The following is from a few weeks ago....Florence Foster Streep:
Florence Foster Jenkins was a New York heiress, socialite and philanthropist whose love and passion for opera resulted in those around her encouraging her to sing on stage herself even though she had no singing ability. I watched the recent Meryl Streep/Hugh Grant film Florence Foster Jenkins and a couple of times walked out of the room...for the embarrassment portrayed was so thick. In what is sometimes thought of as the irony of life or a quirk of fate, Meryl Streep herself seems again to be acting out farce, only this time in the realm of politics.
Here is Ms. Streep, not only an accomplished actress but one of the finest actresses in film today, being given the stage to display what she obviously considers to be her keen intellect for social justice, but as in the case of Florence Foster Jenkins she has become a living witness to how so many celebrities ply their particular craft so well yet cannot comprehend the most basic concepts of liberty or our constitution or communism or tyranny in general.
This week's Lord's Day special televised event is the Grammy Awards where America will hear from celebrities in the music industry. Sunday in America has become a day of dual religious worship services. The morning hours are usually reserved for Christian services while the afternoon and evening are set aside for other religious services such as the Super Bowl of the Academy Awards.
America itself has been nominated for an altogether different award to be announced in the near future. Judah and Israel were past winners, as was Rome and Germany and England and the Netherlands. It's the Ichabod Award.....given for outstanding achievement demonstrating renunciation of Almighty God...the gift of wisdom...and the hope of glory.....for the glory has surely departed.
Florence Foster Jenkins was a New York heiress, socialite and philanthropist whose love and passion for opera resulted in those around her encouraging her to sing on stage herself even though she had no singing ability. I watched the recent Meryl Streep/Hugh Grant film Florence Foster Jenkins and a couple of times walked out of the room...for the embarrassment portrayed was so thick. In what is sometimes thought of as the irony of life or a quirk of fate, Meryl Streep herself seems again to be acting out farce, only this time in the realm of politics.
Here is Ms. Streep, not only an accomplished actress but one of the finest actresses in film today, being given the stage to display what she obviously considers to be her keen intellect for social justice, but as in the case of Florence Foster Jenkins she has become a living witness to how so many celebrities ply their particular craft so well yet cannot comprehend the most basic concepts of liberty or our constitution or communism or tyranny in general.
This week's Lord's Day special televised event is the Grammy Awards where America will hear from celebrities in the music industry. Sunday in America has become a day of dual religious worship services. The morning hours are usually reserved for Christian services while the afternoon and evening are set aside for other religious services such as the Super Bowl of the Academy Awards.
America itself has been nominated for an altogether different award to be announced in the near future. Judah and Israel were past winners, as was Rome and Germany and England and the Netherlands. It's the Ichabod Award.....given for outstanding achievement demonstrating renunciation of Almighty God...the gift of wisdom...and the hope of glory.....for the glory has surely departed.
