Wednesday, October 05, 2005

A Lot Of News Today

I like a random reference as much as the next person, but when your Governor starts sighting the Fairy Godmother as a reason for a major policy change.... Jeb Bush supports drilling in eastern Gulf of Mexico

I really don't get what he meant, if you understand please let us know in the comments, perhaps it is a nick name for his brother or lobbyist or his imaginary friend, I just don't know....

Jeb has also been in the news because of his new reading contest where the winners get several prizes including a copy of the C.S. Lewis children's novel signed by no other than Jeb and Columba Bush themselves. He is actively encouraging children to read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. A book the article calls 'overtly christian'. It is the start of a series which is a re-telling of the new testament. "As to the religious themes in the book, (Mary Laura Openshaw, Bush's director of Just Read, Florida) said the story could be read without reference to Christianity. She said she wanted children "to read the book and decide for themselves." But of course, you don't have to take my word for it.

Here is a good article about Senator Nelson: Sen. Nelson: Americans fed up with GOP; need alternative fuel

Thanks to Fl Politics for showing what happens to the people once elections are over: FEMA asks Floridians to repay $30.3-million

3 Comments:

Anonymous said...

A Republican Fairy Godmother? Sounds like Charlie Crist to me!

Thure said...

A nice quote from one of the articles linked in the post:

"Lynn, a Unitarian minister, said he loves the book as well as the others in the Narnia series because of their Christian themes, but believes it is wrong for the government to sponsor a contest that essentially promotes one religion.

'This would be like asking children to watch the movie The Passion of the Christ and to write an essay with the winner getting a trip to Rome,' he said."

Anonymous said...

OH SNAP!! LOL!! I just got that first post. For those of you who don't get it, you will soon!