Year: 2004
Notes towards an obituary
Posted on October 29, 2004 in Sorrow & Regret Whines
I spent a few hours this morning making notes towards an obituary, what might be said about me should I die suddenly.
Traffic School
Posted on October 29, 2004 in Poems
In the middle of the reading, when I was sick and tired of all the noise and the banality of the woman next to me who — when people read the same insipid poems they read every month — chorused “Great! That was good!” as if this was a school play, I wrote a poem.
Another Stolen Election?
Posted on October 28, 2004 in Campaign 2004 Stickers
“If Bush steals the election again via the Electoral College, what difference does my vote make?”
ReWriting the Wrongs
Posted on October 28, 2004 in Folly Watch
George Lakoff got me started. So I just renamed what the wRong calls the Patriot Act: The Terrorize the Libraries Act. And now it is your turn. Rename some “favorite” bills. What would you call them?
Compassion over Controversy
Posted on October 27, 2004 in Campaign 2004 Social Justice
Who would you rather have as a parent?
To Angry White Males
Posted on October 27, 2004 in Appeals and Goodwill Campaign 2004
Your vote for John Kerry can be a first step in reconciliation, a way of telling them “You are important to me. I can change.”
Fundamentalism: Christ as Teacher of False Doctrine
Posted on October 26, 2004 in Morals & Ethics
Existence isn’t a matter of doctrine: it is growth in the Spirit.
That Tiny Closet
Posted on October 24, 2004 in Campaign 2004 Journalists & Pundits Morals & Ethics
Government is not God: it cannot hear your everywhere. Only in that tiny closet called the voting booth.
The Psychotic in the Parking Lot
Posted on October 22, 2004 in Campaign 2004 Neighborhood
In his previous ramblings before the American people, he has declared that he is a prophet. Now he claims to be the equal of God.
Going to Nevada
Posted on October 21, 2004 in Campaign 2004 Courage & Activism
I am going to Nevada for Election Day.
The Better Angels of Our Nature
Posted on October 20, 2004 in Campaign 2004 Courage & Activism Myths & Mysticism Reading
Lincoln was the member of no church. He read the Bible for himself. From that reading, he formed the view that neither he nor any other human being could know the will of God.
Republican Platform: The Continuing of Sorrows
Posted on October 20, 2004 in Campaign 2004 Reading Secularism
“The Government is not God” says a poster at a Republican convention intercessory prayer rally depicted in the November issue of Harpers. I am one who never said that it was.
