House Audio Recording
Some folks have requested an audio recording of yesterday's House debate on our bill. Which we have, of course.
FTH House Debate 2009.mp3
Be prepared to be angered and offended by the self-righteous ignorance, such as Richard Laird's assertion that the quality of a church should be judged by whether or not its members would shame a legislator over a pro-alcohol vote.
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Riiight. Sounds like we're asking to repeal prohibition or something.
What an interesting and mind numbing process.
"We need to concentrate on the important stuff like the economy, layoffs, and what not...so let me stand up here and senselessly flap my gums for roughly 10 minutes, then I'll top it off with some unrelated scripture."
Seriously?
The profundity that the likes of Laird and Bridges drool, are they just posturing for their constituency or do they themselves actually hold these beliefs and objections? If they are just posturing, I mean, it seems like they are just fulfilling their debt to those that elected them. Even if doing so makes you shallow and inept at thought. If they really cling to the ignorant beliefs they spout, then all my anger and rage seems more rational and useful.
Any opinion from those more experienced with politics?
It's the self-righteous and insistent ones that disregard history to whom my laughter is directed. I'm sure Luther (my blogger namesake, none the less) and Calvin would kick back, down a fat pint, and drop some theology with FTH should they be around, today.
To quote Martin Luther:
“Do you suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused? Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we then prohibit and abolish women?” – Martin Luther
From churchinabrewery.com:
John Calvin’s annual salary package included upwards of 250 gallons of wine to be enjoyed by he and his guests. Martin Luther explained the entire reformation as “…while I sat still and drank beer with Philip and Amsdorf, God dealt the papacy a mighty blow.” Luther’s wife Catherine was a skilled brewer and his love letters to her when they were apart lamented his inability to drink her beer. When the Puritan’s landed on Plymouth Rock the first permanent building they erected was the brewery.
Listening to this makes me want to poke my eyes out...