Comments on: For Me? Mrs. Palin, You Shouldn’t Have…and On My Birthday No Less!

By: Archivist1000

Archivist1000 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:23:18 +0000

Want to know why Palin is dangerous? Really dangerous??

IF you watch NOTHING else on TV tonight, watch the 1st half hour of Rachel Maddow's show and her segment with Frank Schaeffer; it's powerful stuff …. and when the video of this segment is out, please pass it around as much as you can!!

By: GenieO

GenieO — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:25:00 +0000

Celia - thank you so much for sharing your story and insight. I can imagine that it is still quite painful. I am sharing an online book that went a long way to explaining much for me, but I have to warn you, some of it is shocking. It is written by a psychologist who spent 20 years researching authoritarianism. I think you will find it helpful. The author does have a sense of humor to help lighten up on such a serious subject. http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~altemey/

By: majii

majii — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:36:32 +0000

This is what is so frightening about the dominionists. They say one thing, but they live in ways that are the opposite of the way they want to "sell" themselves. If they gain control of the government at the national, state, and local levels, abuse of power and abuse of citizens WILL occur. George W. Bush was only the warm-up for next step in their process. Thank goodness McCain/Palin did not win the '08 presidential election.
This is one reason why I like Leah's blog so much. She shines a bright light on their ultimate goal(s.)
Happy belated birthday, Leah, and thanks for spreading the word.

By: fromthediagonal

fromthediagonal — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:30:11 +0000

May this new year of your Life be a successful one…
may you continue surefooted and safe upon your Path of learning
and may your teachings reach an ever widening circle of opening minds…

By: Celia Harrison

Celia Harrison — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:31:43 +0000

Happy Birthday Leah. I have spent my life trying to figure out what happened to people with different types of pathologies to make them the way they are. I worked with mentally ill legal offenders, in prisons for a while, and in psych. Then I was tortured in Alaska by two serial workplace bullies in a village, harassed by police, wrongfully imprisoned by a an ADA and judge, had my cat starved/tortured by my so called landlord, and he stole my property. Several agencies in Alaska knew this was happening as well as several politicians, including Sarah Palin. Of course I have been quite bewildered about this as I have never encountered so many sociopathic people working in so many levels of the government, agencies, and judicial system. Birds of a feather flock together.

By: Celia Harrison

Celia Harrison — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:31:23 +0000

The information about how these dominionists or right wing evangelists get to be the way they are is fascinating and explains a lot of what happened to me. They believe prisoners should be treated horribly and large numbers of them killed, they think they are absolved of any sins, beleive they are allowed to lie, and they wanted to shut me up(notice it did not work). The sadomasochistic effect is fascinating from their abusive childhoods.I know everyone thinks Palin is a narcissist, but she is really a socialized sociopath. Thanks for all the information, it helps a lot, I obsorb all of it.

By: leahburton

leahburton — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:39:17 +0000

Tom…I am still trying to respond to your comment appropriately…VERY heartfelt and it points out how this indoctrination can have a profound effect on people. I am so sorry you felt that level of fear and panic. It is truly like a nightmare. And this is one of the ways that they control the Sheeples…through abject fear! I applaud you for waking up my friend…and wish you and your wife many happy days without fear. Believing in God is NOT supposed to be fearful…it should be about love, compassion and tolerance. Am I wrong?

By: leahburton

leahburton — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:03:14 +0000

thank you….

By: tom

tom — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:29:17 +0000

Sorry Leah "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" I meant to say that in my comment .

By: anon

anon — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:24:48 +0000

Happy Birthday, Leah!!

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:24:48 +0000

As I look back at my time in a Dominionist Church , I was so entrenched in the Rapture belief It was always in the forefront of my mind . While doing yard work it occured to me everything was very quiet , looking up and down the street, I saw no one outside ! Not likely in my neighborhood . My wife was inside the house ( Or so I thought ) I went into the house called for her and got no answer, outside again I walked from the front to the back of the house still could'nt find her . I was panicky and my first thought was I've been left behind . Outside once again I saw my wife coming around the side of the house ,we had just missed each other . Pretty pathetic ! However it points out the danger of thousands of people coming together and hearing things like this preached over and over until you are no longer in control of your own life.

By: Gryphen

Gryphen — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:50:39 +0000

Happy Birthday Leah!

And great post!

By: Katy

Katy — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:41:10 +0000

Happy Birthday Leah from a sister Scorpio. I've been in the dominionist theology (and now am LONG gone) and I am very happy to see you spreading the news about how this movement wants to take over America.

By: CGinWI

CGinWI — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:40:39 +0000

Happy Birthday! And keep up the good fight.

By: Lorelei

Lorelei — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:21:33 +0000

Happy birthday Leah! Keep fighting the good fight – we appreciate you more than you can know.

This from Andrew Sullivan today (quoting Hitchens):
"Sarah Palin appears to have no testable core conviction except the belief (which none of her defenders denies that she holds, or at least has held and not yet repudiated) that the end of days and the Second Coming will occur in her lifetime."