Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Silly.

By way of Dakota Voice:

Given the popular perception that Americans have become more liberal, it may be of surprise to hear that most people still embrace traditional family values as the foundation of the American dream.

More than 75 percent of all American adults said their ideal life includes having good physical health (listed by 85 percent), living with a high degree of integrity (85 percent), having one marriage partner for life (80 percent), having a clear purpose for living (77 percent), having a close relationship with God (75 percent), and having close, personal friendships (74 percent), according to a Barna report released Monday.

Ummm, yep, that pretty much applies to myself and about 99% of the liberal people I know. So how does that not jive with the idea that Americans have become more liberal? It seems like we may just be living the 'ideal life' instead of dreaming about it.

Monday, June 16, 2008

Where There's News Media, There's an Unruh

Saturday's KELO featured a piece on buying local produce, so it only makes sense for the story to contain an interview with...what? ALLEN UNRUH?! (See Madville Times for the full scoop.)

So, let's talk about this.

For one, can the SD public please have just one week - only one - where we don't have to deal with an Unruh? Can we? Please? I think the following definition pretty much sums up the condition that Les' and Al' face and although urbandictionary.com hasn't been real popular amongst the feminist community lately, I gotta say this was just too perfect to pass up.

1. Media Whore

1. A person who has a psychological need to get into TV, Film, Radio or Print.
2. A person who becomes aroused almost sexually by seeing or hearing themselves or about themselves in the media.
Most people who audition for reality TV series or write excessive numbers of letters to the editor are nothing more than media whores.

Now let us journey back in time to the Vote Yes petition reveal party of months past. You might recall the post I did about it. Well, I thought that the Unruhs along with the YV Prayer Team had a beef with KELO? Or is this just God's way of answering their prayers?