Palin Spends 4X a Plumber's Income for Clothes
Todd Gillman, on The Dallas Morning News Trailblazers blog, cites a story today about Sarah Palin going on a shopping spree to Saks and Neimans, spending $150,000 of campaign money since September on clothes. The McCain campaign says it all OK because she plans to donate the clothes to charity after she's done wearing them. OK. Gillman says this doesn't pass the smell test. All I have to say is...
"I feel pretty,
Oh, so pretty,
I feel pretty and witty and bright!
And I pity
Any girl who isn't me tonight."
"Fundamentalism Run Amok"
The sh*t hit the fan at Soutwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, when Thomas White, vice president for student services, told his students that use of birth control pills is murder. Bruce Tomaso passes on the story from WFAA, which sought comment from Dwight McKissic, former trustee at Southwestern.
"This is fundamentalism run amok, and I'm concerned that once was the world's largest theological seminary is degenerating into a Baptist fundamentalist indoctrination camp."Why do churches act like we're still in the Middle Ages? If they are going to fall victim to arrested development, why 1300, and not, say, 33 AD, or, my favorite, 1962? Churches are like DisneyWorld, where they arbitrarily froze Tomorrowland at 1955's vision of the future.
Why Do Only Republicans Fall For Email Smears?
Steve Blow, in The Dallas Morning News Metro blog, relates yet another political urban legend that circulates forever by email. Is it the "Obama is a secret Muslim" slur? Is it the "Obama refuses to salute the flag" slander? It could be any of a hundred smears Obama has been victim to this election. This time, in Steve Blow's email inbox is the "Obama isn't a US citizen" allegation. Blow quickly dismisses the unfounded charge, then asks some thought-provoking questions: "Where are the emails with kooky allegations against John McCain?" "Don't Democrats like urban legends, too?"
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i wrote a long comment. what happened to it?
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