Comments for Stumbling back to Orthodoxy http://golfsierra.org/blog Meanderings on Theology, Culture, and Politics Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:09:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Instead of Watching Political News . . . by Eric Atkins http://golfsierra.org/blog/?p=367&cpage=1#comment-77006 Eric Atkins Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:09:06 +0000 http://golfsierra.org/blog/?p=367#comment-77006 I've become disgusted at the amount of "canned" news our local stations air. A huge chunk of it is also aired around the region and the nation. The local station just buy stories to run instead of making their own on many occasions. Once you subtract the "canned" news, that is leftover is disgusting. You know, tons of news about folks breaking the law which doesn't add much value to my life. The tornadic events this past weekend were a great example. Our Gov had declared a state of emergency of the entire state. Our local news was running "canned" stories. Channel 31 was doing a live feature on someone's recipe. Meanwhile, The Weather Channel had reporters on the ground in Alabama reporting on the destruction, talking about recovery, and forecasting weather for the rest of the week. Sorry to vent. I'm about ready to fully unplug from local news...except for maybe al.com. I’ve become disgusted at the amount of “canned” news our local stations air. A huge chunk of it is also aired around the region and the nation. The local station just buy stories to run instead of making their own on many occasions. Once you subtract the “canned” news, that is leftover is disgusting. You know, tons of news about folks breaking the law which doesn’t add much value to my life.

The tornadic events this past weekend were a great example. Our Gov had declared a state of emergency of the entire state. Our local news was running “canned” stories. Channel 31 was doing a live feature on someone’s recipe.

Meanwhile, The Weather Channel had reporters on the ground in Alabama reporting on the destruction, talking about recovery, and forecasting weather for the rest of the week.

Sorry to vent. I’m about ready to fully unplug from local news…except for maybe al.com.

]]> Comment on The Wall of Quotes by Josh Martinol http://golfsierra.org/blog/?page_id=6&cpage=1#comment-75702 Josh Martinol Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:44:05 +0000 http://golfsierra.org/blog/?page_id=6#comment-75702 Thanks for compiling these beautiful quotes. My favorite is the last one. Thanks for compiling these beautiful quotes. My favorite is the last one.

]]> Comment on Reflections of a Nostalgic Baseball Fan by Reflections of a Nostalgic Baseball Fan « Stumbling back to Orthodoxy « If you build it…they will come http://golfsierra.org/blog/?p=161&cpage=1#comment-54829 Reflections of a Nostalgic Baseball Fan « Stumbling back to Orthodoxy « If you build it…they will come Sun, 29 May 2011 20:32:50 +0000 http://golfsierra.org/blog/?p=161#comment-54829 [...] Reflections of a Nostalgic Baseball Fan « Stumbling back to Orthodoxy. [...] [...] Reflections of a Nostalgic Baseball Fan « Stumbling back to Orthodoxy. [...]

]]> Comment on NPR and Federal Funding by Maureen http://golfsierra.org/blog/?p=356&cpage=1#comment-48221 Maureen Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:21:33 +0000 http://golfsierra.org/blog/?p=356#comment-48221 Bravo, Conservative Politicians don't get equal coverage on NPR because they bully and intimidate the masses under the guise of religion and use Fox News and other conservative talk show hosts to populate their message of hate and fear. So, while the conservatives rally the support of the masses, who get their information from conservative talk show hosts and FOX news, conservative leaders are elected and citizens end up dealing with situations that have occurred recently in Wisconsin and Ohio that have impacted the rights of individuals to collective bargaining. Saying good-bye to unions is not going to resolve the current debt to these states or to this country; however eliminating an individuals right to colective bargaining is going to be the beginning of the end of the middle class. The loss of federal funding will impact the quality of the quantity of what NPR offers, but it will not eliminate NPR. My hope is that because of the controversy over the federal funding that more of the masses will tune in, listen and in the process may start to think for themselves. Bravo, Conservative Politicians don’t get equal coverage on NPR because they bully and intimidate the masses under the guise of religion and use Fox News and other conservative talk show hosts to populate their message of hate and fear. So, while the conservatives rally the support of the masses, who get their information from conservative talk show hosts and FOX news, conservative leaders are elected and citizens end up dealing with situations that have occurred recently in Wisconsin and Ohio that have impacted the rights of individuals to collective bargaining. Saying good-bye to unions is not going to resolve the current debt to these states or to this country; however eliminating an individuals right to colective bargaining is going to be the beginning of the end of the middle class. The loss of federal funding will impact the quality of the quantity of what NPR offers, but it will not eliminate NPR. My hope is that because of the controversy over the federal funding that more of the masses will tune in, listen and in the process may start to think for themselves.

]]> Comment on Lessons from the Dawn Treader by garrett http://golfsierra.org/blog/?p=274&cpage=1#comment-44563 garrett Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:36:12 +0000 http://golfsierra.org/blog/?p=274#comment-44563 Jonathan - great thoughts, and I'd like to see the essay that you've written on the movie, too. Jonathan – great thoughts, and I’d like to see the essay that you’ve written on the movie, too.

]]> Comment on Lessons from the Dawn Treader by Jonathan http://golfsierra.org/blog/?p=274&cpage=1#comment-44389 Jonathan Fri, 11 Feb 2011 07:55:57 +0000 http://golfsierra.org/blog/?p=274#comment-44389 - I have a degree from a well known Bible college, to give some credit to my comments here. I've also written my own essay on the movie. I have to admit mine is more pessimistic and much more preachy. I think C. S. Lewis intended to be preachy in order to convey a stronger Biblical relation to the world. However, I like your comments that reveal the thematic tones of the movie which have been harder for me to see due to such a drastic difference in the movie than the book (mainly due to 1. an episodic to thematic change & 2. a worldly screen play moving towards Universalism through Postmodernism rather than solid Christianity). - I've been reading the Narnia books shortly before or after I watch the movies. I thought Prince Caspian was done so much better because of the strong themes of Peter's distrust in Aslan. Which as a guy I can relate to better than Lucy's faith of seeing Aslan where everyone else couldn't at first. I also loved the fact that they took Reep's idea of storming the castle and made it happen in the movie, instead of Prince Caspian just dismissing him. Anyways, I am looking for a couple places to post my essay on VDT because I also got a little more involved with the producers directly and think that they need to make a much strong attempt to bring the movies closer to the books. With the money they have made it seems like there should be a moral responsibility to the respect of the work and author themselves to try to be a little closer to the book. - I enjoyed your comments though, and thank you for your thoughts. - I have a degree from a well known Bible college, to give some credit to my comments here. I’ve also written my own essay on the movie. I have to admit mine is more pessimistic and much more preachy. I think C. S. Lewis intended to be preachy in order to convey a stronger Biblical relation to the world. However, I like your comments that reveal the thematic tones of the movie which have been harder for me to see due to such a drastic difference in the movie than the book (mainly due to 1. an episodic to thematic change & 2. a worldly screen play moving towards Universalism through Postmodernism rather than solid Christianity).

- I’ve been reading the Narnia books shortly before or after I watch the movies. I thought Prince Caspian was done so much better because of the strong themes of Peter’s distrust in Aslan. Which as a guy I can relate to better than Lucy’s faith of seeing Aslan where everyone else couldn’t at first. I also loved the fact that they took Reep’s idea of storming the castle and made it happen in the movie, instead of Prince Caspian just dismissing him. Anyways, I am looking for a couple places to post my essay on VDT because I also got a little more involved with the producers directly and think that they need to make a much strong attempt to bring the movies closer to the books. With the money they have made it seems like there should be a moral responsibility to the respect of the work and author themselves to try to be a little closer to the book.
- I enjoyed your comments though, and thank you for your thoughts.

]]> Comment on Resolutions for the New Year by garrett http://golfsierra.org/blog/?p=284&cpage=1#comment-43591 garrett Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:05:48 +0000 http://golfsierra.org/blog/?p=284#comment-43591 Glad you guys enjoyed it! Glad you guys enjoyed it!

]]> Comment on Resolutions for the New Year by meg http://golfsierra.org/blog/?p=284&cpage=1#comment-43349 meg Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:37:06 +0000 http://golfsierra.org/blog/?p=284#comment-43349 it's true. i had to look up the post myself because arthur was completely unintelligible as he tried to read it out loud! it reminded me of dave barry... it’s true. i had to look up the post myself because arthur was completely unintelligible as he tried to read it out loud! it reminded me of dave barry…

]]> Comment on Gabrielle Giffords and the Case for Civility by arthur http://golfsierra.org/blog/?p=302&cpage=1#comment-43296 arthur Thu, 27 Jan 2011 02:36:15 +0000 http://golfsierra.org/blog/?p=302#comment-43296 excellent thoughts! excellent thoughts!

]]> Comment on Resolutions for the New Year by arthur http://golfsierra.org/blog/?p=284&cpage=1#comment-43295 arthur Thu, 27 Jan 2011 02:31:52 +0000 http://golfsierra.org/blog/?p=284#comment-43295 love the description of what it takes to get into your pants! i laughed out loud so hard i cried! love the description of what it takes to get into your pants! i laughed out loud so hard i cried!

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