Either the producers of Bill Maherās satirical documentary Religulous have memory/note-taking problems or a GPS unit in their production van led them three hours due southwest of their intended target, a purported ā>Truckers Chapelā referenced in their production notes and in the filmās PR as being in Raleigh, N.C. However, Raleigh News-Observer reporter Matt Ehlers says itās actually in Charlotte. Blogging at the News-Observer site, Ehler writes that ā>Maherās travels brought him to Charlotte, where he met the Rev. Joe Copeland, who helps run a truck stop chapel near the intersection of Interstates 77 and 85. / Copeland says he agreed to the interview after receiving a phone call asking for his help with a documentary. No one told him a famous pop culture skeptic would be asking the questions. āI didnāt know who he was until after the interview,ā Copeland says. / Maherās questions seemed designed to cause friction, Copeland remembers. One example: āIf God is so good, why are people dying?ā / The preacher says he kept his cool ā¦ā>
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At the New York Times site, meanwhile, reporters write in āThe Caucusā political blog of their visit to the Truckers Chapel in Laramie, Wyo., where they spoke to fill-in minister Mike Regan about politics and religion on the road, both of which, said Regan, are taking a backseat these days to a different pressing issue. I bet you can guess what that is. Hereās a quick sample from the Qamp;A: ā>Q: Do people talk politics in here? / Mr. Regan: A little bit. One says Obamaās great and the other says McCainās great and I canāt quite get a balance on it one way or another. I guess the only consensus Iāve heard is that one is as bad as the other. / Q: What is the main issue for truckers in the campaign? / Mr. Regan: The main one we hear about is fuel prices. I donāt think thatās something that is local. We hear it all the time ā¦ā>
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