Well, troops, it looks like no more White House visits for LCMS profs and crats. It was a helluva run while it lasted. At least this latest scandal for the GOP doesn't involve queers, just plagiarism. Of course, plagiarism ain't such a big deal if your name is Barry O'Bama or Martin the Lutheran King. But this Tim Goeglein fella was the closest the Misery Synod has ever been to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue - and he got our boys a lot of rubber chickens and photo ops. Word on the street is that Uwe Siemon-Netto is on suicide watch and Dean Wenthe is thinking of defecting to the Democrats.I did run across this tidbit about the former LCMS golden boy. How often do you read an article where a homo meth head preacher sings the praises of a plagiarist politician - and there isn't even a Clinton involved? It's good to see the GOP moving along with the times.
Oh well, LCMS bigwigs will have to start all over if they want to have any political pull in the Beltway - especially after this O'Bama fella gets elected. I guess the Micks are the New Germans. Out with the sauerkraut, in with the Lucky Charms.
Oh well, I hope O'Bama has better luck than the last Catholic drunk that stumbled his way into the White House. You know how "those people" stick together. A Board for Celtic Ministry Services wouldn't be a bad idea. Wenthe better start exploiting those Notre Dame connections (and that kid Pete Scaer doesn't count).
I suggest the bureaucrats start wining and dining every mackarel-snapping pastor in the synod. Here's a list of names for all the "usual suspects" to start schmoozing in their long walk back to DC.
Mc Cabe, Rev H H
Mc Cain, Rev Paul T
Mc Canless, Rev Robert E
Mc Cants, Rev Elder
Mc Cants, Rev Jimmy
Mc Cants, Rev Reholma
Mc Clean, Rev David R
Mc Clellan, Rev Gary W
Mc Clure, Rev Garry D
Mc Coid, Rev James
Mc Comack, Rev Paul M
Mc Cormick, Rev Arthur M
Mc Cown, Rev Chester L
Mc Coy, Rev James R
Mc Coy, Rev Michael L
Mc Cracken, Rev Garry A
Mc Crillis, Rev Walter C
Mc Cune, Rev Samuel W
Mc Daniels, Rev James A
Mc Dermott, Rev Lawrence J
Mc Donald, Rev David P
Mc Donald, Rev Gilbert K
Mc Donald, Rev Robert A
Mc Dougall, Rev Daniel T
Mc Farland, Rev Michael R
Mc Ghghy, Rev Paul G
Mc Gurer, Rev Lawrence W
Mc Hone, Rev Randolph W
Mc Intosh, Rev Zachary
Mc Intyre, Rev C Mark
Mc Intyre, Rev David R
Mc Kelvey, Rev Donald B
Mc Kenney, Rev Mervin A
Mc Kenzie, Rev Mark L
Mc Kenzie, Rev Patrick C
Mc Killop, Rev Don C
Mc Knight, Rev David M
Mc Lain, Rev Philip C
Mc Lellan, Rev Duncan B
Mc Manus, Rev Dennis J
Mc Millan, Rev Whitfield M
Mc Miller, Rev Daniel F
Mc Miller, Rev Robert J
Mc Millian, Rev Ric L
Mc Mullin, Rev Clinton R
Mc Namara, Rev Jerry F
Mc Peek, Rev Samuel E
Mc Pherson, Rev Daniel P
Mc Pherson, Rev Roderick G
Mc Pike, Rev Jeffrey D
Mc Quillan, Rev Kirk A
Mc Reynolds, Rev Terry A
Mc Vey, Rev Daniel J
Mc Vey, Rev Todd J
Mc Whirter, Rev John A
McCarty, Rev Timothy
McGuire, Rev Geoffrey B
O Brien, Rev Pat F A
O Brien, Rev Patrick E
O Connor, Rev Bryan T
O Connor, Rev James P
O Connor, Rev John A
O Connor, Rev William D
O Dea, Rev Patrick K
O Donnell, Rev Lance A
O Neal, Rev Patrick F
O Neal, Rev Patrick E
O Neill, Rev Dennis B
O Shoney, Dr Glenn R
O Sullivan, Rev Robert H
What the ablazes is going on here?
ReplyDeleteThe following is plagiarized from the link you posted above:
Goeglein, a member of the conservative Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, says that "faith was an important part of his upbringing," according to the Indianapolis Star. However that "faith" manifested itself at home it led to an unusually religious flexibility amongst his siblings: His oldest brother is a lawyer, a Democrat and a Catholic, while his sister is a professor, a Democrat and a convert to Judaism after going to a Quaker school. And, according to the Star, "his younger brother married a Jew and has converted to Eastern Orthodoxy, which is prominent on the maternal side of Goeglein's family."
The gleeful/gloating tone you are taking over this issue bespeaks a smallness of character and an emptiness of heart and soul.
ReplyDeleteLove and kisses,
Rush Limbaugh
Ann Coulter
Bill O'Reilly
Sean Hannity
Michael Savage
Glenn Beck
Laura Ingraham
Neal Boortz
Better add O'Nonymous to the list.
ReplyDeleteWhat's up with all these chancel prancing effeminate guys in the pulpit anyway? These guys are more into (liturgical) furniture and clothing than my wife. You all freak me out.
ReplyDeleteHmmm . . . I think Tim should have stuck with the family restaurant business back in Ft. Wayne. At least in that line of work, no one gets too upset if you plagiarize a recipe. (Unless its one of those hideous Jell-O creations served at a potluck. Talk about a weapon of mass destruction.)
ReplyDeleteDoes this mean Deano and the gang have cancelled their trip to D.C. to see the cherry blossoms in bloom? All that's left now is Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA) and Rep. John M. Shimkus (R-IL) representing the LC-Mess in D.C. A couple of congressmen don't equal much face time with The Deceider.
I do give credit to Tim's ecumenical outreach, both within the family, and to the right-wing neo-evangelicals. (I do wonder what family gatherings are like. Does this mean no ham at Easter or Christmas? Which Easter and Christmas do you celebrate?) I see him becoming the new PR guy for Ablaze(c) in the next few months.
And the charge of plagiarism? I don't think he has much to worry about there. Look at how many pastors in this decaying church body religiously copy their sermons from Concordia Pulp Fiction Re-sourced.
I'm opening a bottle of vodka in your honor General. I need something to numb the pain after having to think about the LC-Mess.
Anonymous:
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on the chancel prancing.
Finally, someone is speaking out with clarity and precision - this "Anonymous" fella talking about "all these chancel prancing effeminate guys."
A tip of the Scuttlebutt beret for giving us the unvarnished specifics. Nothing like naming names and telling us exactly when and where these things happened.
I felt the same way the first time I saw that guy celebrating at that church. And everyone knows exactly who we mean.
Cally:
ReplyDeletePersonally, I think the kid could work out really well as the guy who slices the ham and the turkey at the end of the buffet line. That doesn't require any original thought.
I'm with you on the vodka. I wish more of our preachers would get sauced before Mass. It could only improve the preaching from a lot of these guys.
The TG thing is very unfortunate to be sure, but you've stumbled onto something. We've had Norwegian Synods and Swedes and Slovaks, etc., etc. Now you've compiled a nice list for the future "Hibernian Synod." Thanks!
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ReplyDeleteI keep reading about this "Ethnic Ministry Institute." Hell, they should call me in as a professor. I've spent my entire ministry dealing with every type of Caucasian imaginable.
I find Celtic ministry challenging, though. It's hard to say a proper Mass after a tumbler of whiskey. Of course, anything is better than serving with Germans at the altar and having to deal with "cabbage farts" and Prussian inflexibility.
But hey, what the hell do I know about being "missional?"