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Daily Archives: 12.04.2011
Why Many Evangelical Christians Are More “Un-American” Than US Muslims
American Christians are more likely than their Western European counterparts to think of themselves first in terms of their religion rather than their nationality; . . . Among Christians in the U.S., white evangelicals are especially inclined to identify first with their faith; 70 percent in this group see themselves first as Christians rather than as Americans, while 22 percent say they are primarily American.
From Occupation to “Occupy”: The Israelification of American Domestic Security
The Israelification of America’s security apparatus, recently unleashed in full force against the Occupy Wall Street Movement, has taken place at every level of law enforcement, and in areas that have yet to be exposed. The phenomenon has been documented in bits and pieces, through occasional news reports that typically highlight Israel’s national security prowess without examining the problematic nature of working with a country accused of grave human rights abuses. But it has never been the subject of a national discussion. And collaboration between American and Israeli cops is just the tip of the iceberg. . . Revelations like these have raised serious questions about the extent to which Israeli-inspired tactics are being used to suppress the Occupy movement. . . the Israelification of American law enforcement appears to have intensified police hostility towards the civilian population, blurring the lines between protesters, common criminals, and terrorists.
Poem: Tree Incarnation
By Grant Meaby (10.07.2010)
Copyright Grant Meaby 1996
I don’t want to be cremated
Because burning creates pollution
A green burial on the other hand
Appeals as a solution
I want to pass back into the earth
The earth from which I came
Organic decomposition
And be reborn again
I’d feed the many insects
The microbe and the worm
Provide nutrients for the flora
And in the longer term
My body would then be dispersed
Throughout the biosphere
And the plaque upon my tree would read
‘Reincarnated here’
Obama Being Pushed To Be More “Patriotic” By The GOP
The nut-pack running for the Republican nomination for president are nutty for America. And anyone who isn’t as nutty as they are, why they must be Kenyan crypto-socialists. So in response to the continued criticism by these wackos, the President is having to defend his belief in American exceptionalism.
Which is sad. These dim-wits are still living in the era of “manifest destiny” and thinking that the USA is God’s favorite country of all. I expect that Rick Perry further believes that Texas is God;s favoritest state of the 50. They seriously can’t stand the idea that America should be seen as “just another country.
Why not? What is so awful about the idea that America might be less than perfect, that we might experience failure as well as success, that we might have to answer to the rest of the world when we fv<k up, the way we expect all other countries to do? We CAN’T see ourselves as “exceptional” without being in danger of sliding onto the path of the Roman Empire and the 3rd Reich. I’d prefer that we start to feel a little humility, and deport ourselves with a little courtesy toward everything in the wide world that ISN’T “America.”
Seriously… we ought to consider growing up.
by SouthernFriedInfidel | Published on December 4th, 2011, 11:33 am
Always Question Authority 