Monday, May 15, 2006

WE'VE SEEN THIS HORROR MOVIE BEFORE: THE RETURN OF THE NIXON CLONES
"When he was asked about the National Security Agency's controversial domestic surveillance program last Monday, U.S. intelligence chief John D. Negroponte objected to the question and said the government was 'absolutely not' monitoring domestic calls without warrants."
(WASHINGTON POST)

Sunday, May 14, 2006

WHO WOULD JESUS VOTE FOR?
"We have had small-scale theocracies in North America before - in Puritan New England and later in Mormon Utah. Today, a leading power such as the United States approaches theocracy when it meets the conditions currently on display: an elected leader who believes himself to speak for the Almighty, a ruling political party that represents religious true believers, the certainty of many Republican voters that government should be guided by religion and, on top of it all, a White House that adopts agendas seemingly animated by biblical worldviews."
(SEATTLE TIMES op/ed piece by Kevin Phillips)