Biffster’s World

Be The Change USA’s A CELEBRATION OF DEMOCRACY (http://btc-usa.org) is quickly sneaking up on us. The event is all-day on July 30th at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds here in Denver. It’s going to be a big day, with a ton of liberal/progresive speakers and workshops. Speakers include AM760’s Jay Marvin, progressive talk show host Ed Schultz and author Luis Alberto Urrea. Workshops include the budget reform referenda and communications.

For those of us with a progressive or liberal bent, this is an event not to be missed. I’m gonna try and do the whole event, starting at 7:30 with the breakfast and workshop. If you’re heading out to the Jefferson County fairgrounds on the 30th, let me know! I’d love to meet some of my readers! [grin]

Prices for the event are listed on Be the Change USA’s website (warning: that link is to a PDF file). The all-day pass is $50, which is actually a very good deal considering the activities that are on tap. There are less expensive options, also.

Here’s some news to make you smile (or shake your head in embarrassment): The Pope apparently hates Harry Potter: “‘It is good that you enlighten people about Harry Potter, because these are subtle seductions which act unnoticed and by this deeply distort Christianity in the soul, before it can grow properly,’ Benedict wrote, according to the excerpt.”

What is it about the mainstream Catholic churches (in general) and the Catholic church (in specific) that makes them so frightened of works of fiction? Let us not forget that, earlier this year, the Catholic church railed against The Da Vinci Code.