{"id":128,"date":"2004-02-26T02:22:00","date_gmt":"2004-02-26T02:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=128"},"modified":"2004-02-26T02:22:00","modified_gmt":"2004-02-26T02:22:00","slug":"128","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=128","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul Bremer as Pilate, 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today is Ash Wednesday, the day that Mel Gibson’s movie The Passion of The Christ<\/em> opened at theatres. (I noticed a student with a smudge on her forehead and almost called her attention to it–then I caught myself!)<\/p>\n

I am waiting for all the political bloggers to leap on this:<\/p>\n

Paul Bremer<\/a>, US administrator in Iraq = Pontius Pilate<\/a>?<\/p>\n

The Ayatolla al-Sistani<\/a> = the Jewish high priest Caiphas<\/a>? <\/p>\n

Rampaging mobs of followers of an Abrahamc religion = rampaging mobs of followers of an Abrahamic religion?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paul Bremer as Pilate, 1 Today is Ash Wednesday, the day that Mel Gibson’s movie The Passion of The Christ opened at theatres. (I noticed a student with a smudge on her forehead and almost called her attention to it–then I caught myself!) 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