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Posted by Julie in Politics on 06 14th, 2009Toward the end of 2000 (specifically in mid-November when the election debacle was finally being resolved), I spent many nervous hours considering emigration to Canada. The idea of a George W. Bush administration was more than scary enough to make me consider leaving family, friends, and U.S. citizenship behind in favor of the relative peace and simplicity enjoyed by our northern neighbors. Then I thought, “Hell, America’s too smart for this. It can’t last. I’ll stick it out.” Eight gut-wrenching years later, we’re staring down the barrel of McCain/Palin: Possibly the only weapon that could be MORE destructive than Bush/Cheney has been to American life, liberty, and the pursuit of [reasonable] happiness.
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Posted by Julie in General Rant, Religion on 06 3rd, 2009Is there a more absurd way to spend a Wednesday morning than in pondering the nature of God and religion? I pulled into my driveway yesterday afternoon and saw some piece of silliness hanging from my front door knob. Typically coming and going through the back door, I recalled the flotsam this morning and went to investigate.
It was an intricately die-cut door hanger sporting a crazy cartoon test tube with goony glasses and a jet pack inexplicably spewing pink bubbles all over saying, “Calling All Funologists!” I immediately licked my mental thumb and started working through the calendar wondering if one of my nephews was having some party or event I’d forgotten about. Nope. Then I noticed what looked like a logo tucked in the lower right corner. This event was being put on by something called Group’s Power Lab. There, in 10-point Comic Sans nestled below the company name and inside a Jimmy Neutron-style cartoon molecule, was the real meat of the thing: “Discovering Jesus’ Miraculous Power.” Did our favorite Jewish carpenter load all of his magic into a pink cartoon jet pack? I would have been less surprised to see Him as Felix the Cat, (“…Whenever He gets in a fix He reaches into His bag of tricks!”). Read the rest of this entry »
