I\u2019m finding it very difficult to concentrate with a houseful today, so here are some quick-and-unrelated things you may have missed \u2013 stick with it, I know there are some things below which will inspire you:<\/p>\n
\u201cPrime Minister, how much more clearly do we have to speak, before you understand us?\u201d<\/p>\n
Wait for the reading of Dr. Seuss at the end.<\/p>\n
What we\u2019re seeing in England is that huge government spending, high taxation and socialist policies don\u2019t work<\/a>. Why are we bringing them here?<\/p>\n Could British Christians be sued<\/strong> for having Crucifixes in their homes<\/a>?<\/p>\n Obama in Cairo:<\/strong> David P. Goldman aka Spengler posts the most thoughtful and comprehensive analysis<\/a> of the Cairo speech I have yet read.<\/p>\n Obama\u2019s embrace of a declining culture and his abandonment of America\u2019s principal ally in the Middle East are gestures without precedent in American history. The consequences are incalculable; the only certainty is that the outcome will be very different than the one for which the president hopes. In the meantime, American Jews have the opportunity to consider how easily manipulated they were, and how complacent in their exercise of influence. Obama won them over with token gestures, including a Passover Seder at the White House. But he has thrown them under the bus on the only real issue of substance for Jews, namely the security of the state of Israel.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Don\u2019t miss it.<\/p>\n Lorie Byrd:<\/strong> Taking no prisoners with The Rush Standard<\/a>. She reminds the press, who are shocked, shocked, at the Rhetoric of Rush, that the Orations of Olbermann and others have been out-of-control for a while:<\/p>\n Olbermann said President Bush was accomplishing what Bin Laden was trying to do to America? That sounds pretty close to what Rush Limbaugh said. In fact, it is almost indistinguishable.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Yes, it\u2019s partisan, but it\u2019s also true, and you\u2019ll want to read it all.<\/p>\n Also partisan and very true:<\/strong> Feminism has long-ceased being about advancing the cause of women. Melissa Clouthier looks at how political expediency<\/a> defines which women are championed, and which can be fantasy-raped<\/a> or oppressed without so much as a raised eyebrow. Can you guess which women are which?<\/p>\n The Religious Left:<\/strong> Engaging in some unusual bickering<\/a>. It seems, ultimately, to be all about the Benjamins.<\/p>\n Speaking of religion and the left:<\/strong> When Bush mentioned religion, it was \u201cscary\u201d but Obama talks about Jesus more than Bush did<\/a>, and it worries the left and the press? Not at all. The Atheists are still comfortable and keeping the faith with him<\/a>. Just saying.<\/p>\n George Tiller<\/strong>: Patrick O\u2019 Hannigan on George Tiller\u2019s Murder<\/a> and how it is resonating with the \u201cAbortion is a blessing\u201d<\/a> crowd. Also, a Lutheran explains Tiller\u2019s church connections<\/a> in ways that have not previously been spelled out, to my knowledge. I found it very interesting. I wonder what Bonheoffer<\/a> would have thought of him?<\/p>\n Orthodox Liturgical Worship:<\/strong> A Baptist Minister says it\u2019s not for Lightweights!<\/a>:<\/p>\n Saint Anthony the Great isn\u2019t just old school. It\u2019s \u201cstyli and wax tablets\u201d old school. We arrived ten minutes early for worship and the room was already filled with people lighting candles and praying. There was one greeter. I said, \u201cWe don\u2019t know what to do.\u201d She handed me a liturgy book and waved us inside.<\/p>\n Pews? We don\u2019t need no stinking pews! Providing seats for worshipers is SO 14th century. Gorgeous Byzantine art, commissioned from a famous artist in Bulgaria. Fully robed priests with censors (those swinging incense thingies). Long, complex readings and chants that went on and on and on. And every one of them packed full of complex, theological ideas. It was like they were ripping raw chunks of theology out of ancient creeds and throwing them by the handfuls into the congregation. And just to make sure it wasn\u2019t too easy for us, everything was read in a monotone voice and at the speed of an auctioneer. In a day when user-friendly is the byword of everything from churches to software, here was worship that asked something of me. No, DEMANDED something of me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Behold, something greater than yourself<\/a>.<\/p>\n A Dying Priest:<\/strong> Finds a teachable moment<\/a>. A must read, via Deacon Greg<\/a><\/p>\n Speaking of Deathbeds:<\/strong> \u201ctell me about the Trinity\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n ACLU:<\/strong> America, tear down those crosses!<\/a><\/p>\n What Hath Toni Morrison wrought?:<\/strong> The inevitable line<\/a> and the debatable<\/a>.<\/p>\n Disproving the narrative that Christians \u201chate science\u201d:<\/strong> The Vatican visits the Big-Bang Machine<\/a> and says, \u201cThe Church never fears the truth of science, because we are convinced that all truth comes from God.\u201d<\/p>\n Previewing Obamacare:<\/strong> Look to the North<\/a>! Also, Merkel 1 \u2013 Obama 0<\/a><\/p>\n Catholic Health Care Networks:<\/strong> is this one complicit in abortions<\/a>?<\/p>\n Do people still watch<\/strong> this bitter, unfunny misogynist<\/a>?<\/p>\n Twitter:<\/strong> Changing how we live?<\/a>. You can follow me on Twitter, btw, here<\/a>. I didn\u2019t think I\u2019d like it. But when you have an opinion on everything, as I do, it\u2019s too addictive.<\/p>\n Unemployment:<\/strong> Yid with a Lid says The Big O Owns It<\/a>.<\/p>\n Bank Stress Tests:<\/strong> Unncessary sequels<\/a><\/p>\n Hmmm\u2026<\/strong>are we really protecting the wolf at the door<\/a>? Is Obama Ozymandias<\/a>? Hmmmm\u2026.<\/p>\n
\n\u2026I LOVED IT. Loved it loved it loved it loved it loved it.<\/p>\n