[Vision2020] RE: Golf (was Re: excommunication)
Carl Westberg
carlwestberg846@hotmail.com
Wed, 24 Mar 2004 11:13:16 -0800
Saundra....as I'm sure you can understand, I must (as opposed to the recent,
rather strange decision of Justice Antonin Scalia) recuse myself from
further discussion on this particular topic. I sense an obvious clash of
golf, church, and state, and any further involvement on my part would only
further endanger my already rather hapless and struggling church.
Carl Westberg Jr.
>From: "Saundra Lund" <sslund@adelphia.net>
>To: <asmoucha@hotmail.com>, <vision2020@moscow.com>
>CC: "Joan Opyr" <auntiestablishment@hotmail.com>,
><carlwestberg846@hotmail.com>
>Subject: [Vision2020] RE: Golf (was Re: excommunication)
>Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 09:23:08 -0800
>
>In part, Amy Smoucha wrote:
>"(Carl, I don't give a whig about golf, so your church is outside my
>interest area. But, for the heck of it, do your Bishops wear dresses?)"
>
>Ahhh . . . Ms. Smoucha, I think you just cleared something up for me! This
>is one of those, "Eureka!" moments :-)
>
>We really shouldn't make light of Carl's Golf Church. With five years,
>sufficient cash, and a handicap of 12.0 or under you can get a PGM
>(Professional Golf Management) degree from the UI! Surely that makes the
>worship of golf a loftier pursuit than caring about things like equality,
>economics, human rights, and the like!
>
>OK, wait, I don't want to mislead anyone . . . you don't actually get a
>degree in PGM, but if you follow the PGM curriculum for 5 years, you can
>get
>a BS (I'm biting my tongue here) in Marketing with a PGM option. Think I'm
>joking? Check out:
>http://www.uidaho.edu/pgm/index.html
>"The University of Idaho's Professional Golf Management (PGM) program, a
>five year college curriculum for aspiring PGA Professionals, is a
>structured
>educational program endorsed by the PGA of America. . . Our intent is to
>prepare students for a successful career in the golf industry through
>extensive classroom studies, internship experience, and *player
>development*. . . This program consists of three separate, but very
>integrated components. In addition to the academic curriculum of a Business
>Marketing major and a minimum 16 months of compensated Co-op/Internship
>experience, the PGM program incorporates a golf specific component. . .
>While in the program, U of I PGM students will complete all three levels of
>the PGA's PGM and upon graduation will be eligible for election into the
>PGA
>of America if all requirements are met."
>[Note: emphasis is mine. SL]
>
>I kid you not. Be sure to fully explore the site where you'll find, among
>other things, that:
>"The PGM program at the University of Idaho provides a unique and rewarding
>atmosphere, and is designed to attract and educate highly motivated men and
>women seeking careers as golf professionals."
>and
>"The PGA considers the ability to play the game of golf with a high degree
>of proficiency as vital for membership. Every PGM student must pass a
>Player
>Ability Test (PAT) in order to gain membership into the PGA of America. . .
>PGM students are priority users of the U of I golf course and have
>exclusive
>access to all the amenities our facility offers. Coupled with our intense
>player development programs given throughout the year, the U of I PGM
>program provides every opportunity for students to improve their golf
>game."
>
>ROTFLOL . . . yes, a degree curriculum to improve your golf game!!!
>
>The UI can't "afford" to have an *outstanding* press anymore, they are
>looking at "outsourcing" services such as printing and duplication to save
>money, programs & departments are being (basically) eliminated and combined
>willy-nilly, and fine art studies have now been chopped (not to mention the
>changes to the Student Rec Center management, administration
>inappropriately
>meddling in faculty affairs, the Boise Place debacle, etc, etc, etc).
>
>However, the worship of golf is alive and well at the UI. And the UI is
>***proud*** of that!
>
>Seems to me the UI is sending out a message loud and clear:
>administration,
>golf, and athletics are sacred. Everything (and I do mean *everything*)
>else is expendable.
>
>So the worship of golf must be very worthy indeed . . . right? No *wonder*
>I (and much of the community) have been so confused about the UI
>administration decisions of late. Once one knows of the importance of golf
>to those in charge, everything else becomes much clearer, doncha think?
>
>Pope Joan, never fear! I will remain a proud bishop in our Church, in
>spite
>of the fact that Carl's church would clearly be the Right one by UI
>standards. I simply cannot sell my soul to the advancement of golf!
>
>
>Saundra Lund
>Moscow, ID
>
>The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
>nothing.
>-Edmund Burke
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com] On
>Behalf Of amy smoucha
>Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 7:43 PM
>To: vision2020@moscow.com
>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Re: excommunication
>
>
>Weeellllllll, first of all I won't wear a dress. Second, I need to know
>what kind of head gear Bishop-hood requires. Third--I must disclose that I
>am 100% Polish which, among other things, means you may be stuck with me
>for
>
>a very long time.
>
>Beyond those few issues, I would love being a Bishop and I'd like to
>immediately convene a council where we can seriously discuss how everyone
>in
>
>the world must behave and draft encycli-somethings to tell them so. I
>wanta
>
>be the boss of everyone. (Carl, I don't give a whig about golf, so your
>church is outside my interest area. But, for the heck of it, do your
>Bishops wear dresses?)
>
>
>
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