Displaying 4,111 To 4,140 Of 5,146 Comments Nope – NOT all people are beloved by God in the eyes of these extremists. There is a new meme – Christianity is in your DNA. Therefore, our president CANNOT be Christian since his father was a Muslim. I’m not sure how this squares with their rabid global conversion program, but of course Obama converted to the WRONG religion – progressive Christianity which is not remotely Christian in their opinion. Second – all those Beatitudes that were the fundamental teachings of Christ about the poor, the moving beyond race, class, and ethnicity to find universal love? All that love your neighbor stuff? Well, according to these extremists, there is a “code” in the Bible that lets true believers know that the Beatitudes and all that love stuff is OFF. Over, kaput, never mind, Jesus did not REALLY mean it. Anyway, now that End Times are upon us, it’s holy war, nothing less. Love your neighbor? If and only if your neighbor is one of the True Believers. Otherwise – death to the infidel. If you want – have the stomach – to learn more, go to barf.org (friends with a wicked sense of humor have created the Biblical America Resistance Front, hence the acronym) for links to various groups. None is scarier than Ron Luce who indoctrinates teens in hours-long theater productions where they are bombarded with visions of violence against an “unseen” enemy – liberalism. The final part of one play is a full scale automatic-weapons shoot out of Christians vs., well, everyone else. Using cult tactics of sleep and food deprivation, Luce sees to it that the teens are brainwashed into believing everything they believe is being eradicated by, well, us. It’s “Jesus Camp” ratcheted up several degrees to outright violence. Brave New Christian-centric World. » Posted By choicelady On November 30, 2010 @ 11:58 am AdLib – well said. DEEPLY concerned, not scared. I refuse – we all refuse – to be powerless in the face of this movement. Thanks for reminding us we’re not victims unless we so choose! » Posted By choicelady On November 30, 2010 @ 11:37 am Marion – I agree with CFW that she won’t win the White House. I agree with YOU that she’s deadly dangerous. She is the open and visible presence of an insidious movement we’ve discussed before, the presence of the End Times Christian Dominionists. For those who lie outside faith circles, the work of these people came to light most powerfully in Jeff Sharlet’s book, “The Family”. Still and all, they are invisible because they are covert. Most if not all of the Teabaggers are Dominionists – they just do not discuss it. Why is this important? They have a global movement to abolish secularism, and have special targets in Muslims, GLBT people, liberals and progressives, people in mainline Christian communities. They will make a pact with the most horrific tyrants so long as said tyrant will defer to them in matters of US power. They fund those tyrants and keep them in power EVEN when the US foreign policy is working to shut them down. They are stinking rich, the Dominionists, and they have as their goal infiltrating and dominating “The Seven Pillars” of society – government, military, education, family, business, media, arts & entertainment. Go to reclaim7mountains.com to see the agenda. The ones you see – Pat Robertson and the late Jerry Falwell – are the LEAST significant players. Coming in about April is an expose of the movement behind Sarah: “Palin’s America: God, Guns, and Greed” by Leah Burton that blows the lid off the extent to which this movement has SUCCEEDED, and why figures such as Sarah are so terribly dangerous. I’m proofing the book, and it makes my blood run cold. This is even MORE scary than “The Family” IMHO. I’ve lived with these people for decades, fighting them every inch of the way, but even I had little idea of how far they have encroached into every part of our world. While I think laughter is a key part of progressive work and has a real function in cutting issues down to manageable levels, the worst thing we can do is laugh at these people – and then dismiss them as mere buffoons. They are more committed and more powerful than were supporters of the Third Reich in their day. They are truly global in their reach, and the few things standing between them and total domination are fragile if we do not protect them. What I fear about Sarah is our not taking her seriously ENOUGH, not because of her personally but because she is just one face of a vast network of people waiting, watching, moving, and making inroads on every aspect of democracy, secular society dominance, and equality. Karl Rove et al. are not Dominionists, but they live in service to and with them because they have the same goals. World domination for the few, the very rich, the ultra conservative. It’s a pact they’ve had for decades, and it works. I am very serious when I say that what Marion has written is of great importance, and it is true that we must take Sister Sarah VERY seriously. She is the sacrificial lamb for the Dominionists, a role she embraces, so you will laugh and sneer ar Sarah, and you will not see the men behind the curtain. Be afraid. Be VERY afraid. These people are on a mission from God – in their own minds – and you do NOT say “No” to God. Only we can stop them, and it’s not by ignoring them. » Posted By choicelady On November 30, 2010 @ 9:30 am I’m You; Kanye, Lebron, and the Cult of Celebrity Q – since the first I’ve known of this story is this blog, I had NO idea that the incident was grounded in race. That is disgusting both for its perpetuation of racism and ALSO for its refusal to place Kanye within the context from which he comes as a celebrity. I’m honestly NOT being flip with I say that it seems to me Kanye’s actions are utterly without ANY reference to race – that he has achieved true equality in being a narcissistic pinhead. It’s the entire CULTURE, not this one man, and certainly not this one Black man because he is Black. White people’s refusal to look to their own who act precisely the same is loathesome. To condemn in Kanye what we white people would tolerate in almost ANYONE who is also white proves your point – while the commentators miss the point entirely. » Posted By choicelady On November 29, 2010 @ 8:59 pm Aha – never losing a moment to tuck in something from the unwritten dissertation – all of this has nothing to do with the Puritans and EVERYTHING to do with the Victorians. Pruitans respected communal as well as individual rights, but the Victorians raised raping and pillaging to high levels. You’d never find a Puritan killing animals for sport and leaving their carcasses to rot. They had laws against excess and waste. They also had basic environmemtal protections to assure water and land served everyone’s needs. But take the lid off in the early federal period and follow it with wanton Victorian excess, and we’ve been paying the price ever since. Self interest now is the highest level of development. If I can take away all your self sufficiency and make you dependent on me, then I win, you lose, and who cares. Not me. And you don’t matter anymore. It pretty much sucks when Robber Barons are our heroes and role models. » Posted By choicelady On November 29, 2010 @ 8:50 pm I think he’s more Yertle the Turtle. Not a thing female about that dude. » Posted By choicelady On November 29, 2010 @ 8:40 pm Been there. Labeled that. Not crazy. I do know it’s been many years since some bozo mocked me or any other intelligent woman, but there is another side – you have to be intelligent the way some guy THINKS you should be to be “included”. So even smart women don’t figure into problem solving since sometimes that means not paying fealty to some man. It’s a damned sight more subtle, but it’s not all gone away. One of the cool things here is the lack of concern about who any of us is – in some cases (because I’m lazy and don’t look at bios) I’m not sure what gender anyone is much less race, ethnicity, background, etc., etc. The conversation is therefore FASCINATING because it exist without “pre-ordained” limits. Though I bet it was a giveaway that my name included “lady”… I’m honestly not always sure who’s who. Or what. It makes the meeting of minds a true meeting. And it’s VERY cool. I do not advocate a metrosexual or genderless society, but it is wonderful to talk to someone as a true human being, no preconceptions. Wow. » Posted By choicelady On November 29, 2010 @ 8:36 pm bito, dear – you’d be more than welcome! I do have to warn you that our mayor, former NBA self styled superhero Kevin Johnson, takes us full loop to WTS’s observation. Kevin is the past master of solipsism, narcissism, and the blame game. His ideas are the saving of America. No one is more important than he. Nothing is his fault from sexual harassment of teen aged girls to the utter destruction of the charter school he pretended to found. So while looking for someone to blame, you’ll have to duck or become Kevin’s target yourself. Even if he has NO idea who you are. I have one and only immutable law (Al Franken excluded): NO MORE CELEBRITIES IN PUBLIC OFFICE. Constant public bloat and its resulting gaseous discharge are simply too much to bear – Kevin and Arnold in one city. We deserve better. » Posted By choicelady On November 29, 2010 @ 8:20 pm Indeed! » Posted By choicelady On November 29, 2010 @ 8:18 pm Clearly you’re not kosher or halal. I had lunch with a rabbi down there in LA not long ago. He wasn’t feeling well and wanted to know if I thought a Cobb salad with bacon would be OK. I said physiologically probably yes. Spiritually, he was barking up the wrong tree asking a shiksa. » Posted By choicelady On November 29, 2010 @ 8:16 pm There has been that thread for a long time. Women’s liberation dovetailed with sexual liberation, and… I blame Hugh Hefner in large part, followed by “Laugh In” and its snarky slightly off color jokes, all at women’s expense. Look at 60s movies – the Bond girls etc. It’s followed us forever since then. Of course there is a much better side, but pop culture has risen to great places – then crashed and burned. It’s followed far too much of the Bimbo and way too little of the Kind-hearted wise Woman threads of society’s change. Personally, I blame Reagan. But then I blame Reagan for EVERYTHING. » Posted By choicelady On November 29, 2010 @ 4:28 pm You are free to use me. Around Sacramento I’m known as “the Churchlady” and have served as a point of contentiouness for lots of things – especially when I’m right. So when things do NOT work out well, I get to be the poster adult for what NOT to do, even if it was not my fault. So feel free! Blame away! No, no – no need to thank me. It’s my calling. It’s my job. » Posted By choicelady On November 29, 2010 @ 4:23 pm Look – it’s hard enough believing in a burning bush as the source of the Ten Commandments. Would God REALLY fob off a flaming salamander on us as the real McCoy? While there is a lot that’s “biblical” about Mormons, I think God thinks that’s a bit over the top. He mumbled something also about Glenn Beck, but I couldn’t quite get it… » Posted By choicelady On November 29, 2010 @ 4:19 pm Who can blame him? He TOLD you pigs were unclean. But would you listen? Noooooo. » Posted By choicelady On November 29, 2010 @ 4:17 pm LOL!!! OK – several things wrong here. God – if it exists at all – owes us nuttin’. Two – Johnson’s from BUFFALO, fer crying out loud! Does he not remember Buffalo’s Superbowl history? I lived through all five games, and it was utter humiliation each time, all the time, and I’m not even a fan. Just lived there. The sheer arrogance of this rant leaves me (nearly) speechless. It’s what I used to say to speeders – no matter how fast you go, you’re still in Buffalo. Have some sense of proportion, please! God as the Alpha, Buffalo as the Omega and this dumb shit doesn’t get that he’s at best only somewhere in the middle like the REST OF US??? What a dweeb! » Posted By choicelady On November 29, 2010 @ 4:13 pm Mid-Atlantic Trip Part 8: Chesapeake Bay Oh thank you, Khirad – and everyone with such beautiful photos! Annapolis reminds me of Newburyport, MA – I think the early federal period probbly looked similar all up and down the seaboard. I’ve never been to anyplace in MD other than Baltimore, but now I’m drooling to go! Beautiful. Thank you so much for posting so many of your photos of that magnificent trip. You’ve brought back good memories of things I’ve seen before and a desire to see the places I’ve never visited. I’m an easterner and midwesterner at heart and someday would like to return. There is just such atmosphere there – the history is ever present. You have captured so much of that it’s almost tangible from your photography. Thank you for sharing it all with us! » Posted By choicelady On November 24, 2010 @ 9:46 pm A Thanksgiving Tradition – 2010 Yes. » Posted By choicelady On November 25, 2010 @ 1:52 pm Human kindness, overflowing… And they say that nothing has changed. Thank you, Khirad. Happy Thanksgiving! » Posted By choicelady On November 25, 2010 @ 1:48 pm I once dated a Canadian. I thus got TWO Thanksgivings. I highly recommend this tactic. Of course, I also lived in Sydney Cape Breton one summer and got NO Fourth of July. Well, OK – there was a 4th, just no one cared. On the whole the double Thanksgiving outweighs the absence of the 4th. What are the penalties for sneaking over the border into Canada, Mighty? If the US goes down to teabagger mentality and dominance, you’ll be flooded with us, you know. » Posted By choicelady On November 24, 2010 @ 9:35 pm You’re just that good. » Posted By choicelady On November 24, 2010 @ 9:32 pm Dear AdLib – I rarely find “celebrity sez” things to be funny, but this one made me laugh out loud! Thanks so much for posting it AND for all you do for all of us! Happy Thanksgiving to you and to all on the Planet! May your turkey (or politically correct alternatives) be good, your travels safe, and may we all come together for more very soon. Happy holiday everyone! » Posted By choicelady On November 24, 2010 @ 1:52 pm Oh, AdLib – the heartbreak of it all! We feel your pain! » Posted By choicelady On November 23, 2010 @ 7:05 pm Global Warming Has Tourists Flocking to Buffalo and Cleveland! Balmy weather is sought by millions. Film at 11:00… » Posted By choicelady On November 23, 2010 @ 7:03 pm Patsy – does that make you and BassetDad related? Is there something we need to know about the persistance of Basset Hounds on the Planet? » Posted By choicelady On November 23, 2010 @ 5:38 pm …declare their undying love and fly off into the sunset together? » Posted By choicelady On November 23, 2010 @ 5:37 pm To all the Planeteers – I realize that I kvetch a lot sometimes, and you always are there to haul me back from the brink. I REALLY thank you and will try not to whine so much! These pages are the one place I unload freely, but that’s not fair to you all. Tomorrow when I give thanks, a lot of it will be because of all of you. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone on the Planet! You are special people, one and all. » Posted By choicelady On November 24, 2010 @ 10:02 am I re-read this, BD, and it’s just wonderful. Over the years it’s made me think because of a connection I have with my forebears. Some decades ago, C-Span broadcast a re-enactment of the Lincoln Douglas debates. They were HOURS long, and they were attended by people from miles around Galesburg, IL who drove for a couple of days to sit on chairs they’d brought from home listening to this very long debate. Some of those folks included my great great grandfather and mother who lived in Princeton, IL and who were conveyors on Owen Lovejoy’s underground RR. I have never know for sure if they housed slaves, but they did drive them to the next stop. So the issue of slavery was important to them and others in Princeton and in Illinois in general. Can any of us imagine sitting through speeches that were 2-4 hours long? Even Jon Stewart’s recent rally was a total of 3 hours with many different “acts” – no long speeches. Remember how the media snarked at Clinton for daring to speak – as President – for 30 minutes? That’s all the attention we can PAY? Sound bites and synopses of ideas now pass as “research” for students – if it’s in a book, a whole book, it’s too much work. No wonder we have simplistic solutions to complex problems. Someone pointed out to me that probably very few of us ever read whole books anymore. Our best intelligence comes from the NY Times Book Reviews rather than the books themselves. Anyone here actually read “The Family”? It’s long, often complicated, sometimes tedious, and incredibly mind boggling. But who pays full attention? I suspect anyone under the age of 40 rarely reads an entire book anymore. Especially if it’s footnoted. So we wonder why our political discourse comes down to “And so’s yer old man!” or some such. We seem to revere ignorance on one hand and quick fixes on another. Outside of creating major power outages, how can we ever get back to thoughtful reflection? When I read AdLib’s notes from 2020, it all became clear – that IS where we are headed so long as we never spend time engaging in real discussion, really listening to one another, really reading complex things. Superficiality will rule. Thanks, BD – that is a very good essay you made us read!!!! » Posted By choicelady On November 23, 2010 @ 7:19 pm May I add that while I’m not quite ready to say “The Pope ROCKS”, I’m NO longer needing to say, “The Pope sucks”. Makes me much happier. » Posted By choicelady On November 23, 2010 @ 3:36 pm Thank you, Patsy. I had not seen this. Here in CA the Catholic Conference has supported single payer. Why? Because I, pro choice to the core, REFUSED to let my colleagues spell out WHAT services had to be covered such as abortion, so that Catholic Health Care could be Catholic. Not my call – it’s theirs. It’s not “choice” if WE impose that standard on them. With that protection for their own views, the Catholic Conference became supporters of single payer. And now this – the Pope of all people (who also now supports the use of condoms to prevent the spread of disease!) is calling for universal care. These are MAJOR steps forward unheralded and unsung and critical to all of us. » Posted By choicelady On November 23, 2010 @ 3:35 pm Hi- I wanted to like it but did not. I don’t have a REAL problem with giving both sides “voice” – but there was almost nothing about Tiller the human being. He was a gentle and kind man who did what he did from compassion for couples who had been given the WORST news EVER. He had an ally, a Methodist minister, who, upon family request, baptized the fetuses – babies by that point – and who told us how horribly deformed they all were. So we’ve had eyewitness testimony to the impossibility of hope. And still the other side demands that women even DIE rather than have a late term abortion. So I don’t think it was balanced at all. I’m tired of the “other side” being treated as if their zealotry is equal to Dr. Tiller’s compassionate care. They care nothing for babies, only for politics, and that was not made clear. “Saving babies”? No. Stopping women. Yes. Big difference. I saw one of the couples – she about 8 months along and a woman at least in her 30s – and I’ve NEVER seen such loss and despair on people’s faces. It was not a choice any more. It was a necessity to save her life. How Tiller could be villified for saving HER life is beyond me. And that point – his words about his concern for women – was glossed over and his identity lost. So no, I did not like the documentary, not even from Rachel. » Posted By choicelady On November 23, 2010 @ 3:29 pmComments Posted By choicelady
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