bowiesnodgrass.bsky.social
Episcopal priest | poetry at bowiesnodgrass.substack.com | parent with @pgeorgemathew.bsky.social | she/her
👤 Joined on 15 November 2024
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@bowiesnodgrass.bsky.socialCame out of the chapel during the clergy retreat to find a little friend:
Show PostJust 10 people have already poured over $1 BILLION into this year’s midterm elections. 90% has gone to Republicans. In the entire 2008 presidential cycle, the last election before Citizens United, total billionaire spending was $16 million. We need to get Big Money out of our democracy.
Show PostYou know the old story that Joe Kennedy knew the great stock market crash of 1929 was coming when his shoeshine boy started offering stock tips? The Harrington corollary: when CEOs start begging to be taxed more, that means *they* know a crash is coming. Happened just prior to the 2008 GFC, too.
Show PostAll of you Episcopalians: just wanted you to know I’m not living high on the hog on your nickel. My travel expenses are reimbursed for this trip from the churchwide budget, and my NYC dinner today was $6 worth of pizza (the guy gave me the soda gratis). Good stewardship *and* delicious ⚓️🍕
Show PostHappy feast of St Luke! I once heard Fr Jeffrey John describe Luke as “the first champagne socialist”, and that has stuck with me ever since (it was said with love).
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