Falwell’s wife writes book, wants him alive again

June 10th, 2008 • christianity, intolerance

Jerry Falwell died one year ago last month and his wife has just put out a new book, surely to be a snoozer. I was just reading this link from Newsweek regarding her new book and how she thinks the world needs Jerry back. Now, I’ve heard of apologists but this thing reads like a religious right significant other apologetic diatribe.

I understand it’s hard to lose a love one, despite whether people like them or not, it’s hard to deal with. Falwell was a media mogul for religious pundits that have gone over the edge. But really, this interview reads like a half-assed “I’m sorry but not really” letter, I especially love this quote from it:

After 9/11 he blamed the attacks on paganists, abortionists, feminists, gays and lesbians. This has not helped his legacy. Did he mean what he said?
I think it was such a horrible time … I think the whole nation was in shock. In hindsight Jerry would rather have said things a bit differently. But then again, everyone makes mistakes.

Of course he’d say something different because you realize that 9/11 had absolutely nothing to do with feminists (without them you wouldn’t be able to vote), abortionists (because all those unbirthed fetuses made some fanatics hijack planes) and gays and lesbians (I’m sure they had much better things to do than influence fanatics who hate them anyway). No need to apologize for Jerry’s incendiary remarks, it’s been almost 7 years, no one cares any more but he wouldn’t say anything differently and you know it. This one’s good too:

Do you think the “religious right” will be an important factor in November’s election?
I’m not too well bred on this kind of stuff. Jerry didn’t really bring problems home, so I don’t really know a lot about it.

So the movement that Jerry essentially spearheaded and brought to fruition was a problem? The movement that actually made him important was a problem? There’s a shocker. Most of us already knew this stuff but I’m pretty sure you guys talk about this in church and it’s a big deal otherwise, why would a former presidential candidate be so enthralled to write a passage for the book? Here’s a nice quote to directly go against what she just said:

Have you thought about who you’ll vote for in November?
I’ll vote for McCain, for sure.

Not because he’s A. part of the right and B. religion, correct? He’s just an upstanding swell citizen, that’s it!

I know we all read a bunch of contradictory stuff from these bobbleheads but this one just made me laugh from the belly. I wonder who coached her on what to say but didn’t coach her on what to make sense on.

The suffocated wrist

June 10th, 2008 • chatter

Ok so I attempted to sleep with that damned thing on my arm last night but it was impossible. Between fussing with it to make it less choking on my arm and the general uncomfortable feeling, it just didn’t work. The wrist support was slightly cutting off circulation to my thumb and no matter how I moved this thing, it wouldn’t alleviate the problem with my thumb so I had to sleep with it off. I’m returning it today for another one, any one, I can find.