Category: Politics, Religion & Money

Uh, No. And No.

“It is a tenant of my faith that the Constitution is divinely inspired.”
– Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers (R)

From his statement, I infer that Bowers is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The religion formerly known as Mormonism.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2021/04/51oaks?lang=eng

It’s good that Bowers spoke out forcefully today against the failed pressure tactics by the Trump campaign. But just as kings, despite their claims to a throne, were never appointed by God, I forcefully reject the idea that the Constitution of the United States was divinely inspired.

Bowers insisted that Rudy Giuliani provide proof of voter fraud, which Rudy couldn’t do, because it never existed. In contrast, Bowers doesn’t require proof that the Constitution was divinely inspired. He accepts it simply as a matter of faith.

Many Evangelical Christians, who don’t consider Mormonism to be a valid religion, also believe that God played a role in the drafting of the Constitution. We’re supposed to think that He went back and said, “Oh, wait! I have a few more Commandments to add, but let’s call them Amendments, okay?” This sort of dangerous nonsense was one of the reasons why I abandoned my own faith before graduating from college.

Rewinding PRX Remix

PRX Remix is a program from the Public Radio Exchange that collects audio stories from various sources. I’ll embed a couple of worthwhile segments that have been featured on PRX Remix.

https://exchange.prx.org/group_accounts/98822-remix

As with the start of the Revolutionary War, our Constitutional government began with an event here in Massachusetts. Shays’ Rebellion.

The fascinating, and dangerous, lives of real-life Skywalkers.

Publicity Propaganda Department

Today’s print edition of The Boston Globe came with a surprise. A copy of yesterday’s China Daily, a publication of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party.

On Facebook I have asked the Globe, through its subscribers group, for an explanation. I am aware the Globe has been printing the English-language Chinese paper for some years, but I am extremely displeased at having it foisted upon me.

Moah Foah Yoah Dollah

My second consecutive post with local news. I’m regressing to my stint in radio!

The last time Market Basket was featured here was eight years ago.

Market Basket orders customers back to stores!

I was a Market Basket customer for ten years, until moving almost 25 years ago. The supermarket’s slogan, frequently announced in the store, was “More For Your Dollar,” but pronounced as written in the title.

I once caught a Market Basket employee tearing off the label from a cut of meat on its expiration date and replacing it with a new label. When the store stopped carrying a favorite variety of frozen yogurt, my wife was told Kemps stopped making it. She called Kemps and was told, “Yes, but we stopped making that flavor several years ago! Where were you buying it?”

One of my sisters has been a Market Basket customer for much longer than I was, and she says the stores have been very good for a long time. I wonder if that was thanks to the leadership of Artie T.? Perhaps the answer is in this documentary.