A few days ago I posted about a group of ‘Christians’ who were protesting at US soldier’s funerals, because they felt that our soldiers were dying for opposing Christ. Today the feckless liar Sean Hannity blamed these protests on the “anti-war” left, instead of the wacko religious right — who actually held the protest.
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Well, it only took two days, but finally a Christian group is blaming the destruction of New Orleans on gays:
Just days before “Southern Decadence”, an annual homosexual celebration attracting tens of thousands of people to the French Quarters section of New Orleans, an act of God destroys the city.
May this act of God cause us [...]
At Eschaton there’s a fascinating post about coverage of the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. Atrios shows two news photos of people gathering food to survive. In one the caption refers to the participants “finding” food, in the other the caption refers to the participant “looting” food. The only visible difference is the looter is black [...]
Atrios, and others, have mentioned the slapdown given to Pat Robertson by Jack Van Impe.
As someone who has always been fascinated by America’s preoccupation with eschatology, I used to watch Jack Van Impe’s television show, “Jack Van Impe Presents”, every week or so. During his show Jack, and his wife Rexella, would recap the [...]
According to the US census bureau the US poverty rate continues to rise:
An extra 1.1 million Americans dropped below the poverty line last year, according to the US Census Bureau. There were 37 million people living in poverty in 2004, up 12.7% from the previous year.
And of course, the rich get richer:
The ratio of [...]
The UN is disturbed that US abstinence programs in Africa are helping to spread AIDS:
Stephen Lewis, the U.N. secretary-general’s special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, said Christian ideology was driving Washington’s AIDS assistance program known as PEPFAR with disastrous results such as a shortage of condoms in Uganda.
Yes — Our policy seems to be [...]
My thoughts and hopes are with the people of Louisiana and Mississippi.
