Politics – Page 53

Jesus is Not A Republican

June 25, 2006March 25, 2008 John Evangelical, Jesus Christ, Randall Balmer, republicans

Unfortunately, that’s a statement that will piss of a few people. It’s made by Randall Balmer, is a professor of American religious history at Barnard College. In an essay from his book, Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts the Faith and Threatens America: An Evangelical’s Lament, Balmer talks about how, “The leaders of the religious right have led their sheep astray from the gospel of Jesus Christ to the false gospel of neoconservative ideology and into the maw of the Republican Party.”

Crime Politics Society War

Is it OK For Us to Torture Just Because Al-Quaida Does?

June 21, 2006March 25, 2008 John Bush, gonzalez, Iraq, torture

NOBODY thinks it was OK for our boys to be tortured. NOBODY thinks our torture was as bad as their torture. But some of us hold America (you know, the good guys) to a higher standard. Mr. Blowhard seems to be saying, “hey, our low grade torture of them is perfectly justified because of their high-grade torture of us!”

Business Congress Corruption Politics

Senate Kills Bill to Police Haliburton

June 21, 2006 John Byron Dorgan, Defense Appropriation Bill, haliburton, Iraq War, KBR, S.AMDT.4230

In an effort to stop companies like Halliburton and its subsidiaries from cheating our troops and stealing from Americans, Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND), introduced S.AMDT.4230 and attached it to the Defense Authorization bill currently being debated in the Senate. The bill was intended to improve contracting “by eliminating fraud and abuse and improving competition in contracting and procurement.”

Politics Presidency War

U.S. Uses Children for Leverage in War On Terror

June 21, 2006 John Children, CIA, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Unforunately, reports such as this no longer come as a surprise to me. Two young sons of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the September 11 attacks, are being used by the CIA to force their father to talk.

Politics Presidency War

2,500 Killed in Iraq…It’s just a number at 1600

June 15, 2006June 15, 2006 John Death Toll, Iraq, military

In today’s White House press briefing, Press Secretary Tony Snow got asked about the 2,500 mark for American’s KIA in Irag. Maybe his response will surprise you…sadly, it does not surprise me.