tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30051162012-01-24T08:26:39.964-06:00Carpe Diem.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.comBlogger2301100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-59981718233673439252010-12-28T11:43:00.001-06:002010-12-28T11:43:02.526-06:00

Isn't there something strange about a sexuality that values porn-star, "nasty", "filthy" sex, while simultaneously valuing a squeaky clean, sanitized realm in which I'd lose points for having a hair out of place or a broken fingernail?

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-15514595208761664012010-12-05T05:21:00.001-06:002010-12-05T05:21:12.655-06:00

Of course, hating is a very effective fund-raising hook in these times... http://queertoday.com/profiles/blogs/homosexual-activist-groups-are

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-6301565099749704272010-12-03T11:30:00.001-06:002010-12-03T11:30:39.314-06:00

Not too long ago, there would have been a great outcry of "oxymoron!" As expected, Gen. James F. Amos, the commandant of the Marine Corps, remained the most opposed to repeal among the service chiefs, and he took a hard line at the hearing against altering the {DADT} policy. “If the law is changed, successfully implementing repeal and assimilating openly homosexual Marines into the tightly woven

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-32799643193503203832010-12-03T06:41:00.001-06:002010-12-03T06:41:41.072-06:00

Republican hubris can surely cue the demonization of the Party of No.  Will they filibuster themselves, finally, into our consciousness as the villians of the piece?  They have begun the bragging; we can surely keep score.

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-72537388048391674522010-12-02T15:47:00.001-06:002010-12-02T15:47:31.272-06:00

The bottom line is that gay people, as one Senator put it today in the DADT repeal hearings, have probably been serving in our military since Valley Forge.  What is the possible harm in allowing that fact to be truthfully, finally, acknowledged?  It was also pointed out by someone else in the hearings that the last upheaval in our military culture, the "racial" integration of the services, was

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-38501963952418480442010-12-01T00:19:00.003-06:002010-12-01T00:29:30.975-06:00

Catholic League mouthing off; art loses. Bluenoses whine until National Portrait Gallery caves.  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/30/AR2010113006911.html?hpid=topnews

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-38615431158470827232010-11-29T05:04:00.001-06:002010-11-29T05:04:16.620-06:00

When we hear the rallying cries for "traditional values", is it any wonder that we sense the underlying racism that was a vile feature of that very tradition?  Isn't that the dog whistle that's also being sounded when those cries go up?  "Traditional values" is a bankrupt notion that, by definition, is a reactionary twitch of fear when faced with the prospect of an unsettling future.  Fear of the

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-17461714883533022342010-05-29T05:44:00.000-05:002010-05-29T05:44:17.125-05:00

so, please believe me--this time...This is another Republican changing his tune after his pants fall to his ankles. Refresh my memory: which constituency is he serving, again, in voting for the repeal of DADT?The Scavenger : Outed SoCal lawmaker 'sorry' for voting against gay rights

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-76883935418488548702010-05-20T04:31:00.000-05:002010-05-20T04:31:30.914-05:00

This is the vile result of meddling in African life by American fundamentalist Christians. Once again, colonialists have introduced a lethal fever into another culture.BBC News - Malawi gay couple sentenced to 14 years in jail

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-12476324860621771192010-05-19T21:42:00.000-05:002010-05-19T21:42:36.635-05:00

"Where Charity and Love Prevail, there God is Ever Found..." redux.Janine Denomme, Woman Ordained As Catholic Priest, Denied Catholic Burial By Church

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-79846840681271089152010-05-18T07:29:00.000-05:002010-05-18T07:29:47.332-05:00

Where Charity and Love Prevail, there God is Ever Found...the headlines below are mine.Portugal to Allow Gay Marriage:http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7018726757A Fear and A Fever Rages in Africa:Malawi Gay Couple Guilty of 'Indecency' - ABC News

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-58250130931378855842010-05-18T00:00:00.000-05:002010-05-18T00:00:55.252-05:00

Honorary Doctorate in..."Humanities"? I don't think I'd call it that.WATCH: Glenn Beck Reads From Journal, Says God Is Truth At Liberty University Graduation

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-20618574543133524582010-05-17T13:44:00.000-05:002010-05-17T13:44:24.510-05:00

Well, I'm still waiting for the "I-have-sinned" moment, followed by the therapy and the "I'm-cured" moment, accompanied by the "apology-to-all-I've-let-down" moment. I'm already yawning. Box Turtle Bulletin » Rekers’ Legacy Includes Attempted Suicide

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-11516920830489950602010-05-17T07:08:00.000-05:002010-05-17T07:08:05.808-05:00

How to blame gravity for being caught with your pants down.Box Turtle Bulletin » Liberty Counsel Accuses Jo-Vanni of Being An Irresistably Cute “Setup” for Rekers

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-70009424756786228822009-10-09T14:02:00.003-05:002009-10-09T14:07:43.758-05:00

I came across a nifty program for managing to-do lists. There is a bundle of products offered by this company, but my fave is the to do list. It's full-featured, customizable and takes up only a little desktop real estate. Here's the link:http://www.veedid.com

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-64057389703375461352009-07-24T06:06:00.000-05:002009-07-24T06:08:11.946-05:00

Another insult from the Mormons...The kiss-in arrests at the Main Street Plaza in Salt Lake City are the latest insult to gay folks by the LDS Church, but it should be noted that the city of Salt Lake City is at least part of the problem. News accounts have demonstrated that, in spite of a good deal of legal back and forth between the church and the city, the "public" plaza in question was

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-11520637391032115842009-06-25T15:11:00.006-05:002009-06-26T10:15:39.437-05:00

The DOMA mess....Americablog, among other political blogs, has expressed outrage at the brief filed in support ot the Defense of Marriage Act by the US Justice Departmant in Smelt v. USA. The government chose to defend DOMA (against the plaintiff couple's claim that it's an unfair federal law) on the grounds that some unions are already denied recognition across state lines--including the

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-19262690668787604312009-03-03T18:49:00.002-06:002009-03-03T19:11:01.378-06:00

Muzzling those who cause trouble...Fred Phelps and his God-Hates-Fags family were barred from entering the UK about two weeks ago.  The British government had determined that Phelps was "inciting hatred" and "provok[ing] others to violence".  Phelps had planned to come to England to picket--doubtless in his typically coarse and vicious manner--the production of  The Laramie Project, a play about

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-51731836647712788992009-02-18T08:41:00.004-06:002009-02-18T13:37:26.053-06:00

What, again?...Is the Christian megachurch lifestyle showing us yet another unhappy instance of  repression and misery with the arrest of Reverend T. D. Jakes' son last week in a Dallas park, charged with indecent exposure? Whether he's gay or not, won't therapy and the 3 R's (repentance, recanting and rehab) await Jermaine Jakes in Dallas?  Finding those gaping chinks in the Christian

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-30795356241522184742009-02-10T05:50:00.004-06:002009-02-10T06:32:16.867-06:00

Fear from Fox...It is not surprising that the Fox network would thrive on promoting queer fear, but one of their featured items on January 30th demonstrates some unconscious irony as well. Donors to California's Proposition 8, barring gay marriage, were recently outed under a ruling by a federal judge. One unhappy  $30,000 donor, upon receiving vaguely threatening emails and voicemails remarked,

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-67450585814030687152009-01-27T06:12:00.003-06:002009-02-04T05:27:31.285-06:00

"Prayers for Bobby"...although this Lifetime movie has been criticised as being "one-sided", with the Christian point of view being misrepresented, I believe this show is far less one-sided, and more authentic, than conversations I've had to endure with many dogmatic folks who close their minds while opening their mouths.   What struck me so powerfully about Sigourney Weaver's portrayal of Mary

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MLK and hating today...In the U.S., while noting  a 1% decline in hate crimes overall in 2008, the FBI notes a 6% increase in those crimes against gay and lesbian people... The gay Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire, Eugene Robinson, must wear a bullet-proof vest at public appearances...Last month a lesbian was raped and murdered by 4 men using homophobic slurs during the attack...Many social

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-36574393240726007832009-01-08T05:59:00.005-06:002009-01-08T06:50:17.508-06:00

New Year's Resolution:  A review of my sparse recent postings show a mere monthly burst of opinion.  Since I come to some conclusion about something more frequently than that, I hereby resolve to make a weekly (at least) entry here.  Some random items today:1) I'm disturbed by the malicious hacking and destruction of the blog host Soapblox which affected, among others, Pam Spaulding and her blog,

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-34522225859806709022008-11-05T05:12:00.002-06:002008-11-05T06:03:47.875-06:00

Joy in a Chicago dawn...Is it really possible that America has, in a dramatic and decisive way, chosen the intelligent, the humane, the articulate, the even-tempered...the black?  Have we really, as a nation, seen through the watermelon and Aunt Jemima and terrorist references made when Obama's name was cited in the heated moments of this campaign?  Is it possible that-- after this long and

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-7259634401623473092008-10-09T07:26:00.002-05:002008-10-09T07:36:57.521-05:00

Picking the winner of Tuesday's Presidential debate was a no-brainer.  On the one hand was the articulate, intelligent Obama; on the other, the old-school politician/bullshitter, shuffling around the stage like a dazed buffalo, John McCain.  With a choice so obvious, it should come as no surprise that the poll numbers are trending toward an Obama win.  However, the sleaze element is also bubbling

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-71248650445533222972008-09-11T06:30:00.003-05:002008-10-13T07:01:45.688-05:00

On Lying...When the McCain campaign lies and distorts and smears, they are demonstrating a view of the voting public that is fundamentally different from that of the Obama campaign.  Obama, hopeful and uplifting,  to his enormous credit, believes the American people are not stupid.  McCain believes we are stupid.  McCain cynically believes we are swayed by emotive details, fear and--just wait,

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-14810550172829906342008-08-31T19:33:00.003-05:002008-08-31T20:07:01.641-05:00

When John McCain presented us with his VP pick, Alaska governor Sarah Palin, his obvious discomfort--as if the Ex Lax were just about to go boom--made me wonder what he was really up to. Was he making the consummately cynical choice of this relatively unknown fundamentalist Christian female in order to sweeten the ticket for those two less-than-enthusiastic McCain constituencies? That is, is he

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-53104450224099198422008-08-09T19:53:00.002-05:002008-08-09T20:09:06.438-05:00

Very sad all around... James Traub writing in the NYT today of the imminent crushing of the state of Georgia under the tread of Russian tanks cites a Georgian scholar's remembrance of George F. Kennan's line about Russia's being able to to "have at its borders only enemies or vassals." Mr. Traub goes on to say that "imperialist expansion and brute subjugation are coded in Russia's DNA." This

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-9410065563394738842008-08-07T05:57:00.002-05:002008-08-07T06:08:39.945-05:00

Bob Scheer on Truthdig rubs in the painful irony of our attitude toward the nuclear ambitions of some other countries on the planet. It seems we can't trust those guys from the "axis of evil" to possess or manage WMDs. Simultaneously, he notes, the only attack upon American territory involving a WMD was carried out by an American--a highly vetted, highly placed and thoroughly trusted American

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-25658017962874853622008-08-05T08:18:00.002-05:002008-08-05T08:19:02.715-05:00

Wrath of God Department:http://www.bilerico.com/2008/08/westboro_baptist_church_caught_fire_this.php

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-2171341204028616262007-06-09T07:04:00.000-05:002007-06-09T07:39:41.659-05:00

Triviality Triumphant...The wretched excess of the Paris Hilton saga has called to an undeserved prominence many of our most seedy West Coast players. The vampires that thrive in the L.A. noir have fallen over one another attempting to take a Paris Hilton picture, as she wails in the back seat of the squad car; the newsreaders of MSNBC are breathless and scornful in their play-by-play

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-10353854324278352022007-05-20T05:44:00.000-05:002007-05-20T06:45:32.554-05:00

Remembrance of Falwell...While the legacy of Jerry Falwell is being compared to that of Mother Theresa in some circles, an assessment that looks behind the papier-mache halo and into the not-so-pious past of the preacher is needed and, happily, there have been several. Pam Spaulding's extensive catalog of Jerry's demagoguery can be found on her terrific website, Pam's House Blend, and John

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-16806537273830443352007-04-29T06:32:00.000-05:002007-04-29T07:50:46.531-05:00

Randy Tobias--another liar bites the dust...The cynical circus that rolled into town and fooled the American people with their cries of "values" has got to be one of the most catastrophic performances in our history. It took a ringmaster of the most monstrous genius to manipulate the US conscience into joining this parade of destruction that will take generations to repair. From Randy

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-1162035949498744242006-10-28T06:06:00.000-05:002006-10-28T06:45:49.510-05:00

Sheikh Taj dim Al-hilali, the Australian Muslim cleric, has taken a page from the script of Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell (and most recently, Kim Jong Il) when he issues the "strategic apology" after claiming that women are to blame if treated by men as "raw meat" if they are not dressed as the Sheik would prefer. The strategic apology is a ploy characterized by breast-beating performed after

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-1161137287055122902006-10-17T20:50:00.000-05:002006-10-17T21:08:07.100-05:00

Condoleezza Rice, the American Secretary of State may have wanted to bite off her tongue after she said it, but I can't help but hope she actually did feel warmly toward the gay man she swore in as the new US global AIDS coordinator, Mark Dybul, when she referred to his "mother-in-law" who was also present as was Mr. Dybul's parnter, Jason Claire. The house organ of the American Family

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-1160565795919192362006-10-11T06:18:00.000-05:002006-10-11T06:23:15.930-05:00

Tucker Carlson deserves our gratitude, for a change... (found on Americablog):CARLSON: ...The deep truth is that the elites in the Republican Party have pure contempt for the evangelicals who put their party in power. Everybody in ...MATTHEWS: How do you know that? How do you know that?CARLSON: Because I know them. Because I grew up with them. Because I live with them. They live on my street.

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-1159957049745863922006-10-04T05:04:00.000-05:002006-10-04T05:28:39.733-05:00

Ben Stein joins the screeching about Foley with a strikingly stupid remark...(Found on ThinkProgress)Ben Stein, American Spectator:"On the one hand, we have a poor misguided Republican man who had a romantic thing for young boys. He sent them suggestive e-mail. I agree, that’s not great. … I hope it won’t come as a surprise to anyone that a big part of male homosexual behavior is interest in

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-1159870792576977042006-10-03T04:59:00.000-05:002006-10-03T05:35:08.480-05:00

Mark Foley/Republican catastrophe: the spinning is nearing desparation as more (and more graphic) emails and IM's come to light... Drudge is seeking to shift the blame to the young pages involved; Tony Snow tries to minimize the IM's as "naughty"; Limbaugh tries to frame the whole trainwreck as a Dem set-up; and most amusing, the claim by Newt Gingrich that the right's reticence to expose this

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-1159623728140798202006-09-30T08:26:00.000-05:002006-09-30T09:02:03.936-05:00

Mark Foley: Republicans keeping their family secret... What is peculiar about the whole mess is, among the obvious items, the remark by Rep. Rodney Alexander, (R-LA), the sponsor of the page:Alexander said he did not pursue the matter further because "[the boy's] parents said they didn't want me to do anything." Are we expected to believe that the parents were indifferent to such an allegation?

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-1159530748585862942006-09-29T06:49:00.000-05:002006-09-29T07:07:13.076-05:00

Trent Lott is the latest to put his foot in his mouth on the subject of Iraq... [found on Daily Kos]."It's hard for Americans, all of us, including me, to understand what's wrong with these people," he said. "Why do they kill people of other religions because of religion? Why do they hate the Israeli's and despise their right to exist? Why do they hate each other? Why do Sunnis kill Shiites? How

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-1159446099473740592006-09-28T07:13:00.000-05:002006-09-28T07:38:51.630-05:00

Marilyn Musgrave beats the (Christian) terror drum... Adding to the shrill pitch of the so-called "Values Voters Summit" last week, the throng of right wingers began ginning up the fearful base for the upcoming elections. [from Think Progress]: Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO), the lead sponsor of the constitutional ban on gay marriage in the House, spoke this weekend at the Family

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-1159271733843633602006-09-26T06:36:00.000-05:002006-09-26T06:55:33.856-05:00

Juan Cole's interview is now up at "Democracy Now"... highlights: his description of Bush's "axis of evil" statement as "shameful"; his characterization of Iraq as being "unquestionab[ly]" in a state of civil war; and his judgement that the Israel-Lebanon war was "inconclusive" but that "war crimes" were commited. He characterized Hugo Chavez' UN appearance as "clownish", but no more so than

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-1159184960465407802006-09-25T06:34:00.000-05:002006-09-25T06:49:20.490-05:00

Falwell just doing what he does best... The so-called "Values Voters" Summit this weekend featured Jerry Falwell's opening salvo against a Hillary Clinton presidential candidacy when he remarked that such an event would mobilize "his" constituency better than a run by Lucifer. It is no surprise that fear be used as motivation by a preacher; we've been terrorized by threats of hurricanes and

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-1159107899550892312006-09-24T08:22:00.000-05:002006-09-24T09:24:59.563-05:00

Create your own online newspaper... Although I don't have any momentous opinions to offer you today, I wanted to recommend http://www.crayon.net as the cool way to make a one-stop collection of all the favorites you visit every day. You simply add the link for the site you want in your "paper" and you're done. FYI, among those I've got on my list is The Huffington Post, Truthdig, BBC,

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-1158927502719683142006-09-22T07:01:00.000-05:002006-09-22T07:20:23.036-05:00

Juan Cole this morning on "Democracy Now!"... insomniac that I've become these days, I saw a post about this show and navigated to DN before it was even set to air, but I will return to watch it online. If you are hungry for what Professor Cole calls "informed comment," on the Middle East from a scholar who can actually understand the language spoken in that part of the world, I recommend your

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-1158840123115333932006-09-21T06:13:00.000-05:002006-09-21T07:02:03.193-05:00

Sam Harris... As he is wont to do, his essay in the LA Times on September 18th brings a sparkling set of insights to the American response to "terrorism" when he takes the very reasonable position that both major political parties are fumbling the issue badly. While we agonize about the roots of terrorism and look to poverty, repression, hated military occupation or a lack of assimilation to

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-1158693644787865382006-09-19T14:02:00.000-05:002006-09-19T14:20:44.880-05:00

How straight is that?....A study of about 5,000 men in New York City has concluded that the terms "straight" and "gay" are not as valid as most of us think. Nearly 10% of the study group identified themselves as straight, yet also reported having sex with at least one other man in the preceding year. Of that 10%, nearly 70% were married to women. Any internet surfer could provide you with

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-1158613464104679942006-09-18T15:45:00.000-05:002006-09-18T16:04:24.180-05:00

Outrage continuing against Benedict... While many Muslims continue to express outrage against the pope, including some recent and all-but-expected death-threats, the irony also builds. Both the Muslim and the Christian worlds claim to be religions of "peace." This demonstrates an enormous talent for talking out of both sides of the mouth cultivated vigorously by both sides. Maybe we should just

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Hullaballoo this morning skewers the faith-based madness afflicting the fundies of both the East and the West...Charles Krauthammer Gets It Exactly right by tristeroThen there is the larger danger of permitting nuclear weapons to be acquired by religious fanatics seized with an eschatological belief in the imminent apocalypse and in their own divine duty to hasten the End of Days.If ever there

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-1158322401187705842006-09-15T07:02:00.000-05:002006-09-18T15:45:13.170-05:00

Irony from the Pope... When he cites a criticism of Islam and Muhammad:"...things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached..."can we ignore the sword of Christendom through history? Can we ignore the slaughter of the Crusades and on through time to the current manipulation of Christian "revealed truth" that has been used to justify all manner of

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-1158239763799158362006-09-14T08:01:00.000-05:002006-09-14T08:16:07.353-05:00

Prediction: The re-emergence of ex-governor McGreevey in a splash on the Oprah show will move at least one of the leading Christian preachers to join the Bush Terror Chorus and blame us queers (again) for the devastation of 9/11. Passions run high on the McGreevey mess, as a visit to the Huffington Post comments section will demonstrate, and the preachers know a good opportunity for

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-1157565577587470042006-09-06T12:49:00.000-05:002006-09-06T12:59:37.656-05:00

What is she thinking?.... Amid loud calls for the ouster of South Africa's Health Minister, Mrs. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, that country's president, Thabo Mbeki, continues to support her. The Minister's advice for people with AIDS is to eat garlic and beetroot. International experts have condemned this "treatment" and the UN envoy, Stephen Lewis, describes it as an attitude of the "lunatic

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A much more reasoned view... Peter Bergren, writing in Prospect (UK) Magazine's September issue presents a less emotive analysis of the current Islamist "terror" than that peddled so strenuously by the current "they-just-hate-us-and-our-freedom" American regime. Among his points is the idea of the "near enemy" and the "far enemy" in al Qaeda's worldview, and the ongoing struggle to revive the

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Score one against faith-based prejudice, maybe... The signing of (California) Senate Bill 1441 marks a surprising turn in the road with Arnold Schwarzenegger. By protecting "sexuality" as a category in this non-discrimination bill, the howls from Christian evangelicals are already being heard. The howlers are complaining that the bill would prevent them from practicing their religion since

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Not Such Big Love, please... One of the many ironies in the so-called gay marriage debate is the adamant insistence of the Mormon Church that a righteous union must be "between one man and one woman". This is in clumsy contrast to their own origins, (which apparently is the object of a vigorous present-day rewriting) where their founders were polygamists.

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Science or Reefer Madness... We can only hope that science, under our current anti-science American regime, can muster a sufficient decibel level to outshout those who will surely oppose pending California legislation supporting the growing of hemp. Dittoheads and conservatives seeking election will start thumping the tubs about the perils of marijuana, so more rational folks will have to be

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Hat tip to Informed Comment... Reading Juan Cole's take on Ahmadinejad's speech was a disquieting reminder that we may be more the victims of agitprop by the corporate media than we may want to believe. I remember when what was the Soviet Union became more acceptable to the American regime, there began to appear on our TV pictures of beautiful Russian parks and boulevards, in color, while

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Don't get your cassock in a bunch... The Catholic Church in Scotland has expressed alarm over the proposed sanction of a goalkeeper of one of their soccer teams for making the sign of the Cross during a game. Clearly this is a goofy sanction, if it comes to pass, but it is merely a sign of the times that folks may be getting increasingly resentful of the feverish, and sometimes vicious

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Racial fear and loathing...When the producers of the enormously successful "Survivor" series propose a new contest based on ethnic teams, we are witnessing nothing more than the mining of the old racial stereotypes-no better than the slobbering ringside hollering in "professional" wrestling matches--no better, as a matter of fact, than the right-wing race baiting that holds sway in the current

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The immigration rally that may just revive this beleaguered America...The Chicago Tribune's coverage of the huge immigration reform rally quoted a janitor as saying, "We have to save the world." It may just be possible that the throng of people who were in the streets Monday will do just that. From what other source can such a wonderful idea come from? Although the Trib, in predictably sly

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-1144498231777558932006-04-08T06:43:00.000-05:002006-04-08T07:10:32.206-05:00

An excellent analysis of Iraq appears in Boston Review currently. If you are bewildered by the welter of factions and the shifting players in that part of the world, I suggest you read "On the Ground in Iraq" by Nir Rosen. He brings a patience to his explanation of the Iraqi chaos that is somehow beyond American corporate media. It makes me wonder if many of the American news anchors (which the

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Barbarism sanctioned by religious faith, part 2...BREITBART.COM - Bush Troubled by Afghan Convert's Case

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We are living in a time when religious faith, of many strains, justifies the most barbaric of behaviors...DIRELAND: SHIA DEATH SQUADS TARGET IRAQI GAYS -- U.S. Indifferent

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Perhaps those of us who thought such redneck ignorance was not possible in the streets of Manhattan should think again...

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Clerical Bloodlust, continued: Kill queers in the "worst, most severe way."...How are we to reconcile this madness with some kind of faith in a God?Gay News From 365Gay.com

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Sounds like he just can't bring himself to be as overtly vicious as Pat Robertson (who is also foaming at the mouth this week about "Satanic" Islam, which could earn him a fatwa unless Muslims have pity for the deranged.)...PageOneQ | AUDIO - US Senate candidate says Elton John worthy of death...speaks of Mary Cheney

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Perhaps those on this planet who are described as "questioning", or "humanists" or "agnostics" can begin to point out the enormous destructiveness done in the name of religious belief. 'God is on our side' has been the anthem behind a ghastly, mind-boggling history of bloodshed.Defenders of the Faith - New York Times

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-1141735268265517222006-03-07T06:41:00.000-06:002006-03-07T06:41:08.306-06:00

Soon there will be a completely seamless, opaque film over what is real, and we will need enormous resources to do nothing more than get to the truth. If the film is covered with flags and smiling faces, how many of us will have the will to go deeper? Orwell must be smiling grimly in his grave. He told us so.Wal-Mart Enlists Bloggers in Its Public Relations Campaign - New York Times

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-1141568007487513072006-03-05T08:04:00.000-06:002006-03-05T08:13:27.496-06:00

Indian activist and author, Arundhati Roy, describing the absurd portayal of President Bush's welcome in India, refers to the "corporate" media's take on the event as opposed to more independent sources. In America, we use the euphemism MSM or Main Stream Media...but the more descriptive term may just be the one she uses. Have we heard, by the way, of the "hundreds of thousands" of protestors

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-1141302565349979402006-03-02T06:29:00.000-06:002006-03-02T06:29:25.393-06:00

Unfortunately, we already KNOW that he knew...This is not a regime that pays a lot of attention to science...Associated Press Pop-up Link

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-1141044678755658862006-02-27T06:42:00.000-06:002006-02-28T06:44:56.850-06:00

But is there enough time? Reading Susan Jacoby's very enjoyable book, Freethinkers-A History of American Secularism, I found a glimmer of hope in the current American gloom. Conservative religion has exercised great political power in the USA in earlier eras. We survived it. The same themes, such as the emotive war on science and the manipulation of fears about "foreigners" have come and gone

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-1140094434846572702006-02-16T06:53:00.000-06:002006-02-16T06:53:54.856-06:00

Is this supposed to be another instance of why we must show respect to religion? Is it respect they want, or is it deference? Muhammad calling for the murder of homosexuals? No one needs this madness--This is not a force for good in the world. We just do not need these shrill old men to terrorize us. UK Gay News - Russian Muslim Leader Calls For Gays to be “Thrashed”

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-1139060613648841612006-02-04T07:37:00.000-06:002006-02-04T07:46:41.123-06:00

Fair is fair, after all... Here in Chicago, the beleagured Francis Cardinal George is faced with a second child molestation scandal in as many weeks. However, this second priest is accused of abusing little girls. Following the vile logic of Pope Benedict, the RC Church should probably begin to ban heterosexuals from the priesthood, right?

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-1137502266688064112006-01-17T06:51:00.000-06:002006-01-17T06:57:39.010-06:00

Sure sounds like (another) threat to me... and no, you did not make "the moral issue the number one issue". You were manipulated by the guys who are now calling the shots into coming out to vote the way you did. Do you really expect the rest of the country--the rest of the world-- to believe in the "morality" of the administration you supported and are still apparently supporting?Gay News From

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Sunday post...The cavemen and cavewomen bore cavechildren and raised their families and lived and died. They didn't need preachers. It is an outrageous and obscene joke that as soon as a preacher was installed in the position between mankind and the rest of the universe, he began scolding. Imagine the confusion of the cavemen at being derided, cajoled and humiliated by this interloper: "Who

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Robertson now tries wrapping his bile in the warm and cuddly mode. Is he finally getting the idea that we're onto his raging? CBS News Robertson Links Sharon's Stroke to Wrath

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Fundie panties will surely be in a bunch over this one, but so what? The more rational inquiry applied to questions like this, the better...(link from Direland)Prove Christ exists, judge orders priest - World - Times Online

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The success of terrorism: We are running scared. We have our guns and our bombs, but we are terrified of our diversity, and of our critics. MiamiHerald.com | 12/26/2005 | Fear destroys what bin Laden could not

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-1135429930306759102005-12-24T07:12:00.000-06:002005-12-24T07:12:10.336-06:00

No one is asking me, but here's mine: 4 jobs you've had: waiter, actor, construction inspector, legal assistant. 4 movies you could watch over and over: As Good As it Gets, LA Confidential, The Big Sleep, A Christmas Carol. 4 places you've lived: Mt. Pleasant, PA, Pittsburgh, PA, NYC, NY, Chicago, IL. 4 TV shows you love to watch: Monk, Nero Wolfe, Sherlock Holmes (with Jeremy Brett), Frontline.

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-1134307221949224422005-12-11T07:20:00.000-06:002005-12-11T07:20:21.953-06:00

Sam Harris, contributing at truthdig.com, has once again given me more to think about. The "money quote", as some writers might say is "atheism is simply a refusal to deny the obvious." Truthdig - An Atheist Manifesto

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04782935853047695193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005116.post-1134306584970051272005-12-11T07:09:00.000-06:002005-12-11T07:09:45.033-06:00

It would explain a lot of the current madness: neocons were all along aiming for some sort of annexation of the power centers of the Middle East. No wonder it is "unspoken"... Veredictum | The word "verdict" is derived from the Latin "veredictum," which translates as a "true declaration."

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Excellent and newly discovered site for social commentary/politics... Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines

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This is the American Taliban...I guess it's not enough to just take your business elsewhere. Dominionists must dictate industry policy. Mincing Words: Anti-Gay group claims victory over Ford

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Best take so far on Ratzinger's "instruction"...The RC Church wants to have their cake and eat it, too: Keep working, but keep closeted--a long-established Church tradition... Falls Church News-Press

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Getting into trouble with "the Jesus business", preacher makes a stand for real fairness... Wedded Bliss for All or None

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I suppose if the gayness is only "lightly rooted", it will pass muster... The ambiguous and half-baked Vatican policy only serves as an new Inquisition since guess who will determine which queers will stay and which will go? (And of course, everyone will suddenly be 3-years celibate...) News

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Sewing the seeds of terror for Jesus... Televangelist warns of evolution doomsday - Science - MSNBC.com When the twin towers fell, we were exhorted to bravely go about the business of our lives: "Don't let them scare you! They want you to be afraid!" How is it then that we tolerate the long and apparently sacred tradition that preachers may use threats, shame and fear to make their way among

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If Libby is the tip, this may be the the rest of the iceberg... t r u t h o u t - Philip Giraldi | Forging the Case for War

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CORRECTION: Andrew Sullivan's essay cited in the previous post is apparently not on his website, at least not so I could find it. It is in The New Republic's online edition, which requires registration, or maybe subscription, too.

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Gore Vidal: right again... Mr. Vidal always says that "homosexual" is an adjective, not a noun, and two recent essays vindicate his position. Andrew Sullivan, in his essay in The New Republic and on his website www.AndrewSullivan.com , titled "The End of Gay Culture", far from being the pessimist manifesto that title might imply, is actually a chronology of victories--some subtle and some loud

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Cool essays to ponder... Two recent essays about Iran arrive at similar views of the country, namely that it is a religious state with a very thin veneer. Christopher Hitchens in Vanity Fair in July of this year, also on his website www.hitchensweb.com ("Mind Over Mullahs") paints a picture of Iran that so surprised me that I was disappointed when the religious-backed candidate actually won the

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It would be a great and uplifting development that a wrong could be righted, even if it has taken two years... CIA Leak: Karl Rove and the Case of the Missing E-mail - Newsweek Periscope - MSNBC.com

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When Robert Knight wakes up in the morning, he is shrill, and he just stays that way. When he read Time Magazine's cover story on gay teens, he probably began foaming at the mouth. However, his article below does allow some truth to emerge since RK is simply unable to disguise the basic wholesomeness and inclusiveness of the GLSEN- and GSA-type school clubs. His attempt to demonize such groups is

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The Inquisition picks up steam (which is hot air).... If the leaked Vatican "instruction" on gay priests turns out to be true, how will gay candidates prove a 3 year period of celibacy? Isn't it a bogus requirement anyway, since the "instruction" also goes on to bar those with a "tendency"-- even "intellectually"-- toward homosexuality? Sounds as if you are damned if you do and damned if

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Good Grief! "There was no separation of church and state today"... Schenck Attends Mass with Bush, Roberts--Will Be With Moore in Alabama

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"I suspect that Europeans are increasingly repelled by the poor societal performance of the Christian states." hat tip to Doug Ireland.Britain, UK news from The Times and The Sunday Times - Times Online

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The Inquisition begins....The wrongheaded investigation of Catholic seminaries for the presence of homosexuals has begun in St. Louis, MO. The head of the college has voiced the opinion that it is a search for the wrong thing, but he will be ignored, if not silenced. Barbara Dorris, the head of SNAP, (Survivors Network for Those Abused by Priests) has also characterized the witch hunt as "

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I'm not particularly offended that church groups are being reimbursed by the federal government for their relief work through the characteristically cockeyed American way of "giving" that translates into "contracts" and, let's face it, big profits, for some corporations. However, these church groups are the same beneficiaries to ultra-discriminatory hiring loopholes that enable them to refuse

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Religion has usually been awfully simplistic when it comes to sexuality. Clearly, almost all of us are born either physically male or physically female. However, when we look beneath the skin, all the "male/female" criteria become quite lost. The enormous variety of what makes up maleness or femaleness is a bane to the arbiters of religious mores, and in the face of this vast forest of

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Religious tribunals should not have civil power...P U L S E | No Sharia for you

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