A friend of mine just sent me an interesting article by Ramzy Baroud, about Johns Hagee and McCain: http://www.palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=13720 Here’s the first paragraph from Baroud’s article: A memorable quote in Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894) still carries a wealth of relevance. He writes, “They own the [holy] land, just the mere land, and that’s …
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Mar 27 2008
You bastards!
Today’s “You bastards!” letter for all your continued clamoring over Obama’s pastor: Where is the “fair and balanced” coverage of John McSame’s spiritual advisors? Here’s a bit from a March 12 article in Mother Jones: Senator John McCain hailed as a spiritual adviser an Ohio megachurch pastor who has called upon Christians to wage a “war” against the …
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Mar 23 2008
Were you there?
“Disturbing” is the understatement of this Happy Easter. Here are a few excerpts that really jumped out at me as I read the article (see below): He was naked, and the position he was in — his hands bound behind his back and raised higher than his shoulders, forcing him to bend forward with his …
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Mar 20 2008
You bastards!
Time for another “You bastards!” letter… You bastards! I have never seen such a hatchet job on a presidential candidate in my life! It is clear after Obama’s speech that there is nothing he could possibly do to keep Joe Scarborough and his sycophants from endlessly harping on his relationship with his pastor. As if a …
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Mar 19 2008
You bastards!
You bastards! It is clear after Obama’s speech that there is nothing he could possibly do to keep you from incessantly harping on his relationship with his pastor. Why is it that not a single intrepid reporter has managed to garner an interview with the controversial Christian? Are you afraid you may have to deal …
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Mar 13 2008
Broad brush
Anti-Semite. My, my, my, but aren’t we quick these days to paint someone as an anti-Semite?! As in “Charley Reese is an anti-Semite” because he dares suggest Israel’s manifest influence on foreign policy may not be in America’s best interest. As in “Charley Reese is an anti-Semite” because he reminds us of the inconvenient truth, despite systematic efforts by the Israeli …
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