It came out recently that former presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg spent real close to a billion dollars on his Quixotic quest. Yeah I said $1,000,000,000. That’s a lot of moolah to spend for self-gratification. When he started I wondered, “He does know he’s the most boring individual on earth, right?” Evidently he didn’t know that, and Tom Steyer of course had to prove me wrong. Tom said, “Hold my beer”, and immediately setout to prove himself the most boring individual on the planet. Alright Tom, you win. But Mike’s a close second. The point is that in their entire circle of personal and business contacts, no one had the heart to tell them the truth? 

That’s incredible! Between the 2 of them the figure is way over a billion dollars. For what? To feed their ego? That’s some expensive chow. Hell, I would have told them for free. So I’m doing the shower/shave thing this morning and I flip the radio on to KPSZ Praise 940 for a little sermon in the shower. I’m listening to this halting, droning, monotone supposedly preaching God’s word and I’m thinking, “This is the worst preacher I’ve ever heard!” Not second, not third, the worst! Who does he think he’s going to reach with the worst presentation I’ve heard in 50 years of listening to radio preachers?? Nobody is going to listen to that. He or his congregation is wasting their money. Money that could go to a useful purpose.

From looking at 940’s schedule online it looks like it is Pastor Tom Carlson with the show Plainly the Truth. You think you’ve been ‘called’ with that delivery? Really? He’s either a stroke victim or the single worst public speaker I’ve ever heard in my life. I’m supposed to believe you’re on fire for God? On fire for Jesus? On fire for the Holy Spirit? I’m sorry, I don’t believe you. You’re not folksy, you’re not cute, you’re not whatever. No one has ever told you this? You might be good in an instruction setting, or developing an online interactive bible study. From the sound of your voice you’re an older man who has been into it 40 years. Did you always sound like this? Train somebody new, you’re wasting money. Money that could have gone to buying bibles, or Habitat for Humanity, or food for the poor, or something useful! 

[Self delusion! That’s the phrase I was looking for.]