Pat Robertson used his program as a platform for anti-Muslim activists and participated in spreading propaganda and misinformation capable of fueling actions such as the vandalism and arson committed only days later.
Pat Robertson used his program as a platform for anti-Muslim activists and participated in spreading propaganda and misinformation capable of fueling actions such as the vandalism and arson committed only days later.
Today, President Obama will address the nation from the oval office, and will praise the sacrifice made by the US military in Iraq. The President will also claim that the “US combat operations in Iraq are over”. However, this upcoming statement is part truth part political spin for US domestic consumption. The reality of Iraq [...]
To accept the ruse that Glenn Beck’s rally was religious, rather than political, is to miss the message Beck was sending entirely, as well as the basis of his ‘100 year plan.’ His theme of Faith, Hope, and Charity, was nothing more than a redressed version of his oft-repeated call for the drastic weakening of government and the elimination of all public funded, and public managed, social programs.
A growing number of peace activists are speaking out and demonstrating against the arrest of Private Bradley Manning, who is accused of giving classified documents to whistle-blowing web site WikiLeaks. Some politicians and commentators have gone as far as calling Manning a “traitor” while anti-war activists are embracing his allege role in the documents disclosure [...]
Religious tyranny, the violation of individuals rights and freedoms, and the oppression of minorities, are the same regardless of the name of the god worshipped, the lexicon of religious terminology employed, the language spoken, the clothes worn, or the scriptures followed. It is unacceptable in any guise and must be resisted.