Rightwing radio preacher and homeschooling guru Kevin Swanson is starting to let us down, folks -- the penultimate chapter of his e-rant about the inevitable doom of western civilization is just about the laziest attack on the supposedly corrupting influence of popular music that we've read in quite a while. He's devoted most of his e-guide to the cultural apocalypse,
Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” is “one of the clearest representations of Sartre’s existentialism ever produced in mass culture."
Do we have any proof that the staff of The Onion did not hack Swanson's e-book?
It never occurs to Swanson that lunatic preachers like himself, completely divorced from reality, are a principal reason the kids turned away from his medieval idiocy.
Given that Swanson can&#039;t possibly credit the Catholics with being sufficienlty Xtian (and to be fair, <a href="https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pope_John_XII" target="_blank">he has a point</a>), he probably regards the Inquisition as being too little, too late. Things must have been at their best in the 1500&#039;s, right about the time of the Protestant Reformation. It all went downhill from there, when thinking people started to, you know, <i>think.</i>
My immoral Heeb parents taught us kids &quot;The Eddystone Light&quot; when we were toddlers and took great pleasure when we sang it loudly in public. We had not the slightest idea what the words meant.
I met Peter a few times when I lived in Marin, and he was post-Monkee. He wasn&#039;t great, but he could play. Also, as I recall, he still had connections for some excellent weed.
You know, Kevin, if the &quot;supreme example of American apostasy at its worst&quot; is <i>Michael Jackson</i>, things are probably not all that bad.
Having grown up in a Southern Baptist household, I can only say Welcome to My Nightmare.
Don&#039;t spill that scalding hot coffee!
Frank Sinatra&rsquo;s &ldquo;My Way&rdquo; is &ldquo;one of the clearest representations of Sartre&rsquo;s existentialism ever produced in mass culture.&quot;
Do we have any proof that the staff of The Onion did not hack Swanson&#039;s e-book?
It never occurs to Swanson that lunatic preachers like himself, completely divorced from reality, are a principal reason the kids turned away from his medieval idiocy.
&quot;Explicit Nuance&quot; is the name of my new electro-pop jazz band.
Jeebus did a fair job of selling &quot;my way is the only way&quot;. Maybe Swanson lacks some of that skill set.
Given that Swanson can&#039;t possibly credit the Catholics with being sufficienlty Xtian (and to be fair, <a href="https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pope_John_XII" target="_blank">he has a point</a>), he probably regards the Inquisition as being too little, too late. Things must have been at their best in the 1500&#039;s, right about the time of the Protestant Reformation. It all went downhill from there, when thinking people started to, you know, <i>think.</i>
My immoral Heeb parents taught us kids &quot;The Eddystone Light&quot; when we were toddlers and took great pleasure when we sang it loudly in public. We had not the slightest idea what the words meant.
I met Peter a few times when I lived in Marin, and he was post-Monkee. He wasn&#039;t great, but he could play. Also, as I recall, he still had connections for some excellent weed.
Debase drop, coming up...
Madrigals.
And now you don&#039;t have to go down to Georgia anymore.
Hey, French, Sartre... connect the dots.
Heh heh you said petered.
You know, Kevin, if the &quot;supreme example of American apostasy at its worst&quot; is <i>Michael Jackson</i>, things are probably not all that bad.
Must have lost something in the translation.