I am really enjoying these folks, at The Peoples Voice dot Org.:
"The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.” - Stendhal
The propaganda machine of the Evangelical Christian Right will soon be in counter attack mode. One of its darling preachers is about to take it on the proverbial chin. The Rev. Billy Graham, who has created a multimillion dollar media empire, that a Rupert Murdock would envy, is the subject of a shocking expose’ due out on Nov. 15, 2007. It’s entitled, “The Prince of War: Billy Graham’s Crusade for a Wholly Christian Empire.” The author is Cecil Bothwell. He hails from Asheville, North Carolina and is an award winning investigative reporter. Bothwell’s unflattering portrait of Rev. Graham shows him as a wily warmonger and a lackey for the Establishment. He describes Rev. Graham as a public figure who: “Undermined the Founders’ skeptical Deism and sought to rebrand the U.S. as a Christian nation, [and] its armies [as] the rightful instruments of [a] Christian crusade and empire.”
These folks do NOT pull any punches. I like that in my punditry!
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We Need A Department of Tell 'Em What You Really Think, Woody
A Quick Study, But A Slow Learner
Me? A Quick Study, But A Slow Learner
Woody, I'm all for calling religion...
... the delusion/scam it is, and I've been uncivil enough to rhyme with Petraeus. Yesterday, I told Congress to go fuck itself.
But, bro, I think this subject line is a little much.
Update: the subject line has since been toned down.
No, that's not the department we need
We need a Department of Calm Down and Think Before You Submit, Idiot, So You Don't Make The Blog Look Bad By Being Self-Indulgent About Your Feelings.
We say Fuck
, and there's a long history and analysis behind it, not just by me but by everybody. The "coarsening" is--at least I hope--always there for a purpose and not just there for its own sake.
To put this another way, if Corrente ever appears in a Republican attack ad--which could very well happen, if you think about it--it shouldn't be for a routine link + excerpt throwaway post like this one, whose headline can only be there for shock value only, since it has no relationship to the content of the excerpted material.
Over and out.
We. Are. Going. To. Die. We must restore hope in the world. We must bring forth a new way of living that can sustain the world. Or else it is not just us who will die but everyone. What have we got to lose? Go forth and Fight!—Xan
"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Mahatma Gandhi
Damn.
I love to read this site, but that headline is way out of line.
Ginger, done
Thanks for commenting.
We. Are. Going. To. Die. We must restore hope in the world. We must bring forth a new way of living that can sustain the world. Or else it is not just us who will die but everyone. What have we got to lose? Go forth and Fight!—Xan
"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Mahatma Gandhi
whimper (rolls over, shows tummy) whine
A Quick Study, But A Slow Learner
Me? A Quick Study, But A Slow Learner
40 lashes with a wet noodle for Woodman
I always miss all the fun. What was the offending headline?
Was anybody teabagging anyone?
Did it in any way involve Bush and his goats?
Cranial Coitus?
Loofahs?
Inappropriate text messages to minors?
Blood spattered boys screaming in Abu Ghraib?
Someone filling Larry Craig's seat?
David Vitter filling Vitter's diapers?
Democrats wiping the dribble from their chins?
Cheney biting the heads off of small kittens in an undisclosed location while Vick drowned a few puppies?
OH JEEBUS - did someone get a blow job?! I hope so.
"A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead
"A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead
I Put It Up On "The Pond", and Killed Some Fish, I Think
I never know, cuz they never bite anyway...
A Quick Study, But A Slow Learner
Me? A Quick Study, But A Slow Learner
Well, there are fish biting here for a reason
and I like to think that our writing quality is one of them. There isn't any Fellow here who isn't thinking deeply about both their style and their content, and the effect of what they write on this blog and how this blog can have the kind of effect we'd all like it to have. The more I think about this, the less I like it. If you have issues or concerns or need explanation, you have my mailing address. Out.
We. Are. Going. To. Die. We must restore hope in the world. We must bring forth a new way of living that can sustain the world. Or else it is not just us who will die but everyone. What have we got to lose? Go forth and Fight!—Xan
"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Mahatma Gandhi