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Rep. Steve King, Talking Lawnmowers and The Baker Act

July 31, 2015September 29, 2018 B. John 358 Views 0 Comments Congress, Steve King, bigotry, Lawnmowers, hate, Talking Lawnmowers, Iowa

It worries and embarrasses me the idiocy I see in too many of our elected officials, and making it worse is the knowledge we elect them, and keep re-electing them. Evangelicals and Conservatives, especially Republican conservatives seem to try to out-stupid each other, and the rhetoric has simply crossed a line, especially on the gay marriage issue. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa[they should be really proud]) provides a ton of grist for the stupid mill, and I think his latest, were he anyone else, would qualify him for a Baker Act petition.

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Republicans Resort Again to Swiftboating

July 25, 2015July 25, 2015 B. John 316 Views 0 Comments Donald Trump, Swift-boating, Max Cleland, Saxby Chambliss, Hero, John McCain, John Kerry, POW

“Swift-boating” is a neologism used pejoratively to describe an unfair or untrue political attack. We started using it during the 2004 presidential campaign when an astro-turf group, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, set out to wreck John Kerry’s campaign based on their false claim that he hadn’t earned a purple heart he had received. Now, Donald Trump has taken on the mantel of swift-boater in attacking John McCain’s status as a Vietnam War Hero. It’s a sad state that the preferred attack in this country, when you’ve not bothered to serve yourself, is to attack people who have sacrificed and served. But it has a long history. More sad is that fact that it seems to work, and voters buy into it, all while claiming to “support the troops.”

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The Literal Inerrant Bible

July 22, 2015September 29, 2018 B. John 320 Views 0 Comments Chronicles, Hebrew Bible, Inerrancy, christian, Bible, Evangelical, Mike Huckabee, Old Testament

As the teacher of an Adult Sunday School for a few years now, I’ve had to do a lot of study, and while I’m not biblical scholar, there is one things I am absolutely certain about…the Bible is not literal nor is it inerrant. There, I said it. It doesn’t mean I don’t respect the Bible as Holy Canon, but it could not be applied to our lives today were it to be taken literally. A video by Mike Huckabee makes that point.

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Letter to Bishop Kiesey of the Michigan Area

July 20, 2015July 20, 2015 B. John 643 Views 1 Comment Deborah Lieder Kiesey, Palma Ceia United Methodist Church, Michigan Area Annual Conference, Cassopolis United Methodist Church, Bruce Toms, Ken Carter, Rev. Benjamin Hutchison

Recently, a small church in Michigan, Cassopolis United Methodist, had their church Pastor, Rev. Benjamin Hutchison, taken away from them. Was it because of poor attendance, hardly, he had quadrupled the membership since being appointed. He saved the church from dying according to many members. His crime, he was in a long-term committed relationship with another man. Just after that, nearly 30 United Methodist pastors joined in a celebrating a wedding ceremony for Rev. Hutchison and his husband, and now, to further hammer home her distaste for love, Bishop Deborah Lieder Kiesey has picked out nine of them for prosecution under church law. Here’s my letter to Bishop Kiesey: