Bono Confesses Sins To “Father Al”

I like Bono.

I think he’s an honest broker with a good heart. So it pains me to see him riddled with guilt because of the the non-stop hectoring of the Goracle about climate change.

Bono, who has been sharing the stage with Gore at the annual gathering of bigwigs in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, had this to say about the extreme pressure he’s been feeling (while in Al Gore’s presence) to live the “green lifestyle”:

“He’s been round my house and it’s like… here’s the recycler Al, you know… I’ve got a posh car, but it runs on ethanol Al,” Bono said.

Acknowledging that a career in rock music was not always conducive to a green lifestyle, Bono compared a conversation with Gore to an act of religious contrition.

“It’s like being with an Irish priest. You start to confess your sins,” he said. “Father Al, I am not just a noise polluter, I am a noise-polluting, diesel-soaking, gulfstream-flying rock star.

“I’m going to kick the habit. I’m trying father Al, but oil has been very good for me — those convoys of articulated lorries, petrochemical products, hair gel.”

Video here.

Michelle Malkin warned her readers to read Bono’s words on an empty stomach: “It will have the effect of Ipecac on you”.

Well, I didn’t think it was that bad….in fact, I think I detected a wee bit of snark in there. It almost sounded like he doesn’t take Gore all that seriously.

But I could be wrong.

At any rate, someone should tell Bono to simmer down.

“Father Al” flunked Divinity school.

Bono was in Davos to push his campaign for poverty alleviation, Gore *naturally* was there to push for the reduction of carbon emissions.

Black Leader Threatens Mass Boycott Of Kansas City

More Extortion from our tolerant friends on the left, concerning the Frances Semler affair which I have blogged about here, and here, and here.

“We are going to shut you down,” Charles Steele Jr., president and chief executive officer of the lefty Southern Christian Leadership Conference, said.

When is this idiocy going to end? When a kowed and broken Mayor Funkhouser finally terminates his friend, Ms. Semler from the Kansas City Parks board for being a member of the Minuteman organization? It ain’t gonna happen, folks.

In case you are unfamiliar with this story, here’s a quick rundown of the events that have led to this latest affront.

June 2007 - Newly elected mayor, Mark Funkhouser appoints the 73 year old Frances Semler to the Kansas City Board of Parks and Recreation. The City Council votes to call for Ms. Semler, a member of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, to resign. Funkhouser refuses to ask for her resignation.

August 2007 - La Raza threatens to cancel their 2009 convention in Kansas City if Semler isn’t forced to resign. Funkhouser stands by Semler.

October 2007 - La Raza pulls the convention. Funkhouser stands by Semler.

November 2007 - The Southern Baptist Leadership Conference (SBLC) decides to hold their annual convention in New Orleans instead of Kansas City.

January 1008 - Today. Charles Steele Jr. of the SBLC threatens more boycotts if Frances Semler isn’t fired. Speaking at a news conference, he said:

that Mayor Mark Funkhouser’s appointment of Semler, an opponent of illegal immigration, was part of a pattern of racial insensitivity. “We are asking all civil rights organizations to stay out of Kansas City. We are going to shut you down,” Steele said. “… We will take all the monies away from here. You don’t need to spend no money in no city that still promotes hatefulness and racist mind-sets and attitudes. … Nobody should come to Kansas City.”

The boycott would include marches, Steele said, but beyond that, “I believe in the element of surprise.”

He is also urging the NAACP to cancel their 2010 convention which will be held in Kansas City.

The national NAACP board has voted to hold its 2010 convention in Kansas City, but some leaders have publicly voiced misgivings because of the Semler controversy.

But local NAACP officials have supported keeping the convention in Kansas City.

Funkhouser said in an interview that by pulling their conventions, the civil rights groups were financially hurting Kansas City’s minority residents and businesses. Semler is a good park board member, he said. Funkhouser said minority neighborhoods had been left behind during recent prosperous times.

All this, because one woman believes in “a strong, safe and secure America that begins with borders open only to those who have a legal right to enter, and who have met all the lawful criteria to cross into our territory established by the sovereign American people”. - Section IV of The Minuteman Pledge.

Stayed tuned.

Happy Kwanzaa From The White House

How embarrassing.

I send greetings to those observing Kwanzaa.

Established in 1966, Kwanzaa is celebrated each year as an opportunity for African Americans to honor African traditions of family, community, and culture. During the seven days leading up to the New Year, millions of individuals reflect on the past and renew their commitment to the principles of Kwanzaa — unity, self determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith.

As family and friends gather to celebrate Kwanzaa, our citizens are reminded of the many African Americans who have contributed their talent and strength to this great Nation. I commend those observing this holiday for taking pride in your rich heritage. May the coming year be filled with the blessings of health and happiness.

Laura and I send our best wishes for a joyous Kwanzaa celebration.

GEORGE W. BUSH

Today is the first day of Kwanzaa, but I haven’t heard too much about it, this year.

It seems to be becoming less popular. I know some people still celebrate it, but I’d like to think that most blacks are on to the fakiness of the whole thing, as well as the unsavoriness of its founder, Ron Karenga who was arrested in 1971:

“for torturing two black women by whipping them with electrical cords and beating them with a karate baton after stripping them naked. He placed in the mouth of one of the victims a hot soldering iron, also scarring her face with the device. He put one of her big toes in a vise, and detergent and running water in both their mouths.”

Isn’t that special?

Also in the WND article linked to above:

At the time he was inventing Kwanzaa, Karenga had also organized a terrorist group at UCLA called “US” (for “United Slaves”). In 1969, Karenga’s followers killed two Black Panthers.

While he was in prison, Karenga converted to Marxism. This was regarded by California State University at Long Beach as evidence of his being rehabilitated. So they made him director of their black-studies program.

While I was an Episcopal parish priest in Northern California in the 1960s, I was challenged to debate Malcolm X – which I accepted.

When I arrived at an all-black audience in West Oakland (home of the Black Panthers), I discovered that a substitute had been made for Malcolm.

Mr. Karenga was the most foul-smelling person I had ever sat next to – which, I strongly suspect, was part of his debating technique.

Karenga’s argumentation was equally foul – an exceptionally hostile recitation of extremist black-power claims, which I found to be utterly preposterous. And I said so, and explained why.

That led to ominous sounds from this all-black audience – that Karenga began to manipulate.

I don’t know why George and Laura Bush should feel the need to extend Kwanzaa greetings from the White House.

It really is a bullcrap holiday.

I mean, really.

CORRECTION:

The article that I linked to above (and deleted), I attributed to the MLK Foundation. It was written by Tony Snow, and re-posted at a site that had nothing positive to say about MLK, either.

My bad.

It was still a good article by Tony Snow, though.

MORE:

The mother of all Kwanzaa debates can be found here.