JinC regurlars pastor the Pastor

Thursday I left a comment at one of my favorite blogs, Betsy's Page.

Betsy had posted on the importance of Wal-Mart as an employer. On the post thread, a Pastor Ray didn't agree. Well, I disagreed with the Pastor and commented.

I posted all about it here, Wal-Mart, George Will, a blogger and a pastor. And me, too.

That led Pastor Ray to comment here as well as at Betsy's Page.

The Pastor sure said a lot, including that I'd said things I didn't.

About that point, JinC regulars stepped front and center. They provided Ray with lots of information and asked him important questions he didn't answer.

Ray must still be digesting the information and questions. While he keeps commenting, there's no sign he understands the information or can respond to the questions.

I was working on a response to the Pastor (it would be my fourth) when I saw that JinC regulars were doing a better job of that than I could.

So I've moved on to work on other blog posts.

What posts?

For one, an open letter to Duke University President Richard Brodhead.

Most of you know Duke selected Harry Belafonte as its principal speaker to commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. King.

Belafonte is infamous to Americans for calling our President "the world's greatest terrorist," and making racist attacks on Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice.

I don't plan to tell Brodhead Belafonte was an inappropriate choice for the university. That wouldn't be true. Belafonte was a fitting choice for Duke.

But I do plan to ask Brodhead why Duke's PR office didn't say anything about Belafonte's attacks on the President and Secretaries Powell and Rice. Surely his remarks were relevant.

I also plan to ask whether Duke has given any thought to holding two commemorations next year: One for people who will cheer speakers line Belafonte and what he represents;and another for people who will cheer Dr. King's life and legacy.

I plan to have the letter/post to Brodhead up by Sunday evening, Jan. 22.

I've posted twice about "Teddy and the Owl." Look for more on "the liberal lion," but this time the matters will be even more serious than Kennedy's hypocrisy and witness abuse. The next Ted Kennedy post should be up by Tuesday, Jan. 24.

Will there be more about The Raleigh News & Observer?

Yes, including a new series, The Raleigh News & Observer for Dummies. It starts Monday, Jan. 23.

Thank you for visiting and keep checking in.

John