[Vision2020] A perspective on the NSA arguments at the P&Z meeting

[DonaldH675 at aol.com]

Visionaries:
 
Dale Courtney offers a download of what Trinitarian life in Moscow looks  
like at _http://right-mind.us/images/Downtown.wmv_ 
(http://right-mind.us/images/Downtown.wmv) .   This is undoubtedly a come-on to lure other like-minded folks 
to Moscow.   In that vein, perhaps Bob Hieronymous, lately of the University 
of Idaho, will  offer the video he made last night at the P & Z meeting to  
perspective NSA students and their parents.  Unfortunately, it would hardly  be 
a recruiting tool.  (Bob, toting camera equipment almost as  big as he is, has 
apparently added general dogs-body to his job  responsibilities.  I certainly 
hope he is getting over-time pay.)   Sadly, viewers of his work will not be 
impressed to meet leading kirkers  like:
 
John Grauke, in an excess of kirk hyperbole, some how connected (in  his mind 
alone) the crisis of 9-11-01 to the zoning issue of NSA in the downtown  
business district.  It is doubtful that members of the committee were aware  that 
Grauke is a member of the Board of Trustees of NSA.  A forthright  person 
would have mentioned the connection, but those of us with experience with  the 
kirk know better than to expect full disclosure of pertinent facts.
Jack VanDeveter, reminded us that 350 years ago in Boston a small  liberal 
arts college (much like NSA????) was founded.  Surely, even in the  misty minds 
of kirkers, they do not pretend that NSA will become Harvard.
Roy Attwood, looking a bit worn around the edges - perhaps all the  fun of 
the Trinity Festival has fatigued him, or maybe he is still  recovering from his 
lackluster performance on the My Town panel - tried  to help the committee 
members and audience understand that rules are  made to be broken (a kind of 
variation of Grauke's spiel).  The richness of  that irony did not leave me 
unmoved.  How is it that when kirkers  break the law the law should be ignored or 
changed to suit their needs?   Should we take his remarks to be a not so subtle 
message that NSA is above the  law?  Somehow in Roy's mind holding NSA to the 
same standard that the rest  of the community is  discriminatory.  
Andrew Crapuchettes alerted us that colleges downtown are good for a  city 
-using Boston and Philadelphia as examples.  Note to Andrew: try not  to compare 
apples and oranges in public.  This does not reflect well on  your NSA 
training.  Cities of a million plus vs. a town of 22,000 with  a very small central 
business district are not quite the same thing.  A  quick review of the old 
Sesame Street Show which has a song called "One of these  things is not like the 
others" although challenging, is definitely in order,  Andy.  
Bob Hieronymous  resurrected the old "we are really like a  commercial school 
for the mind" argument by deconstructing  the functions and uses of NSA.  For 
example, we have a library and  that is a permitted use.  We have a bookstore 
and that is a permitted  use, etc. etc.   Silly is a kind word for his  
argument.
Doug Farris, Mr. Heirloom, read a prepared statement about the  beauty of 
Moscow which stands in sharp contrast to his statements on Dale  Courtney's blog 
wherein he regularly mocks Moscow residents, the University of  Idaho faculty, 
and proudly writes unabashedly ugly diatribes aimed at  the gay and lesbian 
members of our community.  
Mark Wentz, a GQ kind of guy - boy would Elizabeth Zinser have liked  to have 
him lounging elegantly around her as a gofor - waxed on and on about  
multi-stored buildings with many uses in downtown Moscow.  (Mark: read the  note to 
Andrew above).  Mark also suffers from selective memory, perhaps  John Grauke 
could help him out on that.  He was the big inside  booster and land use 
professional for the kirk who spearheaded the drive  for NSA to be located in the 
central business district.  I am surprised  that in his studies with Nels Reese 
he apparently missed the classes about how  zoning laws have an impact on 
building use.
 
But where was Massa Wilson?  As usual, the general was leading from  the rear 
allowing the troops to take the hits.  He needed to Cherish  the Ladies last 
night, and so, presumably, he did.    
 
Rose  Huskey
"And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him  five smooth stones out of 
the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he  had, even in a scrip; 
and his sling [was] in his hand: and he drew near to the  Philistine. "
1 Samuel 17:40

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/attachments/20050811/8ba63139/attachment-0001.htm