tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post145800146385503028..comments2024-03-27T08:46:54.369-04:00Comments on BabyBlueOnline: Pin the Tail on the TurkeyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-33964819563002471162007-11-22T22:20:00.000-05:002007-11-22T22:20:00.000-05:00Aye, it's a chunk of TEC change - not only of cour...Aye, it's a chunk of TEC change - not only of course in financial resources but also as a network - for something that is described by the TEC leaders as a dream, an ethos, an idea, theory.<BR/><BR/>And yes, there would be a lot of people who would come up to the plate if TEC cut off the funds to the dream, the ethos, the idea, the theory. And that is the precisely TEC's other problem. It's not just money, Thomas, it's the power that comes with it. The office is financed strategically - shame that it's only a dream, an ethos, an idea, a theory.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, for posting, though. It does remind us that there are a few others besides TEC shelling out the dough. And we haven't even mentioned the ACC (which gets really strange since TEC lost it's voice and vote in that body for the present time). As I recall, teh TEC reps put up quite a protest, arriving at the Nottingham conference in their chauffeur-driven townecars and one half-expected them to assert as Ronald Reagan famously did during a debate "sir, we paid for those microphones" - and the Xerox machine, and your name tags you won't give us, and Kenneth's salary, and Jim's salary too, and that pen your using right now. The money comes with expectations and when those expectations aren't realized - well, suddenly it all becomes a dream ... <BR/><BR/>bbAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-87468021848693477802007-11-22T19:13:00.000-05:002007-11-22T19:13:00.000-05:00BB wrote..(...) TEC-funded Anglican Communion Offi...BB wrote..<BR/><BR/>(...) TEC-funded Anglican Communion Office (which of course, if the Anglican Communion is just a dream - how does it have an office, unless there is a certain province that pays the light bill and a whole lot more - oops)...<BR/><BR/>In the world of blogs -- as in the real world -- there are lies, half-truths, and spins. May I chalk your comment to the spin category? Hope so.<BR/><BR/>FYI, the Episcopal Church supports about 30% of the ACC (and ACO) budget. Another 30% comes from England, about 20% from Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong (A Church that in 2005 [or 2006?] sent an offering of 500,000 BP), Nigeria (1,6%), Wales, and Japan. And about 20% from the other Anglican Provinces. So it cannot be said that without the EC contribution the ACO would disappear into thin air. There may be a budget crisis; but disappear, no. There are many folks around the world that would come up to the plate, because they know that even if they no agree on the issues of the day, there is a lot of good being accomplished by the ACO.<BR/><BR/>And, do please remember, that even when +++Carey was the incumbent, the EC continued ponying up the fair share. However, I can't remember if at the time such support was considered just a contribution to "a dream." Or was it?<BR/><BR/>Thomas+Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com