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Thursday, November 8, 2007

Conventional Wisdom

My least favorite CNN commentator, Roland Martin, tackles the Robertson/Giuliani love fest and falls for the same old conventional wisdom...
  • Conservative voters have to choose between Giuliani and their faith because EVERYONE knows that people who believe in God can't be pro-choice or against homosexual discrimination...
  • Hillary Clinton was elected to the Senate from New York and that will mean something negative to voters, probably even more than her policies. Rudy Giuliani was elected as Mayor of New York and that will mean something positive to voters, probably even more than his policies.
  • That it is morally okay for evangelical voters who claim to hold the "moral high ground" over liberals to compromise those values to hold and expand power.

Blind Willie Johnson -- In My Time of Dying (Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed)

Jackson Browne -- The Rebel Jesus

The Living Things -- No New Jesus

Wilco -- Jesus, Etc.

Pick up The Complete Blind Willie Johnson which collects his recordings from 1927-1930 here. Jackson Browne is more CS's department but I enjoy The Pretender...it can be found here. It seems like it should be time for another Living Things album but until then you have Ahead of the Lions to listen to. This version of Wilco's "Jesus, Etc" comes from the Kicking Television live album which can be found here.

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Marriage

As a person staring down the barrel of the wedding gun [probably not the best metaphor], this essay/editorial by some guy named Roland Martin is not helpful. The thesis: marriage good, divorce bad.

CNN, why did you hire this guy? Clearly it is you trying to be more "fair and balanced" by hiring a guying getting his masters in "Christian Communications" at the unaccredited Louisiana Baptist University and writing essays on moral issues, plastering it on your "Latest News" section right along side an article about Bo Derek...

Meanwhile, Burma battles dictatorship, Pakistan attempts to form a representative government that can battle Musharraf, the band plays on in Iraq and CNN wastes resources on this...

The Dears -- Postcard From Purgatory

The Dears new album Gang of Losers is out now and you can get it here.