Apparently Frank F did not understand what Frank S wrote. Let me summarize.
Iran is one example of what can happen when religious conservatives control the political landscape. The author was formerly part of an American Christian movement with aims very similar to those of the Iranian Muslims currently ruling that country.
Mandatory prayer in school, anti-gay laws, abortion bans, elective wars, capital punishment, rolling back civil rights, defeating the union movement - all of these are issues that the Iranian Mullahs and the American Christians would see eye-to-eye on.
Frank Schaeffer provides a unique insiders perspective into the motives and tactics of the fringe elements that promote theocracy in the USA. Oppressive religion is offensive to American values, whether Christian or any other faith.
The similarity of Christian Fundamentalists with Islamic Fundamentalists is not imaginary - it is real, and a very serious threat to the Republic. Our secular government is our greatest innovation, and the basic reason that the American system has been so successful, and so widely emulated. Continued vigilance is required to protect and defend our Constitution from being perverted in the service of religion.
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
Sarcasm on Obama
Quite the entertaining piece. One of the better PJM blogs I have seen.
The dark ages of being ruled by a thuggish tyrant are now behind America.
So true!
To them, meeting Obama must be like encountering Jesus riding a dinosaur — both reassuring and intimidating at the same time.
That’s just a great image.
Of course the unrefined Bush would make a big deal of meeting foreign leaders; to that simpleton, it must have been like being visited by advanced aliens.
Sounds about right.
After eight years of the caveman Bush screaming gibberish at Iran and shaking a rock at them threateningly, it is natural that Iran is still quite easily startled.
Indeed. Glad to be done with that.
They need to know that if Obama’s actions seem stupid or insulting to them, it’s only because they are not yet able to understand his splendor.
You tell ‘em Frank. You might even get through to some folks on PJM if you keep it up…
After eight years of the GOP screwing up anything in sight, I think it’s fair to give Obama at least four to make a significant correction. He never claimed that we would leave Iraq immediately, or close Guantanamo overnight, or that the P Act would be repealed forthwith.
Yes, big business is getting some investment from the feds, but it’s likely that higher taxes will recoup the largesse in time.
As far as being racists, it is true that many American still are - but thankfully the racists are a dying breed. Youngsters are growing increasingly “color-blind” - as evidenced by Obama’s landslide among younger voters. Unfortunately institutionalized racism is something that takes generations to recover from, and our road to redemption as a nation will take the better part of this century at least.
I don’t mind if you want to give Obama a hard time, but when you try to blame him for the GOP’s legacy of failure, your duplicity is obvious.
The dark ages of being ruled by a thuggish tyrant are now behind America.
So true!
To them, meeting Obama must be like encountering Jesus riding a dinosaur — both reassuring and intimidating at the same time.
That’s just a great image.
Of course the unrefined Bush would make a big deal of meeting foreign leaders; to that simpleton, it must have been like being visited by advanced aliens.
Sounds about right.
After eight years of the caveman Bush screaming gibberish at Iran and shaking a rock at them threateningly, it is natural that Iran is still quite easily startled.
Indeed. Glad to be done with that.
They need to know that if Obama’s actions seem stupid or insulting to them, it’s only because they are not yet able to understand his splendor.
You tell ‘em Frank. You might even get through to some folks on PJM if you keep it up…
After eight years of the GOP screwing up anything in sight, I think it’s fair to give Obama at least four to make a significant correction. He never claimed that we would leave Iraq immediately, or close Guantanamo overnight, or that the P Act would be repealed forthwith.
Yes, big business is getting some investment from the feds, but it’s likely that higher taxes will recoup the largesse in time.
As far as being racists, it is true that many American still are - but thankfully the racists are a dying breed. Youngsters are growing increasingly “color-blind” - as evidenced by Obama’s landslide among younger voters. Unfortunately institutionalized racism is something that takes generations to recover from, and our road to redemption as a nation will take the better part of this century at least.
I don’t mind if you want to give Obama a hard time, but when you try to blame him for the GOP’s legacy of failure, your duplicity is obvious.
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