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Tuesday Blog Soup
Apr. 29th, 2008 09:01 amComments about various unrelated things:
Barack Obama and Rev. Wright.
I caught tape of a couple of Wright's speeches last night. The guy's obviously intelligent, but very liberal to the point of being radical. His church, which has distributed $1.5 million in scholarship money and runs senior citizen housing, has done a lot of good.
Here's my problem. I'm a Roman Catholic. Rather out-of-practice, in truth, but I identify as a Catholic. Catholic charities have done vast amounts of good work in the world, and I attended a Catholic grade school. But I've also sat in church and heard the priest call abortion murder and tell me that I have to do something to stop it. I don't agree with that philosophy. So do I have to denounce the priest and all his works, or can I just nod politely and sit there? ETA Can I take advice from or just listen to people I don't agree with?
Plug-in hybrids
I was watching CNN this morning, and they were interviewing a couple of people who had converted a Toyota Prius to run on batteries only and get charged up via the electric grid. I can't find a link to the CNN site, but they were treating these guys like they were rocket scientists. Well, as this site suggests, all sorts of people are doing that. My suspicion is that by 2020, you'll have a hard time finding a new car on the market that's not a plug-in hybrid.
Barack Obama and Rev. Wright.
I caught tape of a couple of Wright's speeches last night. The guy's obviously intelligent, but very liberal to the point of being radical. His church, which has distributed $1.5 million in scholarship money and runs senior citizen housing, has done a lot of good.
Here's my problem. I'm a Roman Catholic. Rather out-of-practice, in truth, but I identify as a Catholic. Catholic charities have done vast amounts of good work in the world, and I attended a Catholic grade school. But I've also sat in church and heard the priest call abortion murder and tell me that I have to do something to stop it. I don't agree with that philosophy. So do I have to denounce the priest and all his works, or can I just nod politely and sit there? ETA Can I take advice from or just listen to people I don't agree with?
Plug-in hybrids
I was watching CNN this morning, and they were interviewing a couple of people who had converted a Toyota Prius to run on batteries only and get charged up via the electric grid. I can't find a link to the CNN site, but they were treating these guys like they were rocket scientists. Well, as this site suggests, all sorts of people are doing that. My suspicion is that by 2020, you'll have a hard time finding a new car on the market that's not a plug-in hybrid.
