I have been doing some driving around and have a few winter pics. Last week I was out by the shrine and saw about thirty sea lions and a pod of killer whales close to the beach. Very cool. No camera. So this week I have been revisiting the turnouts on Lynn Canal in the hope of getting a repeat performance. Nobody home. Nothing. Nada.
Still, it's right pretty out there.
Great lighting at the Shrine of St. Theresa
Yet another Mendenhall Glacier shot
The little lake in front of Amalga Harbor
Blowing about 30 knots down Lynn Canal at Amalga Harbor
In other news, took mom for her follow-up appointment at the orthopod on Monday and to her primary care doc today. She's gonna have another spinal injection next week. The first one helped a bit with her arthritis and there is a good chance the second one will be even more effective. And we're trying to get her night time leg cramps and restless leg syndrome under control. She hasn't been sleeping well of late which is a huge quality of life issue. Stay tuned...
Meanwhile, I have enjoyed the media and Facebook discussions of the recent Supreme Court ruling on the Westboro Baptist Church freedom of speech case. I have to concur with the court's decision. And for my money, this group is pretty much the gold standard/acid test for one's willingness to put one's money where one's mouth is as far as First Amendment Rights go. They are truly disgusting.
Indeed, their attorney's statement after the decision is pretty much in a class of its own as described in Politico on March 6.
WESTBORO ATTORNEY: OBAMA, JUSTICES GOING TO HELLThe only thing that puzzles me about this is the several references to a requirement on all of our parts to "bring forth fruit." I'm no biblical scholar; but I assume she means we all should procreate.
The attorney who won the Supreme Court case last week affirming the Westboro Baptist Church’s right to stage anti-gay protests outside military funerals suggested on Sunday the high court’s nine justices are going to hell.
“I have no objective indicator otherwise. The default for mankind is hell unless you bring forth fruits meet for repentance. The assumption is that you will end up in hell when you quit your life on this Earth,” attorney Margie Phelps said during an appearance on “Fox News Sunday.” Phelps is the daughter of Westboro’s founder, the Rev. Fred Phelps.
“There is a duty of every human to bring forth fruit meet for repentance,” she added. “I have seen no evidence of that in a single leader in that nation.”
“So the justices are going to hell? The president is going to hell?” asked Fox host Chris Wallace.
“Absolutely on the president," Margie Phelps replied. “The president is going to be king of the world before this is all said and done, and he is most likely the beast spoken of in the Revelation.”
The Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that the First Amendment protects the right of the Topeka, Kan.-based church to picket military funerals – even if its message is hateful. During protests, Westboro members frequently shout anti-gay slurs and hold signs reading “God hates fags” and “Pray for more dead soldiers.”
Margie Phelps said the Supreme Court’s ruling was God’s will.
“This case put a megaphone to the mouth of this church,” she said.
Unless you are a literal minded reader of holy writ in which case I guess it means we should all bring forth bananas or melons or something.
On the other hand - bring forth fruits could be one's god's command to spawn queers who, I believe, are regarded as "fruits" in some quarters.
On the other, other hand, "fruit" in the UK can refer to an eccentric or insane person...a definition which, if accepted in this context, would suggest that the Reverend Fred Phelps has scored big points with the Almighty with his progeny.
Who can say?
God certainly does work in mysterious ways...
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