New Carpetbaggers

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

If there were no peace, we’d have to invent it.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

I am rich in the ways that matter.
I walk on paths of blessing and joy.
I open my eyes and see gifts from you.
My mind cannot comprehend the bounty you bestow.
To be sure, your goodness and mercy follow me.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“I’ll tell you, Benjamin & Jeremiah’s cookies ‘n cream is to die for.”

[He could have said “heavenly.” He said neither.]

D. Blog: Word of the Week: Carpetbagger

I will forgo my normal pattern here. My own definition and etymology for a word.

Carpetbagger: word applied to financial failures who bilked taxpayers out of billions of dollars in 2008 bonuses for destabilizing the world economy.

And with it,

Carpetbagger Tax: never-before-heard-of measure proposed in Congress to recoup bonus money paid for destabilizing the world economy, a tax of 100% on said bonus income.