His Choice
G. Scott | October 31, 2008
The Critical Edition
With extra-wide margins
Fear
G. Scott | October 30, 2008
This election is really starting to scare me. I know a lot of people are saying that Obama scares them, and their reasoning is the cause of my fear. It is showing levels of naive stupidity in this country that I simply was not willing to admit to myself existed.
Two pieces of evidence from The [...]
The Financial Crisis, Explained
G. Scott | October 21, 2008
A fairly succinct explanation.
Black Armstrongists
G. Scott | October 19, 2008
If you listen to the first two minutes of Rod Meredith’s Feast of Tabernacles 2008 opening message, you’ll hear this:
God has been very, very good to us this past year. We deeply appreciate it. Even now, as I make this sermon, a little before the Feast, God has blessed us financially, and we’re running around [...]
They’ve Lost It
G. Scott | October 10, 2008
If they ever had it. Common sense, that is. Republicans see “politically motivated attempts to damage the [Republican party]” everywhere. Even when it’s a Republican-selected prosecutor:
After his investigation, Steven Branchflower, a former prosecutor hired by a Republican-controlled legislative committee, concluded that Monegan’s rebuff of the entreaties played a role in his firing but was not [...]
Two for Palin
G. Scott | October 9, 2008
First a joke my friend sent:
While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old rancher,whose hand was caught in the gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Palin and her bid.
The old rancher said, ‘Well, ya know, Palin is [...]
Desecration
G. Scott | October 2, 2008
Ever since I first attended a Catholic mass in person, I’ve been fascinated by the Eucharist and the accompanying theology of transubstantiation: the idea that the host is outwardly bread, but inwardly — substantially — Jesus’ body.
I was once in a basilica when a Eucharist minister tripped and spilled the remaining consecrated hosts on the [...]
Issues or Popularity
G. Scott | October 1, 2008
I’ve been thinking about writing, for some time, about the coming VP debate. “Palin won’t touch the issues,” I was going to say. “It will be a personality show. She’ll tell some cute stories and avoid saying anything of substance.”
The BBC beat me to it.
“She has an amazing ability to turn a 45 second answer [...]