Dr. Robert Jeffress, current head of the Southern Baptist Convention, in a surprisingly delightful feature interview on this week’s edition of Real Time With Bill Maher discussing some of his controversial comments about Mormonism and other issues… p.s. You can … Continue reading →
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Progressive Proselytizing: Herman Cain’s 9,9,9 plan, concision, and the rest of the GOP nomination field
One of the problems with the mass media is the need for concision; that is, the need to be able to explain oneself within the very short periods of time one gets on TV (and other mediums). One is thus constrained to only saying very simple ideas or by …
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: The “Magic Underpants” Factor
As a non-believer, I have to admit that it’s absolutely hilarious to watch the various candidates for Republican nomination frantically dancing around the comments made by Southern Baptist Convention Leader Dr. Robert Jeffress last week at the so-called Values Voters … Continue reading →
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: The Republican Debates Now Turning Into the Reform-Alliance Debates
Watching the Republican presidential hopefuls duke it out to determine who is the most absurd, I’m reminded of how far this party has fallen since the days of Eisenhower. I doubt they’d get anyone “normal” to run now.In the latest round of insanity, Ri…
Continue readingA New Contributor From America And His Belated Post
Boys ‘n’ girls, I’d like to introduce a young political science and history student from the US who would like to contribute posts about American politics from time to time over here at Sister Sage’s Musings. His name is Scott.
Below is his post. Scott, I apologize for posting it a few days . . . → Read More: A New Contributor From America And His Belated Post
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Perry Down – Protesters Up
Rick Perry is now dropping in the polls, with Mitt Romney taking the lead.I guess having a ranch named “Niggerhead” didn’t win him any points. The Tea Partiers would have loved it, but the Republican leader has to be able to win over more than the…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: James Powell: Science Denial Is Not Free
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The following post is from James Powell, author of The Inquisition of Climate Science. This is the first post in a 3-part series. It originall…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Where is Barry Goldwater When we Need Him?
“I think every good Christian ought to kick [Jerry] Falwell right in the ass.” Barry Goldwater Many American Neoconservatives claim to have become politically active, after the trouncing of Barry Goldwater in the 1964 election. Deemed to be too far rig…
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Who will win: Mitt Romney or Rick Perry? Ask the Cheese Doctor
If Obama wants to know which of these two men he will be facing in the 2012 election, he could find the answer from a French-born anthropologist who could be called the Cheese Doctor.Jack Hitt in the New York Times describes a lengthy interview he had …
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Bachmann Voted “Most Crazy” in Straw Poll
Unsurprisingly, God-bothering lunatic Michele Bachmann emerged triumphant in today’s Ames, Iowa straw poll winning 28.6 percent of the nearly 17,000 votes cast, narrowly edging out libertarian Ron Paul by 152 votes. Former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty finished a distant third … Continue reading →
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Rush Limbaugh Seizes–and Freezes?–on "ClimateGate"
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For some time, it has been clear that “ClimateGate” has a dramatic meaning for the political right in the U.S. Somehow, “ClimateGate” gave those conserva…
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