WRONGER TOGETHER

Clinton and scandal go together as smoothly as peanut butter and jelly. It now turns out that Hillary Clinton's pastor who sent her daily devotionals during the campaign had plagiarized many of his words. This news item announcing the book that collected all these daily letters to Hillary was posted by aol.com on August 10, 2017. Headlines less than one month later reported that the book published by Abingdon Press has been withdrawn due to plagiarism.  All remaining copies of the book are to be destroyed.

Hillary's pastor was dishonest?

It's hard to believe.

Not exactly.

In fact, it makes perfect sense.

This book is about to become a collectors item as it will be withdrawn, and all existing copies will be destroyed by its publisher, Abingdon Press. Apparently, the Pastor who sent daily devotionals to Hillary Clinton during the campaign plagiarized much of his writing.  It is hard to believe that Hillary Clinton's pastor might be dishonorable, right. Not exactly. In fact, it makes perfect sense.

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from aol.com

Hillary Clinton’s pastor emailed her after the election: 'It might well be hell for a while’ Aug 10th 2017 10:06PM

CNN has published the email Hillary Clinton's pastor sent her the morning after the 2016 presidential election was called in Donald Trump's favor. It is being released as part of a promotion for the forthcoming book titled 'Strong for a Moment Like This' which is a collection of daily devotionals Rev. Bill Shillady had sent to Clinton during the campaign. His November 9 letter says, "This is not the devotional I had hoped to write. This is not the devotional you wish to receive this day." He then talks about Good Friday which "represented the day that everything fell apart. All was lost.”Shillady later adds, "Today, you are experiencing a Friday. Your Friday is what happened in the last few weeks and last night in the tragic loss. But Sunday is coming!" He ends by saying, "My sister Hillary. You, our nation, our world is experiencing a black Friday. Our hope is that Sunday is coming. But it might well be hell for a while." The letter is one of 635 devotionals Shillady sent Clinton; according to a recent McClatchy piece, "Beginning April 6, 2015, Shillady would start each day by looking at news headlines and finding a Bible verse appropriate to what was happening in the world or in Clinton's life. He would write a short meditation on the verse, offer a prayer and email the devotional to Clinton by 5 a.m." The final one was sent on the last day of 2016. According to Shillady, it was Clinton's idea to release the book which includes 365 messages and a foreword written by her.

from the Washington Post

Book by Hillary Clinton's Pastor Will be Pulled from Shelves due to Extensive Plagiarism

By Julie Zauzmer  (September 5 at 5:46PM

Hillary Clinton said that the email her spiritual adviser, the Rev. Bill Shillady, sent her on the morning after she lost the 2016 presidential election helped her heal from her devastating defeat. It wasn’t until months later, when Shillady published that email in a book, that it came to light that he had plagiarized the words that so moved the candidate. Now, less than a month after the book’s publication, the publishing house that printed it says it is pulling the book off the shelves because it’s riddled with plagiarism. “Abingdon Press initiated an extensive review of the book and was alarmed to discover other content unattributed by the author. Abingdon Press has zero tolerance for plagiarism,” the Rev. Brian K. Milford, the president of the publishing company, said in a statement. “Consequently, we have discontinued sales, will remove existing copies from all sales outlets, and will have them destroyed along with our existing inventory.” Shillady, who did not respond to a Washington Post reporter’s call on Tuesday evening, sent an emailed statement: “I deeply regret my actions. I was wrong and there is no excuse for it. I apologize to those whose work I mistakenly did not attribute. I apologize to those I have disappointed, including Secretary Hillary Clinton, Abingdon Press, and all the writers and others who have helped me publish and promote this book. I ask for everyone’s forgiveness.” His book, “Strong for a Moment Like This,” compiled the emails that he and other pastors sent to Clinton every morning of her campaign. She read the morning emails, which contained a biblical passage, a short sermon and a prayer, throughout her grueling run for president. Shortly before the book came out last month, CNN published the day-after email that Shillady sent on Nov. 9. Indiana pastor Matt Deuel recognized the words as nearly identical to his own and contacted CNN, which broke the news that the portion of the book was plagiarized on the day before it came out. Clinton wrote the foreword for her pastor’s now-discredited book. Her own book about the campaign, “What Happened,” comes out next week.

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This is what I take issue with. How dare this pastor write to Hillary on the day after the election and write the following: 

"My sister Hillary. You, our nation, our world is experiencing a black Friday. Our hope is that Sunday is coming. But it might well be hell for a while."

This is addressed to Pastor Bill Shillady. Sir, the millions of Americans who voted for Donald Trump were not experiencing any kind of 'Black Friday' on Wednesday morning, November 9, 2016. In fact, half of America was experiencing a type of political euphoria that seemed quite implausible months, weeks, days and in fact, hours before election day. And while, in the wake of the election, we are not experiencing 'Heaven' (Heaven on Earth is some type of oxymoron) we sure as hell ain't experiencing hell! 


While we are on the subject of stupid unwanted books... Hillary Clinton's own book, WHAT HAPPENED, is about to be unleashed on the public on September 12.  My guess is, that I might have something to say about that too.  Stay tuned.


...and now back to our regularly scheduled programming...

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The irony of the weather is that while Florida has been bracing for a direct hit from Hurricane Irma all weekend, the weather in Chicago was spectacular beyond words. One could not find a single cloud anywhere in the sky on Saturday or Sunday. On Sunday morning, my legs felt a little bit wobbly from some recent high levels of activity. Still, the Sunday weather 'demanded' that I get outside and take an urban hike. I managed to log nine miles before dinner. I walked at a 'leisurely pace' not quite 4mph.  I am once again getting addicted to the satisfaction I feel when I have logged more than 20,000 steps in a day. This, at least, is a healthy addiction. 

Your Food Diary For:

Sunday, September 10, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Egg - Poached Eggs	300	2	20	25	629	1
Lunch Mate Honey Smoked Ham	100	7	3	17	701	5
Quaker - Instant Oatmeal Packet - Unflavored	300	57	6	12	225	0
	700	66	29	54	1,555	6
L U N C H
Oki Sushi - Tuna Roll Maki With Avocado	400	51	9	31	0	0
	400	51	9	31	0	0
D I N N E R
Campbell's Chunky Sirloin Burger Soup	260	34	8	14	1,580	6
Little Salad Bar - Asian Chopped Salad	385	46	21	7	1,190	25
	645	80	29	21	2,770	31
Totals	1,745	197	67	106	4,325	37
Your Daily Goal	3,304	413	110	166	2,300	124
Remaining	1,559	216	43	60	-2,025	87
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 1,374 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today...   You'd weigh 227.2 lbs in 5 weeks