Jerry Falwell is dead

[ceebeegee]

I wonder if right now he's standing before our Lord, trying to explain his unbelievable hatefulness after 9/11, when he blamed the deaths of thousands of people on feminism and abortion and gay rights.

As far as I'm concerned, that's his legacy--that attitude, that bluster, that self-righteousness, that reflexive demonizing of humanistic and liberal beliefs.

Liberty University (which started as Liberty Baptist College and took a long time getting accredited) was near Sweet Briar--Sweet Briar is a few miles outside of Lynchburg. I had a longtime fantasy of renting a Mustang or Corvette convertible, busting through the Liberty gates and doing donuts on the campus, while blasting "Fight for Your Right to Party." I was something he wouldn't admit existed--a feminist, left-of-Jerry-Rubin, gay-and-abortion-rights-supporting Christian. We came in all flavors.

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[dry-2olives.livejournal.com]

doing donuts? Please translate.

Behold, the donut

[ceebeegee.livejournal.com]

It works best on ice, snow or gravel. The idea is to stabilize the front wheels as much as possible, while whipping the back wheels around. While "You've gotta FIGHT/for your RIGHT/to PAAAAAAAR-TY!" is blaring forth from the speakers.

Re: Behold, the donut

[dry-2olives.livejournal.com]

I guess that falls under the category of "heritage."

Re: Behold, the donut

[minstrel70.livejournal.com]

You've given a strictly technical definition, without really supplying the image of a donut. I would have said, spinning the car violently in circles around its hood, with much spraying of dust and smoke. Worth noting, it can only be done properly in a rear-wheel drive car (although I've seen a creative fool do it it reverse in a front-wheel drive car).

My mother often wondered why the tires on her old Ford didn't last...

Re: Behold, the donut

[ceebeegee.livejournal.com]

I supplied a YouTube link which doesn't seem to be up there now...:-( It showed a car doing donuts.

Re: Behold, the donut

[minstrel70.livejournal.com]

Ah, I wouldn't have been able to see the YouTube part on my cell phone anyway.