Max Blumenthal did a walkthrough of the College Republican National Convention Tour, and recorded responses that he got from these young, fresh, hell-no-I'm-not-serving-in-Iraq college students. It is absolutely brilliant -- especially the Christian high school student who almost has a meltdown over the "Adam and Steve" comment by Blumenthal.



I will say, however, that Blumenthal's passive-aggressive response at the end was a little over the top for me.

I've blogged about the frustration that is having the email address, lincoln(atyouknow)mac.com. I suppose it's much the same for those who have john@yahoo.com, bruce@rogers.com and the like -- constant spam, and misdirected emails destined for other inboxes.

Usually, I respond that the email that I've received is sent to the wrong address, and ask that they please stop sending to me. However, today I got one that, given we watched (again) Magnolia Pictures' Jesus Camp again tonight, I expounded a little. The original email, destined for some other Lincoln, apparently, is after the jump, detailing the use of the jumbotron and everything:

From: Jon Robberson
To: Lincoln Dunn Subject: America the Beautiful...the song for the AWESOME patriotic segment

JON ROBBERSON

Wow -- the words flash BIG on the jumbotron? Damn, that's cool. Except if you (a) don't give a rat's ass, and (b) think that theology is just a *little* deeper than that. And, that, you know, God didn't bestow some amazing power on the United States to be the sword and shield of Jesus.

I responded thusly, though a bit harshly:

I have no idea who you are, or why you're emailing me, but anything that involves "America the Beautiful" should append, "A new theocracy of intolerance and big business" to the last line of the song.

Please don't email me again.

(keep in mind, I get a lot of misdirected email for other Lincolns)

I told Frances about the email, who chuckled, and asked if I'd received a response. Prematurely, I said no -- then I got this:

Sorry for the error, I didn't know the email was going to Communist China.

Funny fundamentalists. I couldn't leave it alone:

LOL -- No, Canada, probably even worse in your books. Communist China? Are you from the 50s? That's the funniest thing I've heard as a response from a US-described "Christian" in a long time. Thanks for a laugh -- and supporting my thesis that fundamentalist Christians are as uneducated in history, geography and sociology as the rest of the world believes.

My wife's a minister, so we're well-versed in scripture in our household. Good luck in the perversion of the Word -- I wish you well, because I know you'll end in failure. My God has much more of a sense of humour.

Immature? Damn straight. I never said that age was making me more mature.

Oh, and Jon? If you find this post? I'm a gay-loving, same-sex-marriage-supporting, married-to-a-minister kinda guy. I know this probably causes all kinds of issues in your Ted Haggard kind of world, but, you know, he's just a meth-smoking, transvestite-hangin' kinda minister -- and besides, he just got a massage.

Oh, I need a 360 before September:

I'm finishing off an integrated marketing communications course right now, and have to do an evaluation of the success of my campaign. Here's my little bit of obvious:

"Any major campaign that begins without testing of concepts and creative strategies is like cooking for a dinner party without a recipe: creative intuition may result in a satisfying meal, but it’s far more likely to be successful with the right ingredients."

Crikey, I could write for reader's digest. :P