Found a great site Theocracy Watch. I was particularly interested in a 2004 article by Chris Hedges, The Christian Right and the Rise of American Fascism. Here is an excerpt from the end, but the article is full of interesting (and somewhat frightening) background. All debates with the Christian Right are useless. We cannot reach this movement. It does not want a dialogue. It cares nothing for rational thought and discussion. It is not mollified because John Kerry prays or…
You are Proverbs. Which book of the Bible are you? brought to you by Quizilla Too bad they don’t include the Apocrypha…
My blog is worth $37,824.18.How much is your blog worth? Dude, how do I get the cash? (grin)
Here’s a new viral meme. I’m a little late on this one… but thanks, Etherealgirl! Here are my answers, and anyone can pick it up from here, not just the people I name at the bottom. Here are The Rules: Remove the blog at #1 from the following list and bump every one up one place. Add your blogs name in the #5 spot. Link to each of the other blogs for the desired cross-pollination effect. It’s Morning Somewhere The…
Another Jehovah’s Witness murder, this time from the Bronx. A man shot his estranged Avon-lady wife to death and then killed himself. They were found by the mother’s 21-year-old daughter. He would show up unannounced and sleep outside the apartment in his truck when she wouldn’t let him in. He had been angry that she was out of his control, had “strayed” from the JWs and was dating someone else after their separation 18 months ago. Basic stalking, lack of…
Perhaps this is why our “energy bill” looks like it does, why even after the Enron scandal those meetings remained a secret, why the oil companies are raking in profits over the last quarter that dwarf budgets of many countries, why we rushed into war, and why Libby lied. From “President Cheney’s Goose Is Cooked,” Trey Ellis, 10.28.2005, The Huffington Post: So once in office Cheney looks around the world and what does he see? Does he want to beat…