If you want fire and brimstone tune into John Hagee.

I love it.

I am one of those who is dismayed by Trent Lott’s “re-elevation” to a leadership position in the Republican party.

It would be one thing if this represented a new determination by Republicans to confront the MSM and their Democratic pets on racial issues. That would be welcome, even if it resulted in an all-out bench-clearing brawl among the Washington elites. It would be real debate over real issues – a debate I believe conservatives would win handily. And the sight of Republicans with a backbone would be edifying.

Alas, I believe it represents another example of the Republicans’ decades-old strategy of cringing under the slightest pressure. First they force ol’ Trent out for the most minor of verbal offenses, and then – when they are facing a long stint in the minority – they mysteriously bring him back.

There is only one reason for making Trent Lott a Republican leader now – he is skilled in pulling the levers of government largess, and Republicans want whatever crumbs fall their way. Forget regaining the majority in 2008 – Republicans will probably see their ranks depleted even more, no matter how bad Democrats screw up.

This is the hard reality in Washington now: Those who have no solutions (on racial issues, welfare, Social Security, illegal immigration, Iraq, etc.) are called Democrats. Those who have no solutions (on racial issues, welfare, Social Security, illegal immigration, Iraq, etc.) and no MSM to protect them are called Republicans.

It is bad enough that Republicans will not stand up to the race-baiters in the Democratic Party. But to bring back an old punching bag that Republicans hit just as hard as Democrats did and suddenly decide he is leadership material – well, the GOP is not called the Stupid Party for nothing.

All to often, people conflate curses with profanity. As a consequence, profanity has become subjective to the ear of the audience. To wit, your adage about Martin. In German, the word doesn’t quite carry the same shock value as it does here, unless a German is being compared to it. To me, the profanity to be avoided at all cost is that which profanes God. But there are times when so-called ‘profanity’ can serve as an effective ‘rod of instruction’ rather than a mere vehicle for offending.

That said, a curse is a real thing and can be very powerful. A curse can be used or abused — just like its opposite, the blessing. Like the old saying, be careful what you wish for’ would also apply to ‘being careful for what/who you curse’. Just ask Issac, Balaam, Elisha, Peter or Paul.

When one of our elected ‘princes’ has the gumption to say he is sick and tired of hearing from We The People about pork and other abuses of rank & privilege, then it is high time that he realizes that we are sick and tired of him!!!

And thanks to him, we can add another fundamental pillar, in addition to repealing the 17th Amendment and Term Limits, to our so-called New Contract With America — NO MORE SECRET VOTING; In every affair of government business, both elected and appointed officials shall make their decisions public!!! Kinda like making earmarks and other pork schemes transparent.

I hear Newt has put up a new Contract With America on his website. I haven’t looked at it yet, but I’m inclined to say, “Thank Newt, but no thanks. We The People can come up with better!”

Think about it. This country was NOT founded by political parties, it was founded by community leaders and activists who came together to hammer out a Declaration of Independence, a Constituition and a Bill of Rights, to include sundry supporting documents and pamphlets, such as the Federalist Papers.

Why on earth would we need power-hungry and tainted congress critters to help clean up and revitalize politics? I submit that the blogosphere can do better than any 500 odd buffoons up there in DC.

Last week, I had mentioned in one of your posts that there ought to be a netroots based effort to produce such a CWA as a standard by which all candidates would be judged by vis a vis conservative/constitutionalist principles. Well, it looks like Capt’n Ed was thinking along the same lines and is planning to transform his Not One Dime More domain into such an effort.

Based on his success as a blogger, I think he’ll do a bang-up job in helping to put something together that we can all get behind.

Anyhoo, thanks for letting me vent on that scumbag Lott.

Thanks. But I can’t take credit for it. I heard it from a real throwback preacher by the name of Paul Washer. He says the state of the theology in America today is 1000 miles wide and one inch deep, and I wholeheartedly agree. Rick Warren’s fluff books of Purpose Driven crap typify that wide road and shallow philosophy.

So what? She said damn once. Big deal.

I have read many of LaShawn’s posts, and she is a passionaite defender of biblical Christianity and I greatly respect her for it.

I guess for the narrow-minded legalist, uttering one “curse” word excludes one from being Christian.

Do you realize that Martin Luther used the word $hit all the time to compare the state of the human soul with?

Your own policy states:
3) No profanity or quasi-profanity, such as the vulgar reference to urination, pi**. I hate that word.

LaShawn Barber: Christian and blogger. The blogger part, at least, remains credible.

I usually don’t indulge comments like this, but what the heck are you talking about? You know, making an assertion can be satisfying, but without context or examples for the benefit of others, it’s akin to masturbation. That is sad. – Admin

How can anyone who is so concerned about saving the lives of people afflicted with AIDS sanction taking the lives of innocent unborn babies? A humanitarian one minute and a death advocate the next. Chilling.

I was worried when you said, Welcome back, Trent.

Sticks and stones mean what ? Nonsense.

I was really disturbed by Michael Richards and his Overuse of the N-word. THAT may be racist.

In politics, the rhetoric may get extreme. I don’t give free passes to racists but I think we all have nostalgia for days long past.

I am rambling …