Oct
4
Scarlett's Stuff
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Posts tagged politics
Aug
26
OBAMA IS SELLING A COFFEE MUG WITH HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE ON IT AND ON THE OTHER SIDE IS HIS FACE AND “MADE IN THE USA” I AM ACTUALLY CRYING
Yes, this is a real thing we sell in our store!
(via somehigherplace)
Nov
5
BREAKING NEWS: "Disruptive" protester whose behavior led to the arrests of several people trying to withdraw funds from Citibank was an undercover cop.
It’s worth the read, I won’t summarize it here except to say that when you contrast this news with the ongoing mainstream media blackout on the protests, it strongly suggests that the protests are significantly threatening the status quo - much, much more than they’re letting on. You don’t go through the bother of “infiltrating” a group and trying to generate bad press if the group has no message and no traction.
The NYPD’s tactics are right out of the 1968 playbook against the protesters at that time. Especially Kent State.
typical.
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming …
These protests are just the beginning. Our system is broken, and the time frame of being able to fix it has passed. It’s only a matter of time till the pebble initiates a landslide.
(via oldvengerturtle)
Oct
6
House GOP triples budget to fight same-sex marriage
- $1.5 million in funding to prevent gays from marrying source
» Don’t forget, this is taxpayer money, allocated by House Republicans to their legal counsel to defend DOMA in court. It was originally capped at $500,000, but that limit has since been tripled.
I’m reblogging this because this is an utter joke. A cruel, sick, twisted joke.
(via foundorfollowed)
Sep
3
“To many Christians their immense privilege seems invisible. They don’t understand how much of our society panders to their unspoken power. The churches on every corner, the holidays and celebrations structured around Christian dates, the pandering of politicians, the ceremonial deism that acts as a placeholder for state-sponsored religion. Even our vernacular is colored by Christianity: “God bless you,” “we’ll pray for you,” “I’m in heaven,” or even “go to hell.” Yet despite this, many Christians, particularly conservative Christians, have a major investment in seeing themselves as part of a persecuted minority. This was reinforced for me in the comments section of a recent post at the journalism commentary site Get Religion. There, I was informed that Michele Bachmann was part of a religious minority, and that due to mainstream media criticism “one has to speculate that perhaps Christians are a small minority in the United States.”
Where does this inaccurate perspective come from? How can a group see itself as a minority when it holds so much power?” Invisible Christian Privilege (via dallowayward)
Where does this inaccurate perspective come from? How can a group see itself as a minority when it holds so much power?” Invisible Christian Privilege (via dallowayward)
(via suchcharminglives)
