October 30, 2008

Followup // Sojo.net // God’s Politics

There is now a new spiritual dimension to this election, and it is decidedly evil.

God’s Politics: A Blog by Jim Wallis & Friends

Okay so despite my distaste and being an asshole about the right-wing kind of christianity, they’re not all bad. Sojo.net is a case in point of what I think the historical Jesus would have blogged.

Yes I said “what Jesus would have blogged.”
Suck it.

Obama and Revelations 13: the dumbshits are passing out nonsense

Disclosure: this is also a diary over on DailyKOS

My sister is a very active Democrat, with very liberal views, including a healthy hatred of ignorance-based right-wing bigotry. Our parents, sadly, are not this way. My father’s wife, who seems like a relatively intelligent woman, forwarded my sister some crap meme email that’s going around among the illiberal chain email circuit — some horseshit about Obama being the anti-christ or something, based on the book of Revelations.

Normally getting a dimwitted forward from your dad’s wife isn’t something to get steamed about. We just delete and move on. But, the fact that Dad’s Wife should thouroughly understand my sister’s views about this presidential race, and yet forwarded the mail anyway, is beyond thoughtless.

Sis crafted a wonderful (and withering!) response. This is the real deal, right here…

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