I get the impression this is fairly accurate about the US these days (the part about low expectations applies to Helsinki as well, but people here just want to pass, not to be praised). One of the many reasons empires tend to crumble? Branford Marsalis on student attitudes:
Tag: USA
Already confessed, don’t need to confess again
Posted by – July 16, 2009
Some wonderful lunatic has done a bunch of the most amazing flash-based websites I’ve ever seen for US churches.
Evangel Cathedral – they’ve got everything. Seriously. When you get bored with the minutes-long flash intro and click through it, check out “ministries” from some smooth porn funk about Jesus. In fact look at pretty much anything, it’s amazing, each section has its own theme tune and voiceover.
Sexy Church of Christ – actually called VTC Ministries. You have to see it to disbelieve it.
Slavery-themed Church for robots from the future
Truth Transformation Ministries – no really, that’s the name. Can’t think of anything funnier to say about that.
edit: Are you ready to be catapulted to a new dimension of worship?
The French hijacked metube
Posted by – November 5, 2008
I unwarily clicked on a youtube link that started with fr. and now everything on youtube gets redirected there for me. First it was all in French but thankfully I at least managed to change that. It’s still helpfully offering me the language option at the top of the page. Beware the French youtube!
As for Obama’s predictable win,
I’m glad I don’t have his job, though. The Onion’s take was “Black man given nation’s worst job” and “Nation finally shitty enough to make social progress”. Anti-atheist bigot Elizabeth Dole lost her senate seat. Looks like the new McCarthy, Michelle Bachmann, kept her House seat. Whether Al Franken gets into the senate is still unclear.
Maybe if they stop being dicks at the border now I’ll take a trip there.
