So ..... Rick Warren has charged upwards of a grand a seat to watch tonight's Christapalooza?

[Stinky The Clown]

So spaketh Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC while speaking with Doris Kearns Goodwin about tonight's upcoming GodFest.

Not bad.

Can I book these guys and charge that much, too?

I'll do a smaller event. In my living room. I can get .... I dunno ...... 20 people in there. That's up clkose and personal. What might *that* ticket be worth?

[Christa]

1. WWJD?

:eyes:

[IndianaGreen]

21. If Jesus were alive today, he would either be in Guantanamo wearing an orange jumpsuit

or he would be rotting in an Israeli prison.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. To make matters worse, CNN has its usual panel of bloviating asshats

to tell us all what the Jeezathon really means and who "won."

:banghead:

[elehhhhna]

6. fox is also showing it. which is worse, i don't know anymore.

[TomInTib]

7. I already "won".

'cause I ain't watching it.

[eleny]

8. C-Span is carrying it, too

[Occam Bandage]

11. So why watch?

[Muttocracy]

3. Christapalooza... Jesathon..

:rofl:

[Kutjara]

9. Religarama?

Faithtacular?
Holy Inquisition?

[ColbertWatcher]

17. My sentiments exactly! Brilliant name! n/t

[movonne]

4. Just another corporation...except they don't pay any taxes...that is

a very profitable business to be in...

[Blue_In_AK]

5. Somewhere Jesus is shedding a tear. n/t

[katandmoon]

10. WTF does this guy think he is? Fucking egomaniac.

[emilyg]

12. I like Warren.

[isentropic]

13. Good. I like Hitler.

..

[emilyg]

15. Putting the two names in the same sentence

makes you look dumb.

[Bluenorthwest]

20. Saying you like a guy who

says GLBT people have no human rights makes you look like a bigot.

[emilyg]

22. I enjoyed his book.

[Tutonic]

27. I like Pizza. But I wouldn't expect Pizza Hut to charge me $1,0000

for the container. Warren loses any credibility that he had on this one.

[IndyOp]

14. Did she say where the money was going? Warren gives away a substantial

portion of his personal salary and I suspect that if he "charged" $1,000 a seat tonight it was with the intention of raising funds for a good cause.

I am not a Rick Warren fan, I just am not going to jump on the bus to criticize the man because he is a conservative Christian.

[Sanctified]

16. The guy does not draw a salary so I am betting the money is not going in his pocket. n/t

[cynatnite]

18. He doesn't need a salary since he made millions from that stupid book n/t

[Sanctified]

23. He doesn't need to show up on Sunday and give services because...

he made millions from his book, but he does. You may not like the guy or his book but not many people who make millions still show up and do their job for free.

[cynatnite]

26. And because of this he exerts an enormous amount of influence...

He proved that by getting McCain and Obama to come to his christianity forum. Money and power...that's what he's got.

[cynatnite]

19. Sounds like Warren got his richest friends there...

:grr:

[PurityOfEssence]

24. Religion Incorporated is a good gig

You can keep charging regularly, and you never have to deliver a product.

A little bit of overhead for showmanship, and the rest is pure profit.

[spanone]

25. i hate this religion shit in politics. it's wrong and dangerous.