Religious Truthiness

Gosh, I buy like a pallet of Peeps after Easter to put in our doggie treat drawer. I had no idea I was serving communion to my less than thin Jewish Golden Retriever. I suppose I should be serving him wine with that. Facebook | Digg | Reddit | Stumble | Buzz it! | Email Article |

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If only Cartman and the kids of Southpark could have been there to tell Mike Schwartz chief of staff to Sen Tom Coburn of OK a few things about why and the other ten to twelve year olds he spoke of, why they use some of their favorite words, and that it has nothing to do with their growing sexual identity. They could also dash his hopes as to why viewing the traditional illicit pictorial material of males will not turn them into that portion of the population which seems to preoccupy a great deal of his time and attention, perhaps he'd have received a dose of reality from a cartoon! I think you will agree he is fairly well obsessed with those among us 'of a different sexual persuasion' to quote Ms Prejean loosely. He assured the right thinking and rapt audience that they have nothing to fear at the Value Voters Summit, and they seem quite relieved that all of science and medicine is incorrect on this one as well. Science has long held this issue to be nature rather than nurture, but he knows better! Of course he had the perfect audience, most being of the Fundie persuasion who feel church and state should be one, if it's their church and their beliefs, which is exactly what Schwartz was preachin' and what seems to fly at the Value Voters Summit.

Washington Independent reporter David Weigel joins Rachel to describe the goings on at this bizarre event, or what he was able to record and snap before he and other reporters were escorted out at the request of the winner of the ironic "Courage in Journalism Award," Bill O'Reilly. Perhaps it will make him feel just a little better about the awards Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are racking up, and the long standing feud between O'Reilly Al Franken over a slight exaggeration by O'Reilly as to how many prizes he'd won. You won't want to miss the thinly veiled ugly side of Roy Blount brought to you in joke form. Facebook | Digg | Reddit | Stumble | Buzz it! | Email Article |

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Strange days folks. Rachel Maddow is joined by two interesting guests. First, Huffington Post's Frank Schaeffer, author of "Crazy For God" is one of the few who is not surprised that 35% of New Jersey residents are either certain or seriously entertain the delusion that President Obama is the anti-Christ, and 61% of McCain supporters are either certain or fairly certain that President Obama was not born in America. It sounds like a good read. He feels they're a subculture, suffering brain rot. Insulated and waiting for the end of days, they are prime targets for the mouths of the airways who are looking for the simple of mind.

Hold on for a wild ride! We learn why there's no time to reprimand Joe Wilson. The cast is varied and they have bigger fish to fry. Marsha Blackburn R-Tenn and Steve Scalise R-LA are working on 'The Sack Act HR 3569' which would sack all czars by December! Do we remember who started hiring the czars? See the latest frivilous lawsuits by Orley Tate and pals who have been warned that their whimsical lawsuits are not amusing anymore. Facebook | Digg | Reddit | Stumble | Buzz it! | Email Article |

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Here it is, there is no longer any doubt about it... 

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Michael Musto of village voice joins Keith Olbermann to discuss former Miss CA, Carrie Prejean and her lawsuit which includes a vast cast of characters including Musto, Olbermann, and MSNBC. Those two meanies made her the victim of a 'vicious attack.' She's far from finished, she has a long list of grievances against the pageant people, even if they did expect her to make an appearance or two in their behalf, you know...for implanting her Twin Peaks, all she can remember is not being invited to one after-party and how it hurt, and of course blames others for religious persecution after her stunning speach about sexual practices in "her country."

Pageant director Keith Lewis, a lifelong Christian said "I take great offense at her martyrdom." Facebook | Digg | Reddit | Stumble | Buzz it! | Email Article |

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We went through this not long ago. Here are the before and after pictures of Terry Schiavo. Her brain the size of a softball for 15 years! Terry Schiavo article

That time the Republican Evangelical Party went too far and lost both the legal and public opinion battle. But that time it didn't cost Americans anything, not so this time. And if it costs someone something for someone else here in America, it aint going to happen. After all this is a Christian Nation founded on the central  Christian Value of fuck you...

It is American Christianity that is most responsible for holding our health care hostage to a system of profit for the wealthy while leaving the least of us to emergency room care and REAL corporate death panels.  It seems to be the very antithesis of everything Christ stood for. And of course, it is. Americans have transformed the Spirit of Christianity into the Corporation of Christianity.

Fox News Sunday spent the morning changing the phrase from "Death Panel" to "End of Life Counseling". They have equated the two, they are now the same thing. The GOP machine is on this like a fly on shit, and it is sure to be the talking point from now until they manage to deny the least of us everything they can get their hands on including their health. In the name of Jesus no less. Like privatizing Social Security!  Wow hey?  Boggles the mind had they passed that hey? 

It began last week with a WSJ piece by Faith Based Bush Administration wonk Jim Towey's attack on a voluntary VA pamphlet asking end of life questions. The Death Book for Veterans

Neo Con Charles Kruthhammer in his Sunday column got it down to the basics: End of Life counseling and Living Wills are worthless, wrong and intrinsically evil. End-of-life counseling is a subtle push out the door

This is one of so many issues where what conservatives find so abhorrent is in reality just well meaning common sense. Though some Democrats  and Moderate Republicans (all three of them) are scared shitless by how many of their less than intelligent constituents will believe whatever silly crap comes their way by AM radio or Fox News channel.  

The GOP is in lock step with this issue of VOLUNTARY End of Life Counseling which they are now  comparing to euthanasia, Dr Kevorican, The Hemlock Society, mass suicides and government ice flows. You know damn well where this bullshit is coming from.
It comes from intolerant dogmatic EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN BULLSHIT.

With this being the most Christian nation in the civilized world, no matter how insane this crap - or any such crap for that matter is, it will work in this nation which is heated by the idiot wind, blowing from the backwoods of the South...

We are witnessing the end of Health Care reform because... Let me say this again.

Because of  intolerant dogmatic Evangelical Christian BULLSHIT. GODAMN RIGHT!

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It's far worse than anyone thought. For years we have been hearing about our home grown Taliban infiltrating the Air Force Academy, and causing cultural angst in both Iraq and Iran with military leaders allowing the distribution of Christian Bibles and literature to Muslims by our troops. But The Family written by Harper's Journalist Jeff Sharlet opens wide the door to the who, where and why of this group who feed the powerful rather than as the gospels suggest, feed the powerless. The Family, a Review

Family leader Doug Coe keeps a low profile though we do see his hand at work as The Family quietly sponsors those congressional morning prayer meeting we so often here of. It is not only a function of promoting religious intolerance and educational ignorance, but to push "biblical capitalism" to relieve taxes on the wealthy and to specifically destroy all things New Deal. Also like the Neo Cons, they promote American world domination through war and economic force.

But the real story is that this book came out well over a year ago and no one has paid it any nevermind - and only now on late night pay cable show.

It gains no attention because here in America disparaging religion WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. Raising a finger against religion in this land is a losing proposition for every politician and every facet of the mainstream media.

A very recent article by Newscat attached to this issue

Scary Hitler Based C Street Family Uses Tax Dollars to Undermine Government, Spread Political Theocracy Worldwide. Facebook | Digg | Reddit | Stumble | Buzz it! | Email Article |

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Something has to be done about the Devil! Waiting for the indictment...

33 year old Otty Sanchez decapitated her 3 week old infant, ate some of its brain and then stabbed herself a few times. On orders from the Devil. She had been hospitalized for schizophrenia in the past and had been only a week earlier diagnosed with postpartum psychosis.

Otty Sanchez met Scott W. Buchholz - the father of the child - in 2003 while both attended Dental Assistant School. Scott Buchholz was first in line to ask that the woman be executed, followed quickly by the Bextar County detectives on the case and soon the Bextar County District Attorney.

Scott Buchholz - who is asking that this seriously insane woman be put to death has an excuse - he too has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. But what is the excuse for Bextar law enforcement to have her executed? The breaking story Houston Chronicle

Oh yeah, I almost forgot... That damn Devil again!

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An old friend moved back to town with a very old VHS tape of yours truly doing video interviews outside theater where The Last Temptation of Christ first played in Texas. My friend managed to get it the 45 minutes off the 20 year old VHS tape and onto a webside. Here it is, its kinda funny. Seems not much has changed AROUND HERE in 20 years... Thank You Paul Facebook | Digg | Reddit | Stumble | Buzz it! | Email Article |

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Yesterday we did an article about Texas Governor Rick Perry appointing a Christian Creationist to replace another Christian Creationist to head the State Board of Education in Texas - the organization which decides public school text book content and curriculum. We also took note that Health Education courses (students learning to prevent obesity, pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases) were no longer required courses in the state of Texas. Rick Perry Picks Creationist Gail Lowe to replace Creationist Don Mcleroy

Keeping in tune with an educational system of ever duller knives and larger guns we learn today that this same body controlled by the Texas Taliban is planning on reducing or removing  from Texas textbooks content about Abraham Lincoln (Yankee war criminal), Ceaser Chavez (Hispanic communist activist) and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall (Black Attorney who won Brown v Education which struck down segregation in public schools). This all in the face of an ever increasing Hispanic and Black populace. So say two of the six experts assigned to this project which includes Peter Marshall of Marshall Ministries - a Texas Preacher aligned with the Christian Constructionist movement which strives to REPLACE The Constitution with the Bible. Peter Marshall Ministries

On the dark side - these Texas Taliban members have not only the committee votes to pass this crap, but the voting public on their side. To add to the darkness the Texas buy for these textbooks is so big that other states will opt in to save money. I am sure you can guess which states those might be.

On the bright side - along with guns on college campuses, in bars, workplace parking lots and of course churches -  children outside of Texas will have a much better advantage to succeed in college, compete for good jobs and survive to find such jobs.

Many of us, though a vast minority, down here in Dumbutt find ourselves lying when asked where we are from.

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Governor Rick Perry - who has even nicer hair than Rod Blagojevich - has appointed Gail Lowe rather than Cynthia Dunbar to head the Texas Board of eduction to replace Don McLeroy. This keeps the board unchanged with 7 to 9 of the 15 votes being evangelical fundamentalist Creationists deciding what Texas children read and learn.  

You remember Cynthia Dunbar who uses the terms "unconstitutional", "tyrannical" and a "tool of perversion" to describe public education. More on Cynthia Dunbar on Kick!

Also note that with the Governors' help the state of Texas last week removed Health Education from the required list of Public School courses. Texas with the highest rate of child obesity, and close to the highest rates of teen pregnancies and STDs will no longer require students to learn how best to eat and how best to not get HIV and pregnant.

As they say down here it Texas, we may not be the sharpest knives in the drawer but who needs sharp knives when we all have a .44 magnum in our pocket!  Texas drops health education requirement 

Gail Lowe is different than Dunbar and McLeroy in that...

Well let's see. She rejects the science of Global Warming and Climate Change, she will not tolerate gay friendly books in public school libraries and of course she not only believes that the Earth is 6000 years old and men live in gigantic fishes at the bottom of the sea, but wants to teach that to children in Texas Public Schools. So the difference seems to be that Don McLeroy and Cynthia Dunbar have repeatedly and loudly PROVEN themselves to be nastyass right-wing fundamentalist nitwits while Gail Lowe has yet to PROVE that as LOUDLY. Governor Perry Appoints another Creationist to School Board

Governor Rick Perry is up against Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison for the Governorship in 2010. Hutchison is a moderate Republican - moderate meaning advancing unregulated financial markets, reducing taxes on the wealthy and putting assault rifles in every home, car, college, bar and church in Texas. So our present Governor is positioning himself to he political Right of Rush Limbaugh and intellectually a step or two below Glenn Beck. Governor Perry is a walking talking self enclosed Texas Tea Party. Facebook | Digg | Reddit | Stumble | Buzz it! | Email Article |

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