had something to show me.
She takes out her pillow and begins to point to about 10 random places on that pillow.
She then says, "This is where all my tears were that I cried last night because you were gone"
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by the way....i only work one evening a week & she was home with daddy....i didn't desert her ~but i did feel loved!


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Wednesday, June 27, 2012
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Late last night, Anonymous@11:39 posted the following:ReplyDelete
OK, so will the new USAT editor be Merrill Brown or Jim Brady? Those are the names rounding the USAT watercooler circuit this week.
- Anonymous6/27/2012 7:59 AM
It won't be Brady. Zero chance.ReplyDelete
7:59 Because he went to Digital First less than a year ago?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous6/27/2012 8:59 AM
Nope. Keep guessingReplyDelete
- Anonymous6/27/2012 9:56 AM
Brady wasted millions of Allbritton Communications's money on TBD.com, a folly doomed from inception because they could not even come up with a site name. Therefore, "To Be Determined." On the other hand, he might be a great fit to be a Gannett exec: preach a digital future that does not have a profitable biz model (even if paupers provide crap content), stuff his pockets and quickly leave.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous6/27/2012 10:21 AM
Don't overlook the possibility of Kramer as editor and publisher. He doesn't have any other responsibilities other than the floundering newsroom.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous5/01/2013 10:06 PM
Larry would be perfect. Like Callaway, he spends no time in the newsroom and doesnt care about getting to know any staff. So the place is left to run on the same non functioning level at has been at for the past decade.Delete
- Anonymous6/27/2012 10:31 AM
9:56 -- That's not a fair representation of TBD or what happened there. Allbritton pulled the rug out from Brady within months of launch, abandoning the multi-year plan that was in place.ReplyDelete
As for the name, they had other names they went after, but URL squatters were demanding 7-figures to relinquish them.
Whether he'd be good for USAT or not, Brady doesn't want to go to USAT -- and who could blame him? He's leading an organization that is already digital first.
- Anonymous6/27/2012 11:32 AM
But I thought Gannett was "digital first"?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous6/27/2012 11:34 AM
The broader question is how much dead weight will be thown out? There is plenty to cut.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous6/27/2012 11:47 AM
""The broader question is how much dead weight will be thown out? There is plenty to cut.""ReplyDelete
Including people like you.Replies
- Anonymous6/27/2012 3:57 PM
How do you know what I do or produce? Why the nasty response? Did I hit too close to home?Delete
Fact is, we are overstaffed and underproducing in many many areas at Usa Today. The cost savings could be considerable if these people are RIFed.
- Anonymous5/01/2013 10:12 PM
If they werent told to take the buyout, why would they be RIF'ed now? Colton, Hillkirk, Weiss, Henderson, not to mention Ullman. No point in keeping most of this bunch. They bring nothing to the table other than filling chairs. Inspirational and leadership skills? News judgement? Hands-on managements style? Ha!Delete
- Anonymous6/27/2012 12:02 PM
10:31 Allbritton was bleeding millions and saw fit to "fail fast" rather than throw more money into a poorly conceived, unfocused proposition.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous6/27/2012 12:06 PM
Kramer moved out of the T Curley penthouse today on the 4th floor and down to the newsroom on the 3rd floor today. He means business folks.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous6/27/2012 4:00 PM
He and others are moving because they are leasing 4th floor office space and Hillkirk's office is vacant.Delete
- Anonymous6/27/2012 1:54 PM
Does it really matter who is the next USAT editor at this point? Isn't it clear by now that this is a brand that lost its heart and soul several years ago? And peeps, the talented people ain't coming back or being sufficiently replaced.ReplyDelete
Too much self-inflicted damage done for this ship to be saved. At best, USAT will be a mediocre product (digital and print) put out by overworked, mediocre employees with only selfish motives. That's what happens when leaders trash a place like they have since 2008. That place never returns to what it was or is capable of being.
The joint is just oozing with bad karma and deep mistrust, so good luck turning that around. Even for a newspaper -- a usually cynical place to work even in good times -- USAT is off the charts with negativity. And it's totally warranted.Replies
- Anonymous6/27/2012 7:11 PM
Karma guy is back.Delete
- Anonymous6/27/2012 2:38 PM
12:06 - we can only hope he does. He may be our last hope.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous6/27/2012 3:53 PM
What's happened to Chairman Hunke? Isn't he still embedded in the T Curley penthouse with his Susie Ellwood?ReplyDelete
7:11 Yes, apparently.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous6/27/2012 10:27 PM
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- Anonymous6/28/2012 7:57 AM
1:54. I am as down on the place as you are. Thats why we need someone like Kramer in the actual newsroom to see what goes on. I thinknthe only waybto change the culture is a vietually complete overhaul. Get rid of non productive and incompetent reporters. Young AND old. We have made a series of bad hires, inexperienced reporters who lack basic skills. Others because they are cheap or fill diversity goals. Combine them with the slackers we alteady have and its a bad situation for the few competent people left who cover for them or clean up their work. Then you have the burnouts who barely churn out more than a story every 10 days, with uninspired writing and reporting.ReplyDelete
Just as problematic are long tenured editors makling bad calls or non calls every single day on news coverage and enterprise. How did these people get these jobs? Why domthey get to keep them? Few fresh ideas, a burnout mentality and lack of inspiration are like a cancer dragging everyone down.
Copy editors arent catching mistakes or they are creating many on their own. and the digital crew, virtually top down, seems to be off in its own little world, unable to grasp the significance of some stories while over playing trivial and rehashed crap.
I look around the editor meetings ever day and ask myself how most of my peers got where they are. I grit my teeth and say its only a job. Then I deal with reporters, some burnouts who are now just on death watch, some who should never been hired and one fresh faced kid who has energy and eagerness but few skills to meet the day's needs. I am not sure who is harder to deal with anymore.
I liken the place to a bad sports team with poor management, unmotivated players and bad draft choices. It never gets better, and fans are turned off by the product no matter how marketing packages it. The only way you change the dynamic is an overhaul that starts at the top and goes deep into the organization.
- Anonymous6/28/2012 8:07 AM
How does an entire crew of highly compensated verticals managers fail completely and then get rewarded and promoted into a cushy gig like Usa Weekend? Where else could this happen but Gannett?ReplyDelete
Heather Frank pushed people out the door, alienated most of the Life team and wasted all sorts of company funds on hairbrained ideas. Now she fancies herself as a writer (one who needs heavy editing) and she continues blissfully along. her entire team should have been shown the door months ago.
- Anonymous6/28/2012 8:21 AM
Let the bloodletting begin!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous6/28/2012 8:22 AM
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- Anonymous6/28/2012 4:52 PM
Heather, Hunke, Hillkirk, Horwich. The 4H Club needs to be shown the door.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous6/28/2012 5:37 PM
Dont stop at that letter of the alphabet (but feel free to include Henderson ).ReplyDelete
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February 15, 2012
Well, not my baby sisters, but my babies that are sisters. I love having little sisters. They are so great together and get along so well (most of the time). I really just love sitting and watching them play. Ky is such a great big sister and talks to Em is the cutest little baby voice when she asks her if she needs anything. Emily follows Ky around the house and wants to do everything just like her big sister. And she always wants to make sure that if she gets something, like a snack, that "Ty Ty" gets the same. If Kylie puts on a dress and wants to dance to her princess music, then Emily stands at the top of the stairs and yells "dress" until I go up and get her one so she can dance too. They love to play "restaurant" and Emily always orders french fries. And they love to cuddle, or as Emily says "cuwwle, Ty Ty." They even try to convince us to let them sleep in the same bed at bedtime.


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Ever since Barack Obama lifted his right hand and took his oath of office, pledging to serve the United States as its 44th president, ordinary people and their leaders around the globe have been celebrating our nation's "triumph over race." Obama's election has been touted as the final nail in the coffin of Jim Crow, the bookend placed on the history of racial caste in America.
Obama's mere presence in the Oval Office is offered as proof that "the land of the free" has finally made good on its promise of equality. There's an implicit yet undeniable message embedded in his appearance on the world stage: this is what freedom looks like; this is what democracy can do for you. If you are poor, marginalized, or relegated to an inferior caste, there is hope for you. Trust us. Trust our rules, laws, customs, and wars. You, too, can get to the promised land.
Perhaps greater lies have been told in the past century, but they can be counted on one hand. Racial caste is alive and well in America.


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It's 5am California time. Time changes, specifically east coast to west coast always rock me. It's like I am in a different world.
Yesterday I took the R1 train from the airport and walked around Philly. It's an electrified commuter line into the central city. The seats are nice and big and there is a ticket man who actually punches your ticket. Never had that done before. It was a pretty fast trip too.
Also when walking around Philly I noticed there are lots of tracks still in the ground. They are definitely not new and sometimes look like they need some work but it's amazing they are still around which kind of speaks to the permanence of the lines and why developers are hopping at the chance to build near new ones.


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Several weeks ago I received a call from a friend. She was attending a conference in Eugene and wanted to invite my husband and me to dinner. Never ones to pass on a free meal, we quickly agreed and arranged to meet the next evening for good food, conversation, and trading NDN (Indian) thoughts on politics and life. We had a lovely time and when everyone else had wandered off to check out the desserts, my friend's lovely granddaughter and I were left at the table. It was then that she disclosed to me that she had been abused by a young man she was seeing. I became immediately upset. A beautiful and strong young Indian woman, just past her teens, was being hurt by someone she was casually dating.
As she shared her story with me, she did so with the eternal optimism of youth and told me that she wasn't afraid and that she "could handle it". I was very quiet for a moment and replied, "You are going to die". She, like many Indian people had been taught to not show fear and when she started to cry, I understood that she had shared her story with me because she actually did know the relationship was toxic and dangerous to her.
I realized at that moment why my friend had brought her granddaughter with her to the conference. It was to to save her from being stalked and abused. The entire family had taken all of the appropriate steps of working with both the Tribal police and with the local authorities to ensure Granddaughter's safety, however, the fear remained.
As an older Indian woman, I am often given the opportunity to listen to and hear stories told by young folks. This was not the first time I had heard the cry of an abused young person who thought s/he could "handle the situation" so I did not let a moment pass before I shifted into advocacy mode. I told her of a book I had read many years ago. It is titled, The Gift of Fear, and was written by a retired police officer who when he was on the force saw too many instances when people are abused because they don't see fear as a gift that could save their lives. I suggested that I would deliver the book to her that evening at the hotel where they were staying. I figured that my friend would be the one to read the book but wasn't sure if Granddaughter would do so.
A month passed and I received another phone call. This time the call was from Granddaughter, she was crying and she had called to thank me for the gift of the book because she felt it had saved her from further abuse. It seems that the young man had continued to stalk her and had attacked and attempted to strangle her as she left her place of employment. I was so relieved to hear that by simply reading the book she learned enough survival techniques that she was able to save herself.
Through reading the book Granddaughter had learned to remain calm and think her way through the situation. She learned that rather than argue, she should agree with her abuser and to run away and scream for help if she was being struck. Unfortunately, the young man was an astute observer of ethnic prejudice and as Granddaughter ran screaming through a parking lot, he ran after her and yelled, "Don't worry, she's just a drunken Indian. I am trying to calm her down". People who were there simply turned and ignored what was happening. Fortunately she was able to get to a friend's home before the abuser could catch up with her.
My reason for posting this story is that understanding fear as a gift can alert you to dangerous situations long before physical abuse is evident. Even if you live in the most peaceful rural community in rural Oregon, you may know of someone, or are someone, who is in an abusive relationship. There is help for you! Take the time to visit websites that offer services for folks who are suffering abuse in their domestic relationships. Read books like: The Gift Of Fear and Codependent No More. By simply speaking to someone about your situation you may just save a life. It could be yours.
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Vasily Ivanovich Belavin, the future Saint Tikhon, was born on January 19, 1865 into the family of Ioann Belavin, a rural priest of the Toropetz district of the Pskov diocese. His childhood and adolescence were spent in the village in direct contact with peasants and their labor. From his early years he displayed a particular religious disposition, love for the Church as well as rare meekness and humility.
From 1878 to 1883, Vasily studied at the Pskov Theological Seminary. The modest seminarian was tender and affectionate by nature. He was fair-haired and tall of stature. His fellow students liked and respected him for his piety, brilliant progress in studies, and constant readiness to help comrades, who often turned to him for explanations of lessons, especially for help in drawing up and correcting numerous compositions.
In 1888, at the age of 23, he graduated from the Saint Petersburg Theological Academy as a layman. He then returned to the Pskov Seminary and became an instructor of Moral and Dogmatic Theology. In 1891, at the age of 26, he took monastic vows and was given the name Tikhon in honor of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk. Tikhon was consecrated Bishop of Lublin on October 19, 1897. On September 14, 1898, Bishop Tikhon was made Bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska. As head of the Russian Orthodox Church in America he reorganized the diocese and changed its name from "Diocese of the Aleutians and Alaska" to "Diocese of the Aleutians and North America" in 1900. While living in the United States Archbishop Tikhon was made a citizen of the United States.
As Bishop of the Aleutian Islands and Alaska, and later (after 1903) Archbishop of the Aleutian Islands and North America, Tikhon encouraged the publication of Orthodox writings in English, including a translation of the Russian Orthodox liturgy. He himself wrote a catechism based on the Nicene Creed and the Lord's Prayer.
In 1900, the Rt Revd Charles Grafton, Bishop of the Diocese of Fond du Lac (in The Episcopal Church), invited Bishop Tikhon to the consecration of the Revd Dr RH Weller as Bishop Coadjutor of Fond du Lac. One writer states that it was Bishop Grafton's intention that Bishop Tikhon should join in the laying on of hands as a co-consecrator, but "owing to the strong opposition of one of the assisting bishops", this did not occur. Bishop Tikhon remained a close friend of Bishop Grafton, and through the latter's influence, Tikhon was made an honorary doctor of theology by Nashotah House.
A Eucharistic liturgy known as the Liturgy of St Tikhon, based on the 1892 Holy Communion service of the Book of Common Prayer (USA) with extensive amendments to conform to Orthodox worship, is used by some Western Rite Orthodox parishes. Tikhon is not known formally to have approved this rite that bears his name, though the Holy Synod in Moscow, to whom he passed on a request from Anglo-Catholic Episcopalians during his North American episcopate, granted the possibility of a Western Rite based on the Anglican liturgy with extensive changes to conform to Orthodox praxis.
In 1907, he returned to Russia, and was appointed Bishop of Yaroslavl. St. Tikhon was transferred to Vilnius, Lithuania on December 22, 1913. On June 21, 1917, he was elected the ruling bishop of Moscow by the Diocesan Congress of clergy and laity. On August 15, 1917, Archbishop Tikhon was raised to the dignity of Metropolitan of Moscow. On November 5 of the same year, after an election as one of the three candidates for the reinstated Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev announced that Metropolitan Tikhon had been selected for the position after a drawing of lots as the new Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church.
All who met Saint Tikhon were surprised by his accessibility, simplicity and modesty. His gentle disposition did not prevent him from showing firmness in Church matters, however, particularly when he had to defend the Church from her enemies. He bore a very heavy cross. He had to administer and direct the Church amidst wholesale church disorganization, without auxiliary administrative bodies, in conditions of internal schisms and upheavals by various adherents of the Living Church, renovationists, and autocephalists.
The situation was complicated by external circumstances: the change of the political system, by the accession to power of the godless regime, by hunger, and civil war. This was a time when Church property was being confiscated, when clergy were subjected to court trials and persecutions, and Christ's Church endured repression. News of this came to the Patriarch from all ends of Russia. His exceptionally high moral and religious authority helped him to unite the scattered and enfeebled flock. At a crucial time for the church, his unblemished name was a bright beacon pointing the way to the truth of Orthodoxy. In his messages, he called on people to fulfill the commandments of Christ, and to attain spiritual rebirth through repentance. His irreproachable life was an example to all.
Due to his resistance to the State policy of confiscating Church property during the famine of 1921-22 he was placed under arrest, but due to English political pressure, was not brought to trial. During his imprisonment the State-supported schismatic "Living Church" was set up, which called a council in 1923 to depose him and gained many adherents. In the same year Tikhon signed a declaration professing loyalty to the Soviet government, which gained him less intolerable conditions, and he was allowed to live in the Donskoy monastery at Moscow (where he had been imprisoned) and to officiate in the churches of the capital.
Owing to his personal influence many schismatics returned to the Patriarchal Church, and his death was the occasion of great popular demonstrations of veneration and affection. Tikhon was canonized in 1989, and his relics were discovered in Donskoy Monastery after his canonization. His feast day is celebrated on April 7.
Propers for Tikhon of Moscow - Confessor, Monastic, Bishop, Patriarch of Moscow and Theologian
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Almighty God, who gave to thy servant Tikhon boldness to confess the Name of our Saviour Jesus Christ before the rulers of this world, and courage to suffer for this faith: Grant that we may always be ready to give a reason for the hope that is in us, and to suffer gladly for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
The Epistle - Acts 1:1-9.
THE former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: to whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: and, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
The Gospel - St. Matthew 25:31-40.
WHEN the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: and before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me. drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
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A member of parliament and three young activists all loyal to founding Movement for Democratic Change President Morgan Tsvangirai were refused bail at a court hearing in Harare Wednesday. They are accused of being involved in violent attacks against former MDC colleagues 10 days ago.
Since the formation of the MDC in late 1999, most victims of political violence have claimed they were attacked by members of the ruling ZANU-PF party.
Now it is MDC against MDC. The party split in to two factions last October.
Four opposition political activists attacked in a working class suburb southeast of Harare were in court Wednesday, two of them still heavily bandaged.
They claim they were attacked and injured by former colleagues, in the faction of the divided MDC which is loyal to Morgan Tsvangirai.
They said in statements to the police they had known many of those who attacked them from the early days of the MDC. They said when they were attacked they were told they were being punished for being disloyal to Mr. Tsvangirai.
The police brought three young men to court who they say were part of the gang who carried out the attack.
Judge William Bhila refused them bail saying he feared they would abscond.
The most senior of those attacked is MDC member of parliament Trudy Stevenson, the only white woman to be a member of parliament since Zimbabwe's independence 26 years ago.
She had her head split open and her wrist broken during the attack by a gang of between 30 and 40 people.
Her colleague Linos Mushonga has a broken arm. Two others were badly beaten and bruised but their physical injuries have largely healed.
All four are in the other faction of the MDC lead by Arthur Mutambara.
Earlier in the day the judge also refused bail to another MDC legislator, Timothy Mbawu, who is also loyal to Mr. Tsvangirai, and who the state says paid the group to carry out the attack to stop them campaigning in his area.
The state says it has several more men in custody who will all be charged in connection with the same offense.
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Grilled Cheddar and Corn Jalapeno Poppers
I buy Carson grill toys in the same way I buy myself sprinkles - somewhat impulsively and unnecessarily. I do a good job convincing myself we need whatever it is though. Jalapeno Pepper Roaster for the grill? Oh, how will we survive the summer without it?! (That was over a year ago... we just used it this past weekend.)
Unnecessary? Maybe. Fun and delicious? Most definitely. We tried out a recipe from the WS site and it was almost perfect. We thought the cheddar cheese got too watery and the poppers might have benefited from something like this. We also added some hot sauce to our stuffing because we thought it was missing an extra kick. Otherwise, really good and healthier than the fried version. I think.
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- agalandherdog said...
We have one of those racks from Sur la Table. I'll have to check out that recipe because those look amazing!
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