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Grace be unto you and peace from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Amen.
I want to thank you all for the honor of being here today and for the cordiality my wife and I have been shown here today. We thank you very much. You're a wonderful church. It makes me almost miss the civilian ministry. I am enjoying very much what I am doing. The is a ministry that is greatly needed in our armed forces today.
Let's open our Bibles to our scripture reading for this morning. Philippians 2, I'm just going to read verse 9 for you today. Therefore also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name.
What's in a name? You know, Shakespeare once said that "There's nothing in a name." He said that "A rose that is called by any other name is just as sweet." Well, it is with great joy that I tell you that after all the suffering that William Shakespeare caused me in school, I could tell you that he's wrong. Now, I'm going to prove that to you this morning, I hope.
Listen, If I gave you a check for a million dollars with my name written on it and you took it to your local banker and you presented it to him, He would laugh in hysterical laughter. "What's this? This means nothing." But if I give you a check for a million dollars with the name of Bill Gates signature on it, your banker would fall on his knees in great reverence because the name of Bill Gates is something in the halls of finance.
What's in a name?
One day a big fierce lion pounced on a monkey in the jungle and demanded, "Tell me the name of the king of the jungle!" The frightened monkey said, "Well, you're the king of the jungle, Lion." And so the lion let him go.
The next animal the lion met was a Zebra. He pounced on that zebra and demanded, "Tell me, Zebra, Who is the king of the jungle?" And that zebra who was terrified, said, "You're the king of the jungle, O Lion." So he let him go.
The lion then came up to an elephant. And he asked the same question. The elephant grabbed the lion with his powerful trunk, twirled him around and around like a dish towel and threw him fifty feet and he smacked his head against a tree. The lion got up, shaking his head, and said, "All right, all right! Just because you don't know the answer to the question, there's no reason to get mad at me."
What's in a name?
The Bible says in Proverbs 22:1 KJV, A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold.
One day, I read a story about a rancher who lost his beloved dog. So he put an ad in the newspaper trying to recover that lost pooch of his.
I read a story about two brothers who terrorized the Midwestern town that they grew up in. In fact, they were the heads of this town. They were really bad brothers. They cheated their customers in their business dealings. They were unfaithful to their wives. They abused their kids. They kicked the dog. I mean, these boys were just bad bad brothers.
As fate would have it, the older one died. So, the younger one went to the local pastor (there was only one pastor in this western town) and he said, "Pastor, I want you to do the funeral sermon for my brother. In that sermon, I want you to tell everybody that my brother was a saint." The pastor said, "You've got to be kidding. Everybody knows what kind of man you brother was. And the kind of man you are. I can't say that to those people out there." "Pastor, I'll make it worth your while." He pulls out his checkbook and begins to write, "One hundred thousand dollars." The pastor took the check.
A few days later came the day of the funeral. The church was packed. Everybody hated this guy, but wanted to make sure the guy was really dead. That's why they all showed up. So the pastor is preaching away. He was telling the congregation, "... you know what kind of a man this was that is lying here before you. You know how he cheated you in your business dealings. You know how he treated his wife, his family. But compared to his brother right here, this man was a saint."
What does a name mean?
What do you think of when you hear the name, William Shakespeare? You probably think: great poetry, perhaps. What do you think of when you hear the name, Judas? Traitor. What about the name, Adolf Hitler? Monster? Pervert? What do you think of when you hear the name, Beethoven? Great music, don't you?
But my friends, there is a name above every name, and it's a precious name. It's a powerful name. It's even a saving name. It is a conquering name. It's an eternal name. It is the name of Jesus, Who is the Christ, the only begotten Son of the Father.
When the smallest child whispers the name of Jesus in his night- time prayer beside his tiny bed, every demon on earth trembles in absolute fear. When that name is whispered over tortured lips of those who are sick and suffering, disease begin to disappear and suffering and pain stop because of the power and majesty of the mighty name of Jesus. Mention that name, which is above every name, and immediately, fear begins to vanish and faith is born. The black clouds of depression are forced to roll away. The shackles of misery and habit are broken instantly. New life bursts being because of the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
Mention that name, which is above every name and instantly God will open the prison doors and set the captives free. I'm telling you that Jesus can set you free from everything that holds you captive today. Mentally, physically, spiritually, emotionally. Because I know Him to be the great Liberator. When you call upon that name, my dear friend, blind eyes begin to see, deaf ears begin to hear, and the dumb can speak, the lame can walk with glory because Jesus is the Great Physician.
When the early disciples spoke that name, nearly two thousand years ago in the upper room, it cause the wind and fire of Pentecost to fall down on them. My prayer for you, my dear friends, is that God would let the wind and fire of Pentecost come right here to McDonald Road Seventh-day Adventist Church, that you would have the power and the presence of the Living God right here.
When you mention the name of Jesus,
You know, the prophet said in Isaiah 9:6 KJV, And he will be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. And according to that text, Jesus is my friend. He's my Savior. He is my deliverer. He is my Counselor. He is my Comforter. He is the Lion of the tribe of Judah and He is our soon coming King.
I mentioned earlier that the name of Bill Gates will open the doors of finance. The name of Albert Einstein will open the doors of science and physics. The name of Beethoven will open the doors of music. But the name of Jesus will open the gates of heaven and shut the gates of hell. His name is above every name. Every title that man gives to himself, whether it's king, prince duke and even lord, are given simply to gratify their egos and their vanities.
Alexander the Great, what a highfalutin name that is, was a man who died suddenly at the ripe old age of thirty three. He was not a great man. He could not even conquer his own passions. Herod the Great. There's a lofty title for you. He was a moral monster who murdered nine of his ten wives for no reason at all. He was the man, who by legal decree, demanded that his only son be executed on the day he died so that Israel would mourn, because he knew that Israel hated him and loved his son. He was the same man who decreed that all the innocent children to be slaughtered when Jesus was born in His manger.
My friends, there was one man who walked across the stage of human history Whose greatness is greater that human tongue can tell. He is called the Great I Am. He is called, the Great Physician. He is called the Great Shepherd, Who guides and provides for those who love Him.
Never in human history has there been a child who is born the living God from the womb of a the virgin, but Jesus was. Never was there a man who was wounded by Satan and yet crushed him at Calvary's hill, but Jesus did. Never was there a man who was the Savior of men, yet crucified by men, but Jesus was. Never was there a person buried in the grave for three days and yet on that third day arose from the dead just as He said He would, and Jesus did.
You know, many have been to the tomb of Ulysses S Grant. I've got news for you. He's still there. Many have been to the grave of Abraham Lincoln. He's still there, too. Many have been to the grave of Thomas Jefferson. And he's still there. But when you go to the tomb of Jesus, it's empty, for He has risen. And He alone is the living God Whose name is above every name, Who is worthy of our praise and honor and glory. Amen and amen.
His name is above every name. He is our joy. He is our hope. He is our salvation.
Now, I've got a question for you. Do you know Him? Do you know Him as your personal friend? Do you know Him as the Lord of your life? Did you know that He is here right now among us? And He walks the aisles of this beautiful church that you have with His nail-pierced hands. And you know, He's reaching out to every one of you, everyone here. His hand is stretched out to you. He can take the life of one who is fearful and lonely and give it a new meaning. He can take your marriage that is almost destroyed and give it a fresh beginning and a new love and a new hope and a new joy. He an take every fractured relationship in your life that you had and make it a beautiful thing. His is a name above every name. There's a song that says, "Turn your eyes upon Jesus. Look full in His wonderful face, and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace."
Beloved, I believed that most Christians in America, and in general, and most Adventists in particular, need to fall in love with Jesus all over again. You know, we have fallen in love with churches and in love with chapels, and fallen in love with denominations and we have fallen in love with doctrines. But, you know what, I believe that it is time to get back to basics. To fall in love with Jesus all over again. He is the lover of our souls, who has redeemed us. Did you know that he has made us kings and priests unto God Himself? Only Jesus can save, and only Jesus can give us hope. His name is above every name.
In the Scriptures, and I looked this up one time, there are over two hundred illusions to Jesus in the Bible. For instance, and I don't have time to give you all two hundred of them, He is called
You know what, There are not many Sons of God, just one Son of God. And there is only salvation in His name. He is the chief corner-stone. He is the Day Star. He is my Deliverer. He is Immanuel. He is God with us. He is the Light of the world. He is the Lamb of God. He is the God of all hope. His name is above every name. Let's give Him glory and honor. Amen and Amen.
His name is a saving name.
You know, that angels said to Mary one day, "Thou shalt call His name Jesus, for He shall save His people from their sins." - Matthew 1:21 KJV. The Bible says in Acts 4:12 KJV, Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is none other name given under heaven among men, whereby we must be saved. The only One that can save you this morning, my dear friends, is Jesus.
Let me tell you that your salvation is not depending on your good deeds. It is not dependant upon your baptism. It is not dependant upon your good looks and your money. The only way that you are ever going to see heaven is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ. And Jesus said in John 14:6, ..."I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except by me. Jesus said, "I am the Way." He didn't say He was A way. He said He was THE way. Dear friend, the Bible teaches us in Psalm 40 that you and I were caught in a horrible pit. We were sunk down in the mire and the mud of this world. There is nothing we could do to get out of that pit. We have tried climbing, but we couldn't seem to get anywhere. There was no way for us to climb out of the pit. We tried calling for help, and some folks stopped by and tried to help us.
I heard a story about a man who went into a pit one day and he couldn't get himself out. A Christian Scientist came along and said to him, "Brother, you only think you're in a pit." A Pharisee came by and said, "Only bad people fall into a pit." A mathematician came by next and calculated how far he fell into the pit. A new reporter came by and wanted an exclusive story on the pit. A fundamentalist preacher came by and said, "Brother, you deserved the pit you're in." A realist came by next and said, "Hmm. That's a pit. A scientist came by and calculated the pressure in pounds per square inch to get him out of the pit. A geologist came by next, and he told him to simply appreciate the rock strata surrounding him in the pit. A county inspector came by and wanted to know if he had a permit for that pit. A self-pitying person came by and said, "You haven't seen anything until you've seen my pit." A charismatic came by and said, "Just confess, brother, that you're not even in a pit." An optimist came by and said, "Things could be worse." A pessimist came by and said, "Things will get worse." But my friends, Jesus came along, seeing the man, He took him by the hand and lifted him out of the pit, set his feet on the solid rock to stay and established his goings forth. You know what, I am glad Jesus didn't just lift us out of the pit and leave us hanging over the pit; The Bible says that not only did He lift us out of the pit but He set our feet on a solid rock, never again to fall into a pit. What manner of man is this....?" (Matthew 8:37)Let me tell you. He's a saving Man. His name is a saving name.
He saved me when I was undeserving. I don't deserve the good things He's given me. And, neither do you. He has blessed me, and, yes, He's blessed you in so many ways that you would have to agree with me. He has been marvelous in our lives. There's nothing that you an I did to deserve to be saved. Yet in His love for us, He will save us anyway.
The Bible says, in Romans 5:8 KJV, But God commendeth His love towards us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for u. While we were still in the things of the world, with our backs turned away from God, God loved us anyway and chose toe give us His Son to die on that old rugged cross so that we could be saved. His name is a saving name. If you want to go to heaven, you must meet this saving Man or you're not going to get there.
You know, people often say to me, they said it when I was a pastor, they say it to me now as a chaplain. "Chaplain, God can't save me. I've sinned too greatly in my life." Friends, That's a bald-faced lie. There is not a person in this room who has lived a life so steeped in sin that the grace of God can't redeem you. You say to me, "You don't know what I've done!" Just one prayer in Jesus' name and it's all gone from your record.
I read a story about a chaplain in World War II. He worked in a hospital. There was a fierce battle going on and one of the soldiers was brought to this hospital. His wounds were such an injury that they thought he was going to die. One day, the chaplain wanted to do some ministry, so he walked into the room of that man. The guy looked up from his hospital bed and said, "Get out of my room. I don't want to ever see you in my room again." The chaplain walked out.
Then he came back in a few days and he was carrying a large vase of flowers. He set in on the bedpost right next to the man. And the man looked over. The man began to cry, and he said, "You know, I love flowers." The chaplain said, "You know, flowers are a beautiful thing. And God knew that we needed beautiful things in our life."
This man that was stricken by his war wounds and probably going to die, said, "Chaplain, I really want to apologize to you for throwing you out of my room the way I did. You know, if you know what I've done in my life, I have done every rotten and evil thing I could ever imagine. Why, if I wrote my sins on the wall of this room, they would cover the whole room."
The chaplain reached into his breast pocket and pulled out a pen and said, "Son, go ahead and write. Write over every wall. Write everything. Write on the ceiling if you wish. Write every evil thing you've done and then I'm going to write one thing. The blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sins."
Life is filled with a lot of stress and strain, isn't it. I imagine all of us know that to be true. Don't they call this the "Mallox" generation? Life is full of stress. Sooner or later you're going to come to a crisis in your life that you can't handle. You will face stress in your marriage, your health could deteriorate, You could have some difficult times with your children. Just ask my mother. She'll tell you. Somewhere, Sometime, something is going to happen that money and power and fame and influence can't affect. And what do you say when bad things happen to very good people? What do you say to parents standing beside the shallow grave of an infant taken suddenly and tragically in death?
When I was pastoring in Bakersfield, there was one family in particular that I was very close to. They had invited me into their hearts and they had given me the high honor and privilege of ministering to their family, especially in major crises. In fact, I officiated at the funeral of six of their immediate family in a five year period.
The one funeral I will never forget is the funeral of a boy named Steve. A seventeen-year-old boy. He was a big good-looking kid. All the girls made goggle eyes at Steve. He was a great athlete, pretty good in school. He was into outdoor lore, this Indian kind of lore. He used to camp out in tepees and all this kind of stuff.
One day, on a Sabbath afternoon, Steve was at home. Steve collapsed on his bed and didn't wake up. His grandmother, Dora, called me and left a message on my answering machine. "Pastor Petsch, please get over to Mercy Hospital right away. Steve has stooped breathing." When I got home, I got on the phone right away and called Dora and said, "Dora, what's up?" She told me. And I raced over to Mercy Hospital and ran into the emergency room and they ushered me back in.
They took me in to a back room inside the emergency wing. And I don't know what has happened. Steve's father is there with his sister. I said, "Jim, I tired getting over here as quickly as I could. "What happened? How's Steve?"
He looked at me and said, "Pastor, Steve is dead." What do you say? "Where is Steve right now?" "Well, he's in the room over there with his mother." "May I go in?" "Yes."
So, then I weaved myself around behind all those curtains, and there I see Steve stretched on a gurney and his mother is standing by his head and she's holding his head in her hands. I can see that Steve is dead. The color of his face. I've seen death before. Steve is dead. And the mother is crying and stroking his face. She said to me, "Why? Why?"
Folks, I didn't have an answer. There are some things that I just couldn't do. What do you say to her? Do you just go up and say, "Jesus loves you?" That's kind of disingenuous, isn't it? I mean, she's suffering a tragedy like this and all I could do, the only thing that I could do was I cried with the mother.
But I know this: There's a day coming when the voice of Jesus is going to raise Steve and everybody else that loves Jesus. And we're going to be raised and transformed in the newness of life. And we're going to meet him in the air, and we're going to be with him forever. That is her hope. His is a name above every name.
In the chaos of the dark and dismal hour of your life, Jesus will come. That name that is above every name. Into the darkness of your life He comes with His flaming light. In a moment of sour comes peace that passes all human understanding. The sob will become a song. In Proverbs 18:10 it says, The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
There are a number of pictures in the Bible that reflect the strong tower of the Lord. I can only share one of those with you right now. And it is a beautiful picture.
It is a picture of Abraham climbing Mount Moriah with his son Isaac in tow. Abraham knows that Isaac is going to be sacrificed on that mountain. Isaac looks to his father and asks that heart stopping question, "Father, where is the lamb for the sacrifice? You have the dagger, you have the wood, but where is the lamb?"
In my sanctified imagination I see Abraham reaching down into the very fiber, the core of his being, in the reservoir of his soul, he says to himself, "Jehovah-jireh." Which literally means "God can see to it." It implies that God will provide.
It's a great relationship between visions and provision, but I want to stay with the original translation. God can see. When Isaac asked Abraham, "Where's the lamb, Dad?" Abraham could have said, "I can't see how God is going to get me out of this mess." Have you ever asked that in your life? "How is God going to get me out of my mess right now?" (See Genesis 22:3-14)
By faith, Abraham ran into that strong tower and said, "Jehovah- jireh." "God can see." I want you to hear me. "God can see what you can't see." And in my sanctified imagination, on the other side of that mountain, unseen by Abraham, was a ram, the answer that he had been looking for. An angel of the Lord was holding that ram by the horns. And they had a little conversation. The angel said to the ram, "Ram, do you hear that man on the other side of the mountain? He is saying, 'God can see.' You and I have an appointment on top of that hill in just a few minutes. If Abraham keeps going, we're going to keep going." And I'm sure the ram resisted because he was less than enthused about his prospects.
But when Isaac asked Abraham, "Papa, where is the lamb?" Abraham could say, "God can see." And Abraham went to the top of that mountain. And he built that sacrificial altar, saying to himself, "God can see." Then he took his son, Isaac, and he tied up his hands and he tied his feet, laid him on that altar and said, "God can see." And he lifted his razor-sharp dagger ready to thrust it into the chest of his only son, Isaac. And he looked into the face of God and said, "God can see." And the Bible says and then only after he had done everything God had told him to do Abraham looked and saw a ram caught in the thickets.
Now, I want you to hear me on this one, my dear friends. Rams don't get caught in thickets unless an angel tied them up there. When you obey God, God will drag the answer by the horns and either tie it into your life and you can not escape it when God provides for you. many of you today are facing a great crisis in your life. I challenge you today to run into the strong tower of the name of the Lord and say, "Jehovah-jireh God can see."
You see no answer right now. And you're tempted to say, "I don't know how God is going to get me out of this." Don't submit to your fear. Hold on to God's unfailing mighty right hand and say in faith, "Jehovah-jireh. God can see." Run into the high tower of the name that's above every name. And keep confessing, "God can see. God can see."
I tell you today, my friends, those of you who are hurting and lonely, God can see. He sees how you are. He see the tears that go down your cheeks in the midnight hour. He sees the lump in your throat and the hurt in your soul. He sees you and He is leading you step by step to whisper the name that is above every name. He's calling you back into the strong tower that can give you the answer. the answer is the name that's above every name. The name of Jesus Christ our Lord and our Savior, Amen and amen!
And now, may the peace of God which passes all human understanding keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus unto life everlasting, Amen.
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Located in The Glen Town Center and recognized as one of the North Shore's most popular eateries, Flight's urban chic ambiance, extensive wine list and innovative menu (best described as American Contemporary Comfort food) will take your senses to greater heights. Customer favorites include the Duck Mac and Cheese, Pan Seared Scallops, Beef Tenderloin, Skirt Steak Flatbread, the Flight Burger and Herb Fries. Save room for dessert...the Chocolate Fondue paired with a Ruby Port is a must!
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Quality food & service for the last 28 years in the heart of Oak Park. Enjoy our great family-friendly atmosphere. Known for our famous signature homemade chips that taste great alone or with our sandwiches, freshly baked paninis & wraps. Largest salad bar in Oak Park. Breakfast served Sat. & Sun. Full service catering available.
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Morton's The Steakhouse features USDA prime-aged beef, succulent seafood, fine wines, decadent desserts, and exceptional service for over 30 years. Private dining available.
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Cucina Bianchi Ristorante & Pizzeria
Cucina Bianchi has originated from the former Bimbo's Restaurant which thrived in Palatine, Illinois for over 35 years. Serving authentic Italian home cooked favorites, our recipes have been passed down for generations and are made with the finest ingredients.
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The Ridgeview Grill is a family friendly neighborhood restaurant serving home made American comfort favorites. We are open daily for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Our Breakfast – Lunch Menu is available until 4 p.m. and includes Eggs, Omelets, Benedicts, Pancakes, Waffles, and Crepes. Our Dinner Menu Starts at 4p.m. and includes salads, sandwiches, burgers, pastas, steaks, chops, and fresh fish. The entire menu is available for carry out and ready to pick up in under 20 minutes! Dinning in or Carry Out, our friendly staff are always here to serve you. Good beer and wine selection. Kids' menu too.
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Word. Just imagine trying to take a dump in an airport toilet stall, looking up and seeing some creepy closet-case staring through the stall crack at you. Yecch.
If he'd just admit he's bi, there'd be no problem.
It very much reminds me of this awesome best of craigslist from two years ago, about peeing in O'Hare in Chicago...
Pee Wee came too soon
Ah Dan,
I won't argue that the straight boys hitting on women in bars ploy wasn't a bit of a stretch, and I certainly won't argue that the creepy fuck is getting exactly what he deserves, but the police report (or what we know of it) only discusses the "known" signals leading up to a potential homosexual encounter. No word of any actual acts being committed other than the signals. In short, indicating sexual interest in another person is what he was arrested for -- and THAT shouldn't be a crime. I won't deny that odds on he would have happily blown the cop while kneeling in a pile of his own filth, but that is more a reflection of my feelings for right-wing republican assholes that can't keep their politics out of my life. Sadly, that isn't a prosecutable offense...
FYI, you looked great on CNN!
in fact straight people do get busted for sex in stalls in bars as a quick search will reveal. thanks for making it explicit.
I agree with you, Dan, but I just don't see how somebody could be arrested based on tapping and hand signals? Maybe I'm naive about the burden of proof, but it seems like what he did was the equivalent of driving by a hooker and rolling down the window. You can say that is an action usually taken by someone looking to solicit a prostitute, but they're not going to to arrest you for solicitation unless you verbally offer to pay the prostitute (or vice cop) for sex.
Or maybe this is just a case of a cop making an arrest even though a conviction never would have happened anyway? Unless, of course, you plead guilty.
Um. Bathrooms are for pissing or shitting. That's it.
I'm a gay man. I don't care if guys (or girls, for that matter) hit on me in bars or walking down the street or in grocery store lines. I'm a big boy. I can say yes or no. I can even be polite about it.
But don't hit on me when I'm trying to take a dump in an airport bathroom. I don't care if you are the hottest stud within a hundred miles, it is NOT okay to hit on me while I am taking a dump in an airport bathroom.
Thank you.
What SDA said.
The undercover cop sat there on the toilet waiting for thirteen minutes.
I can't defend the bastard...but that seems spooky. After 5 minutes, the senator probably thought he was just WAITING for a move. Anyway.
Fnarf, I thought you were married to a woman?
True enough, there are few places I would consider less sexy than a men's room.
Oh, and this whole police entrapment memme is just a sideline.
You can argue that merely indicating sexual interest in a bathroom should not, in and of itself, be illegal. You could argue, I suppose, that maybe he would not have actually had sex in the bathroom, but instead would have proposed retiring to his hotel suite for the main action, thus never actually committing a lewd act in a public toilet (unlikely, I'm guessing, but I'll admit it could have gone down that way).
But that isn't what Craig is arguing. He isn't saying that what he did should be perfectly legal. He is saying that the cop misunderstood his actions (huh?!?), and that he's not gay (yeah, right). By implication, he is also saying that gay men still should not be allowed to solicit each other in a public restroom, and that being gay is still a bad thing.
That is the same as if he were caught smoking a joint. Instead of saying that smoking pot should be legalized, he says that no, he wasn't smoking a joint and the cop must have misunderstood what he was doing. He is not a pot smoker. And smoking pot should remain illegal.
He's a closet case and a huge fucking hypocrite. This is called karma, fucktard!
What @8 said...
Let's be clear here...sex in a bathroom, illegal. Good.
The steps leading up to that? Questionable, at best. And, given the likelihood that the cop was encouraging the behaviour in order to reel in the suspect, then that gets close to entrapment.
Dan, I understand the desire of the gay community to now distance itself from the practice of cruising bathrooms...I get it. But, at the same time, let's not lose our heads about what is and/or should be illegal.
So far, what I've read in the police reports, Mr. Craig should have beat this charge in court. But, the nature of the situation is what allows cops to use this as a tool for harassment of closeted gay individuals.
Right on...
And you don't PLEAD GUILTY if you're not.
@6 the actual charges he admitted to were basically 1) peeping, and 2) engaging in behavior that will likely lead to the disturbance of others.
@8 in seattle they can arrest you for soliciting a prostitute if you say nothing. the last big sting (on aurora north of green lake) involved some cases where a guy drove by twice, which was enough:
The officers were arresting and charging men for two primary violations -- patronizing a prostitute and prostitution loitering, which can mean merely asking a suspected prostitute whether she is a police officer or circling a block to check out a woman who may be a prostitute.
from: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/259183_sting11.html
Back to my argument about straight boys hitting on women in bars. Staring at their chests may not equate with peeping, but I can guarantee that they are engaging in behavior that will likely lead to the disturbance of others. Should they be arrested too?
well that is certainly news to me! seems pretty dubious that prostitution loitering should be a crime. Just as dubious as arrest for hand signals and tapping, regardless of what is the assumed intent. I can agree that street prostitution and public sex in front of non-consenting parties should be illegal, but it seems like calling foot tapping and driving by a prostitute is just a recipe for police harassment and unnecessary arrests.
Maybe shit and piss turns him on?
i know! i'm pointing this out because i disagree with it and was surprised to learn how easily someone could be arrested. a guy driving past a hot woman a second time illegal? what?
from the PI:
Some also think if they don't talk about money or sex, they are immune from arrest. Not true, according to Smith. Even if they don't offer or agree to a sex act in exchange for money, they can be arrested for "loitering for the purpose of soliciting a prostitute."
and check this out from the same story:
Another decoy, Robin, 33 - a three-year veteran of the Sheriff's Office - said it sometimes takes some coaxing to nab a john.
THANK GOD no one knows who any of us are on SLOG(for the most part)
Let's change the character from a Senator to an unknown guy and the same circumstances happen to him. I wonder if the crys of "entrapment" would be more prelevant?
Let me be honest though, I think that sex in public restrooms is sick and I am getting great joy at watching a GOP Senator getting caught.
What @9 said. Tap away, whistle away, jump up and down, I don't care, but please, *don't* stare at me through the frickin' crack of an airport toilet stall while I'm trying to take a dump. That is peeping; it is what the gentleman from Idaho did; he pled guilty to it; he did not deny it, nor did he have any amusing alternative explanation for it("wide stance," picking up nonexistent toilet paper); and it is and should be illegal. Period. If you stare at me in a bar or on Aurora Avenue it just ain't the same.
@ Dan: "Im sure Sen. Craig would not have been arrested for sending a man a drink in a bar, or for hitting on a man in a bar."
true, but he might have been punched in the face. It's about shame, which is something Sen. Craig is no doubt full of.
As to the straight-men-in-bars comparison, people that flirt in bars dont have sex in bars, as one commenter beat me to pointing out. They retire to a hotel rooms or, if theyre on the same flight, the privacy of an airplane toilet.
Wait, what? The Mile High Club isn't exactly a common courtesy to those around you. If you're under the impression that it's equivalent to getting a hotel room, you've invited to sit in the last row of seats, seatback against the toilet stall, next time you fly.
If anything, given the choice between other people boinking in the airport bathroom versus boinking in the airplane bathroom, I'd take the former. I can leave there.
@8 I don't think so. That's like saying that a drug dealer must say, "Can I offer you some nice crack today?" before you have probable cause to make an arrest. There are slang terms and signals for drug dealing that are meant to evade the notice of non-drug users, and the foot tapping, hand motions, etc. are an analogous feature in bathroom sex. Just as any guy who ever used the downstairs bathroom in Smith Hall at UW.
You seem to be backing away from your criticism, said on CNN, that sex in a public bathroom is creepy.
Now you seem to be saying it's okay if no one's bothered. Which is it?
Or do you have a message for MSM and another for your paying customers?
I don't know how tall Craig is (I thought mugshots were supposed to have your height in the background!), but standing in that throng of reporters, I doubt he's 6'. How large could his 'wide stance' possibly be? I hope he gets interviewed by David "Lurch" Gregory from NBC and tries to explain that one.
@26. i mostly agree, gitai, but if you can have money change hands regardless of the wording, or have someone pull down their pants in a public restroom regardless of the hand signals, you can still make an arrest. the wording in both those examples does not matter.
arresting prior to that prevents one from changing their mind, or could potentially in some cases, get an innocent person in trouble.
I said on CNN than it's creepy -- and it is. Having sex in a place where you have to listen to the fwap and splash of other men defecating? Uh... creepy. It actually grosses me out -- particularly when CNN anchors ask me to walk them through it, as if I do it myself.
But, as I also said on CNN, most men who do this sort of thing go out of their way to avoid detection. Most are discreet, most don't bother anyone. And most other people in the can -- even at the time --don't even realize it's going on. But it is still creepy.
PdxRitchie @12, I was referring to the "it is NOT okay to hit on me while I am taking a dump in an airport bathroom" part, not the "I'm a gay man" part. Obviously.
There is no rational basis to define signals as lewd behavior and thus criminal.
No way. It is pure unadulterated homophobia. Vice cop stings and entrapment, which destroy lives, cost a lot of money for attorneys, squander resources, are not cool and only provide a lot of glee for the fucking vice cops.
There can be no defense of any degree of entrapment as an issue of civil liberties. Never.
And saying that straight people are treated the same is not true, and Dan, you know better. Straight couples get naked in cars, fuck away, dry hump in the park, he fondles her tits, she is giving him a hand job - oh, it so sweet, they are in love.
Gay men are the sole victims of this kind of entrapment. Straight folks get a jocular reprimand to take it elsewhere and gay men go to jail.
Years ago, already mentioned somewhere, when there was a major problem in Woodland part stings - hundreds of gay men were charged with touching the cop, felony assault, not sexual touching, the shoulder was common. In that fracas the Mayors Gay Lesbian Commission did research and concluded they could find NO cases where the same laws were used for straight folks.
In my opinion, parks are a much bigger problem than tea rooms. When gay men congregate in even the most casual fashion, the cops get complaints.
Beware, cops will read this as a message it is OK to get the fags back into the deep closet and out of public spaces.
Interesting the cop had been there for 13 minutes and in no way said fuck off. Common sense tells you he was reeling the guy in. And some court got the 575.00 as revenue.
When I was a resident of San Francisco, living in the Castro district, I knew of many guys who preferred public places for sex, including parks and bathrooms. I could never figure it out because there were always plenty of private places available. Finally I got it - it turned them on. So entrapment, enshrapment, public bathrooms are for taking a dump and peeing. Don't go into one and spend 20 minutes tapping your foot, making hand signals or knitting a sweater. Do your busines and get out. Or you might get the thrill you were looking for - being arrested.
So, Dan, given your past success at using hypocrite Republican senators names to describe sexual by-products (the public misses you Mr. Santorum), can I nominate Senator Craigs name to define a gay hook-up in a public restroom? Hows this I met this guy in the restroom and we were having a great craiging, but then he pulled out and got santorum all over my ass.
With all due respect, I appreciate all you said, but I prefer the QFC on 15th, and the Cuff.
For me the danger is the issue of vice cop stings and our communities buying into their sorry game.
Wise or unwise, creepy urges or cottage fence mainstream, gay men should not tolerate entrapment. Ever.
I agree with Dan and most of the commentary.
As far as the cop, he issues a citation/summons alleging certain facts. It's not up to the cop to decide if it is criminal. It's only up to him to see if it meets the standard to allege that such activity took place. Based upon prior acts that others have done, Craig fit that mold under the circumstances at the time. The cop didn't have to say fuck off or do anything. Once the cop made the allegation it was for a court/jury to decide.
As Craig himself admitted, he wanted it to go away. So he pled to a lesser charge to make it go away. If he didn't want to do so he could have done what the rest of us can do: go to trial. Now his excuse is that he shouldn't have pled guilty and fought it. He also knows that it's too late for that to occur and is intentionally using that fact to protect his political hide.
Craig is now wanting sympathy from those that would think entrapment, figuring its the only way to save his political career. I actually hope he stays in office for his complete term as people of both parties that are hypocritical will worry.
I also wonder if he had to make a later appearance in court to plead guilty to the charge or if it was done at the time. If he flew back to MSP on Senate dollars (or used Senate staff such as his scheduler) to make things happen that should come out.
@32 Harold has summed up my thoughts nicely.
To the rest of you...I am not dismissming what Craig did. Fine; he pleaded guilty. I get it. They got him. Case closed, and he's a hypocrite to boot. Great. Skewer him; lord knows I will.
However, for those of us who care about the civil rights issues involved, these style of cases do raise serious questions.
The link is a right on commentary on the issue of police stings - very good information and thanks for the post, Tim.
Tap, tap tap .... expectant pause.
@29 I really don't think the poor cop should have to wait til a wang is whipped out before he makes the arrest.
So apropos of little, I got propositioned by a hooker for the first time (in Seattle) a couple weeks ago. I passed out on a friends couch and left at 7:30 AM! She lives one street south of Aurora, near 45TH.
So I'm walking to my car, less than a block & I see this cute young lady so I smile at her. Again it's 7:30 AM in the freaking morning, I figure she's a co-ed getting coffee or going to yoga or something. She smiles back. I get in my car & look over my shoulder she's looking at me. I smile again & she stops and starts walking towards the car. I'm pretty confused, admittedly, after all it's 7:30 in the morning & I just got up. I roll down my window & she asks if I'm looking for company. I blurt out some "nos".
Anyway, I guess I wasn't loitering so I'm cool.
If someone peers at me through the crack in a bathroom stall I'd just yell "This one's taken" instead of letting them stand there forever getting an eyeful. If someone were tapping their toes I'd just assume they're listening to something really good on their Ipod. Only when they started playing footsies, I'd say something like "what the hell?". If someone waved a hand below the deviding wall I'd just hand them a wad of TP or a tampon. By pleading guilty Larry Craig confessed to the crime and also to being a closet case and a hypocrite. Larry Craig is perverted, dirty old man. We've known this since the early eighties.
There's a lot going on with this story: homophobia, the jaw-dropping degree of denial Larry Craig must operate under, "entrapment" (do note the ironic quotation marks) and the hypocrisy of a political party presenting themselves as "moral" in the extreme.
What can you hope comes out of this? That Larry Craig finds and accepts, however belatedly, his own true self? That he suffers? That the Republican Party finds its true self, or that they suffer?
@35 - entrapment is a bad thing always, but what happened in the Craig case would only be entrapment if the police had initiated contact. That's not what happened - Craig initiated contact and the cop played along. Fair game in my book.
That said, what really sucks about this whole thing is how the MSM is using this to link restroom cruising with gay men generally. Case in point - the ABCnews.com article headlined "How Gay Men Cruise for Sex" (http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=3534199&page=1) as if all gay men everywhere can only get off to the smell of urinal cakes. I'm happy that Craig is getting what he deserves, but this really is a big step backwards for the cause.
#35 -
I think you have taken the bait of the other side in that there should never be a game with the cops.
Gay men have EVERY right, at all times and in all places to socialize, joke, be emotional, affectionate, and sexual - just like out straight counterparts.
Everywhere, and anytime, and always. Never is out existence tied to the scrutiny of the police power of the state. Cops should not be determining if we kiss in public, use signals to see it there is a taker, or just act totally fem and campy queer, cause we wanna.
And of course it is entrapment when some vice cop is spending his days camped in the john taping his foot.
New more accurate reports say that yes, the cop was playing footsie back.
Who was deceiving who? The Senator is a pathetic, sad closet case and has horrible politics, but broke no law. Oh, excuse, the unwritten law that says gays go some where else, don't show anything we don't like in public, back into the closet, and your are OK if you don't remind us you suck cock.
Another aside is the division of no not me, I am not one of them - as if it matters. We all have out scene and we have done the right wing a favor to offer an immediate defense that - "I am not one of those queers." Our enemies do not really care, we just sound foolish.
Who gives a shite about Larry? He's done for and homophobes better beware. Those undesirable notions are creeping up ready to burst through in all their scandalous glory.
But, what abuot TT, Trouble Tomboy from this week's article. It seems the guest writer[Spears] thinks TT is a boy. A mix-up? Poor reading skills? Call the Editor someone's not paying attention.
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I think you have taken the bait of the other side in that there should never be a game with the cops.
Gay men have EVERY right, at all times and in all places to socialize, joke, be emotional, affectionate, and sexual - just like out straight counterparts.
Everywhere, and anytime, and always. Never is out existence tied to the scrutiny of the police power of the state. Cops should not be determining if we kiss in public, use signals to see it there is a taker, or just act totally fem and campy queer, cause we wanna.
And of course it is entrapment when some vice cop is spending his days camped in the john taping his foot.
New more accurate reports say that yes, the cop was playing footsie back.
Who was deceiving who? The Senator is a pathetic, sad closet case and has horrible politics, but broke no law. Oh, excuse, the unwritten law that says gays go some where else, don't show anything we don't like in public, back into the closet, and your are OK if you don't remind us you suck cock.
Another aside is the division of no not me, I am not one of them - as if it matters. We all have out scene and we have done the right wing a favor to offer an immediate defense that - "I am not one of those queers." Our enemies do not really care, we just sound foolish.
and what's with this, "he plead guilty, he wouldn't have done that if he wasn't guilty..." talk? i think he was "guilty", but huh? people plead guilty all the time when they are not for various reasons.
@40 daniel: you could actually be arrested for what you did. maybe you'd be found innocent at trial because you're story would add up, and if it was a sting, that co-ed/hooker/cop might have let you go if you explained. but if that was a sting, that co-ed/hooker/cop might have tried a little harder to get you, maybe tried to prolong the conversation, and who knows what could've happened then...
Here's an issue I haven't seen discussed. Dan said, "There were complaints about the men having sex in the bathrooms at the Minneapolis airport, and the police did what police are supposed to do when there are complaintsthey responded."
Regardless of the other arguments involved, you have to ask whether the police responded appropriately. Rather than having an undercover police officer sit on the toilet all day to make examples of a few people, how about slapping a sign on the door that says, "These premises are patrolled regularly for your safety," and having a uniformed officer walk through every few hours.
I would argue this would be a more effective and fair way to deal with the complaints and curb the activity in the bathroom. Except for the dumb luck that they caught a Senator which made this very public, I can't imagine the handful of people they would normally catch (who would try to keep things as quiet as possible) would be an effective public deterrent.
The goi love a sex scandal to distract their shriveled brains. The flavor of the scandal doesn't matter, it's President with an young woman one day, a Senator flirting with a young man the next. The point is to confuse the goi by making conflicting statements about subconscious sexual urges.
Dan this is real Tikkun Olam to have a gay man attacking another man for attempting sex in a restroom. I especially like the touch of you writing some months ago about your friends who have a 5,000 square foot sex dungeon in their mansion. Tell the goi a 5,000 square foot private sex space is perfectly kosher, while going on and on about how sex 10sq foot public space is disgusting.
The goi will never think to ask about the repulsive extravagance of a 20,000 square foot mansion with 1/4 of it used for sex while in New Orleans families of seven are living in 100sq foot mobile homes.
Tzdeck might mean needing 5,000 square feet of your home to get off in was wrong in a lot of ways, environmentally certainly besides the fact it contributes to the gross inbalance of resource use in our world. But lucky for us all the goi listen to your kevetching about potty putz pulling.
The poor goi don't know what should turn them on, and we can arrest them when they choose a form of sex that isn't currently fashionable. A week or two of headlines about brokeback bathroom means the goi won't be paying attention to our war.
I personally could care less what the goi do with their putz in the Minneapolis bathrooms, but I don't want the goi looking too closely at the war.
This putz paranoia is great filler, keep up the good work. Mazel Tov!
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Pope Francis apologized Thursday for what he called the Roman Catholic Church's complicity in committing "grave sins" against Native Americans "in the name of God" during the oppression of Latin America in the colonial era.
In an address in Bolivia at the Second World Meeting of Popular Movements, a congress of global activists working to mobilize and help the poor, the pope also called for a global social movement to break down the "new colonialism" that has exploited the poor and promoted inequality and materialism, according to a report in The New York Times.
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Like our country, Greeks have long slid down the slippery slope of socialism. They are now gambling their country's future like Jimmy the Greek. It's a consequential moment for the Eurozone. Now we see what happens when a country runs out of other people's money.
Leftist Prime Minister Tsipras convinced the entitlement-minded Greeks to vote "no" on repaying the debts that fund their lazy lifestyle.
The country has run up unsustainable budget deficits with lavish government spending on unions, early retirements for government workers beholden only to the political class, impossible labor laws, regulations, taxing the most productive, subsidizing failing businesses, Madoff-like accounting practices and socialized health care. Sound familiar? It could be Barack Obama's own "I Have a Dream" speech. more >>
A church in Indiana has joined several charity organizations to raise money to purchase a "Homeless Jesus" statue for the state capital.
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June 30, 2015 is the date that Greece finally defaulted on its debt burden. Technically, Greece is "in arrears", not default (yet). But this is a fine distinction. Greece cannot pay its bills. It is broke. Greek banks are closed, government controls have been imposed on the movement of capital, and ordinary people in Greece are restricted to a daily ATM withdrawal limit of 60 Euros, about $70. This date marks the end of a five year process in which the leaders of Greece and the European Union postponed, but could not find a solution to the simple fact that Greece has more debt than it can ever repay. Hopefully, July 1, 2015 will mark the start of a process to heal the economy of Greece, and reform institutions to make it less likely another country will end up in the same mess.
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Former President George W. Bush is now enjoying a higher favorability rating than President Barack Obama, a new survey has revealed, and shows that Americans' opinion of Obama has continued to decline.
The CNN/ORC poll, released on Wednesday, noted that 52 percent of American adults who responded to the survey have a favorable impression of Bush, while 43 percent have an unfavorable view. The former president's public image has improved significantly since leaving office, seeing that back in 2009 only one-third of respondents said they have a positive opinion of him.
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Although the social web aggregation service FriendFeed doesn't specifically include Windows Live Shared Favorites in its list of supported services, it does however support RSS feeds. With that option, you can share almost anything from the social web thanks to the ubiquity of RSS. By using the RSS option, you can easily share your Windows Live's Shared Favorites, the new bookmarking service that allows you save and share favorite web sites with your Windows Live network.
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I have to agree with Jamie, though – I'd like to see FriendFeed offer direct support for this service. It is, after all, part of the social web. Hopefully they will consider adding it in the future.
That said, since the easiest way to share favorites is via the Windows Live Toolbar, I'd like to see Firefox supported via an add-on.
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TORONTO (AP) — J.A. Happ had his best start for the season for the Toronto Blue Jays. It just wasn't enough to beat the Baltimore Orioles.
Happ struck out a career-high 12 in a season-best eight innings, but Caleb Joseph homered for the fourth consecutive game to lead Baltimore to a 2-1 victory on Thursday night.
Happ (8-6) allowed five hits and walked one while throwing 125 pitches. The left-hander is 1-1 with a 1.71 ERA in his last four starts.
"He was fantastic," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. "That's a game you normally think you're going to win."
Happ's only blemish was Joseph's two-run homer in the fourth.
"It was a 2-0 fastball that it was supposed to be away and I pulled it," Happ said. "Just a bad pitch, and he [auth] didn't miss it."
Joseph's drive matched an Orioles record for catchers. Ramon Hernandez (2006) and Gus Triandos (1959) also homered in four straight games.
Chris Davis was the last Baltimore player to go deep in four straight games, accomplishing the feat from July 11-14, 2013.
The Orioles won for the fourth time in five games and lead the AL East by five games over Toronto and the New York Yankees. It was the AL-best 35th road victory for Baltimore, which has won six consecutive series, extending a season-best streak.
"We knew we had to come in and try to take care of business," Joseph said of the series with Toronto. "Taking two of three is gratifying because they're coming after us hard."
Baltimore's Miguel Gonzalez (6-6) allowed four hits in six innings, including Anthony Gose's leadoff homer in the fifth. The right-hander improved to 2-1 with a 2.78 ERA in his last seven starts.
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After being shown a photo of the garden gnome in the shape of Triple-A Norfolk manager Ron Johnson that will be given away at the Tides' Aug. 15 game, Showalter asked equipment manager Chris Guth to get him one of the bearded dolls. "Tell them we'll trade a Chris Davis action figure for it," Showalter said, in reference to a recent Orioles giveaway.
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