Tag Archives: religion

The Voice of Murder

Posted on November 15, 2008 by Lee

The subject of the bloody 1965 Indonesian mass murder of suspected communists is not often openly discussed history even in today’s Indonesia. Given the pervasive silence, estimates vary on the actual number of people killed, but it’s generally accepted as … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign affairs, History | Tagged 1965, antidemocratic, Asian communism, Associated Press, Autocracy, banyan tree, Cambodia, China, CIA, clove cigarettes, communism, communist, Darmo, death tool, decapitation, democracy, freedom, Hamid, History, Indonesia, Indonesian, Indonesian massacre, islam, Islamic clerics, Javanese sarong, mass graves, mass murder, murder, Nahdlatul Ulama, nationalism, PKI, pogrom, preemptive murder, prisoners, purge, Quran, religion, sledgehammer, Suharto, Sukarno, Sulchan, US, Vietnam | 1 Comment

The Cardboard Armor Lifestyle

Posted on November 14, 2008 by Lee

Modern pessimists of the human condition often see the loss of mankind’s dignity deriving from deviation from traditional religious orders. Their secular opponents see the fall conditioned by a retreat from scientific rationalism. They can have their debate. For my … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged cardboard armor, human dignity, LARP, LARPer, lifestyles, religion, science, scientific rationalism, secularism | 1 Comment

California on the Drina

Posted on November 8, 2008 by Lee

You may have noticed there’s an ugly and unfortunate current developing in some of the protests against Proposition 8 in California. Namely white gays, blaming blacks for its passage. Even Andrew Sullivan, who has been blaming blacks for a couple … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Race | Tagged Abercrombie, Andrew Sullivan, balkanization, Balkans, Barack Obama, black church, black community, Bosnians, California, Christianity, civil rights, Compton, conservative, Croats, Democrats, Drina River, friends and enemies, gay, gay marriage, gay rights, Jasmyne Cannick, Klansmen, Leimert Park, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, Mark Steyn, Oregon, Proposition 8, religion, Serbs, Slovenia, Slovenians, social conservatism, social justice, South L.A., Tito, Watts, West Hollywood, Westwood, white gays | 6 Comments

More Big Lie Perspective

Posted on September 21, 2008 by MikeR

Ross Douthat Even among Christians, there were disparities. While 36% of those belonging to the United Church of Christ, Sen. Barack Obama’s former denomination, expressed strong beliefs in the paranormal, only 14% of those belonging to the Assemblies of God, … Continue reading →

Posted in MikeR's Page | Tagged big lie, paranormal, religion | 3 Comments

Ruining Ramadan in Egypt

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Lee

Ramadan always means new soap operas in the Arab world. I learned today it also means not even thinking about masturbation. A small thing to you perhaps, but in a repressive sexual society where the curves of the female figure … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Foreign affairs, Lee's Page, Religion and theology, Travel | Tagged Arab, Cairo, casino, cigarettes, Egypt, fear, freedom, God, haram, Helwan, infidel, islam, masturbation, Muslim, North Africa, raincoats, Ramadan, religion, roulette, sacrifice, sex, sin, smoke, soap operas, tobacco, Travel, Tunisia, western | Leave a comment

Christopher Hitchens on Robert Mugabe

Posted on August 31, 2008 by Lee

I’d heard that Hitch addressed the situation in Zimbabwe in his introductory remarks at the Freedom Fest 2008 debate with Dinesh D’Souza, but I hadn’t seen the video of it until today. It’s worth a watch. The subject of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign affairs | Tagged Africa, anticolonialism, Catholic, Christopher Hitchens, Dinesh D'Souza, Freedom Fest, God, Harare, hypocrisy, ideology, Maoism, Mugabe, mythology, nationalism, racism, religion, Rhodesia, Robert Mugabe, secularism, socialism, western, Zimbabwe | 3 Comments

Clarifying the Separation of Church and State

Posted on August 21, 2008 by MikeR

Blogs for Victory“I wanted to make a distinction between separation of Church and state, and separating our faith from our politics. You can embrace the concept of separation of Church and state, but that’s not at all the same thing … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged church, Domestic Politics, faith, religion, separation | Leave a comment

Bob Barr Now Pro-Wicca?

Posted on August 3, 2008 by Lee

Those of us who remember the political scene of the 1990s remember Bob Barr as a hero of rightwing social conservatives. That was before his peculiar (some say opportunistic) transformation into libertarian civil rights crusader. Anyway, I’d missed this a … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged 1990s, bob barr, civil rights, Ed Brayton, gays, libertarian, military, pagan, religion, social conservatism, Wicca, Wiccans | 1 Comment

A Retreating Periphery

Posted on June 1, 2008 by Lee

(photo: Mani Babbar) After 9/11 widened Al Qaeda’s ambitious war against most of the world, Osama bin Laden described his own axis-o-evil as being composed of “Crusaders, Zionists and Hindus.” But at some point, without anyone much noticing, that seems … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page, Uncategorized | Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Europe, geostrategy, Hindus, India, Iraq, Jammu, Jhelum River, Kashmir, Middle East, Muslim, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, propaganda, religion, Terrorism, Tigris River, United States, war | 2 Comments

Exit Trinity. Exit Church.

Posted on May 31, 2008 by Lee

Well, Mr. Obama has finally quit that ludicrous Chicago institution known as Trinity United Church of Christ. His membership had survived Rev. Wright, but was ultimately done in over the visiting Rev. Michael Pfleger’s bizarre self-hating white guilt trip, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Religion and theology, Uncategorized | Tagged Chicago, christ, church, conservatives, democracy, Domestic Politics, evangelical, God, Huckabee, Obama, pfleger, pirates, pulpit, religion, Trinity, wright | 1 Comment

Retreat to the Fringe

Posted on January 21, 2008 by Lee

Social conservatives and particularly crypto-socialist social conservatives (or “populists” if you prefer), are inevitably going to be a minority faction within the GOP. But to their great credit they themselves recognize this. The implications of that self-awareness are dire for … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page | Tagged 1988, Abadgaran, agenda, Coup d'État, democratic, Domestic Politics, Edward Luttwak, extremist, GOP, insurgent, Iowa, John McCain, majority, Mick Stockinger, Mike Huckabee, money, New Hampshire, Pat Robertson, populism, religion, Republicans, social conservatives, socialism, South Carolina, speed | 4 Comments

Huckabee FTW?

Posted on January 19, 2008 by Lee

Exit poll data in South Carolina suggests there’s a big turnout from “white evangelical and born-again Christians.” Uh-oh.

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged born-again, Christian, data, evangelical, exit poll, Mike Huckabee, religion, South Carolina, turnout | Leave a comment

Huckabee’s New Constitutional Order

Posted on January 19, 2008 by Lee

Add another unsettling dimension to Mike Huckabee’s rather bizarre views on the Constitution: he apparently subscribes to the judicial pragmatist interpretation of a Living Constitution. Imagine the notion of an open constitution into which you can read any unwritten right, … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged Constitution, God, judical pragmatism, living constitution, Mike Huckabee, religion, rights, social liberals, theocrat | Leave a comment

God’s Own Constitution

Posted on January 16, 2008 by Lee

Video clip of Mike Huckabee arguing that “what we need to do is to amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards.” Hmm. Is that really in accord with anyone’s notion of Founders intent? I know committed social conservatives who … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged , Constitution, elections, God, Mike Huckabee, religion, Republicans, social conservatives, video, youtube | 1 Comment

Liberation Theology Takes a Hit

Posted on January 15, 2008 by Lee

Here’s some splendid news for those of us not delighted by the prospect of a liberation theologist takeover of the Republican Party. Rasmussen is reporting their new South Carolina numbers and Mike Huckabee has lost five points and Fred Thompson … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page, Uncategorized | Tagged conservative, Domestic Politics, elections, Fed Thompson, GOP, liberation theology, Mike Hucakabee, primaries, religion, Republican Party, social conservatism, South Carolina | 1 Comment

My Eyes Opened

Posted on July 25, 2006 by Lance

Late in the eighties I was taking a course in American history after 1945. One of my fellow students was a bright, interesting Palestinian. Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Lance's Page | Tagged 1945, 1948, academia, acquaintances, American history, Arab Israeli conflict, Arabs, atrocities, authority, brutality, CAIR, class period, class sympathies, Dinosaur Jr., Domestic Politics, dominance, Education, embarrassment, fanaticism, genocide, good faith, Hank Williams Sr., Hezbollah, Hussein Massawi, IDF, international conflict, intifada, islam, islamism, Israeli Defense Forces, Israeli national suicide, Israelis, Lebanese, Lebanon, Middle East, monologues, Muslims, National Defense, national resistance, nationalism, negotiations, Omar Ahmad, Palestine, Palestinian Liberation Organization, Palestinians, PLO, PLO executive committee, religion, students, Syria, Syrians, tactics, The Dixie Chicks, The Minutemen, The Rolling Stones, The Volcano Suns, Zahir Muhsein, zionism | 3 Comments

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