June 8, 2018
By Olivia Ovenden
Trump's outrage at NFL athletes protesting police injustice (click here) by taking a knee during the national anthem proves just how much he values honouring the US through song.
Trump is like, really, really patriotic OK? Nobody is more patriotic than him, really.
Except perhaps he isn't, judging by a clip from a rally in which the Donald appears to forget the lyrics to 'God Bless America'.
The event was held yesterday after Trump 'cancelled' the Philadelphia Eagles visit to the White House after realising nobody was going to turn up.
"Staying in the Locker Room for the playing of our National Anthem is as disrespectful to our country as kneeling. Sorry!" he tweeted....
There has been catastrophic changes in the USA's "Rule of Law" that continually remove Civil Rights from the American landscape. The assault on the Voting Rights Act of 1964 that now allows racism in places where it was banded for 50 years. That was the sweetener entering the party that paved the way for the blatant hatred we see today within the Republican Party. The display yesterday of nationalism rather than inclusion of all concerns of every race; was shameful.
Flying the flag is legal everywhere, no one suppresses it. The flag represents our freedom and not our country in any state of disrepair. The freedom of African American citizens is under attack, therefore, the flag is not being appropriately displayed and is used in the definition of nationalism to deny identity of the assault on some Americans.
Come forward from the assault on the Voting Right Act of 1964 and there was the Supreme Court decision stating a Christian baker can discriminate who he will make cakes for when it comes to a wedding. Well, the decision has far reaching consequences, including an assault on Colorado's civil rights laws.
The "Bad Bakery" decision is a well veiled attack on civil rights. It was an outrageous decision and I cannot believe only two justices opposed the action of a man that hates the LGBTQ community. That is pure hatred. There is no central religious authority such as the Pope stating if you bake a cake for the Gay Couple, you are destined to hell. The Robert's Court decision is egregious. I don't know what someone put in the Justices coffee or tea the day of the vote, but, it is a deranged decision.
The more and more decisions made in the courts and legislation passed, including the idiotic abortion law of Iowa, the more the USA is looking like a White Man's Country.
June 1, 2018
The Christians have left their Bibles in the pew and have taken up organizing an assaultive political agenda that companies such as the Kochs intend to see happy all the days of their lives.
4 June 2018
By David Taylor
A statue outside a megachurch in Tennessee that proclaims: ‘America Return to Christ.
"Project Blitz" (click here) Project Blitz is a Christian Agenda that says nothing about diversity, inclusion of all people and certainly doesn't entertain other religions standing on equal footing with their ideas of faith.
There is no room for anything, but, Christ. Their attitudes are justified by "If the Muslims or the Catholics believe they have the one true God, then they should be doing the same as we are."
Category 2 Resolutions and Proclamations Recognizing the Importance of Religious History and Freedom
Items for Inclusion in a Proclamation Recognizing Religious Freedom Day or Christian Heritage Week or Bible in History or Recognizing the Year of the Bible or Recognizing Christmas Day (Maybe this was an agenda item before Bill O'Reilly left FOX News). There is nothing here about Ramadan, *Rosh Hashanah, Navaratri/Dassehra, Mawlid-al-Nabi or the Lunar New Year. They like to state their focus is Religious Freedom, but, that is already in the First Amendment to the USA Constitution. Not only is it in the amendment, it is in the First Amendment. There is no need to set aside in special legislation Christian emphasis. As a matter of fact, it should be more humble.
And they are after children: Page 50
The religious idolatry of the Christian Conservatives are already removing children from homes that are considered Pagan, such as Wiccans (case in point - click here - parents were forced to sign off the children or be threatened with more false prosecution), in North Carolina and possibly other states. The false charges are drafted and the children are given to "Foster Parents for Adoption." The parents are then pleaded out so they can not get their children back because they now have a criminal record of arrest.
The modern day Foster Parent has to be certified through a preparation program called "Pride." There are minority number of Foster Parents simply taking care of children until their extended family or parents are again ready for them. Most Foster Parents these days are "Foster Parents for Adoption" and go through not just "Pride 1" but also "Pride 2."
I have to think the children taken away from the border crossers at the USA Border are never going to be returned to their parents who are more than likely Roman Catholic. Those children will be absorbed into public adoption networks and handed out like candy to those that have been "Certified as Parents."
America needs to wake up. The idea the warning of fascism, touted as a political directive by right wing extremists, is a lie and only a personal attack against a candidate. If the candidate in this modern era of computer elections is saying he will pass legislation that will deny "certain" people adoption in the sovereign USA, THEY MEAN IT.
Get over it America, there is an extremist element in the country with lots of money to spend and they have created an underclass of Christian extremists that will follow every dog whistle provided to insure the USA is Christian Fundamentalists from sea to shining sea. Once such fanaticism overtakes the USA, it is easy to bring violence into the country by authorities that will be admired regardless of their law breaking.
The USA is not a perfect place to raise children as the Christians of "Project Blitz" wants it, but, if the guns were not flowing like water (which they advocate) it might have half a chance of being perfect for children from highly diverse parenting PERSONS and STYLES.
Except perhaps he isn't, judging by a clip from a rally in which the Donald appears to forget the lyrics to 'God Bless America'.
The event was held yesterday after Trump 'cancelled' the Philadelphia Eagles visit to the White House after realising nobody was going to turn up.
"Staying in the Locker Room for the playing of our National Anthem is as disrespectful to our country as kneeling. Sorry!" he tweeted....
There has been catastrophic changes in the USA's "Rule of Law" that continually remove Civil Rights from the American landscape. The assault on the Voting Rights Act of 1964 that now allows racism in places where it was banded for 50 years. That was the sweetener entering the party that paved the way for the blatant hatred we see today within the Republican Party. The display yesterday of nationalism rather than inclusion of all concerns of every race; was shameful.
Flying the flag is legal everywhere, no one suppresses it. The flag represents our freedom and not our country in any state of disrepair. The freedom of African American citizens is under attack, therefore, the flag is not being appropriately displayed and is used in the definition of nationalism to deny identity of the assault on some Americans.
Come forward from the assault on the Voting Right Act of 1964 and there was the Supreme Court decision stating a Christian baker can discriminate who he will make cakes for when it comes to a wedding. Well, the decision has far reaching consequences, including an assault on Colorado's civil rights laws.
The "Bad Bakery" decision is a well veiled attack on civil rights. It was an outrageous decision and I cannot believe only two justices opposed the action of a man that hates the LGBTQ community. That is pure hatred. There is no central religious authority such as the Pope stating if you bake a cake for the Gay Couple, you are destined to hell. The Robert's Court decision is egregious. I don't know what someone put in the Justices coffee or tea the day of the vote, but, it is a deranged decision.
The more and more decisions made in the courts and legislation passed, including the idiotic abortion law of Iowa, the more the USA is looking like a White Man's Country.
Inside the Family Leader’s (click here) office near Des Moines, Iowa, photographs of Republican presidential contenders past grace the walls. Housing secretary Ben Carson, former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum, Texas senator Ted Cruz all stand frozen onstage, informing visitors of the Family Leader’s influence.
Alongside them is the group’s president, Bob Vander Plaats, a member of a coalition of abortion foes who worked in Iowa to pass one of the industrialized world’s most restrictive bans on abortion. In one portrait, Donald Trump’s face looms over Vander Plaats speaking to a congregation, heads bowed....
Do not believe for one minute the topics that send Liberals and Moderates reeling is going away soon. There is a lot of money, ie: Kochs, at work in providing a social group of people that will definitely vote for the candidate willing to act on their demands. This isn't going away until the electorate turns to candidates that can govern and not simply harness power of the USA for their own purposes. It is no skin off Trump's nose to demand the end of abortion rights for women or end voting rights for minorities and women. The list of on the agenda of these wacko extremist Christians are very invasive into most American's life, but, what difference does it make to a Republican candidate if they can benefit from extremism?The Christians have left their Bibles in the pew and have taken up organizing an assaultive political agenda that companies such as the Kochs intend to see happy all the days of their lives.
4 June 2018
By David Taylor
A statue outside a megachurch in Tennessee that proclaims: ‘America Return to Christ.
The emboldened religious right (click here) has unleashed a wave of legislation across the United States since Donald Trump became president, as part of an organised bid to impose hardline Christian values across American society.
A playbook known as Project Blitz, developed by a collection of Christian groups, has provided state politicians with a set of off-the-shelf pro-Christian “model bills”.
Some legislation uses verbatim language from the “model bills” created by a group called the Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation (CPCF), set up by a former Republican congressman which has a stated aim to “protect religious freedom, preserve America’s Judeo-Christian heritage and promote prayer”...
...Opponents warn that the CPCF (which claims more than 600 politicians as members across state legislatures ) is using the banner of “religious freedom” to impose Christianity on American public, political and cultural life.
...Opponents warn that the CPCF (which claims more than 600 politicians as members across state legislatures ) is using the banner of “religious freedom” to impose Christianity on American public, political and cultural life.
In Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Louisiana and Tennessee, so-called “In God We Trust” bills have become law since 2017, which will see the phrase emblazoned on public buildings, hung in schools and displayed on the side of public vehicles including police cars.
But the Project Blitz playbook sees those largely symbolic bills as just the first stage on the way to more hardline laws. They are presented as measures to preserve religious liberty, but are intended to give businesses, pastors and childcare providers the right to discriminate against LGBT people in line with their “sincerely held religious beliefs”....
"Project Blitz" (click here) Project Blitz is a Christian Agenda that says nothing about diversity, inclusion of all people and certainly doesn't entertain other religions standing on equal footing with their ideas of faith.There is no room for anything, but, Christ. Their attitudes are justified by "If the Muslims or the Catholics believe they have the one true God, then they should be doing the same as we are."
Category 2 Resolutions and Proclamations Recognizing the Importance of Religious History and Freedom
Items for Inclusion in a Proclamation Recognizing Religious Freedom Day or Christian Heritage Week or Bible in History or Recognizing the Year of the Bible or Recognizing Christmas Day (Maybe this was an agenda item before Bill O'Reilly left FOX News). There is nothing here about Ramadan, *Rosh Hashanah, Navaratri/Dassehra, Mawlid-al-Nabi or the Lunar New Year. They like to state their focus is Religious Freedom, but, that is already in the First Amendment to the USA Constitution. Not only is it in the amendment, it is in the First Amendment. There is no need to set aside in special legislation Christian emphasis. As a matter of fact, it should be more humble.
And they are after children: Page 50
The religious idolatry of the Christian Conservatives are already removing children from homes that are considered Pagan, such as Wiccans (case in point - click here - parents were forced to sign off the children or be threatened with more false prosecution), in North Carolina and possibly other states. The false charges are drafted and the children are given to "Foster Parents for Adoption." The parents are then pleaded out so they can not get their children back because they now have a criminal record of arrest.
The modern day Foster Parent has to be certified through a preparation program called "Pride." There are minority number of Foster Parents simply taking care of children until their extended family or parents are again ready for them. Most Foster Parents these days are "Foster Parents for Adoption" and go through not just "Pride 1" but also "Pride 2."
I have to think the children taken away from the border crossers at the USA Border are never going to be returned to their parents who are more than likely Roman Catholic. Those children will be absorbed into public adoption networks and handed out like candy to those that have been "Certified as Parents."
America needs to wake up. The idea the warning of fascism, touted as a political directive by right wing extremists, is a lie and only a personal attack against a candidate. If the candidate in this modern era of computer elections is saying he will pass legislation that will deny "certain" people adoption in the sovereign USA, THEY MEAN IT.
Get over it America, there is an extremist element in the country with lots of money to spend and they have created an underclass of Christian extremists that will follow every dog whistle provided to insure the USA is Christian Fundamentalists from sea to shining sea. Once such fanaticism overtakes the USA, it is easy to bring violence into the country by authorities that will be admired regardless of their law breaking.
The USA is not a perfect place to raise children as the Christians of "Project Blitz" wants it, but, if the guns were not flowing like water (which they advocate) it might have half a chance of being perfect for children from highly diverse parenting PERSONS and STYLES.
