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<DIV>Okay, it's not as much fun as "Fishing with Orlando Wilson," who uses a boat, and a fish finder, and a rod and a reel, but I suppose fishing with Doug is a kind of sport. It's bad sport, but sport nonetheless.</DIV>
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<DIV>This past weekend, Doug promised a "surprise" for the residents of Moscow to be delivered today. And, voila! Here it is. From his blog (<A href="http://dougwils.com">http://dougwils.com</A>) today:</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>"A Little Seven On Five<BR></FONT>Topic: </STRONG>Moscow Diversity Cleansing<BR>
<P>This morning I filed a public records request with the City of Moscow. In that request I asked for "all notes or records of communication between city council members and any other person, regarding a 'neo-confederate' resolution and Black History Month proclamation entered at the Moscow City Council meeting of February 3, 2004." I also requested relevant minutes from the human rights commission.</P>
<P>The reason? If you are one of five basketball players in blue uniforms, and you are playing a team of seven -- five red uniforms, and two black and white stripes -- the resultant game can be no fun at all. "Yes, we know the ball went through the hoop. It did not count as a score because only you fundamentalists think in black and white terms like this. Continue to push the point, and we will have ourselves a <I>technical</I>."</P>
<P>We have gotten to the place in our proceedings where we need to know exactly where our elected city officials stand on the harassment that our church and related ministries have undergone over the course of the last several years. Prospective candidates for city council need to be prepared to say whether they think the rash of harassment filings against us are a coincidence or not. And existing council members need to tell us whether they have participated in any way in arranging for these "coincidences."</P>
<P>I am not making the request because of creeping paranoia. We already have in our possession documented evidence of certain elected city officials actively working in this campaign of harassment against us. So this is not a "fishing expedition" to see if anything like this happened. We already know that it did, and the only question concerns how extensive the problem was.</P>
<P>And, at the very least, such implicated officials ought to recuse themselves from any future tournament play. That is because referees don't get to dribble or shoot.</P><I>Posted by Douglas Wilson<FONT size=-2> - 5/23/2005 4:03:42 PM</I> | <A href="http://www.dougwils.com/index.asp?Action=Anchor&CategoryID=1&BlogID=1094"><FONT size=-2>Link to this post</FONT></A></FONT> | <A href="http://www.dougwils.com/Print.asp?Action=Anchor&CategoryID=1&BlogID=1094"><FONT size=-2>Print this post</FONT></A>"</FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Doug claims that he is not making this request because of "creeping paranoia," but that's arguable. He is certainly revealing a good deal about the way he thinks about and operates in the world. First, he reckons there's some giant, organized, Liberal cabal against him. There's not. Speaking as a lifelong Liberal, and one of Moscow's loudest, I can assure you that the best we can organize is the occasional march, rally, or rousing chorus of "We Shall Overcome." The rest of the time, we're too busy looking for universal consensus with one another to get anything big done. Big takes top-down organization on a more, shall we say, fascist level. Second, it's clear that Doug directly conflates himself with Christ Church. In his own mind, he *is* Christ Church. Without him, there is no church, there is no congregation, and there is no convenant with the Almighty. Fascinating. A rag!
ing case of megalomania with a side order of sociopathy and narcissism right here on our doorstep.</DIV>
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<DIV>It's not anywhere near my birthday, but I nevertheless thank Doug for this springtime "surprise." Should I ever return to university to do that PhD in Abnormal Psychology, I've already got my dissertation half-written. I'm going to call it "Fear and Loathing in Las Kirkas."</DIV>
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<DIV>I'd rather be (deep-sea) fishing,</DIV>
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<DIV>Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.auntie-establishment.com">www.auntie-establishment.com</A></DIV>
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