That quote is from none other than the Director of Greening for the upcoming Democrat Convention in Denver, Andrea Robinson. What’s she talking about? I’m glad you asked.
She’s referring to the 900 volunteers who will be stationed at all of the garbage disposal stations to be sure that the attendees put all of their trash in the right receptacle - depending of course on whether it’s being recycled, composted, etc. But the duties of the volunteers don’t stop there. To be sure that the trash is pure, they’ll actually be going through every single bag by hand.
Anyone looking for anything besides political correctness at this shin-dig had better look someplace else. I’ve already blogged about their dietary and food prep requirements in “Please Pass Me A Compostable Napkin.” In addition to the neo-Levitical food laws, and the trash nannies, Ms. Robinson has:
hired an Official Carbon Adviser, who will measure the greenhouse-gas emissions of every placard, every plane trip, every appetizer prepared and every coffee cup tossed. The Democrats hope to pay penance for those emissions by investing in renewable energy projects.
Organizers had wanted 1.500 fanny packs for various convention volunteers, and required that said fanny packs be made of organic cotton, in the USA, by union labor. Alas, the best that could be found was an organic fiber fanny pack made in the USA but with non-union labor.
Barack Obama’s campaign has created a seal, of sorts. Here it is, compared to the real presidential seal (hat tip to CNN for the graphic):
Now, from the US Code, 18 U.S.C. 713:
(a) Whoever knowingly displays any printed or other likeness of the great seal of the United States, or of the seals of the President or the Vice President of the United States, or the seal of the United States Senate, or the seal of the United States House of Representatives, or the seal of the United States Congress, or any facsimile thereof, in, or in connection with, any advertisement, poster, circular, book, pamphlet, or other publication, public meeting, play, motion picture, telecast, or other production, or on any building, monument, or stationery, for the purpose of conveying, or in a manner reasonably calculated to convey, a false impression of sponsorship or approval by the Government of the United States or by any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
In law school, one of the things the student should learn is to take a statute and construe whether it applies to a given set of facts. Obama’s seal presents exactly such an exerciase. What say you all, guilty of the crime, mere bad taste, both, or neither?
BTW, the Latin on the logo means “Truly, We Can.” Si se puede.
I love the internet. You can find literally anything.
Here’s a site where you can actually see a county-by-county breakdown, over the entire United States, of the way in which folks refer to Coke (i.e., Coke, soda, pop, etc.).
It is merely a matter of time before there is a schism of worldwide proportions in the Anglican Church. That church is in a hole, and Rev. Martin Dudley has decided that the thing to do is to dig as quickly as possible. You see, Rev. Dudley “married” two fellow Anglican priests, complete with a marriage liturgy, hymns, and communion. I suppose it wouldn’t have been provocative enough to just marry two ordinary guys, it had to be two other priests to achieve maximum shock value.
And that it did:
The Most Rev Henry Orombi, the Archbishop of Uganda, said that the ceremony was “blasphemous.” He called on Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, to take decisive action if the Anglican Church were not to “disintegrate”. Archbishop Orombi added: “What really shocks me is that this is happening in the Church of England that first brought the Gospel to us.
Yes, but the days of the Church of England taking the Gospel to anybody are long, long gone. Ironically it will be up to the evangelized to do the evangelizing of their former evangelizers.
Anybody whose read my political commentary for the past year knows that I haven’t been a huge John McCain fan. That said, I have to admit that he is grudgingly earning my respect, despite my continuing policy differences with him.
Here’s something else to add to my growing admiration: He’s an ABBA fan. I’ll probably be teased mercilessly for this, but I like ABBA too. I went to see the Mama Mia musical last year and LOVED it. (I highly recommend it, BTW).
So, I think this will make a great theme song for McCain’s campaign - way, way better than “Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow”:
First off, I should say that I agree wholeheartedly with Jimmy’s earlier thoughts on the meaning of being an “Evangelical” in politics today. It is true, however, that (for lack of a better term) orthodox Christians do tend to rather overwhelmingly support the Republicans. Much ink and many pixels have been spilled over why this is. I think I can answer without reference to the endorsements of Hagee or Dobson or any other “Evangelical” power broker.
Perusing National Review’s blog The Corner today, I found a link to an interview with Obama done by the Chicago Sun Times religion reporter back in 2004. Though I commend the entire thing to everyone’s reading, let’s get right to the money quote:
GG: Do you believe in sin?
OBAMA: Yes.
GG: What is sin?
OBAMA: Being out of alignment with my values.
GG: What happens if you have sin in your life?
OBAMA: I think it’s the same thing as the question about heaven. In the same way that if I’m true to myself and my faith that that is its own reward, when I’m not true to it, it’s its own punishment.
Now, let that sink in for a minute. Sin is being out of alignment with one’s own values. In other words, whatever it is that you set as your values, if you aren’t living up to those self-set standards, then and only then are you in sin. Not exactly the same standard set forth by Jesus: “You therefore must be perfect, as your Heavenly Father is perfect.”
Obama’s definition is post-modern relativism dressed up in Christian clothes.
Now, is there really any mystery why those voters who are traditional Christians generally won’t vote for Obama? He claims to be something that they (rightly) do not recognize. Moreover, it displays that Obama has a worldview where there is no absolute right and wrong.
Leaving politics aside for a moment, though, and more importantly anyway, if anyone truly believes such relativistic mush, why on earth bother to join a church? Why do you need that? In fact, you don’t need anybody but yourself. Just set your standards low enough, and you’ll have no problems.
