Tuesday, May 12, 2026

More Appropriately…

MacFarlane: Changing it to the title of a Peter Gabriel song is only going to win over so many people in Washington, DC. But I think there's a more fundamental dynamic we need to talk about. On its best day, some congressional hearings can have the maturity and tone of like a middle school on a Friday when there's a substitute teacher, not even a good substitute teacher. There were elements of that when Pete Hegseth testifies and when Kash Patel testified, and I don't think they're winning over people with this testimony, I don't think Pete Hegseth won new allies for the war.
..."Sledge Hammer” is the name of a TV comedy featuring the eponymous character as a thoroughly inept cop. Starring David Rasche. (His father was a UCC pastor in southern Illinois. I met him because his sister was a member of the church I pastored as a student. He said nice things about my Xmas Eve service so, like Trump, I like him. No, he would not remember me. It was 1 hour over 30 years ago. But he was a very nice guy.  IIRC, I told him I was a fan of the show. Yeah, it was a sterling conversation, worthy if the fabled salons of Paris. Or, you know, not.)

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