Today I packed my groceries into reusable, and ever-so-fashionable, Hawaiian print Trader Joe's bags (At Winco thank you very much, I do have a tiny - infinitesimal, really - shred of dignity.) then loaded them into my hip, pill-shaped hybrid vehicle.
I don't like it but I guess things happen that way...
RALEIGH, N.C. - Tammy Faye Messner, who as Tammy Faye Bakker helped her husband, Jim, build a multimillion-dollar evangelism empire and then saw it collapse in disgrace, has died. She was 65.
Messner, who had battled colon cancer since 1996 that more recently spread to her lungs, died peacefully at her home Friday, said her booking agent, Joe Spotts, in an e-mail. A family service was held Saturday in a private cemetery, where her ashes were interred, he said. - Yahoo
I'm not a big fan of Christians in general, and televangelists even more so, but I've been a HUGE fan of Tammy Faye for a number of years now. Considering the public stage is filled with a new breed of televangelists - Bush, Bin Laden, etc., etc. - the world just lost a much needed voice of reason.
If I was stranded on a desert island and could only bring one song, this would probably be the one. Or Supernaut (Black Sabbath version)...it'd be a tough call.
The war is on, the lines are drawn but there's a lot of people saying that we've already won but how can they believe that we have reached the end with "In God We Trust" on every dollar we spend?
"They argue, correctly, that our entire system of justice relies on people telling the truth. And if a person does not tell the truth, particularly if he serves in government and holds the public trust, he must be held accountable." - Bush
