Visual Thinking and Occasional Odds and Ends

The left is constantly coming up with ideas that seem great to themselves but look ridiculous to the rest of us.   What is worse is how these sillinesses are then used by the right to their advantage, thus sabotaging Democrats’ election chances. And this by the way is what happened in New York State this year.   Probably also in California.   So while overall the Democrats did well, they underperformed in NY and CA - thus losing control of the House.   Let’s take a closer look at one fund raising campaign by a left wing group.   The campaign tried to ramp up outrage over a trivial matter for the sake of fundraising.   No doubt the campaign worked, but in the end it adds to the list of things that to average folks make Democrats look ridiculous.   The group is Faithful America.   They are a   a left wing activist Christian group that wants to counter the influence of conservative Christian groups.   They raise money with on-line petitions - circulated by email and accompanied by a reque

Does God have a plan?   I just had to ask that of God when I ran into him at work sitting in a vacant office. I asked what brought him here.   And why is he wearing a shirt and tie?   He said he wanted to speak to me.   And regarding the outfit, he thought it was time to enter the 21st century.   The old robes and throne are so 12th century.   And doesn’t the shirt and tie make him more accessible?   He has asked Jesus to lead the effort.   One of the deliverables is to reorganize the angels, instead of choirs they will have teams.   He asked what I thought of the idea?   I thought it was a lousy idea. But I asked him won’t he miss the trappings of kingship?   Not really, the kingship thing gets tiresome.   All this bowing and scraping and no one will tell him if he has a bad idea.   Besides all the authorities favor flattening an organization.   That way he should get better cooperation across all levels. I told him I wanted to ask him if he (God) has a plan? He said good - that that