My week(s) in review: I missed last week, so here is a double dose.
· Fake priest infiltrates St. Peter's - CNN.com
Wow, this must be a really slow news day. There are so little facts given in this story. It probably happened, but it is not news worthy of the front page of CCN website.
· Jason Burnett, Bush Official Who Just Resigned, To Aid Obama - Politics on The Huffington Post
· Op-Ed Columnist - Wall-E for President - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
· Construction workers cross river as bridge nears end
· CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Obama insists he’s ‘been very consistent’ on Iraq « - Blogs from CNN.com
He's been consistent. This is just a ploy from his opposition.
· Court sides with church on its ban of autistic teen
Robertson pointed to part of state law that defines harassment as: "repeated incidents of intrusive or unwanted acts, words, or gestures that have a substantial adverse effect ... on the safety, security, or privacy of another."
· Judge OKs keeping autistic Minn. boy from church
· Judge: Disruptive autistic teen can be barred from church
· wcco.com - Judge Upholds Church's Order Against Autistic Boy
This is just sad—and sad to see the responses in the comments on the Star Tribune about this. For me I guess I am more inclined to believe Carol Race and to think some of this is being blown out of proportion. Many point to the video hook up in the basement as being a solution. It is not. In that case Adam Race can stay at home and watch a service on TV.
I remind myself I am not at this church and I don’t personally know these people. What I do know is that I was once involved in my Catholic church. Since having children with autism I am less involved and it is directly related to how the church as a whole has dealt with our family’s special needs. I had the naive belief that of all the public institutions that we deal with the church would be the easiest because they would want to help. For us the church was the toughest. I was wrong. This has not changed my belief in God, but it has changed my approach to church.
· Obama Wants to Expand Role of Religious Groups - NYTimes.com
“Mr. Obama made clear, however, that he would work to ensure that charitable groups receiving government funds be carefully monitored to prevent them from using the money to proselytize...”
· The push for conformity shoves away parishioners
Ironic that the "precious metal" chalices were stolen from the Bishop's residence. (see http://tinyurl.com/6qezao)
· Some sacred loot found in box in archbishop's bedroom
· WWdN: In Exile: the pretty white ships that i've been dreaming of
Good advice to remember: Your "best" will vary from time to time.
· CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Bush heckled during July 4 speech « - Blogs from CNN.com
· Commercial Property
The theater in my home town is up for sale ($50,000). Hmmmm....
But not seriously. I was emailing with another person from my hometown who told me the place has been sub-divided into apartments. Also the building is in really bad shape. (Hence the price.)
I have never understood why my home town of cannot support a movie theater of some kind since we have a state university—tons of customers.
· The Day The Beatles Fled Imelda Marcos | Listening Post from Wired.com
I had never heard about this one.
· Va. Bishop Apologizes Over Girl's Abortion - washingtonpost.com
· One vote: Going once, going twice, charged!
This kid should know better. My liberal bleeding heart thinks he needs to be taught a lesson.
· Jesse Helms, Conservative Force in the Senate, Dies at 86 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com
I didn't know that he and his wife had adopted a disabled child.
That still doesn't excuse the hate that he spread.
· Thwarted « The Traveling Monkey
· shawleyphoto.com - look, click and share
My friend took these pictures. Wow--it is so cool. Goodbye coal plant.
· Assessing Jeune Leune
Interesting article. I'm reading all this and somehow my mind is wandering to the breakup of the Beatles. I've seen beautiful work at the Jeune Leune. I've seen work I didn't connect with. Selfishly, I hope the artists stay in the Twin Cities. After all the rumors of the infighting perhaps it is best to go in separate directions. I hope we don’t lose the stage. I was OK (for the most part) with seeing the old Guthrie go because it was such an old shape and size—no other company in town would really use it. But the Jeune Leune building could be used by a number of companies.
· Doctor: 'It's amazing' autistic man survived for seven days
Wow! This is such good news.
· McCain attacks Obama for opting out of public financing - CNN.com
"They like the idea of financing campaigns through small contributions from a lot of individual contributors, which is what Obama has done,"
Wasn’t this a flip-flop on McCain’s part? Didn’t he say something about not taking public financing, but is doing it anyway?
· The Love Guru - Movie - Review - The New York Times
“...by the time Guru Pitka (Mr. Myers) says “Mariska Hargitay” to Ms. Hargitay herself, it’s somehow less amusing than it should be. Which might sum up “The Love Guru” in its entirety…”
It’s a pity. I think Mike Myers can be really funny—but I had NO interest to begin with to see this movie.
· Roadguy » Blog Archive » The new 35W bridge: An inside look (literally)
This is a really fun set of pictures from the new 35W bridge construction site. The bridge is going up so fast. Last time I drove by the site they almost had one side half way over the river.
· McCain wants to lift ban on offshore drilling - CNN.com
McCain, the next Bush president? It would be just more of the same.
Obama, Obama, Obama!
· MinnPost - Franken shouldn't have to apologize for his past satire or 'bad' words
I agreed with the headline. And the thesis that this attack mode is based on the opposition thinking that the public is stupid.
· MinnPost - Enleiten: A social 'getting things done' system
What is this? Must read. (In high school my answer to any question about whether or not I was working on something was "I'm organized!") I took a look at the website. I may try this out.
· MinnPost - Norm and Jesse: together again?
Oh no... not again... (However, I did prefer his DHS policies over Pawlenty's)
· Bishop orders gay priest 'wedding' inquiry - CNN.com
When does Lambeth begin?
· Dispatch: We are Pennsylvania, hear us roar
But like most people I know from
· The Thinkers: Theologian's mission is to interpret violence in the Bible
"And while that seems plain enough, early interpreters and the Bible itself raise a lot of questions about how literal the meaning of the passage is."
Ahh, we are back at figurative vs. literal.
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