<HTML><BODY STYLE="font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Saundra asks:</DIV> <DIV><BR>"Can anyone ***please*** explain to me why on EARTH Christ Church, rather than the NSA Trustees, would appeal the board's decision regarding the one NSA parcel?!?!?<BR><BR>Oh . . . wait: is there really any difference between the NSA Trustees and Christ Church when out of five trustees, the two lifetime trustees are the Two Dougs: Doug Wilson and Doug Jones . . . and two other trustees are Christ Church members in good standing, one of whom must be an ordained deacon or<BR>elder?"<BR></DIV> <DIV><BR><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">No doubt it requires a feat of mental gymnastics to understand the subtle and nuanced differences between the various factions of Doug Wilson, Inc.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Where does <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Christ</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> end and New St. Andrews/Logos/Anselm House begin?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>How can we tell these entities apart when the same names keep cropping up as trustees, elders, and employees?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The mind boggles and the head spins.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Just speaking for myself here, I find it's helpful to stop thinking "church" and start thinking "<st1:country-region><st1:place>Northern Ireland</st1:place></st1:country-region>."<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You know how the IRA has a militant wing and a political wing?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Gerry Adams and Martin McGinnis are members of Sinn Fein, the political wing, and though they effectively speak for the militant wing in negotiations, they're not members of the IRA.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or so they say.</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Well, clearly Doug Wilson and Doug Jones are members of<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>. . . Sinn Fake, the political wing of the NSA.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They're on the faculty of the NSA, and the board of the NSA, and they speak for the NSA, but they're not the NSA.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Doug Wilson is just the pastor of <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Christ</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, and Doug Jones is just an elder, except when they're doing something else like collecting their royalties from Canon Press which is located in Anselm House.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Wait -- how did Anselm House get in here?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Did someone leave the back door open?</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Picturing the Dougs in black balaclavas,</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">PS: The whole Christ Church/NSA/Anselm House business gets even more complicated when it comes to what Doug Jones dismissed in the Daily News as "small town politics."<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Though county commissioner Paul Kimmel is a member of Christ Church and has served in some capacity on a New St. Andrews scholarship fund, he declared on the record that he can see no conflict of interest in his previous votes to grant NSA and Anselm House their now rescinded tax exemptions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>How can this be?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If Rose were a county commissioner, The Church of Auntie Establishment wouldn't dream of asking her for a tax exemption.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Hell, I wouldn't ask her for air in a jug.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She'd be bound to recuse herself straight away, thus ruining my evil plans to take over <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Latah</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(Damn Quakers.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Let's get those ethical types out of politics and back on the oatmeal box!)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P></BODY></HTML><br clear=all><hr>Get more from the Web. 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