Jesus Is Not a Republican By RANDALL BALMER Volume 52, Issue 42, Page B6 Nicely thought-out piece in the Chronicle of Higher Education – worth your time to read. A sampling to whet your appetite: Equally striking is the rhetoric that leaders of the religious right use to motivate their followers. In the course of traveling around the country, I have been impressed anew by the pervasiveness of the language of militarism among leaders of the religious right. Patrick Henry…
Political comedy email making the rounds… “Thank you for calling the White House switchboard. Our new voice activated system will help direct you to the proper office.” “If you are calling to complain about the mishandling of the war in Iraq, press one.” “If you are calling to complain about the abuse of prisoners and the White House’s endorsement of torture, press two, and then say the name of the torture site that you wish to complain about (and please…
Richard Dawkins (Oxford prof., father of meme theory, author of The Selfish Gene) argues against irrational, militant religion in the two-part Channel 4 UK documentary “The Root of all Evil?” (Jan. 2006). Dawkins goes too far by including all forms of faith – not all are in direct contradiction to independent thought and constructive doubt! (Please chime in on this – esp. Progressive Faith Bloggers!) Still, his arguments are very persuasive in terms of the malignant, dangerous, and destructive forms…
ARGHHHHH! Turned on the radio in the car to my customary 1690 WWAA AM station to hear Air America. BUT NOOOOOOO! Air America in Atlanta is GONE. J.W. Broadcasting, headed by Joe Weber (as in grills?), purchased the assets of radio station WWAA-AM (Avondale Estates) from Intermart Broadcasting of Georgia for $12 million. Weber has switched over the content of 1160’s programming to 1690, and it now broadcasts from Adel. JW Broadcasting was formed in May 2003 to acquire television…
Weekly Unconscious Mutterings Meme – Week 176 I say … and you think … ? Voice :: Within Us :: Between Passionately :: Embrace Humbly :: Request Love songs :: Timeless / Silly Dim :: View Calendar :: Document Careless :: Whisper Block :: Feint Goal :: Plan
“You were in Baghdad for six hours. You weren’t even in the real Baghdad. You were in the Green Zone. That’s like going to the Olive Garden and saying you’ve been to Italy.†— Jon Stewart, On Bush limiting his Iraq visit to Baghdad’s Green Zone, Jun. 15, 2006 “That’s his privilege as Vice President. He was tough, demanding, and when he thought I was out of line, he snapped my garters.†— Colin Powell, In an interview with AARP…