Category: religion

A letter to God

Dear God, Do you know how many times “God bless America” has been uttered this week?  Yeah, lots.  In prime time, too.  And it’s always at the end of the speeches, when everyone is paying attention.  And then we drop balloons or shoot off fireworks or some combination of the two. According to my count,…

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Pope Watch!

I find this banner from washingtonpost.com a bit beyond stupid. “Pope Watch” reminds me of this Onion article on Catholics lining up for Pope John Paul II’s funeral before he was even close to dying. “I don’t know how much longer I’ll have to wait, but whether it’s five days or five months, it’ll be…

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Bill Moyers’ awful lullaby

I can no longer recommend listening to Bill Moyers Journal to fall asleep. I always try to listen to something fairly unexciting when I go to bed.  Last night, I turned to my trusty Bill Moyers Podcast. Bill featured conservative televangelist/John McCain-endorser John Hagee.  Bill played clips of this clown preaching about how we need…

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