WWJB? Who Would Jesus Bomb: Moderate Jesus

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Sunday November 20, 2005 · 7:31 AM PST

2005/11/20 · 07:31

For our second to final entry in our mini-series on Who Would Jesus Bomb we turn to Moderate Jesus. As you may recall when we previously checked in with Conservative Jesus and then Liberal Jesus, this series takes a look at the stereotypical response of thoughtless folks intent on remaking Jesus in their own political image. This is not about Real Jesus (ie. JC: the final entry in the series will cover our speculation on WW(Real)JB?) Today our task gets the toughest as we tackle Moderate Jesus (or MJ as opposed to JC). Toughest because as Moderates the editors here at RealityBased.Info are as moderate as we can afford to be given the current insanity contolling the White House, so this exercise involves some serious self-critique and willingness to poke fun at ourselves. With that challenge in mind please join us below the fold for the Bombing Targets for Moderate Jesus (BTMJ): Read More

GOP: Resign Delay! Poll

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Tuesday April 12, 2005 · 2:02 AM PDT

2005/04/12 · 02:02

Okay so some sanity appears to have been retained in the G.O.P. and they are wanting to cut their losses. Moderate Republican Rep. Shays (CT) is calling for Delay to resign as House Majority Leader!

Republicans air concern over DeLay
Shays calls for him to resign as House majority leader

Monday, April 11, 2005 Posted: 6:43 AM EDT (1043 GMT)

Rep. Tom DeLay was admonished three times last year by the House Ethics Committee.

DeLay is under fire after report of possible ethics violations.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Private GOP tensions over Tom DeLay's ethics controversy spilled into public Sunday, as a Senate leader called on DeLay to explain his actions and one House Republican demanded the majority leader's resignation.

"Tom's conduct is hurting the Republican Party, is hurting this Republican majority and it is hurting any Republican who is up for re-election," Rep. Chris Shays, a Connecticut Republican, told The Associated Press in an interview, calling for DeLay to step down as majority leader.

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Friday April 08, 2005 · 12:12 PM PDT

2005/04/08 · 12:12

Finally the Senate Democrats are reaching the Anger Stage of the Five Stages of Grieving over how we all have been hoodwinked by the Bush Administration's so-called "Curve ball" and the stealing of a second election. Its about damn time!

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Bush making enemies of some scary folks

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Saturday April 02, 2005 · 11:00 AM PST

2005/04/02 · 11:00

Bush Co. is pissing off some pretty scary folks now. These actions do not demonstrate savvy political tactics -- but savvy, of course, is not a "W" trademark.

So, now, his enemies include (but are not limited to):

The CIA

The FBI

The world intelligence community

The Judicial Branch

China

Russia

But the most fearsome: AARP (Sane people don't go there.)

Treason by the Bush Admin: Dismantling the Judiciary

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Saturday April 02, 2005 · 1:20 AM PST

2005/04/02 · 01:20

'Activist judges', a disturbing new phrase, conceived by neo-conservatives and employed by the Bush Administration, has recently entered the American lexicon. Now, a conservative group of lawyers, known as Judicial Watch, proposes to define for us what 'Legal Activism' means (see: http://www.judicialwatch.org/5267.shtml).

Historically, the judicial branch was endowed with the respect and trust of the American people. In court, we rise when the judge enters the chamber as a demonstration of respect for our judicial system and the law.

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Stop U.S. Election Rigging Now!

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Thursday March 24, 2005 · 9:53 AM PST

2005/03/24 · 09:53

If you can make it to this event on Saturday you'll be thankful you did. This is a follow-on to the "Election Rigging 101" National Teach-in in Oakland from last month. The Silicon Valley Alliance for Free and Fair Elections which RealityBased.Info and OVC are members of announces:

Stop U.S. Election Rigging Now!

Date: Saturday, March 26

Time: 2:00pm-5:30pm

Location: St. James Senior Center, 199 North Third Street (N. 3rd & E. St James in the NE corner St. James park), San Jose, California

Meet Penny Little, the producer/director of the upcoming movie "Electile Dysfunction," as she finishes the filming of her movie! Learn how our election system can be rigged and how to stop it from speakers Alan Dechert, president of the Open Voting Consortium, Jim March, board member of Black Box Voting, Emily Levy from the Richard Hayes Phillips Project, and Peter Drekmeier. See movie clips and participate in an action planning session. Hear live political music by Laramie Crocker!

Event contact info: Lara Shaffer, 831-419-0758, lara(at)openvoting(dot)org, OpenVoting.org

(more details below)

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Friday March 18, 2005 · 8:57 AM PST

2005/03/18 · 08:57

The morning after St. Paddy's and the editors of RealityBased.Info are bleary-eyed and sporting headaches from the revelry last night. However we plunge on in our quest for Truth, Justice and the American Way. Yesterday we started on our short series exploring just Who Would Jesus Bomb anyway (see WWJB? Who Would Jesus Bomb? : Conservative Jesus). This builds off of the premise that in some ways Jesus is in the eye of the beholder and that people overlay their own political template over Jesus and God when they want to justify murder and mayhem. Today our task gets tougher as we tackle Liberal Jesus (or LJ as opposed to JC). Read More

WWJB? Who Would Jesus Bomb? : Conservative Jesus

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Thursday March 17, 2005 · 1:25 PM PST

2005/03/17 · 13:25

Being St. Patricks day we thought this was the perfect time to ask the really daring question: WWJB? Who Would Jesus Bomb? Here at RealityBased.Info the editorial staff have been puzzling over this question quite some time and so far we've drawn a blank. Somehow our impression is that the the Spirit just isn't all that interested in that whole maiming and slaughtering thang.

However our analysis has lead us to understand that in some ways Jesus is in the eye of the beholder. So instead of talking about Jesus Christ (JC, Son of God and all that) we've come up with three potential targeting lists that we'll explore: Conservative Jesus, Moderate Jesus, Liberal Jesus. Take a look and help out by adding to our Bombing Targets for (x) Jesus (BTxJ). Read More

IRA and UDA Are Just Crims. N. Ireland Wants Peace!

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Tuesday March 15, 2005 · 6:39 PM PST

2005/03/15 · 18:39

This is the way it REALLY is in the North of Ireland: the people just want peace. Its the organized criminal terrorists on both "sides" that are trying to keep things hot. Normal, average, everyday people just want peace.

And what does this have to do with America ? Everything! It is the Irish-Americans sending $$$ back to the auld country who are keeping this thing alive. Truly, for God's sake and for the sake of the human beings in Ireland, DON'T SEND MONEY TO TERRORISTS ON EITHER "SIDE"!!! THEY ARE JUST THUGS! SIDE WITH PEACE AND WITH THE PEOPLE! And making this statement is how this Irish-American will celebrate Irish-American Heritage Month and St. Patrick's.

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The McCartney sisters from Belfast:

"We want the people in America to know that any romantic vision they have of the struggle should now be dispelled."

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Civil Religion (Not Christianity) is America's Religion

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Friday March 04, 2005 · 1:12 PM PST

2005/03/04 · 13:12

The nonpartisan, nonprofit 501(c)(3) Foundation for American Communications (FACs, pronounced "facts") works towards better journalism through education. (By the way, many bloggers might be interested in checking out their Journalist education programs) Out of their program "Journalism, Religion and Public Life", comes the following offering:

Civil Religion in America that makes the point Civil Religion (Not Christianity per se) is America's Religion. More below the fold... Read More

"Liburals", Faith and the Founding Fathers

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Thursday March 03, 2005 · 12:57 PM PST

2005/03/03 · 12:57

If we as Liberals, Progressives and Moderates want to progress America we must rejoin the public discourse on faith. The fact is that faith is an enormous factor in setting the direction for the nation. Our Values, Attitudes, and Beliefs (VAB) are fundamentally shaped by our spirituality. Yes some components of our relationship with our Higher Power are private matters, yet our VAB and spiritual perspective directly impacts our civil values. Its silly to say that Leftists, Liberals, Progressives and Moderates should be silent in public about their values while the Conservatives and Rightists go to town. That would essentially be a unilateral disarmament that doesn't help anyone. We must enter the public market-place of ideas and assert that values like torture, violence and war don't represent us.

A Fireside Chat with Washington, Lincoln and Siegfriedt

Pastor Karen Siegfriedt

"...Why is it so verboten or scorned by liberals today when earlier Presidents, including George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, freely invoked God and religion in the politics of their days."

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WWJB? Who Would Jesus Bomb: Moderate Jesus

GOP: Resign Delay! Poll

Dems Finally Reach Anger Stage!

Bush making enemies of some scary folks

Treason by the Bush Admin: Dismantling the Judiciary

Stop U.S. Election Rigging Now!

WWJB? Who Would Jesus Bomb? : Liberal Jesus

WWJB? Who Would Jesus Bomb? : Conservative Jesus

IRA and UDA Are Just Crims. N. Ireland Wants Peace!

Civil Religion (Not Christianity) is America's Religion

"Liburals", Faith and the Founding Fathers