11Mar10 Many Thanks to Those Who Attended the Great Minds Series in L.A.!

Leah & Cenk in L.A.

What a great discussion we had! I really want to thank all those who came out last Friday night and participated in our conversation about Sarah Palin and Christian Dominionism. And a heartfelt thanks to Jan Goodman and Jerry Manpearl for opening their home to Ilene Proctor’s Great Mind Series speakers, and to Chris Bennett for sharing her talents and providing us with wonderful music. A huge thank you to Cenk Uygar, host of The Young Turks, a pioneering online political webcast that streams a live news show Monday through Friday, and so much more.

There is too much information to fit into one discussion, but we gave it a good go and traversed some wide territory. Because this was promoted by Ilene Proctor Public Relations as a look at who and what is behind Palin, I intentionally brought all points back to Palin and her extreme religious dogma. I was able to introduce Christian Dominionism, and people were genuinely interested.

There has been such an effective job of minimizing the influence of the Religious Right and in fact, declaring it disbanded that most of us have not realized they regrouped, rebranded and resurfaced in a far more threatening incarnation – that, of a cult of religious extremists who use Christianity as their platform to go forth and divide and conquer.

The majority of Americans are completely unaware of this extreme Christian sect. When I first learned of it I sought out someone, anyone, in my circle of diverse friends and acquaintances…from politicians and politicos to those who can’t stand politics. From religiously devout and faithful church-goers to atheists. From those with lots of letters and periods after their names, to those who are lucky enough to have even gotten a G.E.D due to extra-curricular distractions in their earlier years. And those in the “know” (we think) who work in the media. Out of all those people, I ran across only one individual who said, “Oh, I know about dominionism…I had a shop teacher in High School who introduced us to that”. He is the fellow who I enjoy chatting with weekly when he comes to caretake my neighbors yard.

Why do I point this out? Because one of the ways that they have been able to flourish and grow, is that they can do it right in front of us and we don’t pay attention. Even when they get boisterous, our tolerance of intolerance dictates that we accept divergent views and in that process inadvertantly overlook what is truly forming before our eyes. So if you think to yourself, “I’ve never heard of it, therefore it cannot be happening”, be careful. There are many of us who have been yelling into a vaccuum about this, now we have to change the delivery and get people’s attention.

"Dominion: How Kingdom Action Can Change the World"

And I think as overwhelming as this discussion can get very quickly, there were many great questions. An example, “What is the relationship between the wealthy corporatists in America and Christian Dominionism?” That is a question that could easily prompt a discussion forum all unto itself, but I attempted to explain that they do indeed share common goals – privatization, deregulation and power.

These goals weave together these groups for divergent reasons, but they need each other to succeed. Joint successes means more money for the corporations and less government. Less government means subverting the restrictions of church and state, allowing for wider proselytizing by Christian Dominionists. These joint goals also work hand in hand with the 7 Mountains Mandate which pursues reclaiming America for Christ by taking dominion over the secular institutions.

Religion – Government – Business/Banking – Education – Media – Arts/Entertainment – Family

We discussed how C. Peter Wagner is the virtual CEO of Dominionism, and that his Apostles spread this 7MM around the world. How Palin’s own spiritual advisor, Mary Glazier, is one of those Apostles and in charge of the Northwest Sales District (as I like to refer to it). That Pastor Mutthee of Kenya, who while at Palin’s Wasilla church, anointed Palin as Queen Esther and ceremoniously cast the witches out of her. How Mutthee is a “Transformations Associate” of the Transformations Network which infested Uganda, directly contributing to the Death to Gays legislation before the Ugandan government. And that Transformations, based out of Louisiana is lead by a mix of dominionists such as Cindy Jacobs, a high level Apostle in – C. Peter Wagner’s Global Harvest Ministries, a New Apostolic Reformation ministry.

You get the picture. No matter where we took off, we would always wind our way back to Palin and her Christian cult and their End Times politics, and that is my message relating to an understanding of Palin’s Brain. It is a matter of what the forces are behind this woman and who provides the momentum and power, because we know that this is not a solo journey by Palin and her own self-actualized aspirations.

I can’t possibly recreate the entire discussion here because I would end up writing a book! Oh…but wait…I AM writing a book. That’s where I will bring all of this together and more. More in the sense that we need to also discuss those in this cult that are overshadowed by the Palin spotlight. Her constant media addiction creates a distraction that is no accident in how it takes our eyes off the GOP 2012 ball and the roster of other unseemly characters lingering in the wings…like Haley Barbour.

So, I had best get back to work. Research never ends, writing is essential and your attention is necessary in disseminating this information as far and as wide as you can spread it. I will be sharing several new stories with you as we increase our arsenal of information. Thank you all for your ongoing support, it truly will take ALL of us.


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9Mar10 Guest Post by Pastor Howard Bess ~ He Really Gets This

Pastor Howard Bess is someone I have the privilege of speaking with, and who I admire as a mainstream Christian who demonstrates all the reverence, faith and compassion that represents what many of us view as true Christianity. He writes wonderful newsletters and this one I just have to share! I will pop back in tomorrow and share with you how things went in L.A. It’s good to be home!

Pastor Bess

BEHIND THE SCENE, SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE

By Howard Bess

As we watch the news, the top stories are about issues such as health care, deficit spending, jobs, the Winter Olympics, and earthquakes in Haiti and Chile.  There are other topics of great importance that never reach the pages of newspapers in Alaska.

As a Baptist my attention is drawn to every action of churches, every action of Congress, every action of the White House administration, every action of the U.S. Supreme Court that relates to church-state relationships.

Under the administration of President George W. Bush, without a single vote by Congress, a whole new federal social service arm was created.  It was called The Faith Based Initiative.  Under its auspices billions of federal public assistance dollars were distributed to and through faith based organizations.  From the beginning of the program it was attacked as an unconstitutional fostering of religion in violation of the establishment clause of the First Amendment.

With the election of Barack Obama many critics anticipated the demise of the program.  Obama surprised almost everyone by announcing the continuation of the program with a promise of a major revision of the operation.  He named a 25 member Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Community Partnerships to oversee the conduct of the program.  The membership of the Council was very diverse.  They have been active and have set down new rules for the agency.  To illustrate the tensions involved, the Council adopted a resolution that religious organizations must form new 501 c 3 tax exempt not-for-profit corporations to receive monies from the agency.  The move was seen as necessary to insure that the religious activity of a church and its social services were kept separate.  The supporting vote was 13-12.

The vote indicates that a vigorous debate still rages in the United States about the separation of church and state.

In another little noticed news item, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs has recommended that the U.S. Government develop a strategy to make religion “integral” to American foreign policy.  The Chicago Council is a powerful organization that was formed in the 1920s to influence and shape American foreign policy.  The Chicago Council has no official standing, but its influence over the years has been enormous.  Should American foreign policy get religion?

Americans have become quite accustomed to arguing about issues of separation of church and state in domestic affairs; but issues of separation of church and state have little history in foreign affairs.  The last time any hint of the issue occurred was when President Ronald Reagan appointed an ambassador to the Vatican in 1984.  There were a lot of unhappy Protestants when Mr. Reagan made the appointment.  Make a note, the recommendation of the Chicago Council marks a much larger step into the separation issue.  Does the First Amendment have a necessary application to foreign policy?

Brent Walker, a member of the Supreme Court Bar and the executive of a powerful Baptist separation lobby, believes the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause does apply to the conduct of U.S. foreign policy.  Walker acknowledges that the U.S. may of necessity deal with religious bodies in the conduct of foreign policy.  However the First Amendment puts constraints on the U.S. approach in all our relationships.

The United States is a secular nation that embraces no religion in particular.  There are many Americans who argue the truth of that statement and would like to bring about a dramatic change.  Those who argue against separation of church and state are growing stronger every day.  Their movement is often called Christian Triumphalism or Christian Nationalism.  Advocates are sometimes referred to as dominionists.  While they have formed many different groups, one prominent organizational name appears with regularity.  It is the New Apostolic Reformation.  Cells of participants now cover the nation.  Adherents include a long list of prominent religious and political leaders.  Among their central convictions is that separation of church and state must cease.  The establishment of the Kingdom of God on earth must take place.  The process must begin with the United States.  Their great enemy is separation of church and state.

Two social issues refuse to take leave of our national attention.  The first is the issue of abortion.  It is a prime example of religious groups that are determined to force their religious beliefs on a secular nation.  I have deep respect for those who believe an abortion is always a violation of the will of God.  Devout people are completely free to reject birth control measures.  They are free to convince others of their religious convictions about when life begins.  Legal banning of all abortions would be a matter of government taking the religious convictions of certain people and forcing it on all citizens.  The First Amendment is our protection from government interference in religion.

The second thorny social issue in the U.S. is the legal rights of gay persons.  Gay people would have had full legal rights years ago except for the attempt of religious people to force their theological beliefs on the nation.  Legal rights for our gay citizens has nothing to do with any passage from the Bible.  No interpretation of the Bible has any relevance to the laws of our land.  Yet religious people insist their particular beliefs be established as the law of the land.  Religious people can maintain their religious beliefs about sexual orientation and sexual behavior.  I respect their decisions and commitments.

To ask government to force the convictions of one group onto all citizens is not compatible with First Amendment rights.

The United States is a great experiment.  Central to that experiment is the encouragement of diversity, beginning with religion.  May it ever be so.

THE END

I am going to post Pastor Bess’s articles periodically because he does represent mainstream Christians and their concerns about the Dominionist faction who misrepresent the views and beliefs of most Christians. Frankly, Dominionists are giving Christianity a very bad rap!

Thank you, Pastor!


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2Mar10 Palin GOP Loyalty a Joke ~ Winning is ALL That Matters

You are not experiencing deja vu…I originally posted this article on July 7, 2009. With all the buzz and speculation about a possible 3rd party formation and whether or not Palin is involved, I felt it was necessary to pull this post forward from my previous site at Theopalinism.

I am heartened to see that more and more attention is being dedicated to understanding that there is a 3rd Party afoot even if they have to concede that in order to win nationally they will have to sit under the elephant.

I have been shouting into a virtual vacuum, all the while met with dismissive gestures and remarks about the very real impact Palin is more than likely to have on the quest to regain political seats across the country for the 2010 elections. I am talking local, state, and national. Do not for one moment sit comfortably back on your haunches, comforted by the thought that Palin is too much of a buffoon to be a player. Go to your nearest book store and immediately buy “Bush’s Brain”, and you will sit up and pay attention.

So I submit again…the following article…

There is a political “shoe” (Party) that is ready-made for Sarah Palin, the Political Dominionists and all the extreme followers that she appeals to – it is the Constitution Party. And by NO coincidence, the Alaska Chapter is none other than the Alaska Independence Party that Todd Palin is known to have been a member of until Sarah’s political career was launched and their affiliation was seen as a potential liability.

For those of you who are hearing of the Constitution Party for the first time the following snippets are directly from their web pages:

The Constitution Party

“The Democrats and Republicans have squandered the Founders’ legacy of liberty and justice under the Constitution. Countless government officials in the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government ignore their oath to uphold and defend the Constitution.

Join the Constitution Party in its work to restore our government to its Constitutional limits and our law to its Biblical foundations.”

Preamble of the Constitution Party

“The Constitution Party gratefully acknowledges the blessing of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as Creator, Preserver and Ruler of the Universe and of these United States. We hereby appeal to Him for mercy, aid, comfort, guidance and the protection of His Providence as we work to restore and preserve these United States.

This great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason peoples of other faiths have been and are afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here.

The goal of the Constitution Party is to restore American jurisprudence to its Biblical foundations and to limit the federal government to its Constitutional boundaries.

The Constitution of these United States provides that “no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.” The Constitution Party supports the original intent of this language. Therefore, the Constitution Party calls on all those who love liberty and value their inherent rights to join with us in the pursuit of these goals and in the restoration of these founding principles.

The U.S. Constitution established a Republic rooted in Biblical law, administered by representatives who are Constitutionally elected by the citizens. In such a Republic all Life, Liberty and Property are protected because law rules.”

Now marvel at the attached video by Sarah Palin, delivered behind her desk in the Governor’s office in summer of 2008 praising the Alaska Independence Party and their shared ideologies.

“I’m Governor Sarah Palin and I am delighted to welcome you to the 2008 Alaskan Independence Party Convention in the golden heart city of Fairbanks.  Your party plays an important  role in our state’s politics.  I’ve always said that competition is so good, and that applies to political parties as well.  I share your party’s vision of upholding the constitution of our great state.  My administration remains focused on reining in government growth so individual liberty and opportunity can expand.  I know you agree with that.  We have a great promise to be a self-sufficient state, made up of the hardest-working, most grateful Americans in our nation.  So as your convention gets underway I hope that you all are inspired by remembering that all those years ago, it was in this same city that Alaska’s constitution was born.  And it was founded on hope and trust and liberty and opportunity.  I carry that message of opportunity forward in my administration, as we continue to move our state ahead and create positive change.  So I say good luck on a successful and inspiring convention. Keep up the good work, and God bless you.”

She and her representatives have made numerous statements of denial about the Palin’s affiliation with this organization that emphasizes secession as one of their founding platform issues.

Furthermore, view this video of the AIP 2008 Conference in Fairbanks, Alaska with the Vice-Chair Dexter Clark speaking about Palin, and their strategy for winning widespread elected offices using stealth AIP candidates. Talk about laying it ALL out there…they are so cocky they are overtly brazen!

The sound quality can be hard to understand so I have provided written transcription for the most pertinent points.

“Our current governor, we mentioned at the last conference, the one we were hoping would get elected, Sarah Palin, did get elected. There’s a joke, she’s a pretty good looking gal, there’s a joke goes around we’re the coldest state with the hottest governor.  [laughter] And there was a lot of talk about her moving up.”

“She was an AIP member before she got the job as a mayor of a small town — that was a non-partisan job.  But to get along and go along — she eventually joined the Republican Party, where she had all kinds of problems with their ethics, and well, I won’t go into that. She also had about an 80% approval rating, and is pretty well sympathetic to her former membership.If there is ever a time that is right for change, this is it.  In our own situation, we discussed several options.  Do we try and get our case into the International Court of Justice, or to the World Court?  Several Native Alaskan organizations are taking that route, independent of us. They want to do it on their own terms.  They haven’t realized, in my mind, the potential of their own political party.  The pitfalls of an organized political party – you don’t have any control over who joins that party.  They put the X next to it on the registration form, and if they join the — go into the primary, and win that primary, they’re your candidate, like it or not.

I think Ron Paul has kind of proven that. He’s a dyed -in-the-wool Libertarian. He came to Alaska and spoke as a Libertarian. And he…

…put the Republican label on to get elected. That’s all there is to it. And any one of your organizations should be using that same tactic to infiltrate. I know that Christian Exodus is in favor of it, I know that the Free State Movement is in favor of it.

I don’t know that they even care which party it is.

Which ever party you see where you can get something done, get into that political party, even though it does have it’s problems. Right now that is one of the only avenues. If you can get a few people on the city council, or a town board, you can have some effect.

CC2009 Don't Tread on MeIt is obvious when you read the entire Constitution Party Platform, then watch the Alaska Independence Party video, read the excerpts and visit the Alaska Independent Party web site, that to accept Palin as a loyal republican just is NOT accurate!

I am certain by now that most of us have become quite familiar with seeing the “Don’t Tread on Me!” banners flying about at various “Hatriot” teabagging events in the past several months…well, it is hard to miss the graphic connection between those banners and the AIP logo depicting Alaska in the mouth of the snake.

As I have stated in a previous blog…keep your eyes on SarahPAC.com as a barometer indicating her allegiance and intentions. In fact, straight from the mouth of SarahPAC…

“We’re going to work as Commonsense Conservatives for everyday, hardworking Americans by tackling issues that you care about and by helping candidates who will stand up for our nation. We’ll help candidates (regardless of party) who have the courage to go to Washington or serve statewide and make the tough decisions needed to get our country back on track.” ~ “Sarah’s Pen”

Currently it states an alliance with the Republican Party in its opening statement…and with the way some of them are publicly elevating their own profiles on the news of Palin’s “higher calling”.

Recently Palin made this statement in a speech to an Arkansas auditorium (only a third of the seats filled) when asked about the viability of the Tea Party…

“Now the smart thing will be for independents who are such a part of this Tea Party movement to, I guess, kind of start picking a party,” Palin said. “Which party reflects how that smaller, smarter government steps to be taken? Which party will best fit you? And then because the Tea Party movement is not a party, and we have a two-party system, they’re going to have to pick a party and run one or the other: ‘R’ or ‘D’.”
‘Palin said that the Republican platform best meshed with the Tea Party’s creed. However, she mentioned that her husband Todd was not a registered Republican and that the party should be open to embracing independents.” ~CBS News
Isn’t that reminiscent of the AIP? The same AIP that Palin endorses but says she never had anything to do with except for those times that she did. Yeah, that one. Afterall, it is really Todd’s cup of Tea and not Sarah’s (yeah…right, you betcha!)

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2Mar10 The Blue Grass Dementia Game ~ Which Senator Is It? Any of ‘em, ALL of ‘em!

Here is a reminder that the Dominionist associations run deep on top of Bunning’s other ills. This is about how ReBiblican Senator Bunning of Kentucky has an absolute disregard for the need of others. His concern for others is so shallow that viewing a sports game rates higher. Those pesky constituents! Why don’t they STFU until voting day?!

Apparently that is essentially the message he has conveyed to the his constiuents and all of America, the news media and even the congressional GOP senate majority as well, including McConnell who has NO control over the apparent senile rantings of Bunning either.

The Ugly Face of Conservatism - Tweedle-Dee

“On February 25 2010 Bunning began a filibuster of unemployment insurance, COBRA, and other federal programs, citing that this extension was not pay-as-you-go. His amendment sought to find the funds from the Stimulus Bill of 2009, and declared that he supported the unemployed, but a bill such as this only adds to the growing deficit and should be paid for immediately. Senator Bob Corker joined Bunning, while other senators worked to break his filibuster until 11:48 PM EST. When Senator Jeff Merkley urged him to drop his objections to vote on a 30-day extension of benefits, Bunning responded “tough shit.” In Bunning’s closing comments to the senate floor he said Democrats were remiss in causing him to miss the Kentucky basketball game vs South Carolina.”

The following is from my own Kentucky insider, a very well-informed source…

a) Bunning, like Ronald Reagan, was pretty much elected on the basis of personality–he was apparently a big baseball star and largely got into office [as a result].  The main folks who are KEEPING him in office tend to be in rural, heavily dominionist-dominated parts of the state, particularly eastern Kentucky (the same part of the state that was one of the single reddest parts of the US–almost totally voting for McCain; that part of the state is also infamously *racist*, having literal “sundown towns” up to the late 80s, probably STILL having them in the deeper parts).

And let’s see…they also share a commonality of governing while in the early stages of dementia.

Reportedly, “Bunning bristles when people bring up his increasing derangement and fragile physical, mental and emotional health[...]“

We really need to start screening for this and I am not being sarcastic. Look at the power that they can wield affecting the entire country! It becomes an issue of “unfit for office”! Why aren’t we employing that?

b) The big thing with Bunning–it has been widely rumoured for a few years running now that he is quite possibly going senile (I’ve heard more than one speculation he’s actually suffering Alzheimer’s or some other dementing illness).  He’s also not running for re-election (partly because he knows Kentuckians are sick of his shit, but it’s also widely speculated again that he isn’t running due to having some form of dementia) so he pretty much no longer gives a [...] even for party unity (as it is, reportedly even some of the GOP were telling him to play nice and he reportedly told them to STFU).

McConnell being one of them who continues to allow Bunning to carry on like a spoiled child, even though the animosity from Bunning to McConnell is palpable. It is all about getting back at the Obama and the democrats – NO MATTER THE COST!

(NOTE: in the following, NAR = New Apostolic Reformation)

Early Detection!

The senility thing comes into play as it’s widely suspected that pretty much his instructions on votes are coming from the KY GOP–which, as I’ve noted, is pretty much a NARasite/SBC-dominionist camp and has been since the late 70s; pretty much the state GOP all but gets their marching orders from Frank Simon (an INFAMOUS NARasite leader here, head of the state AFA affiliate, and deacon of the VERY dominionist church I walked away from–and probably one of the most vociferously anti-LGBT dominionist leaders in the US.

The church I walked away from and Simon both are known to have links to “Watchmen At The Walls” leaders, among others, and they’ve promoted the Holocaust-revisionist trash “The Pink Swastika” since the book was published by Lively).  There’s now influence from a Focus on the Family affiliate linked to a NARasitised “Independent Christian Church” in Lexington, but it’s still pretty much Frank Simon’s show here, and if he’s not getting at least some marching orders from Frankie et al I’ll eat my [...]‘ hat.

The SOLE good thing about this mess, of note, is that he’s VERY likely to throw us at least one Democratic senator (if not two; McConnell is also on some very thin ice)–even as much as Kentucky pretty much considers college basketball a de facto state religion, we have a *reported* 10.9% unemployment rate and an actual unemployment rate probably closer to 25-30 percent (if you count the folks who couldn’t get anything but consultancy work or part-time work at Wal-Mart and got conveniently laid off JUST before the ten-week cutoff period, or are self employed and thus ineligible, or are 1099 contractors who got laid off and are thus ineligible–that kind of shit is extremely common here, by the way).

Reportedly Bill Clinton had this to say about Bunning who has been ranked the second-most conservative senator behind ReBiblican Jim DeMint of South Carolina…

“He said Bunning, a former baseball player, was so mean-spirited that he repulsed even his fellow know-nothings. ‘I tried to work with him a couple times,’ said Clinton, ‘and he just sent shivers up my spine….I know you’re a baseball fan and everything, and you don’t like to hear it, but this guy is beyond the pale.’

Mean-spirited indeed! Bunning has been told by his own cohorts that he will not be allowed to run for another term so this is his vindictive nasty way of getting back at them, while harming millions of Americans in the process. He lashed at his buddy McConnell in 2009 over the issue of not supporting Bunning for another term and Bunning responded with…

“Bunning continued to lash out at his home-state colleague, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell over his Senate leadership, calling him a “control freak” and said he would be better off politically without his support.”

Ugly Face #2 - Tweedle-Dumb

McConnell, for his part, declined to endorse Bunning on “FOX News Sunday” last week and hardly mentioned his Kentucky colleague at the state’s Lincoln Day Dinner earlier this month. Bunning has said he still plans on running for a third term, but Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson and Rand Paul have both formed Senate exploratory committees in case he changes his mind.

UPDATE: Per Manu, Bunning also challenged Lexington Herald-Leader editor John Stamper to an arm wrestling match after Stamper asked him whether he would release his medical records to show he was fit to serve. ~ Politico

If this isn’t an example of their arrogance and complete and total disregard for “rell” America – I don’t know what is! This guy is a has-been baseball celeb. He has been a nobody since his hey-day the year that JFK was shot. He has milked that sports persona ad nauseam! And now this prima donna is throwing a self-indulgent tantrum on the backs of people in this country who are already struggling.

“Here’s what’s happening. Ninety-nine of the Senate’s 100 members have agreed that people whose benefits are set to run out should be allowed to continue receiving them past the February 28 deadline. One senator–Bunning–disagrees. He says the benefits should only be extended if they’re paid for with stimulus dollars. Democrats don’t like that at all.

If Bunning were to relent, the extensions would be granted automatically. But, per the Senate rules, any single member can throw a wrench into an otherwise universal agreement.

Bunning couldn’t care less about any of it: “I have missed the Kentucky-South Carolina game that started at 9:00 and it’s the only redeeming chance we had to beat South Carolina since they’re the only team that has beat Kentucky this year,” he said on the Senate floor.

At one point in the discussion, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), asked Bunning to drop his objection. Bunning, according to Politico, had a two word answer for his colleague: “Tough shit.”

Republicans, for their part, may not have given Bunning their blessing. But they’re not doing anything to stop him, and instead are blaming Democrats for not scheduling a vote earlier. ~ TPM 3/2010

Here is a statement from a republican strategist ONE YEAR AGO! February 2009…

“Republican strategist Phil Musser told MSNBC yestreday that although Bunning was “a great baseball player,” his time is up and the Republicans should get a primary opponent to get his embarrassing dead ass out of the Senate. “We need a Grand New Party; we need a new generation of leadership… He’s increasingly erratic. His public statements are an embarrassment.” ~ TPM 2/2009

And the topper? The rest of the good ol’ boys in the GOP are rallying behind him. So who else is senile in this pack of animals? It is no wonder that REAL republicans can’t get far enough away from these jackasses.

Finally, to the Bunning family…have you no shame? Have you know pride? Since Jim is incapable of recognizing what is happening in context, do you not think that it is a wise idea to

1) get the man screened;

2) bring him home and preserve what shred of dignity you might be able to salvage with a high paid spin docter;

3) and if 1 & 2 aren’t appearing as viable options for you…get yourselves screened and leave the rest of us be!

****THIS JUST IN!****

You have to watch this! As I said…is it in the water in Kentucky politics? OMG! These people are truly in a different world! Listen to what brings Republican Minority Leader McConnell to tears…and I can tell you right off that it isn’t the plight of the American people!Watch for the first 3 minutes to know who he is talking about; jump to 7:15 for a minute; then to 10:35 for a minute; and you gotta watch 14:30 on.

Is this…honestly…is THIS what they are there for? Is this what they deem worthy of taking up floor time in the Senate Chambers? If you didn’t know better, you would think that Kyle was being shipped to the heart of war, or shipping off to solitary confinement somewhere, or dying of some horrible terminal disease! But no! Guess where Kyle is going?

Kyle is going no where. He will continue to be in the halls and the congressional offices as much if not more than before…because…Kyle is becoming a lobbyist!!! For the love of god…we must change this.


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1Mar10 Progressivism = Evil from the Revisionist “well” of Becktonian Logic

And make no mistake about it…that would be only ONE version of God. Don’t be thinking that because you are Christian that you are safe. You have to be the right KIND of Christian. So where does that leave hysterical babble-rousers like Glenn Beck. The self-avowed Mormon/Libertarian/Ayn Rand-fan?

(Note to self: Learn to use the internet “whiteboard” so you can sketch it out in Beck-chalkboard-language).

We all know that he may profess to actually read books, but his sad and pathetic regurgitations of what he claims to have read is the glaring light of truth that he has not. But he is a doggon great dog-ear book reader! Gotta give him that! NOTE: I really, really  TRIED to find a photo of Beck reading a book…even HOLDING a book, and alas there were none)

So just to break up the intensity of the religiously motivated child abuse series by Alex Bird that I have been posting and subjecting you all to…let’s take in a little Tea Party ranting and raving by our favorite millionaire FN “analyst” (boy it is hard to say that with a straight face)…

This lunatic…is snow claiming that a “progressive” is a fascist disease sweeping the Democratic Party and threatening to infiltrate the Republican Party. I know this is last week’s news with regard to his CPAC presentation, but it is bringing together the new understanding of this mix of Rand-conservatism that is floating to the surface and mingling ever so slightly in some cases with the ugly side of religious zealotry in this country. Worth another look…

Isn’t it interesting that he sees himself as one of the “chosen”, having absolutely zero understanding that he will be “left behind” along with the rest of us who are not the right kind of Christian? This guy has even put together a “documentary” designed to convince his audience that Hitler was a liberal/progressive/socialist – JUST LIKE OBAMA!

He knows there is life in there somewhere!

He riles up his audience…the majority of which he blurts on and on about, who are not the financially blessed They are exactly who he is turning his back on…except for this hiccup…he NEEDS them to rise up. And they do! We have seen it in his puppetmastery of the 9/12 Project. Who do they think he is talking about?

If you have been reading me for awhile you know that I do not give Beck attention…but with this rising praise and teeny-bopper crush on the narcissistic and sociopathic Ayn Rand of Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, we need to look at him a little differently. More cautiously. And with a greater scrutiny of the effects he has on his listeners.

David Neiwert contributed this article on his blog at Crooks and Liars which is well worth the read…and the painful viewing. It is important because it does tie into the effects of his violent calls to action to his volatile listening audience. He is essentially calling for harm and/or eradication of the problem. And the problem as he sees it is “Progressivism”.

This is not a far stretch from the powers of the imprecatory prayers levied by practitioners in Christian Dominionism (i.e. Palin & Co.) when they say they are simply quoting scripture when they pray for the death and devastation of an individual and his/her family.

Ignorance is a frightening weapon! Especially when fueled by fear. And what we are seeing come together in a perfect marriage of fear and faith is neoconservatism & the “right kind of Christian” birthing bastard children who are encouraged to “play” together such as Palin and Beck despite their seething contempt for each other. Afterall, they are all about me, me, me! There is no room for two in that picture.

Baby Beck grown up?

I seem to find myself apologizing for the unpleasant information that I must share in this journey to monitor and pay attention to these characters who incite so much venom from their followers, and this is no exception. And I even suggested that this was going to be a departure from these emotionally exhausting pieces on religiously motivated child abuse. Yet by the time I have arrived here in this post, I am thinking this isn’t that far of a departure at all. By that I mean, we speculate about the myriad of ways that strict corporal demands have on children growing up in these religiously zealot households…and this may be one example playing out before us.

Just sayin’…


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