Displaying 6,151 To 6,180 Of 7,446 Comments History of the World, Part 1– Passover Edition Cher » Posted By SueInCa On March 30, 2010 @ 5:18 pm Happy Passover Cher. I too was fascinated with that red sea parting in the Cecile B DeMille movie. I only watched the movie to see that, then I would go on to something else. » Posted By SueInCa On March 30, 2010 @ 4:42 pm Coalition of Church and State – The Family Khirad As always what is good for them is not good for everyone else. I get so frustrated with these people » Posted By SueInCa On March 29, 2010 @ 11:34 am Choice Lady » Posted By SueInCa On March 28, 2010 @ 2:36 pm I guess you could say I see them as separate in actions but working toward the same goal, a theocracy run by the right overall. They all use the same “code” words and there is “fascism” interwoven into their theology but they operate in two different spheres worldwide. The Family in the leadership sphere and the rr in the human sphere(the people). Either way they are destructive to our planet and humanity overall » Posted By SueInCa On March 28, 2010 @ 10:09 am Khirad » Posted By SueInCa On March 28, 2010 @ 9:42 am The Goodwill connection is more about “soul winning” than money. Their capitalism fetish is served under other venues as is the political. They figured out, I am sad to say, a perfect menu for dominion over most areas of our culture. While the Family may not directly relate to the religious right, they are in synch in their plans for this country and the world. Goodwill, in my opinion, was to project a “favorable” status in the area of human rights to offset their abysmal failures in protecting human rights across the globe. » Posted By SueInCa On March 28, 2010 @ 9:26 am Kes, they already infiltrated the military. One captain was forcing soldiers to become baptized before they could take a shower. I attached a wiki on Jerry Boykin, he was a doozy in the Iraq war. Stephen Baldwin worked with Operation Startup sending tracts and other religious crap to the troops. Some group found out about it and exposed them to the press and congress. They were supposed to stop it and I hope with Gates at the pentagon they did. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_G._Boykin » Posted By SueInCa On March 27, 2010 @ 9:19 pm Until they came up with the abortion issue and needed the Catholics, they thought they were “pagean” too. I am not sure if the Charismatic movement caught their eye earlier or not. Since they practice mostly fundamentalism I am not sure the Charismatic thing would generally interest them. Maybe the pentacostal ones were interested. these people are so narrow minded they think the Pope is the anti-christ until Obama came along. Michelle Bachman and her church thought the anit-christ was the Pope. Now her church is wacky doodle for sure. They are scary » Posted By SueInCa On March 27, 2010 @ 9:11 pm The whole thing enrages me as well. I almost want to spit on these people but I have more decorum than they do. I read where one of them called a UCC minister up to him and he leaned down and spit on her neck. He was a troublemaker from the right down in FL to try to take over her church. They eventually did run her out too. It is such a shame, but in the end they will get theirs and in a big way. I hope they like fire……………. » Posted By SueInCa On March 27, 2010 @ 9:04 pm My aunt and uncle were Cathodists too. How funny » Posted By SueInCa On March 27, 2010 @ 9:01 pm Kes, those people you talk about are one aND the same with the IRD. It is their MO. Some could be from the church, but there is always the agitator involved and people who have been going for years leave. » Posted By SueInCa On March 27, 2010 @ 9:00 pm The UCC has proven that alot of it is attacks by the Institute for Religion and Democracy in America, a very well developed right wing group who perform, Steeplejacking. They send operatives in to the mainline churches to cause dissent, UCC, Methodist, Episcopal and Unitarian churches have been hit hard. They are beginning to work with the progressive evangelicals and that is a good thing. Pat Buchanan, at the 1992 Rep convention declared war on all liberals and radicals. » Posted By SueInCa On March 27, 2010 @ 8:31 pm And you can beat a word and cancer! Great thinking. » Posted By SueInCa On March 27, 2010 @ 8:17 pm Hey Kes I think those head wraps are pretty classy. » Posted By SueInCa On March 27, 2010 @ 8:16 pm Khirad I will give you the scriptures Dr. Kennedy of Coral Ridge Presbyterian used to justify war, death penalty and the church being at the head of the Federal Government. Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.(this one he claims includes the Fed Government) Genesis 9:6 Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.(this justifies the death penalty) Luke 3:14 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.(and this justifies war) A little bit of twisted sister, doncha think? » Posted By SueInCa On March 27, 2010 @ 8:15 pm Hey Bito, look at Vin Diesal, Michael Jordan, kojack. You will be in good company. » Posted By SueInCa On March 27, 2010 @ 8:03 pm Thanks Bito, will be thinking of you. » Posted By SueInCa On March 27, 2010 @ 8:01 pm Kes, you are very insightful. My husband is a channel surfer and he is what I would call “looking for something to complete the spiritual need” he has. He has watched many of the shows on TV and has found, Zionists now converted to Christianity, Robertson, Creflo Dollar and a host of others. He says that they talk about this all the time, not the Creflo Dollar but for sure Robertson and the Zionests. He never gets the names for me but he watches it then gets ticked off at what they say. I have nudged him to the ones I know are progressive LOL. Next, I plan to do an article or perhaps a mini series on the progressive evangelicals. To me,they seem to have a better idea of what it is like to be a Christian. They focus more on activism and social justice. Oh crap, Glen Beck will be talking about me next. However there is a “war for the mainline churches” going on. The right is attacking in their usual style, undercover and mean spirited and I thought I would cover that next. Mainline churches are what I consider the backbone of this country and it is heartening to see them begin to work together to fight the evil from the right. Oh, and they don’t think Obama is the anit-christ, they are behind him most of the way. » Posted By SueInCa On March 27, 2010 @ 7:59 pm Yes, that is exactly what I did, I will save this tidbit, thank you Cher » Posted By SueInCa On March 27, 2010 @ 7:48 pm They would actually prefer The Fellowship, but the Family has now stuck. » Posted By SueInCa On March 27, 2010 @ 6:47 pm The sometimes sordid history of smoking and Hollywood Hey there KQ. I just published another in my series and I had alot of trouble working in the publish post area so I saved it in word, transferred it and tried to fix it up. Most changes worked, but it never would let me put spaces where I wanted but I went ahead and published it any way. » Posted By SueInCa On March 27, 2010 @ 5:43 pm I don’t think most kids would get that nuance though Pepe » Posted By SueInCa On March 27, 2010 @ 1:57 pm Pepe » Posted By SueInCa On March 27, 2010 @ 12:51 pm High Times Ahead for California? TB » Posted By SueInCa On March 28, 2010 @ 9:31 am Yeah, but sometimes they are funny, drunks too. » Posted By SueInCa On March 27, 2010 @ 9:38 pm That was hysterical. » Posted By SueInCa On March 27, 2010 @ 9:26 pm Nor do I Ecat, but like Peter Tosh says, legalize marijuana so when I see the cops I don’t have to jump no fence. I would much rather be around someone who is high on that than a drunk. » Posted By SueInCa On March 27, 2010 @ 9:25 pm LOL, I just know a few of those low value voters. Freaking Tancredo was talking about his own party » Posted By SueInCa On March 27, 2010 @ 8:56 pm We have to make up this shortfall somehow. At first I thought you said So. Cal(southern Cal) was trying to split from the government. Man I have to read more carefully. » Posted By SueInCa On March 27, 2010 @ 8:49 pmComments Posted By SueInCa
My son too celebrates passover and the same customs as you do, but he is not jewish. I really cannot figure out if he has a religion or if he just follows Yehwah. He has been through so many iterations in his life, we never know what to expect, but he continues to search so that is a good thing.
I have to tell you this religious right is downright scary to me. They are so involved in their fantasies and these end of time prohpecies it is easy to see how they become conspiracy theorists. Yet the right tries to denigrate others during the shrub administration who believed in the 9/11 conspiracy.
Read Max Blumenthal’s book for extra info on the Family and the RR that Sharlett did not cover. Also the LA Times was investigating this as well. Harpers and NPR all did stuff on this. As for John Ashcroft goes, that freak could be involved in almost anything. He is IMHO, one of the weirdest of the bunch.
I have attended the UCC church here in my area and at first glance I cannot ever see them falling under this spell, however I think because of their innate kindness and liberalism they might be slow to recognize such an attack. I have also attended Unitarian and I would see the same outcome from them. It is not in our nature to be “nasty” like these people and for that reason I think we are sometimes slow to recognize evil in our midst, outraged when we do, but slow to admit it.
We like to chalk it up to a minority ranting but the truth of the matter is they have learned the “organize” lesson pretty thoroughly from two radicals in the 60’s, Richard Neuhaus and Michael Novak. These two transformed from liberal radicalism in the 60’s to the right in the 70’s. Neuhaus wanted to become America’s Christian Marx and Novak resolved to develop a theological defense of capitalism. Perfect ideology for the Religious Right.
Every time I see him on MSNBC I want to throw a rock at the TV.
BTW myhusband was raised Catholic but has not practiced for many years. I think if he went back he would probably stay. I prefer the UCC or Methodist myself. But we never seem to be able to commit. Maybe someday.
When I read Poles, I did not think Catholic because I know the Warsaw Ghetto was predominately Jewish. I just thought how out of touch or revisionist can someone be to say 6 and a half million Poles? Everyone except for Coe and Ahmadinajad knows exactly what happened in the Holocaust.
Thanks fo your encouragement Kalima
I don’t believe smoking or drinking should be in any movie rated PG or PG13. Nor should any nudity or other offensive behavior. Kids will learn that soon enough without selling from Hollywood. I am not a prude and I have smoked but I would not sell it to my children or grandchildren. It is a hard habit to break, I know, I had fought it for years, finally quitting last year. But I know if I smoke another one, I will be back to a half pack a day in no time. It is not just the sicknesses it can cause, but the difficulty in quitting. It is hard to quit and I admire those that put it down and just walked away, that was truly hard for me to do.
That was hilarious. I had never watched their movies until this one and it was because of boredom, nothing to watch. I loved it, especially the scene at Crawford ranch and the FBI with the unicorn fantasy behind him. Another good one is Will Farrell – A Night with W. It was so funny, he captured W just as most of us thought of him and his family.
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