Thursday, September 08, 2005

Can Someone Please Explain Something to Me?

What in the world does Condoleezza Rice mean? From a Salon piece by Sidney Blumenthal:
A week after the hurricane, Rice mounted the pulpit at a black church in Whistler, Ala. "The Lord Jesus Christ is going to come on time," she preached, "if we just wait."
What idea, in the name of all that is holy and all that is unholy, is she trying to communicate?

And I'm not talking about the tautology itself, which leads to the conclusion that if we wait forever, he'll never come, so in order to make him come, we should simply stop waiting. I'm talking about the Lord Jesus Christ coming on time...to do what?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

As el Presidente might say, "We're going to give feedback...because we're feedback-givers!" Showcase your logic, as he does, by sending Olaf your comments, on Olaf Feedback Day, 1 October 2005. Make it massive. Do this thing.

Olaf said...

Wasn't that piece by Ed Helms on the Daily Show perfect the other night? He gave us that schema for a Bush syllogism (the only rhetorical device he uses or understands): "We're going to A B's because were B A'ers."

Sadly, this also is the problem for that hardcore 34% who support the Chimpinator.

Neil Shakespeare said...

Yup. Yup. He's gonna have to come back real soon to straighten out this mess Bunnypants & Co. have put us in! I think Condi & George are tryin' real hard to hasten His appearance.