Generally I am not a Maureen Dowd fan but I gotta hand this one to her

Here’s her piece in the New York Times.

Matt Chandler has his hand on what makes some preaching silly

Bottom line: silly preaching is Christless preaching.

Thanks to iMonk for the link.

Rick Santelli and the “Rant of the Year”

You gotta see this. Some times it’s time to cut loose and just say what has to be said. This is one of those moments.

Here’s how $150,000 of the MA stimulus bill money will be spent

 The real estate developer chosen by Governor Deval Patrick to distribute billions of dollars in federal stimulus money has been receiving a state pension ever since he was fired from his job at a state development agency in 1995, according to state records.

Jeffrey A. Simon, 58, was tapped by the governor on Wednesday to the newly created job of director of infrastructure investment, which will pay him $150,000 a year….

But what the résumé posting did not say was that Simon was terminated in 1995 from his state job overseeing the redevelopment of Fort Devens.

The governor and his staff also did not disclose that, under a Massachusetts pension law intended to protect patronage hires from retribution, his firing entitled him to begin collecting an enhanced state pension while he was in his mid-40s….

State retirement records show that Simon has been paid $29,000 to $32,000 a year since December 1995 with his enhanced, early pension. He has collected $403,751.84 in all, according to state records.

The Boston Globe