Archive for the 'Religion' Category

It’s Not Exactly McCarthyism

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

Rep. Michelle Bachmann’s crazy ass claim that there are anti-American members of Congress, raving lunatics claiming Obama is Satan’s candidate for President, raving right wing loonies assuring us that the economic crash is the fault of poor people who want to own houses, right wing columnist claiming in all apparent seriousness that Barack Obama is [...]

The Paranoid Style in American Politics

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

In the “Are you fucking kidding me?” file, we find today’s commentary from the house organ of the American Family Association. This woman didn’t invent the crazy, she has however perfected it.
This election long ago ceased to be a partisan battle between Republicans and Democrats. It really isn’t a contest over big and small [...]

The Patriarchal Grip of Mormon Marriage

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Troy Williams has encapsulated what will no doubt be the LDS Church’s last stand on the Same-Sex Marriage debate in California.

It’s time to call out the Mormon temple marriage for what it really is; the ritualistic humiliation of women. It is a ceremony we queers would never want to emulate.
Having been born LDS (and [...]

Racists America Goes To Church and Palin Rally

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

Most racist use coded language, others just say it.

America Was Explicitly NOT Founded on Judeo-Christian Principles

Saturday, October 11th, 2008

It was founded upon ideas which have been adopted into Christian dogma.

Dignity

Friday, October 10th, 2008

If you read only one article this week, read this one:
Suddenly, the doctor was at the door to my mother’s room again. He waved me out into the hall. He needed a medical directive. Immediately. Her vital signs were tanking. If we were going to put a tube in her, and put her on machines [...]

Amazing Made-in-American Propaganda

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

I stumbled upon this video and was impressed by its classic neo-con-esq, fear-peddling quality.
It is important evidence of the kind of gratuitous deception that has been allowed and swallowed whole by many of our fellow countrymen. People like Sarah Palin who have never had a passport and therefore sense of proportion or context, just fear.

National Reality Check. Jesus Not Coming Back

Monday, October 6th, 2008

The problem is Gov. Avon Lady, she takes the Old Testament literally too, and in that one, God is an insecure, rage-filled hybrid of Bobby Knight and Suge Knight. He’s been alive forever and He has anger issues. He’s like John McCain if John McCain could fart hail. He’s pro-slavery, pro-polygamy and homophobic and he’ll [...]

Oh My Heck! I’ve Got the Vapors! Oh My Virgin Eyes!

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

Okay so seriously, the good people of Blanding found this statue offensive.
An anatomically correct sculpture of the humpbacked flute player Kokopelli has been moved from the front of Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum in Blanding after complaints from a local group calling itself the “Values Committee.”
Park manager [...]

Attack of the Unhinged PanderBear

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

“We are here to stand up for the unborn, to stand up against the dogs of hate who defend abortion on demand,” Wimmer said. [snip]
The supporters said the cost of the fight will not be an issue. Wimmer said that a group based out of Washington, D.C., which he would not [...]

Muslim Children Gassed at Dayton Mosque After “Obsession” DVD Hits Ohio

Monday, September 29th, 2008

 
From fifty-thousand feet all the way down to pebbles on the beach, the distribution of this anti-Muslim DVD on behalf of the Republican candidate for President evokes the Nazi rise to power.
 

photo credit: Kier42

From Chris Rodda. On Friday, September 26, the end of a week in which thousands of copies of Obsession: Radical Islam’s War [...]

Richard Okelberry On Fire!

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

I made a little visit to Richard Okleberries’ blog, lincolnsblog.com. I have been there before, and have always been struck by the top front page claim, “Highest Traffic Month: July 2007 - 455,257 with 3,542,026 visits in 2007″. Those are extremely high numbers for blog with only several dozen posts spread out over about [...]

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