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Listening to the radio about the bipartisan Iraq Study Group releasing their final report today, I kept on hearing “Rock Steady Crew” instead for some reason. So when I got home, I put this together:

I know, I know, James Baker’s not in it but hey maybe he hasn’t perfected his head-spin yet.

(original photo here)

I thought I’d post this photo of a theater marquee message that’s been up for a few weeks now at Little Kabul in Fremont.* Fremont is home to the largest Afghan community in the U.S.

*and no, the sign wasn’t created here.

Excellent post about a believer’s attitude towards politics found here (via Creative Slips). Hugo says this in relation to a First Things article :

There will be times when this leads us into coalition with liberals. But there will be times when we are far, far apart. The Christian left must be faithful to Christ first, not secular dogma. Where our agendas and our understandings coincide, so much the better. But at times, we will stand with our Christian brethren on the right of the political spectrum, not out of sectarian loyalty but out of a sense that, as Carter said, “discerning God’s will and doing it is prior to everything else.”

I like how our political actions are not compelled by partisanship but by our duty to Christ.

It’s funny how Rhesa says, “Pat Robertson and Jerry Fallwell do not speak for me.” I’ve always felt the same way. I am reading political commentator Hugh Hewitt’s In But Not Of, a guide of sorts to young Christians seeking to make a mark in this world. In one chapter entitled “Either a Player or a Pastor Be - But You Can’t Be Both,” Jerry Falwell is used as an example of how mixing politics and religion has had ineffective results. I share Hewitt’s sentiment when he says, “I and most other evangelicals I know cringe when we see (Falwell) appear on any of the many television shows that gladly book him as a spokesman for the evangelical community.” It is because the American public has long turned off its ear to preachers “speaking on any issue of politics or public policy outside his own congregation.”

Hewitt advises those who are ordained to “leave the world to others, and tend to your flock.” In fairness, in subsequent chapters he sings the praises of Christians who dedicate their lives to winning souls for the kingdom. But according to him, the world should be left to believers who have positioned themselves to make a mark in the political arena by assembling the proper credentials, getting relevant jobs, and cultivating the right relationships.