Another Bush Torture Architect Resigns

“Those who are earnest die not; the thoughtless are dead already. Blessed are they who have insight into the deathless state. Those who torture the living will hardly find happiness after death.” —The Urantia Book Pentagon General Counsel Resigns by ROSS TUTTLE [posted online at The Nation on February 26, 2008] William J. Haynes, the Pentagon’s chief legal officer and …

Clinton: I’ll Clean Up After Bush Dynasty

Clinton says she’ll clean up after Bush dynasty Fri Feb 1, 2008 12:01am EST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Former First Lady Hillary Clinton addressed the question of political dynasties on Thursday with a one-liner that she hoped would allay concerns over two families dominating the White House for decades if she becomes president next year. Clinton, a Democratic senator from …

Was Jesus a Muslim?

Or Obama, because he was photographed wearing a turban? Obama (right) wearing Turban and Somali Robes Of course not, since Islam didn’t come into existence for another six centuries or so. Did Bush wear a turban? Yeah, but does anyone care? Did Jesus wear a turban? Most likely, since turbans were far more than a fashion accessory for the Semites …

Unmarking the Beast

Well, that didn’t take long. Crooks and Liars spoofs the Repugs FISA amendment scare ad with this: Lesson learned. The way to deal with the propagation of “unreasoned fear” is to refute it with something positive before it has time to fully wrap it tendrils around the lizard brain, aka “the mark of the beast.” Any discernible differences between those …

Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.

Check out this latest ad from the Rethugs designed to scare us out of our liberties and place Bush and his corporate fascist buddies above the law. Unreasoned fear is a master intellectual fraud practiced upon the evolving mortal soul. -The Urantia Book UPDATE. . .

Forbidden Planet: Meditations on the Exfoliation of Bush’s Id.

IN THE FUTURE, presidential candidates should be required to file psycho-environmental impact statements on the potential harm their damaged psyches can inflict upon the rest of us. In W.J. Stuart’s classic si-fi novel Forbidden Planet (loosely based on Shakepeare’s The Tempest and later a 1956 movie), a rescue mission is sent to find out what happened to the crew of …