In the last five years I’ve had to listen to right wing chicken hawks impugn my generation and while they beat the war drums for their trumped up war in Iraq. Now of course this same malevolent element is trying to take us to the precipice of yet another war. Continue reading “Wes Clark”
So unlike your Christ
I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ.–Gandhi
Earlier in the week I wrote about an archbishop’s decision to withhold a sacramental rite from a politician got me to thinking again about some of the apparent contradictions between the prophetic church and the pathetic church. Continue reading “So unlike your Christ”
Phony pundits
There has been a huge outcry the last few days to discipline Rush Limbaugh for exercising his first amendment rights. I’m not a Rush fan, but he does have a right to his opinions. He does not have the right to discredit real soldiers Continue reading “Phony pundits”
Gettin deep..
There’s an expression in my part of the world, “gettin’ deep” which literally means the baloney is on overload. Today in a story reported on Huffington Post, John McCain says he’d prefer a Christian president since this nation was founded on Christian principles. Continue reading “Gettin deep..”
Stranger than fiction
This video from 1992 is very telling. Back then AIPAC did not have the hold on our government and our foreign policy that it enjoys today. A different scenario played out then in Iraq and Kuwait and this very telling piece of video is priceless. Continue reading “Stranger than fiction”
Which petty and cruel dictator…?
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been in New York City for a couple of days and he’s been labeled everything but the anti-Christ. To be sure he’s different and ignorant, but we have our own supply of ignorant and different people here in the United States and elsewhere. Continue reading “Which petty and cruel dictator…?”
Wage peace
According to the American Friends Service Committee we are currently spending $720 million dollars a day in Iraq. Continue reading “Wage peace”
Dear Mr. President
Powerful video from Pink. No words can describe what you are about to see and hear.
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War pigs
I’ve seen this video in the last six months and it is powerful as we prepare for yet another war. We are the War pigs. We love war. We talk of Jesus and the Ten Commandments, but we condemn anyone who stands in the way of our wars. Continue reading “War pigs”
We like war
Now that we’re getting ready to bomb Iran I thought it would be useful and entertaining to hear from one of my favorite comedians who doesn’t pull any punches. I read today that Senators Kyl and Lieberman are ratcheting up the rhetoric for attacking Iran. We love war here in America. We celebrate it. It’s part of our national anthem. Listen to the anthems of other countries and then listen to ours. We have more weapons of mass destruction than any other country on the planet but we’re going to disarm Iran. We’re the only country on the planet that has ever dropped an A-bomb. We have over seven hundred military bases worldwide. War is big business for us. War means jobs and so you parents whose kids will be coming home in a box or on a gurney, you just buck up.