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Jul 04 2008

links for 2008-07-04

Posted by terrance in daily links

Christian Nation: Bush Moves Big Bucks to Religious Organizations

Even worse, Bush wants to ensure that faith-based organizations receiving federal funds can discriminate in their hiring on the basis of religion.

(tags: religion)
Jayne Lyn Stahl: The Rapture Party

With this talk of doing the Lord’s work, his recent professions of pulp patriotism, his defense of McCain’s military service, and references to Ronald Reagan, not to mention response to Supreme Court rulings overturning the death penalty and the D.C. hand

(tags: religion politics)
Obama’s Faith-Based Folly

After last week’s capitulation on FISA and his endorsement of capital punishment, I wasn’t sure where he’d retreat to next.

(tags: religion politics)
Why I’m Not Patriotic

It’s July 4th again, a day of near-compulsory flag-waving and nation-worshipping.

(tags: politics)
Obama Turns Centrist

If the Democrats wouldn’t nominate the exciting, progressive candidate for President in the past, this time the exciting, progressive candidate simply became a centrist as soon as the primaries were over.

(tags: politics)
What Patriotism Is, and Is Not

At the beginning of the week, a friend sent me a scurrilous, anonymous e-mail

(tags: politics)

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