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Jeffrey Lord replies: br> Ronald Reagan used to say that America mistrusted the Soviet Union not because it was armed, but rather America was armed because it had little trust in the Soviet Union. Christian to Christian I am happy to accept Daniel Hazard's explanation, although I must say I still find it odd that at the exact moment the UCC had been planning and advertising for months it inexplicably goes dark. Sort of like settling in for the Super Bowl only to find out all the TV cameras at the stadium have mysteriously malfunctioned and you must rely on bulletins from the AP. /p>

Safe to say, I am not alone in this feeling, and I know there will be many UCC'ers out there waiting to hear a more detailed accounting. The real issue, however, and this is certainly not Mr. Hazard's fault, is the loss of trust on the part of a large number of UCC members who feel that their national church has been turned into an auxiliary of a political party -- and not the party they vote with. Until that is resolved, incidents such as this will continue to occur because of a basic lack of trust in the church hierarchy. Were George W. Bush a member of the UCC, I think it's safe to say John Thomas would not have extended an invitation. And of course, the question of Senator Obama's presence as a presidential candidate, now retrievable from UCC archives as an in-kind contribution to the Obama campaign from the UCC, remains. It is exactly the kind of thing Barry Lynn has made a career condemning and litigating.

Late yesterday afternoon, Reverend Lynn finally responded, with a post to his website. It should not come as a surprise that in spite of Obama's out-and-out campaign speech and the presence of Obama campaign tables, the scourge of churches who lend themselves to politics sees no elephant -- ah, donkey -- in the room.

p> THE CITIZEN KANE MUTINY br> Re: Larry Thornberry's Don't Save Me the Aisle Seat : /p> p>Larry Thornberry knows his stuff about cinema, and he's dead-on when he wonders what the so-called American Film Institute's members were smoking when they came up with their latest list of the 100 best. Casablanca is just about the only one I agree with. And I was shocked, shocked

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