“Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.” — Coretta Scott King Coretta Scott King is dead. A woman of grace and strength and courage and dignity is gone. Equality. Human Rights. Non-violence. Peace. She worked hard to keep these ideas out front and center as solid goals for our country. She fought alongside many others for a national holiday in honor of her husband’s birthday. She opened the…
Ok, Exxon Mobile beats out my entry on Chevron’s profits. The world’s largest oil company, ExxonMobil, has announced its record-breaking profits for 2005 — $36.13 billion. That is the largest profit ever recorded in the history of American capitalism. Again. That is the largest profit ever recorded in the history of American capitalism. ExxonMobil uses its billions to sabotage efforts to slow global warming and to lobby Congress in support of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and off…
Thanks to Pastor Dan at the Street Prophets blog for this update on the “War of Christmas” propaganda. As it turns out, the entire story of the school banning “Silent Night” is bogus. Well, the school has turned the tables against the “Liberty” Counsel, the conservative group who appeared on Fox news threatening to sue the school. Wisconsin State Journal, “Dodgeville district firing back over Christmas controversy,” Jan. 25th The Dodgeville School District, accused in December of launching an “attack…
Chevron Fourth-Quarter Earnings Rise to $4.14 Billion, Highest Profit in Company’s History The national average is $2.33 a gallon, about 20 cents per gallon higher than December 2. Further price rises over the short-term are likely. Regular gas at Atlanta Chevron stations is currently $2.39. Do these companies deserve our our tax dollars? To Review: Condoleezza Rice was a Board member of Chevron from 1991-2001 (she was also on the boards of Charles Schwab, Hewlett Packard, and Transamerica Corp.). Chevron…
Spirituality can be a harmonizing, liberating, life-giving force for understanding, compassion, and wisdom, or it can be a tool for manipulation, control, oppression and greed. When “religion” is used to increase cruelty, hate and exploitation, it is in fact profoundly anti-religious and should be exposed as such. The use of religion to justify or promote harmful behavior and heinous crimes against other human beings is, I think, a profound misunderstanding of the nature of faith. The faithful, to be faithful,…
Amazing. Ralph Reed, former Director of the (contra-)Christian Coalition, is still running for Lt. Governor of Georgia. Before you even think about voting for him, consider this information from Think Progress: TIGUA CASINO — CORNYN PART OF ABRAMOFF, REED, SCANLON SCHEME TO CLOSE TIGUA CASINO: Abramoff, Scanlon, and Reed (”an avowed foe of gambling”) secretly helped then Texas Attorney General Cornyn shut down the Tigua tribe’s Texas casino. They then exploited “the financial crisis they were helping to create for…