The juxtaposition of sweet Dora the Explorer getting an asinine phone call from Alec Baldwin is hilarious! Dude, I know you’ve apologized countless times for this foot in mouth incident, but you should have thought about it when you called your daughter. Now, someone’s used that message to make you look like you’re being abusive to a very nice cartoon character.
May 2nd, 2007
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May 07
Meddlesome Bishop Ignores His Own Back Yard
This post on Wayne Besen’s website is very interesting. Peter Akinola, the Anglican archbishop of Nigeria, has some very screwed up priorities. Instead of being concerned with the well being of Nigerian citizens (among which are his parishioners) in the wake of a rigged election, he is more upset about us in the US and if the Episcopal Church has a gay bishop (Gene Robinson of New Hampshire). Political instability, poverty, and disease ravage his country, yet he leads a moral outcry against the US. As Besen points out, what about the issues in Nigeria? While he is not a member of the government, he is one of the most influential people in that nation. Like most moral crusaders, he uses sex as a red herring to distract from the issues he fails to address. As bishop, he could do well to follow the example of Desmond Tutu, a bishop whose work for peace first began with being a voice against apartheid and human rights abuses in South Africa.
One bishop did speak out about the Nigerian election, but it wasn’t Akinola.
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May 07
Cookie Box Crime Scene
I was walking around Downtown San Diego when I took these pictures of the SDPD blocking traffic and Sixth Avenue and B Street. While the incident took place near our local World Trade Center, the bomb threat was directed at the Golden Eagle Plaza tower across the street. However, it turned out to be a box of cookies. Thankfully, no one was hurt.
No, it didn’t occur at the World Trade Center. But the traffic jam was caused partly by the incident, and partly by other events in Downtown.
The intersection blocked off by SDPD to keep cars away from Golden Eagle Plaza.
Golden Eagle Plaza, pictured upper right corner, is where the bomb threat occured.
