Taken from Peter Heck's blog (since he doesn't have RSS or permalinks, woo):

Well it finally happened. Somebody finally found something that could wipe the smile off of the ever-perky Katie Couric on NBC's Today Show. Even when George W. Bush stunned the mainstream media by winning his second term, Katie at least forced a smile across her face (though she did look like she was at the dentist being asked to chomp down on the tiny film plate). But when the Today Show ran a story recently about a new community being founded in Florida, called Ave Maria, Florida...that was all it took.

The community is being touted as one that will embrace and openly espouse traditional values. One that will, as NBC reporter Michelle Kosinski alleged would not have "condoms or birth control pills, no porn shops or strip joints, or premarital sex." You know, that bizarre stuff that churches teach. Oh yeah, and kinda like the communities in early America.

Obviously assuming that those darn, dirty Christians were up to no good and that this was some type of conspiracy, Couric laid into her guests, Domino's Pizza tycoon Thomas Monaghan and developer Paul Marinelli. She complained that it would be perceived as a community "eschewing diversity and promoting intolerance." Because, of course, remember that tolerance is openly accepting any idea, belief, or lifestyle a person has...as long as it isn't Christian.

Couric threw out accusation after accusation about what would "surely happen" in this community and seemed convinced that Jews nor homosexuals would be allowed into the town. Yet, as seems always the case with the left, Couric embarrassed herself by not understanding the motivation and intent of those with whom she disagrees. "We will not discriminate against anyone," Marinelli explained. "We respect the Constitution, we're not going to violate the US Constitution or the Florida Constitution."

Maybe, just maybe, what caused Katie to get her dander up is that people like Couric are a little concerned that a town based on traditional values might have a bit more appeal to the average American than what the left desires. After all, they've worked so hard to convince us through their movies, news reporting, TV sitcoms, and culturally elitist dictates that liberal social values are so much better. Well here's a news flash for them to report on: we aren't buying it.

Man, I'd recommend you read his stuff everyday! It's some of the most charging, uplifting things I've ever read. (At least for us crazy Christian right-wingers, hah.) I really wish his webmaster would fix it to look good in Firefox, and use a name-brand blogging tool so the post links don't change and also have RSS.

There's a song we sing at church that strikes me as rather... odd. It seems to be just a regular praise song... but if you examine the words closely, it has only one mention of "God" in it, and the rest is "you" and variations of such. You could change "God" to anyone's name and it then becomes a silly love song that you could sing to that person!

I dunno about you, but I would prefer the praise songs I sing to be a bit more... unique. It should have words that describe God so you can't change it into a plain old love song. They're out there! We sing those, too... and I much prefer those, instead... because it's more obviously directed to Who it's intended!

Just some thingie that's been on my mind the past few Sundays. Since we don't have a Music Minister anymore, some folks have stepped up to take his place until we find another one... though while their help is veeeery much appreciated, I think they could pick songs a little more carefully.

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