In the wake of this incredibly divisive campaign season which we just lived though, I can’t help but wonder whether our nation has a reasonable chance of surviving this perfect storm which has arisen around us, having been fed for so long by the forces of paranoia, fear, environmental volatility, and economic uncertainty, which are […]
Tag Archives: Christian soldiers
How do we reconcile these two visions for America’s future?
Posted in Media, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged being human, Christians under attack, demagoguery, Glenn Beck, humanity, Obama, persecution complex, RFK, Ripples of Hope, Robert Kennedy, wrath of an angry god 20 Comments
Alleged domestic terrorists thwarted near historic Monkey Power Trio recording site
Remember the Christian militia folks from here in Michigan that were locked up not too long ago for allegedly plotting to kill state and local law enforcement officers? Well, it looks as though something similar is unfolding right now in Georgia, where four right-wing militia members have been arrested for planning attacks on IRS and […]
Posted in Monkey Power Trio, Observations, Politics Also tagged Absolved, angry old white men, angry white men, ATF, Civil War, gay marriage, gun control, Hutaree, IRS, kraken, Mike Vanderboegh, militias, self-publishing 6 Comments
“See, the Democrats are violent too!”
With the news that a mentally ill man in Pennsylvania had threatened the life of Republican Congressman Eric Cantor, conservatives everywhere have begun jumping up and down, waiving their hands around wildly (imagine Arnold Horshack trying to get Mr. Kotter’s attention), and claiming that this definitively proves, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that Democrats […]
Posted in History, Other, Politics, Religious Extremism Also tagged anti-globalization, anti-government, Arnold Horshack reference, Bill Ayers, constitutionalists, death threats, domestic terrorism, Eric Cantor, Eugene Robinson, Hutaree, militias, Norman Leboon, Oklahoma City, Patricia Hearst, political violence, potential for violence, rhetoric of violent revolution, Symbionese Liberation Army, tea party, teabaggers, teabaggery, the nonexistent leftist threat, Timothy McVeigh, violence, violence on the extreme right, white supremacist 40 Comments