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Disturbing Lies, Hate, Incitement to Violence

Disturbing Lies, Hate, Incitement to Violence

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I’ve been profoundly disturbed by seeing certain kinds of beliefs and accusations that I’m observing – not only from under-informed folk at rallies, but even from so-called christian blogs and in emails from people who should really know better. We have a deep need to feel better about ourselves as a nation, but lying to ourselves isn’t the way to do it, and neither is hate or fear or scapegoating or any of those other strategies that have been used…

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Right-Wing Facebook

Right-Wing Facebook

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Now here’s some political parody that I can appreciate. Check out the satire of the Right-Wing Facebook. If it seems a little too truthful, that’s because it’s meant to get a few messages across to a sometimes under-informed American public. The Right-Wing Facebook parody site is a project by People For the American Way and RightWingWatch.org – two of my favorite sites. Rudy Giuliani Has Added You as a Friend on Right Wing Facebook 10/19/07 – At the Voters Value…

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Blogging Against Theocracy

Blogging Against Theocracy

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Even if George W. Bush has succeeded in drastically expanding the power of the executive branch, there is no anointed king here in America. No president has claimed to be a god, and senators are not priests. In the United States, claims to divine authority tend to be somewhat more subterranean and implicit, if no less powerful. The religiously-tinged ideas of “manifest destiny” and “American exceptionalism” have served as covers for territorial acquisitions, genocidal violence, exploitation, and domination here and…

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AlterNet’s Ten Most Popular Stories of 2006

AlterNet’s Ten Most Popular Stories of 2006

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Here’s an interesting list from AlterNet – their ten most popular stories of the year. ALterNet is a great resource, although a couple of the stories surprised me. They also have the top ten most discussed (which leans hard on 9/11), the top ten Iraq myths, the top ten outrageous right-wing comments of 2006, the top ten most popular book reviews, the top ten sex and relationship stories, and my personal favorite – a meta-list of the top ten top-ten…

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Evangelical Atheists Oppose Christian Nationalism

Evangelical Atheists Oppose Christian Nationalism

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I would like to see more opposition to the (so-called) christian nationalism (or dominionism) movement that has such a destructive effect on the American values of liberty, justice, and freedom. Opposition from the perspective of atheism(s) is one method: As an “out atheist,” Collette-Van Deraa said she often feels scorned as the other – “capital O in quotes.” “There are misconceptions that atheists hate anyone who is in organized religion, or that atheists are baby killers or old-people killers,” she…

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No More Free Pass for Bush

No More Free Pass for Bush

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Great B Movie stuff, for sure. But don’t let the bumbling appeal fool you. Whether Bush’s “problem” is real or artificial, it functions to encourage disbelief about the nature of his presidency and his administration. He seems like just a regular guy, a little dim, maybe a puppet, but not a “bad guy.” Right? Wrong. What is he really for? Power, control, greed, war, death. What is he really against? Democracy, education, truth, science, privacy, equality, justice for all, our…

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