Good News and Bad News

I got very sad upon reading the news the other day, and learning that if we don't change the way we treat our marine life, there will be no wild fish left to eat in the whole world in 50 years. 50 years!! I'll still be alive by then, and there'll be nothing left for me to eat! I'll be ancient AND hungry! Seriously though, that's pretty depressing news. The Philippines in particular has (or used to have) such great marine biodiversity, but with overfishing, dynamite fishing, and the like, it's all disappearing very quickly.

On the plus side, (former) Pastor Ted Haggard who headed the National Association of Evangelicals has admitted to "sexual immorality" and was booted out by his religious group. How is this good news, you ask? Well, in the sense that hypocrisy has been unmasked, that's how. His earlier admission that he bought methamphetamine but did use it; then, that he hired a gay prostitute but only got a massage was just ridiculous. Not to mention that he was vocally against gay marriage even as he was paying for gay sex.

It seems the prostitute/escort, who was named Mike Jones, went public with the allegations that Haggard had transactional sex with him because the leader has supported a measure that would ban gay marriage. Jones said he was also angry that Haggard condemned gay sex in public.

Who would have thought a prostitute would have more balls to stand for his beliefs than a national religious leader? (Then again, with other developments in the news about religious figures, that may not come as too much of a surprise anymore.)