Cordelia ,'Lessons'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I was wondering if there was a reference I was missing, thanks Sail.
I thought Warren was boring . As a non-believer I wasn'tt offended by him - in this context. I think he did his job. Lowery was more interesting -- and there was something for a no-believer to listen to . But, like a lot of others, I feel uncomfortable with religion mixed with state functions.
Just because we all have our cranky buttons: The Other Guy, not just some guy, founded the SCLC with Dr. King, led the Selma march, etc etc etc many decades of etc.
I was surprised Warren wasn't simply a better *speaker*--as such a popular pastor, I thought he'd have a better demeanor. He was looking DOWN most of the time! I thought he'd be a smooth, rhythmic, kinda guy, you know? But instead he barely looked up. That really surprised me.
The "brown, stick around" etc stuff was also in a song: [link]
Hey, since flea is here, I had to share that my cousin is being induced today and they are naming the baby Ronan Borom; Borom being a family name. I suggested Change or Hope or Barack but I don't think they are going to go for it.
I think so. Warren as speaker makes me more uncomfortable than his actual text, I think. I didn't plan to get all sucked in...I generally wear my indifference to pomp as a point of some pride, but "Damn you, Barack Obama, you pretty motherfucker!"
Check out the new New Yorker cover: Drew Friedman: Obama portrait for The New Yorker
My favorite living portrait artist, Drew Friedman, created the magnificent cover art for this week's New Yorker. The painting is titled "The First."
Ronan Hussein! Congrats on the addition to the fam, Stephanie!
Thanks for the context, Ellen. As I mentioned earlier, I think almost his entire speech was strings of quotations from a host of sources with meaning in a civil rights context. (Someone needs to post an annotated transcript somewhere. I'll be on the lookout because I'm sure it'll appear in the next day or two.)
I was surprised Warren wasn't simply a better *speaker*
Yeah, this struck me too -- no matter what you think of his politics or his theology, you don't normally build a 20,000-person mega-anything with negative charisma!