Stuff in the News

One of the wonderful things about the Internet is it is so easy to get a variety of news quickly. Of course one needs to be careful about the accuracy of things on the Internet but, with a little caution here and there, it works out well.

First there’s the GOP debate news. Different people have different opinions but the gist of the situation seems to be that Romney didn’t hurt himself, Bachmann exceeded admittedly low expectations, Pawlenty came off as a wimp, Gingrich and Cain did nothing to help their causes, Paul came off as consistent if a little wacko and Santorum was a total flop.

I’m not sure I could stomach any of these morons but Romney and Pawlenty are probably the least objectionable. Actually I like Huntsman but he’s too intelligent to have any chance in the Republican race.

Then there’s the story from California about the 9th Circuit trying to decide whether the decision of the gay judge on Prop 8 should be tossed out. Tossing his decision without any other evidence of prejudice beyond simply that he was gay would set a dangerous precedent to my mind and I suspect the 9th Circuit will see it the same way.

Another story from California is about some stealing a relic of St. Anthony from a Long Beach church. I have two thoughts about this one. The first is bewilderment about how people in the 21st century can still believe this garbage and the second that it took a lot of misplaced guts to steal the damn thing from the alter of the church. Parishioners are confident the relic will return because they’re “praying.”

Last, but not least, is the story from Peru that the president there is determined to build the world’s largest statue of Jesus above Lima harbor. Unfortunately, the idea appears to have been nixed, or at least delayed, by the mayor of Lima. The statue would be 72 feet high.