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  • Jesus Was No GOP Lobbyist
    29 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    A tortured version of his message is being marketed for political gain
    What would Jesus filibuster? The question is bizarre, of course, but the fact that many prominent religious and political leaders believe that there is an answer surely marks our time as pretty strange.
    How quickly it has all happened - that the media, particularly television, has convinced itself that Christianity is little more than a Republican political action committee. When the pope died, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer (…)

  • WOID #XIII-2. Review: Beginning of the End for the End of the Beginning?
    25 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Perry Anderson, "Dégringolade." London Review of Books, September 2, 2004 http://www.lrb.co.uk/v26/n17/ande01.html
    Perry Anderson, "Union Sucrée." London Review of Books, September 23, 2004 http://www.lrb.co.uk/v26/n18/ande01.html
    Perry Anderson, La pensée tiède. Un regard critique sur la pensée française, with a response by Pierre Nora. Paris: Seuil, 2005 Symposium: "The End of French History? Perry Anderson Dissects ’Neo-Liberal’ France" With Michael Christofferson, Eric Fassin, (…)

  • YET ANOTHER RAT ZINGER: HE’S A WAR CRIMINAL
    22 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Hal Womack 3-dan
    The new Pope alias the Despicable Joseph Ratzinger was the leading Vatican player promoting Bush Junior’s election campaign last year. JR issued an edict to the American hierarchy instructing them that the supreme issue in the US election of 2004 was the use of police powers to lock up abortionists. JR made it clear to US Catholics that the Vatican preferred the candidacy of George Bush, supposedly on that ground.
    US Catholics voted for Bush over Kerry by a margin of (…)

  • Christian Theologian calls for response to 9/11
    20 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    David Ray Griffin asks the tough questions about Sept. 11, contending U.S. officials had some knowledge of what was coming and possibly orchestrated the attacks.
    Griffin, whose book, "The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions About the Bush Administration and 9/11," came out a year ago, drew an enthusiastic standing ovation from the majority of the 400 or so people who packed his lecture Monday night at Bascom Hall.
    A retired Christian theologian, Griffin, 65, taught for more than 30 (…)

  • New Pope had brief stint in the Hitler Youth Movement
    19 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Ratzinger was just elected Pope, this was written a few days before his victory.
    Justin Sparks, Munich, John Follain and Christopher Morgan, Rome
    THE wartime past of a leading German contender to succeed John Paul II may return to haunt him as cardinals begin voting in the Sistine Chapel tomorrow to choose a new leader for 1 billion Catholics.
    Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, whose strong defence of Catholic orthodoxy has earned him a variety of sobriquets - including “the enforcer”, “the (…)

  • "As the Arabs see the Jews"
    19 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    "As the Arabs see the Jews" His Majesty King Abdullah, The American Magazine November, 1947 Summary
    This fascinating essay, written by King Hussein’s grandfather King Abdullah, appeared in the United States six months before the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. In the article, King Abdullah disputes the mistaken view that Arab opposition to Zionism (and later the state of Israel) is because of longstanding religious or ethnic hatred. He notes that Jews and Muslims enjoyed a long (…)

  • The J word, the J people and the J spot
    19 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Gilad Atzmon
    Many of us, the critical voices of Zionism and Israel, have already realised something: it is advisable to avoid using the ‘J’ word. Once you use the ‘J’ word you had better expect some serious trouble. But in fact, this is not entirely true. You can safely apply the ‘J’ word, you just have to make sure you say the right things. For instance no one is going accuse you of being a racist for flattering the ‘J’ people with some incredible positive superlatives. No one will cause (…)

  • The Pope Cartoon
    11 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    I never miss the Al Jazeera cartoons, which are almost always right on the money.
    After the passing of Pope John Paul II, Al Jazeera published a mildly critical cartoon alluding to the lack of action by the vatican in many world events. However I was quite surprised to realize that after the first day, the publishers modified the cartoon. I wonder if other viewers noticed the same thing.
    Why were these changes made and who made the final decision??
    Claude-Woof

  • Boos And Catcalls Greet Bush At St. Peter’s
    9 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Boos And Catcalls Greet Bush At St. Peter’s Der Spiegel April 08, 2005 Rome: It was a historic moment: George W. Bush was the first president of the U.S. to participate in burying a Pope - despite his controversy with the Pontiff over the Iraq War. When his image flashed on a huge outdooor TV screen, the multitude gathered for the funeral of Pope John Paul II had a pointedly unpleasant message to communicate to the U.S. president. Loud booing was heard, when on a large television (…)

  • The death of a Reactionary Pope
    7 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Helen Back
    THE MEDIA haze of kind words and rosy reminiscences about Pope John Paul II can’t change what the man was in real life—a hard-line right-winger who saw his mission as defending the most backward institutions and traditions of the Catholic Church.
    Obituaries for John Paul—born Karol Wojtyla—mentioned his humble beginnings in Poland, then governed by a so-called communist government that repressed the Catholic Church. Named pope a few years before the Solidarnosc general (…)