Paultastic Musings

I think I've found one of my new favorite websites. It's called The Holy Observer and it's satire ranks up there with the Onion. The target of its clever jokes? Christians. Am I offended? No way. This is well-written, witty, and well-placed satire that we need to hear. Some of my favorite articles so far (I've just started browsing the site):

Top 10 Youth Group Activities

Survey: 91% of Christian Rock Bands Sport 'The Mac'

Shutdown Season: Willow Creek Community Church Will Close its Doors for the Summer

Darwinists Strike Again In Ichthus Fish Car Emblem Battle

Church Sign of the Month From the Holy Observer

Now remember, Christians, it's satire. Don't believe everything you read on the site--most likely it is fake. There's a stereotype that evangelicals are particularly gullible when it comes to things on the Internet, and I think the criticism has some merit. There was a guy that read an article on the Holy Observer that claimed Saddam was saved, now he was wearing a "My Boss is a Jewish Carpenter" shirt around his prison compound. That guy then went to his church prayer meeting, announcing Saddam's salvation.

So, please read the site with the proper attitude. You'll enjoy it much more, and who knows, some of your flaws may be pointed out to you.

Visit The Holy Observer's Website

Oh so I'm dumb, I guess.

The condescending attitude of the left toward those of us who voted for Bush is humorous. Fortunately we know better, as Mark Steyn points out:

A COUPLE of weeks ago, Michael Moore was touring the US offering unregistered voters incentives such as free "clean underwear" in return for a promise that they would show up at the polls. I'm not sure whose underwear he was giving away - his own or someone else's - but, if it was the former, the grateful recipients evidently accepted a pair, went and camped out in them up in the Rockies, and forgot to return to town for election day.
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According to Moore, there are hardly any conservatives in the US, but they do a great job of persuading all the progressives to stay away from the polling booths by putting obstacles in their path, like not giving them free underwear. So the long queues reported at polls were assumed by the media to be proof of that big pro-John Kerry youth vote we always hear about.

--The Australian: Mark Steyn

On Novemer 8, the Northern Lights we're going nuts over Nebraska. It was a rare time to see this natural beauty. I've only seen them once in my life, in Minnesota and I was amazed. In my near-20 years of living here I've never seen them. Here's what they looked like:

Northern Lights over the Missori River in Blair

You can view more great photos at Extreme Instability. He's also a storm chaser, and has some amazing photos of tornadoes and storm cells, located at http://www.extremeinstability.com/my_chase_accounts.htm. Here's one of many cool pictures:

Tornado

I appreciate the civil tone Grant Holzhauer used in his latest response to me. I ask both (one of them is me) of my blog readers to read it here. My response is below, and I will refrain from using derogatory comments about his Bush: Razorblade Suitcase leanings...as any Nirvana fan knows, Bush is merely a copycat of the Seattle threesome. :)

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I recently posted on a Catholic's blog, located at http://www.humanae-vitae.com/. The blog's owner, Grant, followed the link to my homepage and found my short article on the canon here. He posted a response to the article on his blog, which can be found here. Okay, enough background? Good. :) Here we go...

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