Glenn Beck is on a crusade against “social justice,” hoping to tar one of the fundamental progressive ideas as that of anti-Semites and totalitarians. Funny thing, though: if his insinuations were true, Moses would be an anti-Semite totalitarian. Beck defined “social justice” in the following way on today’s show: Social justice: Forced redistribution of wealth [...]
Archive for March, 2010
The Thing About Glenn Beck Is
Posted: March 19, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: Congress, Democrats, Glenn Beck, health care reform, healthcare reform, Republicans, Steve King
…no matter how ridiculous he is, some things need a response before one can sleep. Beck and U.S. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) went on a self-righteous rant about the upcoming vote on health care reform legislation this weekend, possibly on Sunday. Here’s the transcript: Speaking on the Glenn Beck show, King said a vote on [...]
State Department Describes a Predator Government in Afghanistan
Posted: March 14, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: 2009 Human Rights Report: Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, human rights, Karzai, Nobel Peace Prize, President Obama, Rethink Afghanistan, State Department, torture, U.S. Department of State, West Point, zina
If the President of the United States stood at a podium and said the following, hopefully we’d tell him to go to Hell: We must summon all of our might and moral suasion to meet the challenges of a new age.* That’s why I have decided it is in our vital national interest to send [...]
U.S., Allies Responsible for Most Marjah Civilian Casualties
Posted: March 9, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, Brave New Foundation, civilian casualties, civilian deaths, Helmand, insurgents, Marja, Marjah, Marjeh, NATO, Operation Moshtarak, Petraeus, Rethink Afghanistan, Robert Gates, Taliban
According to the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, U.S. and Allied forces have killed and injured more civilians than have the insurgents during Operation Moshtarak. Incredibly, the Pentagon continues to insist that this operation "protects the people." AIHRC’s Feb. 23 press release reports [h/t Josh Mull, our new Afghanistan blog fellow]: "AIHRC is concerned at [...]
Struggling in the Episcopal Diocese of Texas
Posted: March 5, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: 161st Diocesan Council, Bishop Andrew Doyle, Episcopal Church, Episcopal Diocese of Texas, flag ceremony, Fort Hood, Francis Drake, Jesus, military, nonviolence, Roman
As someone who believes that Jesus meant, without equivocation, what he said in the Sermon on the Mount, I am struggling to feel at home in the Episcopal Diocese of Texas. After spending more than a year here, it’s clear to me that this diocese has largely made its peace with the sword, rhetorical denials [...]
