A challenge .. Justify Joe the Plumber's visit to The Gaza Strip

[PatrickG]

Joe the Plumber is now a reporter in the Gaza Strip.

Y'Know... This guy bugs me. He keeps getting back in the spotlight by banking on his lack of credentials, a problem evident in his public label since he isn't even actually a plumber.

Wurzelbacher told WNWO he’s not worried about the potential dangers of his new gig. "Being a Christian I'm pretty well protected by God I believe. That's not saying he's going to stop a mortar for me, but you gotta take the chance,” he told the CNN affiliate.

"But, Lord, why are there only one set of footprints on the minefield?"

This kind of theology bugs me. It presupposes that every action a person takes is the will of God and that divine protection is issued to believers, who do God's will in any exerting activity. It's inside-out protestant work ethic coupled with predestination and a dash of dominionism.

Just... Just a bit of theology here. Maybe Christians should start off assuming that anything they want to do or feel led to do ISN'T God's will and should be able to justify it, shy of a direct command from an angel with a flaming sword.

Heck, that's just a gratuitous drop that he's a Christian since he isn't claiming it will make a difference. Whatever happened to "Do not tempt the Lord thy God"...?

Oy vey, JTP.

[beetlebum]

Some people are just desperately trying to cling on the remnants of their 15 minutes of fame.

It's sad, really.

[TCJohnson]

Didn't McCain chastise the media for making Joe the Plumber a celebrity when he really didn't want to be?

[Typo Lad]

Yay for intervention by right wing nuts!

On behalf of my people, go the frak away, Joe.

[Crowley]

McCain said alot of things which he later retracted... like Sarah Palin's qualifications to be president.

I think that Joe the Idiot's trip to Gaza will be total dog and pony show, the same way most politicians trips are.

But If I choose to be optimistic maybe he'd get a little enlightenment from ACTUALLY being there.

[spark627]

Didn't McCain chastise the media for making Joe the Plumber a celebrity when he really didn't want to be?

Joe the Plumber wanted to be a celebrity from day one and McCain wanted him to be a celebrity bc he was grasping for straws... luckily all of his straws backfired (suspending his campaign to save the world, Palin, Joe etc)

[Copper]

Now let me get this straight.

George Clooney and the Dixie Chicks criticizing George W. Bush got a reaction of "You're celebrities! Your opinion doesn't count!"

So if a celebrity's opinion doesn't count, why do we have a total 180 on the right-wing nutjob side over Joe the Plumber?

[Charles RB]

Israel's not letting foreign journalists into Gaza, how does Joe think he'll get in before the fighting's over?

[Typo Lad]

Actually, Israel let some reporters in yesterday, but strictly supervised. Doesn't really count for anything...

[TCJohnson]

Israel's not letting foreign journalists into Gaza, how does Joe think he'll get in before the fighting's over?

He is actually not going to Gaza. He is going to Isreal and reporting on Gaza.

Wurzelbacher plans to spend 10 days in Israel reporting on the conflict for pjtv.com, a Web site run by conservative media outlet Pajamas Media.

[Charles RB]

He is actually not going to Gaza. He is going to Isreal and reporting on Gaza.

His camera must have a really good zoom function.

[spark627]

Isn't it also rumored that he is working on a country album and book? I guess he used McCain as much as McCain used him!

[Calybos]

Challenge: Justify Joe the Plumber's visit to the Gaza Strip.

Answer: Jerusalem is leaking?

[Arrogantcur]

Now let me get this straight.

George Clooney and the Dixie Chicks criticizing George W. Bush got a reaction of "You're celebrities! Your opinion doesn't count!"

So if a celebrity's opinion doesn't count, why do we have a total 180 on the right-wing nutjob side over Joe the Plumber?

Yup, either celebrities are entitled to express their opinions or they aren't. Can't have it both ways.

[beetlebum]

They are entitled to have their opinions, and I'm entitled to ignore them because most of them sound like gobshites, save for the few individuals like Immortal Technique, who actually knows what he's talking about.