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.
Iraq
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.
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
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.
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.
Wage peace
According to the American Friends Service Committee we are currently spending $720 million dollars a day in Iraq.
Dear Mr. President
Powerful video from Pink. No words can describe what you are about to see and hear. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DEh0eSpNvY]
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 … Read more