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Re: Figure skating, the world's least-graceful sport
As a figure skater, I am thoroughly offended by this article. When a football player fumbles the ball but the team still manages to win the superbowl, does anyone pay attention to that fumble? When a pro-baseball player swings and misses, but then hits a home run, does anyone remember the fact that he missed that first swing? There are a ...
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Five-Ring Circus
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thallie
on
September 18, 2008
Re: Grace or Disgrace
Of course Obama measures up; I simply trust the opinion of the millions who have voted for him. He has a worldwide basis of moral authority vested from day one; this will be needed more and more as we navigate a world where white people are losing power. He is at least just as qualified as Hillary, and certainly appears to have more integrity ...
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Trailhead
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Bilalian
on
April 25, 2008
Grace or Disgrace
Hillary is the one who needs to find grace and bow out of the race. Why can't she? Because everyone knows a white woman trumps a black man when it comes to weilding power in this part of the world. Her loss could simply be too much for her ego to bear. Since she can't find grace, she'll certainly find her stubbornness will bring her disgrace ...
Posted to
Trailhead
by
Bilalian
on
April 25, 2008
Not-so-side-note
Sorry to butt in. First, this is a great thread. Second, in the Wesleyan tradition, grace is free in all and free for all. We really don't get the lazy luxury of choosing to ''rely'' on it at all. It's just there. It just is. Struggling to understand why it is jumpstarted much of my adult ''moral development''. Not sure which Christian ...
Posted to
Human Nature
by
bright_virago
on
June 26, 2007