[…] Tea Party supporters are disproportionately white social conservatives, who, Campbell and Putnam say, “had a low regard for immigrants and blacks long before Barack Obama was president, and still do.” And while Tea Party leaders say their main concern is limiting the size of government, Campbell and Putnam found that the cause that really unites rank-and-file Tea Partiers is a desire for more religion in government.
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Blog Post: “How would you compare Rick Perry to George W. Bush?”
Personally, I would refer to them as the “Bell Brothers,” you know, Ding and Dong. [MSH]
http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/18/how-would-you-compare-rick-perry-to-george-w-bush/
Video: “Dominionism: Bachmann, Perry Share Radical Religion Ties”
For further insight into Dominionism, I recommend,
“Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism,”
by Michelle Goldberg,
http://www.librarything.com/work/932192/book/71908657
Video: “Cenk Uygur Rips Obama Analysis by Fareed Zakaria”
Both Fareed Zakaria, and Barack Obama have proven to be utter disappointments. [MSH]
Article: “‘The Response’ and the Truth: Houston Prayer Rally Kicked off ‘Biblical’ Political Campaign”
[The Religious Right] know[s] the best way to surreptitiously influence elections: hold an event at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas; say it’s about prayer not politics; collect thousands of email addresses through the event’s registration process; and two weeks later, send out a mass email urging attendees to show up at the polls and recruit others to go along […] My fellow Response attendee, AU Executive Director Barry W. Lynn, also received the friendly “get out the vote” email reminder and has this to say: “This event was a total fraud. It wasn’t about spirituality; it was about partisan politics and electing people who share the Religious Right’s extreme agenda. This email is proof.
Video: Mitchell and Webb, “There is No God”
Recommended by rwarez at onisteedotcom.wordpress.com
Video: “The Non Believers Beliefs with PZ Myers”
Quote: Donald Morgan
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A thorough reading and understanding of the Bible is the surest path to atheism.


