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Nancy Nord – oh please

Nancy Nord – oh please

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Nancy A. Nord was nominated by President George W. Bush to be a commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) for a term that expires in October of 2012. The CPSC is supposed to protect the public against unreasonable risks of injury and death associated with consumer products. You know, lead. Things like that. Nord is also the president of Executive Women in Government, a nonprofit professional women’s organization. Sorry, women. In two different letters, Nancy Nord has asked…

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New Video on Jehovah’s Witnesses

New Video on Jehovah’s Witnesses

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I posted a little while ago about the little boy who couldn’t see a future for himself outside of the JWs. All Jehovah’s Witness children grow up this way. Watch this short new video to get a sense of the kind of message that all JWs – even children – hear ad nauseum. Notice the way non-JWs are presented, and the image of God that they create. There is no room for love, compassion, or grace in this message. I’ve…

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Misplaced Priorities and the Return of the Repressed

Misplaced Priorities and the Return of the Repressed

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Republican Culture of Corruption: 2007 So Far is a pretty good list – see any themes? On this Larry Craig scandal in particular, I’m struck again by how destructive it is when people cannot accept themselves for who they are. There is a strange doubling of the personality. People talk about hypocrisy, but it’s worse than that. It’s worse because it’s a deeper problem than just “not walking the talk.” People who share the traits that you find irritating in…

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On Angels

On Angels

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Children’s views on angels. I only know the names of two angels. Hark and Harold. ~Gregory, 5 Everybody’s got it all wrong. Angels don’t wear halos anymore. I forget why, but scientists are working on it. ~Olive, 9 It’s not easy to become an angel! First, you die. Then you go to heaven, and then there’s still the flight training to go through. And then you got to agree to wear those angel clothes. ~Matthew, 9 Angels work for God…

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Mean, Loathsome Individuals

Mean, Loathsome Individuals

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These people – yes, that’s the perjorative phrase “these people” – fill me with bewilderment, disgust and just plain old loathing. Baby used as a weapon: In Erie, Pennsylvania, a month-old baby was critically injured when anti-mom Chytoria Graham (27) “allegedly” swung the baby through the air to strike her boyfriend – with her baby – in a domestic dispute. The baby suffers from a fractured skull and bleeding in the brain. Four other children were removed from the home….

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Bring Mister Rogers Back to Atlanta

Bring Mister Rogers Back to Atlanta

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I try to pay attention to recurring thoughts, and I’ve been having thoughts of Fred Rogers for the last few months. Why, I ask myself, am I thinking of “Mister Rogers” – and why now? I don’t often get haunted by thoughts, and I thought I had better listen to myself and find out what it was that I should do about it. I thought – “maybe I’ll watch the show with Ben later on and figure it out.” So…

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