Christian Taliban leader Terry Jones burned in effigy in Afghanistan This Saturday on the ninth anniversary of 9/11, members of a small Muslim hating Christian group, ironically called Dove World Outreach Church, plan to burn a pile of Qu’rans to demonstrate their hatred of Islam. It’s not like we haven’t been down this road before. Five years ago reports of …
Paul Conrad cartoon censored by the LA Times, 1999 Growing up in LA, Paul Conrad was the first political cartoonist I ever read. He did much to light my political fires. He’ll be missed. Paul Conrad dies at 86; Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist helped bring The Times to national prominence. His unyielding liberal stance, delivered as savage black-and-white harpoons, bedeviled …
Proving that while intelligence may be limited, stupidity is not Getting people to consistently vote against their own self-interest is one of the more fascinating dimensions of American politics, a triumph of modern propaganda technique. You’d think that people who can barely survive on low paying, non-union jobs and have no health insurance for themselves or their families would support …
Roman bridge leading to the Mezquita, or Mosque-Church, in Cordoba, Spain I got me a bone to pick with Sharif el-Gamal, the developer of the Muslim community center in Lower Manhattan, originally called Cordoba House, on near the site of the former World Trade Center. While there are a variety of groups for and against its construction, the most frenzied …
Can’t wait to hear the Beckophiles howl about how unfair it is to run actual clips of their hero’s bigotry and madness.
New web ad by the progressive Agenda Project slamming opponents of the Park 51 Islamic community center As Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr. said: Hate begets hate. And I would add, develops its own momentum, escalating into the kind of violence cited briefly in the ad and detailed in this NY Times article titled Rider Asks if Cabby Is Muslim, Then …
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c The Parent Company Trap www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party Fux News has managed to hoist itself on its own cynical, hypocritical petard once again, this time over the potential funding of the Park 51 Islamic cultural center. Jon Stewart connects the dots above. About …
