Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Guess it's easier and a better grandstanding opportunity to hold food drives for their employees rather than pay them a better salary or let them have the day old bread. If Amelia's in PA can sell semi-expired food with no one croaking from it, there's no reason Walmart couldn't do the same for its folks.
Monday, November 18, 2013
The cover of the 11/25/2013 issue of The Nation is titled “The Grand Old Tea Party: Why Today's Whack Birds Are Just Like Yesterday's Wingnuts”. Accompanying the title are caricatures of Ronald Reagan, Jesse Helms, Newt Gingrich, Joe McCarthy, and Barry Goldwater. Say what you want about these figures. But unlike the Occupy movement of the pages of this publication best suited to line the bottom of a bird cage, none of these men ever defecated on the side of a police cruiser.
A Baptist pastor I've been listening to an audio sermon tirade against the existence of cinema has linked to the spread of debauchery those seeking pain relief (especially that related to child birth). He then proceeded to denounce the contemporary American as soft and lazy. That's basically code for wanting the pews filled with the brainwashed fanatically doing as they are told. Ministers such as these would probably be quite happy and content in the ranks of the Taliban.
A Baptist pastor condemned Sunday School studies that used as a discussion starter the Beverly Hillbillies and Mayberry. So if cultural references are off limits, is the Apostle Paul to be condemned in his address on the Aeropagus for mentioning the altar to the unknown god or the quote from a pagan poet about in God how we live, move, and have our being? And if no Christian is to be acquainted with the popular culture, how were those assembled supposed to understand the like kryptonite to Superman simile utilized in the sermon? In the kind of regime advocated by these ultralegalists, shouldn't such a remark be grounds for defrocking the pastor?
Martin Bashir Aroused By The Prospect Of Making Wee Wee & Dookie On Sarah Palin
Apparently the idealized Christian world we are supposed to endeavor to implement before Christ even returns is one where women can’t vote without a man’s permission and where forms of popular culture such as movies and amusement parks are to be condemned (and thus probably forbidden) not in terms of content but rather as forms of expression altogether. I find such a realm no more appealing in which to dwell than a secularized debauched or totalitarian dystopia.
A pastor opposed to the cinema tossed in for good measure condemnation of Vacation Bible Schools that attempt to reach children through entertainment. But if it’s not fun, on what grounds are children obligated to attend Vacation Bible School? Given its not directly commanded in the pages of Scripture, you can’t very well guilt them into attending.
A Baptist opposed to movies condemned cinema because the medium can evoke emotions such as fear in response to situations that the viewer is not actually experiencing directly at the moment. But don’t Bible stories and passages often do something categorically similar? For example, those such as the Book of Revelation that describe death on a planetary scale in the hopes that the reader will come to a particular decision regarding Christ.
Friday, November 15, 2013
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Everyone across the Internet is enjoying a good laugh at the White supremacist whose DNA test on a talk show hardly anyone has heard of until now came back with the results that the racialist is genetically 14% sub-Saharan African. Is that enough to earn him Affirmative Action handouts and set asides? Can he now publically say the N-Word like his kinsmen now without fear of violence or economic sanctions being inflicted upon him? If not, he is still for all intensive purposes White.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
WMAL Morning Host Losing Touch With Moral Conservatism
However, regarding Mornings On The Mall co-host Larry O'Connor, one might be advised to turn a skeptical ear.
On the 11/4/23 edition, he intoned that the only law he believed in in regards to the immigration debate was that of supply and demand.
So does that mean that if there was a market for outright slavery that that particular form of peonage would be acceptable?
O'Connor's response regarding news of the alleged harassment by Miami Dolphin's Ritchie Incognito of teammate Jonathan Martin involving death threats and the expression of a desire to defecate in his victim's mouth was little better in terms of the moral position enunciated.
According to O'Connor, instead of filing a complaint about the matter, a 300 pounder should have settled the issue like a man.
That is, of course, being euphemism to take the matter outside.
As we learned from Kenny Rogers' “Coward Of The County”, sometimes you have to fight when you're a man.
However, Martin's girth is of no relevance, especially when he'd be confronting others of similar size possibly given to homoerotic violence.
Why shouldn't Martin avail himself of the procedures intended for the purposes of preventing the situation from escalating to a point of no return where the individual defending himself might end up facing a litany of legal or criminal charges?
By Frederick Meekins
The Dark Horse Of Techno-Fascism
So I guess the way to keep your status in hardline Independent Fundamentalist Baptist circles if you have been there from day one is to marry a divorced person and then cop that your initial confession of faith wasn't sincere to begin with. Otherwise, you'll not be anything other than a wallet to dump into the collection plate for the rest of your life. Interesting how God can still use you that way but in no other if that is the path you pursue.
Monday, November 11, 2013
It is quite revealing the steps taken by factions of the New World Order to promote its agenda and undermine the critics against it. For example, NBC slaps a viewer discretion warning on Revolution when all the program does is dramatize what life will be like after society collapses. But little is said before an episode of Dracula begins despite that programs copious fornication, vampirism, and the occult.
Friday, November 08, 2013
Hillary Advocates Bull In A China Shop Police State While In Buffalo
Responding to a heckler carted off by security, the former Senator and Secretary of State admonished that citizenship does not involve yelling but rather coming together to sit down and talk about the kind of future that we want as a nation.
Hecklers should be removed from such settings and not allowed to disrupt the message those gathered have assembled to hear.
However, the incident raises a number of questions.
Does this prohibition against raucous and uncontrolled vocalization of a disturbing volume also apply to those the former First Lady and presidential-aspirant would consider her allies or simply her opponents?
Back during the Bush Presidency in her role as Senator during debate surrounding the Patriot Act, Hillary Clinton reminded (in a rather loud voice it should be pointed out) reminded dissent was itself the highest form of patriotism.
Even more disturbing was how Hillary categorized the heckler.
Instead of simply calling for the removal of this disruptive nuisance refusing to exercise the First Amendment in an orderly manner, Hillary suggested that this individual typified any that would dare challenge or disagree with her publicly.
Thus, in a Hillary regime, would those in Congress refusing to go along with her and more importantly the citizens daring to speak out against her be similarly manhandled by the federal security establishment?
We do indeed need to talk about the kind of future we want for America.
However, the kind of future advocated by Hillary will simply bring additional ruination upon this once great country.
By Frederick Meekins
Thursday, November 07, 2013
Certain Fundamentalists Grasp At Straws In Exaggerating Halloween's Evils
One such example is none other than Halloween.
One pastor opposed to Halloween argued that Halloween is wrong because God has not given us a spirit of fear.
As such, the pastor went on , Christ never uses fear but only hope to achieve His purposes.
What about the terrifying images from the Book of Revelation?
Sure, the redeemed come out fine, but what about those that don’t come to accept Christ as Lord and Savior?
And what about the vast majority of sermons (such as those against Halloween) that invoke the most frightening examples, anecdotes, and evidence possible to scare listeners into certain behaviors?
For example, it has been argued that the policy at some Christian colleges of forbidding men and women in the same elevator is justified to prevent rape or false allegations of such.
I have even heard it claimed that Christians should avoid movie theaters altogether not simply because of the content of the movie but because someone once heard a rumor that teens they knew had played tonsil tennis and possible even more while frequenting such entertainment venues.
This same Baptist also admonished that Halloween is wrong because it glorifies death and death is the result of sin, thus something we ought to be ashamed of.
While death is the wages of sin, it should also be made clear that dying is not yet something else we have to beg forgiveness for and feel guilty about.
The necrotic state is more something imposed upon us.
Psychology suggests that fairy tale villains are necessary for youngsters to come to grips with the reality of evil in the world.
So provided the commemorations don’t become overly macabre, doesn’t something like Halloween help make manageable the grim terror that stalks each one of us to the end of the terminal condition known as earthly life?
By Frederick Meekins
