Tag Archives: politics

GodBlogCon: *Yawn*

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So the GodBlogCon started a few days ago. Big fat hairy deal. It’s a mutual admiration society for Calvinistic Evangelical Republicans*. I really don’t think it’s going to make any real impact within the blogosphere, let alone without. It certainly won’t do anything to help Godbloggers break out of their ghetto.

If you’re about as enthused about GBC as I am, you might find Mean Dean’s mock coverage interesting.

Behind the scenes – Installment #1
Behind the scenes – Installment #2

* I have no beef with the participants, just the bias in speaker selection.

Update 10/09/06: Unfortunately, blogs4god is no more and all that’s left of these behind-the-scenes posts must be found in Google’s cache.

C-Span:Congress :: S-Span:SCOTUS?

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This interesting little tidbit of info was in the latest mailing from Grassfire.

"a new bill in Congress…would require the U.S. Supreme Court to televise its public sessions — in essence creating a Supreme Court ‘C-Span’. I believe this is a great way to bring some level of public accountability to the courts."

That sounds pretty cool. I’ll keep an eye on this and let you folks know if anything comes of it.

Street Prophets

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A new political God blog has popped onto the scene. Street Prophets, an outgrowth from Daily Kos, is a left-leaning blog about the intersection of faith and politics. The content provider is Rev. Daniel Schultz, a third-generation UCC pastor in Pennsylvania.

Strangely enough, they’ve linked to me. Now do you believe me when I say I don’t fit neatly into the political spectrum? 😉

Rock the Capital [of Pennsylvania]

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I’ve told you about Operation Clean Sweep before (here and here). Now it’s time to Rock the Capital.

"The ‘Rock the Capital’ rally scheduled for Monday, September 26, 2005, from 1:30 to 3:00 pm is being sponsored by ten broad-based organizations. According to rally coordinator Eric Epstein, speakers, music and a visual feast of political props will be featured before citizens enter the Capitol to meet and greet their representatives."

"Bob Durgin from WHP Radio in Harrisburg will broadcast live from the Capitol Steps from 3:00 to 6:00 pm. Durgin will display and deliver petitions with more than 117,000 signatures opposing the pay raise during his live broadcast."

"Barry Kauffman, Executive Director of Common Cause/Pennsylvania said, ‘The Independence Day Weekend Payjacking was a wake-up call. This is not an antigovernment rally — actually it is just the opposite. For our representative democracy to survive and thrive it must be open, it must be accountable, and it must be responsive to the citizens. Today, it is none of these things.’"

"William J. Parker, President of the Pennsylvania Club for Growth, a grassroots political action committee that supports conservative economic ideals added, ‘The definition integrity is doing the right thing when no one is looking. The definition of arrogance is doing the wrong thing when everyone is looking. The definition of insanity is acting as if your arrogance has some sort of integrity. I guess that makes our law makers insanely arrogant.’"