Day: March 30, 2003

Help Save 7th Style!
I’d really hate to see this end up a Konamistyle-only release, but even that’d be better than no release at all.

I don’t know if I mentioned this, but I recently picked up the Criterion of Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas.
While digging through threads on The Agonist, someone quoted a portion of his new book, and I pulled up a full excerpt – and I thought it was worth sharing. Sure, it’s a little extreme, but it’s good solid Gonzo journalism.
Note to self: Pick up Kingdom Of Fear when I have an opening on the reading list.

US soldiers in Iraq asked to pray for Bush. 30/3/2003. ABC News Online
Full text, because I’m so speechless:
They may be the ones facing danger on the battlefield, but US soldiers in Iraq are being asked to pray for President George W Bush.
Thousands of marines have been given a pamphlet called “A Christian’s Duty,” a mini prayer book which includes a tear-out section to be mailed to the White House pledging the soldier who sends it in has been praying for Bush.
“I have committed to pray for you, your family, your staff and our troops during this time of uncertainty and tumult. May God’s peace be your guide,” says the pledge, according to a journalist embedded with coalition forces.
The pamphlet, produced by a group called In Touch Ministries, offers a daily prayer to be made for the US president, a born-again Christian who likes to invoke his God in speeches.
Sunday’s is “Pray that the President and his advisers will seek God and his wisdom daily and not rely on their own understanding”.
Monday’s reads “Pray that the President and his advisers will be strong and courageous to do what is right regardless of critics”.
Remember, folks, George W. Bush is the one who thought that Jesus – remember him, the guy who was crucified? – would be for the death penalty, as I found out in Bill O’Reilly’s book that I thumbed through yesterday.