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Please take a good look at the illustration at right. Don't you have to admit that it is one of the funniest things you have ever seen in all your born days?
That is the official logo of the "Where in the state is Governor Manchin?" project undertaken a few months ago by the state tourism department. The idea was that the office was going to produce its own "news reports" following the gov on trips to various locales around West Virginia. They would then supply those news reports to TV stations for broadcast.
No respectable TV station would air them, although others did. At least, they reportedly did, although I never saw one aired.
Nevertheless, I just came across this logo, and I have determined that from this day forward, that image of my favorite gov -- minus the text -- will become the official mugshot used here for all stories related to Mojo. Because it's just so funny, that's why.
It reminds me of the cartoon image that Rosie O'Donnell was using for a while during her "Rosie plays with kids" phase or
whatever it was she was doing before she decided to just go completely lesbian radical.
Can't you just see Cartoon Mojo with his own Cartoon Network show? I can. It would have to be an educational show, of course, because the governor has his principles.
WHO WANDERED INTO THE WRONG CROWD? -- Yes, it's Gov. Joe Manchin, if you were wondering where in the state he was, proclaiming Motorcycle Awareness Month, or something like that, urging us all to be aware of motorcycles. In fact, during a Monday event, the Mojo administration considered the issue so important that it paid a few thousand bucks for a satellite uplink to share the activities with TV stations as far away as Hagerstown, Md.
Quoting Jesus is fun, if you ignore most of it
Liberals love to quote Jesus. They don't much care for the Bible as a whole -- all that homophobia, hellfire and damnation is not their cup of tea -- but Jesus said a few things they can really get into.
The editorial writers of The Charleston Gazette once more rolled out the libs' favorite Jesus quotes this week, using the occasion, of course, to take shots at President Bush.
On Tuesday, The Gazette was taking solace from studies showing that evangelical support for President Bush has slipped. Its editorial said:
We’ve never understood why this segment of Americans backs a president who contradicts all the values of Jesus. Jesus said “blessed are the peacemakers” — but Bush started an unnecessary war. Jesus stood with the poor and underdogs — but Bush lavishes government favors on the rich. Jesus said to keep one’s religion private, and pray in a closet — but Bush supports showy public displays of faith. Etc., etc.
Jesus said some other things, too -- things liberals hardly ever like to quote. For example:
Matthew 10:34: "Think not that I am come to send peace on earth; I came not to send peace, but a sword." Seems to contradict the whole peacemaker thing.
And there's Luke 10:14-15: "But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you. And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell." You don't hear libs quoting that one a lot.
And there's always John 14:6, which doesn't seem to leave a lot of room for the tolerance of other religions: "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." Not big on the liberal quote list.
And Jesus may have said to pray in private, but he also said, "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you." (Matt. 28:19-20). Not exactly an admonition to keep your faith private, is it?
Now, all the above verses need more discussion to be fully understood. And so do the favorite liberal verses, which are not as simplistic as they seem on first reading. I've always felt you cannot pick and choose among all the things Jesus said. If you like and believe what he said about peacemakers, you have to also accept what he said about, say, a whole generation he called "vipers" in one blanket condemnation. Not nice, and not too loving, forgiving or peaceful. But don't blame me. Jesus said it.
