Tag Archives: Fundamentalism

Fighting Back in the Age of Obama

The holiday blogs have taken over the Huffington Post, so my Wednesday column has been bumped off the front page. So here’s “Fighting Back in the Age of Obama” cross-posted in full. Hee-haw and Merry Christmas! -Bob “The middle way … Continue reading

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Position Flexible in Georgia Also

I’m watching MSNBC and they’re showing Sarah Palin’s live sssstump sssspeech for Ssssaxby Chamblisssss. The lighting and her clothing is making her look like a (really sibilant) Star Wars hologram projection. But more importantly, as Sudbay wrote, it’s clear that … Continue reading

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The Future Of The GOP

by Lee Stranahan While Republicans are running around like elephants with their heads cut off and trying to figure out which fundamentalist to throw the hot potato to, they all seem to have forgotten that they actually HAD a candidate … Continue reading

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Because She's A White Republican

Ridley: If you are biracial and born in a state not connected to the lower 48, America needs darn near 2 years and 3 major speeches to “get to know you.” If you’re white and from a state not connected … Continue reading

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More of The Same

The Republicans have found their new George W. Bush. Governor Palin or Governor Bush. They’re the same. It’s as if they looked at the real Bush and said, We can top it — drop the Texas, add Alaska and some … Continue reading

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Despicable Lies

Digby: I’m a little bit shocked to see op-ed pieces appear in quick succession in two of the nation’s most prestigious newspapers calling Barack Obama a “Muslim Apostate.” They don’t make the assertion that Obama is a Muslim, which he … Continue reading

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Frank Rich on Bush's illegal wiretapping

Must read Rich: ALMOST two weeks before The New York Times published its scoop about our government’s extralegal wiretapping, the cable network Showtime blew the whole top-secret shebang. In its mini-series “Sleeper Cell,” about Islamic fundamentalist terrorists in Los Angeles, … Continue reading

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Crapture!

Bill Moyers is being villified by the neo-con/religious right, and Moyers is fighting back. He just wrote a fantastic piece here on how lunatics have taken control of government. To wit: Nearly half the U.S. Congress before the recent election … Continue reading

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Choose the form of the destructor!

We’ve been using the agitprop nickname “Stay-Puft” for both Jerry Falwell and Richard Land (Bush advisor and Christian fundamentalist). It’s time to settle on one or the other. Vote for your choice via e-mail or in the comments. Will it … Continue reading

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Not so far apart

While Bush and the religious right repeat the idiot mantra that the terrorists “hate our freedoms”, there’s at least one thing extremist Islamic fundamentalists and extremist Christian fundamentalists can agree on: democracy is evil. In the Islamic corner, we have: … Continue reading

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