Barry Yourgrau writes, performs & attempts humor in multimedia. His early works A Man Jumps Out of An Airplane & Wearing Dad's Head are considered surreal classics. His book Haunted Traveller plays with imaginary travels. Fans know him too from MTV, NPR & the film The Sadness of Sex in which he starred. For kids (?) there's recent NASTYbooks series. South African-born BY lives in NYC, travels a lot. Has great nostalgia for years in LA. More info @ www.yourgrau.com & www.nastybook.com.
More trouble for John McCain in whom he chooses to say yes to. His huggings of George Bush, image and politics, are bringing him trouble enough.
Now there's redoubled trouble because he won't renounce and denounce the endorsement of this Pastor John Hagee, one bonafide wacko, medieval crank, anti-Catholic bigot and slaughter-monger, who happens to be grotesquely pro-Israel.
I used to watch Hagee on TV and marvel, back in the early 90's when I lived in L.A. I don't think he'd even warmed up his pro-Israel bit at that time, but he sure was something to behold.
Other folks down there in Texas, where Hagee has his megachurch, might be pressed about their relations with him, not just McCain. For instance, I read that the San Antonio chapter of B’nai B’rith (Hagee’s hometown) once gave him their "Humanitarian of the Year” award—the first Gentile to be so honored.
I wonder if they’ll rescind it.
I see former Mayor Kathy Whitmire of Houston set aside a special day of honor, declaring Pastor John C. Hagee Day in her city.
