Monday, October 10, 2005
Columbus Day -- Most of DC Shut Down, But Not My Office
Congress is out of town, the federal government is closed, but I am at work. What's wrong with this picture?
Kind of a lazy, rainy weekend, and a mostly cloudy day today, but the air is beginning to feel more fall-like.
But stuff keeps happening inside the beltway.
Karl Rove In Deeper Trouble Than We Thought
Newsweek is reporting that an e-mail the White House didn't previously disclose may put Rove in even more hot water. Associated Press also has a story on the missing e-mail and Rove's now-obvious lie to Bush that he wasn't involved in leaking Valerie Plame's identity. Rove's likely indictment has crippled Bush.
Stealth Christian Rally Gets Rained Out
A $3.4 million rally designed to attract 100,000 young people to DC got only 5,000 or so attendees because of heavy rains this weekend.
The festival, designed by Oregon evangelist Luis Palau, was a religious event, but he didn't want attendees to realize it until they got there. He would have no choirs in robes or any religious trappings. Instead, he planned to draw young people with rock bands and skateboard and bicycle stunt performers. Once inside, he would then try to convert them to his brand of Christianity.
The rain limited the crowd to the already-faithful, so no converting took place. Palau was not happy with the rain, and vowed to get to the bottom of it when he gets to heaven.
I have no problem at all with anyone believing any religious thing they want to, or believing nothing at all. I do have a problem with someone trying to trick young people into believing something.
Kind of a lazy, rainy weekend, and a mostly cloudy day today, but the air is beginning to feel more fall-like.
But stuff keeps happening inside the beltway.
Karl Rove In Deeper Trouble Than We Thought
Newsweek is reporting that an e-mail the White House didn't previously disclose may put Rove in even more hot water. Associated Press also has a story on the missing e-mail and Rove's now-obvious lie to Bush that he wasn't involved in leaking Valerie Plame's identity. Rove's likely indictment has crippled Bush.
Stealth Christian Rally Gets Rained Out
A $3.4 million rally designed to attract 100,000 young people to DC got only 5,000 or so attendees because of heavy rains this weekend.
The festival, designed by Oregon evangelist Luis Palau, was a religious event, but he didn't want attendees to realize it until they got there. He would have no choirs in robes or any religious trappings. Instead, he planned to draw young people with rock bands and skateboard and bicycle stunt performers. Once inside, he would then try to convert them to his brand of Christianity.
The rain limited the crowd to the already-faithful, so no converting took place. Palau was not happy with the rain, and vowed to get to the bottom of it when he gets to heaven.
"I'm perplexed that the Lord would allow this rain to come and despite all our prayers -- it's still coming," Palau, 70, said in a midafternoon phone interview from the Mall. "I do not doubt the goodness of God. When we get to heaven . . . we'll find out why this happened."
I have no problem at all with anyone believing any religious thing they want to, or believing nothing at all. I do have a problem with someone trying to trick young people into believing something.
