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Watched the DVD of the movie

AmericanDreamer — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:42:30 +0000

Watched the DVD of the movie Interview, with Steve Buscemi and Sienna Miller.

It certainly held my interest. It's about an interview between a reporter and a movie starlet and the strange turns their conversation and their evening takes.

I saw it as, in part, something of a commentary or meditation on how the media and celebrities (it could have had a politician instead of the movie starlet as the subject of the interview) bring out and reinforce one another's worst tendencies and, in fact, make it hard to be and act human.

If you happen to watch it, what do you take away from it?

But the Bible gives so little

Mister Foo — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:41:03 +0000

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But the Bible gives so little guidance on important modern questions. How many kinds of salad dressing did Jesus have in his fridge?

My computer seems to have

Emma Zahn — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:18:06 +0000

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My computer seems to have picked up a bug.

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Emma Zahn — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:16:58 +0000

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Emma Zahn — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:15:45 +0000

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Sardonic or serious?

Emma Zahn — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:14:47 +0000

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Sardonic or serious?

Whichever, thanks for making me laugh.

Emma is the best blog writer

Joe Monster — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:13:48 +0000

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Emma is the best blog writer in the world.

1) I'm reading 'Against the Day,' by Thomas Pynchon. If you're into difficult, obtuse, inside-out writing, this is the best book in the world.

2) The President did the State of the Union Speech last night with NO UNDERPANTS.

3) The stimulus package is such a mistake. Why pump another $150Billion through Visa and Mastercard at a 5% commission?

4) Someone ought to write a blog about what's on other people's minds... again- thanks Emma.

Careful- 'Washing feet' is

Joe Monster — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:09:13 +0000

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Careful- 'Washing feet' is also a euphamism for something Mary Magdalen would get on her knees for.

Similar thoughts for me of

AmericanDreamer — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:23:35 +0000

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Similar thoughts for me of late, Ticia. It's a strong Democratic field this year but none of these folks walks on water and we make it harder for ourselves when we get into the mindset that we're electing a Savior rather than a quite mortal president. (or, if you prefer, as someone said here recently, "Sheesh, it's not as though we're choosing a spouse!")

The Savior mentality results either in disappointment and sometimes disengagement if our individual chosen Savior isn't the one chosen in the end. Or, it results in disappointment and sometimes disengagement if our chosen Savior does win, once they (inevitably, as all mortals do) stumble.

Arguably our last non-Savior Savior, JFK, said in his Inaugural address:

"...In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than in mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course...

[and then, in closing]

...With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own."

Yes. Exactly. Leadership comes from many sources, not just a president. Long after this election is over, when even the best president we could elect stumbles, or simply needs a lot more of us out there as active and effective advocates, will enough of us have the staying power and the focus as citizens to make the system we have work to advance our worthiest goals and ideals? Or, far more modestly, simply to begin to get unstuck from the deep hole we've dug ourselves into?