Neanderpundit

Missedidigitation. When you misdial a number familiar to you, or screw up your own PIN number.

because it is as true as true can be. Money quote:

Liz puts the smackdown on our jaded nature. We’ve been taught to turn a blind eye, to not take offense. Fuck that.

Elsewhere, Ed Hering has a similar lament:

“That’s right! Along with no longer shaming women who get pregnant out of wedlock, we now don’t expect men who get those women pregnant to take any responsibility for it! After all, those women can get abortions or welfare! It’s a party! Whee!”

WHat happened to morals? What happened to standards? What happened to people actually knowing what was right?

There’s a scene in “I walk the line” where Reese Witherspoon is confronted by the manager of a dime store.

Five and Dime Manager: Divorce is an abomination. Marriage is for life.

June Carter: I’m sorry I let you down, ma’am.

Today we’d say the woman was being judgemental. Well, she was. Why is it a bad thing to call it as you see it? And June Carter was suitably humbled and upset.

I was taught to hate the sin and love the sinner. I can vouch for the fact that few people can out sin me, if I could play a guitar I’d be the best damned blues singer around. So while I won’t ever point at someone’s sins and claim to be better than they are, I will damned sure point at their sins and say “That’s wrong”. I won’t ever not help someone find redemption for their sins, but I will damned sure tell them they should seek it.

Right now, the biggest sin is to not be able to distinguish right from wrong, and call it when you see it. Pretending that “What those people are doing is none of my business” is how we get where we are.

a Father’s day post. I didn’t forget, I was just a bit busy.

I was living my life- working on the house, doing work in the yard. The things my father would have done, were he among the living. I was being a father, in honor of him, I can’t think of any better way.

thanks, Dad.