Ventriloquist and comedian Jeff Dunham's irreverent puppet, Ahchmed the Dead Terrorist often screams to his audience: "Silence! I kill you!" (Sorry, but you have to have seen it).
My Mama Carter used to say, "If you don't have anything nice to say don't say it." She was a woman who actually found something redeeming to say about every one, even the town drunk when everyone else weighed in with unanimous, but not so nice commentary.
A casual glance at recent events, news stories and elsewhere is enough to prompt strong opinions and comments from anyone. Consider:
- Married former NFL star Steve McNair's murder at the hands of his 20-year old mistress.
- The bizarre stories surrounding doctors and drugs connected to Michael Jackson's death.
- Governor Mark Sanford's confession to an AP reporter after his "coming clean" press conference that the woman in Argentina is his "soul mate".
- Questions surrounding the lengthy arrest record of the Cherokee County serial killer and why he was even out of jail.
- Self-proclaimed "pitbull" Sarah Palin bailing before her term as Alaska's governor is over.
- Southern Baptists 8 motions (at their national convention) against non-Baptist, Seattle pastor and author Mark Driscoll, and more importantly the three that survived and were (I'm serious!) referred on to the boards of the denomination agencies and institutions.
- A major Senate committee holding hearings on college football's BCS system amid serious and unresolved national concerns over health care, energy, and the economy.
- Government bailed out AIG about to give out over $2 million in executive bonuses.
- Lawmakers stating with a straight face that "Cap and Trade" legislation will generate jobs and save money.
- North Korea, Iran and Honduras.
- Mean-spirited, judgmental, hyper-critical Christians.
- Single-issue obsessed churches, candidates, parties, people, etc.
19 When words are many, sin is not absent,
but he who holds his tongue is wise.
Okay, guess I'll take a cue from Mama Carter and keep my mouth shut on these matters!
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