Republicans For Valdemort

Like the “Death Eaters” in the Harry Potter saga, the Repugs have done everything they can to suck the life out of the commonweal, exemplified by Grover Norquist‘s pledge to shrink the (social services part of the) government down to the point where it can be drowned in a bathtub. Ever since Reagan took office in 1981, they’ve been hell …

I WANT A SAVIOR FOR PRESIDENT

True Religion Is The Top Requirement. Lois: “The world doesn’t need a savior.” Superman: “Everyday I hear people crying for one.”   Savior Obama? A SAVIOR IS A PERSON who saves someone or something— especially a country or a cause— from danger. Such a person may come to be regarded with the veneration of a religious figure, like the Savior …

Values Beyond Political Conflict

There’s a common misconception rampant in political and other discourse in the world today, and it leads to all kinds of injustice, terrorism, and other spiritual horrors. It’s the idea that love of what’s right is the same thing as hatred of what’s wrong. The two are like day and night. One heals, the other leads to endless conflict and …

WINGNUT DREAMS

Cross-posted from one of the fine Commenters at Driftglass; from Driftglass’ entry: “Get Rid Of The Bitter” TANBARK said:   Last night was a republican victory. In this year in which the repubs are going into the election with more negatives than any party in decades, for the DEMOCRATIC candidate to win the popular votes in Texas and Ohio by …

OBAMA GETS THAT SINKING FEELING

Hillary Clinton once said all she had to do to knock a story off the front page was change her hairstyle. This past week, as it rained nine-inch deep double-basin shameless-steel kitchen sinks in Ohio, it was clear that something a little stronger than a hairstyle had knocked Barack Obama off the primary juggernaut he’d been on since the fifth …

Disinformation and Other Stupid Mind Tricks

Both energy-things and spirit values are colored by their interpretation through the mind media of consciousness. —The Urantia Book [T]he content of a medium is like the juicy piece of meat carried by the burglar to distract the watchdog of the mind. – Alvin Toffler, Future Shock In the clip below, Dan Abrams takes a Repug congressman to task for …