Why do Jewish groups ignore Beck? By MJ Rosenberg, for Al Jazeera 23 Dec 2010 13:28 GMT … Has anyone noticed that right-wingers are really exercised about anti-Semitism these days except when it emanates from right-wingers? This week in Forbes, Abigail R. Esman pens an utterly over-the-top column called “World To Jews: Drop Dead.” Dead! She …
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Dec 22 2010
David Barton
The following was adapted from an e-mail conversation with my pastor, following a December 12, 2010 front-page article in the Sentinel Record describing how David Barton was “brought” to Hot Springs by another pastor (who just happens to be the new mayor’s husband) for a rah-rah rally/revival to “energize and educate” Tea Party Republicans who recently routed …
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Dec 22 2010
Fascism disguised
DISGUISED FASCISM SEEN AS A MENACE Prof. Luccock Warns That It Will Bear the Misleading Label ‘Americanism’ … The New York Times, 12 September 1938, page 15, re. a sermon preached the day before (9/11 — ironic, n’est pas?)… … When and if fascism comes to America it will not be labeled “made in Germany”; …
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Dec 21 2010
The way to Bethlehem
Adapted from the December 5, 2010 sermon “Whose peace?” by Rev. Rich Lang, pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church in Seattle. The way to Bethlehem is not an easy path. It is not a safe journey. Luke’s account of the Advent tells us that the child in Mary’s womb would be a threat to the …
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Dec 15 2010
2010 was a very good year!
This was emailed by Roger on 12/15/2010 at 12:38PM. Roger got it from Nancy who got it from Bill who got it from Ed who got it from Phillip. Alas, I cannot claim authorship. Roger that? Monsieur d’Nalgar It was a tough year, but I made it!!! But not everyone is as lucky as I am…… …
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Dec 14 2010
Shades of gray
U.S. Illusions in Lebanon By Roger Cohen, New York Times op-ed columnist Published: December 13, 2010 BEIRUT — Once upon a time a U.S. secretary of state spoke of the “birth pangs of a new Middle East.” That’s now the most laughed-at phrase in gravity-defying Lebanon, a country with two armies, a “unity” government too …
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Dec 12 2010
Dear editor
So America’s millionaires, loyal patriots that they all are, get to keep their Bushy tax break… Here’s a kindly suggestion for an intrepid journalist (if there be any left among the screeching castrati of our once-vaunted fourth estate) – follow these obese felines for the next two years and report back to the rest of us. …
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