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Just a few things to think about, from www.patriotpost.us:

Christians don’t riot over ‘Tomb of Jesus’ documentary

Despite the fact that the cardinal doctrine of the Christian faith, the resurrection of Jesus Christ, has been challenged (again) this week, Christians did not riot in the street or burn effigies or make death threats. A new Discovery Channel documentary called “The Lost Tomb of Jesus” is set to run Sunday. It resurrects an already-debunked discovery from 1980 of a tomb bearing the inscriptions of the names Mary, Jesus and Judah, “son of Jesus.” Aside from the very common names of the period (Jesus and Mary), the tomb was in Jerusalem, not Nazareth, where Jesus and his family lived.

Archaeologists have reacted with disgust. William Dever has been excavating in Israel for 50 years and said, “I’m not a Christian. I’m not a believer. I don’t have a dog in this fight. I just think it’s a shame the way this story is being hyped and manipulated.” In fact, the man who originally found the tomb, Amos Kloner, says the documentary is “nonsense.” Then again, it is about time for the annual Lenten attack on Christianity.

Still no word on when the Discovery Channel plans to run a documentary on the murderous exploits of the most Blessed Prophet Mohammed.

On "An Inconvenient Truth"

Big Al Gore certainly has a fat carbon footprint. The Oscar winner was met with some inconvenient truths about his hypocrisy this week, one of which was that his 10,000-square-foot mansion consumes 20 times more electricity each year than the average American home. Gore’s appetite, in fact, has actually increased since the release of “An Inconvenient Truth,” with his tab for electricity and gas in 2006 reaching nearly $30,000. Of course, Gore claims that he’s using as much “renewable” energy as possible, as well as planning renovations to his home that will include solar panels, and he and Tipper “also do the carbon emissions offset,” which means that for all their energy consumption at home or in their private jet, they pay for projects that offset their footprint with renewable energy investments. Sure, and we run a half-hour on the treadmill for every candy bar we consume. Of course, Gore conveniently directs these investments to Generation Investment Management, a firm he helped found and from which he profits. To his credit, though, at least Gore doesn’t live in John Edwards’ America. We can only imagine the carbon footprint of a 28,000 square-foot home.

Jen

   Watched the Oscars last night.  Was absolutely thrilled about Helen Mirren's victory in the Best Actress category for her role in "The Queen", first because I think she's amazing, and second because: considering the fact that 3 of the 4 other nominees included 1)A "sexually repressed" teacher who develops a crush on another female teacher who is having an affair with her student, 2) A Spanish woman who kills her father then enlists the help of her family in hiding the body in the freezer, 3) A young mother who is "dissatisfied" with the "boredom" of her marriage and suburban life and thus starts an affair with her neighbor.

   And, unsurprisingly, Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" won for best documentary, which I must say I am relieved about considering that the other nominations included two documentaries on how horrible it is in Iraq and how horribly we screwed up and how it's ALL George W. Bush's fault and how he alone misled us into an unjust war and blah blah blah.  Other contenders included the Catholic child-molestation scandal "Deliver Us From Evil" about Father Oliver O'Grady who moves through California, winning each congregation's trust and respect, before raping dozens of children.  And who could forget the documentary "Jesus Camp", about an extreme Evangelical Christian camp in which children "have their faith reinforced" by speaking in tongues and praying for the appointment of pro-life Supreme Court Justices.  In this "documentary", fear and paranoia are driven into the kids.  "Scared out of their boots in a sermon as they are being told to stay away from Harry Potter, abortion, and that they are essentially dirty from all the sins they carry.  Most of them can't hold back the tears.  A sense of brainwashing can only be observed as the kids talk about how they have to fight in gods army, and that everyone else has to be 'purged'."  At one point, they even show the children holding out their hands towards a carboard cut out of George Bush.

Wow....

  “Sure, it would be nice to have more family-friendly films, but Hollywood is a business, and like any business, it’s designed to make money. If PG-13- and R-rated films rule at the multiplex, it’s because they’re the most profitable, right? Guess again. PG-13- and R-rated films don’t make the most money—not by a long shot. Ironically, it’s G- and PG-rated films that prove to be the most lucrative. [The Dove Foundation] examined the average profits per film between 1989 and 2003, and it found that G-rated films produced 11 times more profit than R-rated films. Yet Hollywood produced 12 times more R-rated films than G-rated films during the same time period! What sense does that make?... So why are [family-friendly movies] few and far between? Maybe it’s a question of culture. In blue-state Hollywood, what better way to establish your liberal credentials—and thumb your nose at red-state, middle America—than to trash traditional values at every opportunity? Whatever the reason, we can’t change things simply by complaining—or remaining silent. Our best defense is to support good films.” —Rebecca Hagelin

Jen

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My apartment is cruel.  My friend and I had just watched Finding Neverland and she was about to leave because it's midnight and we both have church tomorrow.  So she opened the front door, then remembered that she had a little story to tell me so she closed it.  She's standing next to the door, I'm sitting in the chair right next to the door and all of the sudden, it opens!  Only just a bit, but it was quick and made a sound before it opened, like there was someone on the other side, which naturally sent us into a brief panic.  The door just hadn't caught when she shut it, so the outside sort of pushed it open a bit.  Anyway, scary scary.

I know I haven't updated, and it's amazing how your visitors diminish when you don't write!  Who would have thought!  This semester, my last by the way, is definately my most stressful.  I'm taking 18 hours, none of which are blow-off classes, but I am enjoying all of them for the most part.  I'm taking 3 English classes, 2 History, and a Theatre class, so there's a lot of reading, preparation, analysis stuff, but so much concerns subjects that I'm interested in so it's not half as bad as it could be!  I'm taking Civil War and Reconstruction, War & Peace in the Middle East, American Literature since Whitman, 19th century British Literature, The Art of Film, and Acting.  The Art of Film class is one day a week, from 2-6 because we watch a movie and talk about it and other aspects of film which is incredibly fascinating and a bit overwhelming.  I promise you have no idea what goes into making a film.  We've watched Citizen Kane and The Graduate (one day got cancelled because of ice so we're a bit behind) and we're watching Syriana next week.  Most of the modern films we're watching are a bit leftist, which I'm sure is surprising because people in the entertainment industry are clearly conservative right?  So, this semester is filled with the anticipation of knowledge significant to my passions as well as stress due to the large load and trying to graduate!

I'm excited

Quote of the Day:  “Do you think Hillary Clinton would make a good President?”... “No, I don’t.”... “Why?”... “Because she’s a Democrat. I don’t agree with her philosophically and from a policy standpoint.”... “Do you think she will be President then?”... “I don’t.”
 —A recent exchange between CNN’s Wolf Blitzer and Vice President Dick Cheney who was, as always, to the point

Jen