As Media Matters for America has demonstrated time and again, Fox News’ Sean Hannity has been a prolific and influential purveyor of conservative misinformation. But never has he so enthusiastically applied his talents for spreading misinformation as he did to the 2008 presidential race, focusing his energies primarily on President-elect Barack Obama. Read what they [...]
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Filed under: American Injustice
The New York Times had an article Dec 22, 2008, about how right-wing talk radio is gearing up to aggressively go after President-elect Obama over the next four years. Rush Limbaugh demonstrated his commitment to this crusade today on his radio show by blaming Democrats – especially Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) – for starting the [...]
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By Giles Fraser, Dec 24, 2008 The Holy Father has got the spirit of the season all wrong with his message of fear and exclusion “The Guardian” — The Christmas angel tells us: “Fear not, for I bring you good news of great joy for all people.” The pope, on the other hand, has been [...]
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White House Philosophy Stoked Mortgage Bonfire, Dec 21, 2008 By JO BECKER, SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and STEPHEN LABATON with The New York Times “We can put light where there’s darkness, and hope where there’s despondency in this country. And part of it is working together as a nation to encourage folks to own their own [...]
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Filed under: George W Bush
I recently wrote two articles about the Religious Right: Founding Fathers Were Not Christians and The Religious Right is a Cult. Both articles point out the distorted truths propagated by this group of men, mainly Jerry Falwell, James Dobson, Pat Robertson, John Hagee, David R Reagan, James Strong, Rod Parsley, Tony Perkins and Fred Phelps. Other important [...]
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Although I am a Christian, most people know I am against the agenda of the Religious Right. It stands diametrically opposed to Jesus’ teachings on love, compassion, forgiveness, social justice, non-judgmentalism, and nonviolence. It is obsessed with abortion, homosexuality, both of which were common in the Roman Empire of Jesus’ day and neither of which [...]
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All of us who have been taught the Biblical story of Christmas will remember that Jesus is supposed to have been born in a stable because there was “no room at the inn.” Less often repeated is the reason why his parents had hit the road in the first place, despite the fact that Mary [...]
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Under existing law, as part of a deal to give up outside income from speeches and other sources, Congress receives an automatic pay raise unless it votes otherwise. In January, Congress will receive a raise of $4,700; this will increase the average Member’s pay to about $174,000, or a 2.8 percent increase.
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“How did it come about that American military personnel stripped detainees naked, put them in stress positions, used dogs to scare them, put leashes around their necks to humiliate them, hooded them, deprived them of sleep and blasted music at them? Were these actions the result of ‘a few bad apples’ acting on their own? [...]
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Filed under: George W Bush
Washington – Emboldened by a Democratic win of the White House, civil libertarians and human rights groups want the incoming Obama administration to investigate whether the Bush administration committed war crimes. They don’t just want low-level CIA interrogators, either. They want President George W. Bush on down.
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The Bush administration is not about to let democracy or the will of the people stop them from further ruining this country before they leave office. Knowing he can’t get his long list of favors to his Republican cronies through Congress, Bush is doing a last minute end-run, jamming as many rules through the executive [...]
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As we head into the Christmas season and end the year 2008, it would do us all some good to pause and consider the one thing that remains inescapable in our pursuits, which is Peace and Hope. Americans must ponder; take account of and responsibility for the great country we currently inhabit.
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Filed under: Hope in America
