Christian Loudmouths Unhappy with "The Kingdom of Heaven"

Christian conservatives to do battle against crusader film

Christian conservatives in America are marshalling their forces against Sir Ridley Scott’s forthcoming crusader epic, The Kingdom of Heaven, claiming the film is insulting and unfair.

Is there anything Christian Conservatives don't find insulting and unfair to them?

Scott said he has tried hard to be fair to both sides in his film, which depicts the 12th-century battle between Muslims and Christians for Jerusalem.

Bob Waliszewski, director of Plugged In Film Review, a programme heard on 300 US radio stations, said the film depicted Christians as “mean-spirited”, while Saladin, the Muslim leader, was shown as a chivalrous knight.

"The Bishop of Jerusalem is a coward who deserts his flock, and most of the crusaders are driven by greed rather than piety," he said. "This is not how Christians I know see each other..."

Aww...poor guy. How unfortunate for him to have reality intrude on his fantasy world where all Christians are good and pure and benevolent.

From the US Dept. of Disappeared Bad News

Situation: report released citing highest terrorism activitiy since 1985, when data was first tracked.

Logical conclusion: BushCo policies re: terrorism are failing miserably.

BushCo response: cancel the report. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. Everything is fine. Please go about your business. Nothing to see here. War on terror is progressing swimmingly.

JPII Legacy

A pornographic celebraton of death

I am not Catholic. Yet, it's difficult not to feel the sorrow of
millions of devotees at the loss of Pope John Paul II. I cringe at calling anyone whose name isn't Jesus "Holy Father," but there's no doubt that John Paul II was indeed a great man, a shepherd worthy of the outpouring of love and grief that blanketed the world...

Squeeze me? A great man?? A shepherd worthy of an outpouring of love?? What woman in her right mind could have such lavish admiration for a mysoginist the likes of JPII? He did nothing for women's rights and plenty against. And what of his approval for his Cardinals' condemnation of -- and blatant misinformation regarding -- condoms as the most reliable bulwark against AIDS ravaging Africa?

The rest of the article makes good points. Ms. Samples reminds how the media fell all over themselves comparing Bush to JPII while blatantly skipping over the fact that the Pope was against most everything Bush stands for: war, the death penatly, trampling the poor in favor of the wealthy (in spite of the lavish accoutraments which addorn Catholicism, its leaders and its places of worship that could be sold, the proceeds of which could nearly wipe out poverty the world over). Oh yeah, and there was the whole pedophile priest thing. Media didn't make any mention of the Pope's handling of that.

We're not Power-Hungry! Just Greedy...and Stupid

DeLay asks GOP colleagues in Senate to blame Democrats for his troubles

House Republicans intend to follow the script later in the week, hoping to showcase passage of bankruptcy legislation and estate tax repeal as a counterpoint to Democratic charges that they are merely power-hungry.

Perhaps someone should point out to House Repugnants that showcasing crass legislation that did nothing but grab more money (power) for their wealthy benefactors isn't, perhaps, the best way to illustrate that they aren't power hungry.

Then again, if it works, the Catholic priesthood should try it. "Before you judge us for molesting young boys, we'd like to point out all the work we've done molesting girls", the priesthood could say in an effort to counter its relationship with altar boys.

Culture of Life, My Ass!

"Culture of Life" preaches death, quotes Stalin.

The Stalin quote used -- to suit the current rabid furor (or is that Führer?) in regard to "judicial activism" -- is "Death solves all problems: no man, no problem".

Culture of life, indeed! Of course, this says nothing of the fact that these Christian "patriots" are using an Atheist and a Communist (the two biggest boogy men to the Christian Reich) as a guide. Do they have ANY idea of what the definition of "hypocrisy" might be??! They're quoting a communist to promote the MURDER of judges for upholding the rule of law and calling it a culture of life. A better description would be "Culture of delusional morons".

The same guy who upholds Stalin as having a perfectly reasonable solution to "activist judges" then turns around and skewers a judge he presumes to be a Communist. "Kennedy should be impeached because his philosophy, evidenced in his opinion striking down an anti-sodomy statute, 'upholds Marxist, Leninist, satanic principles drawn from foreign law.' " -- Edwin Vieira quoted here. First of all...WTF?? Satanic principles drawn from foreign law?? And second of all...Hello??!

Vieira quotes Stalin (a communist) but abhors Marx and Lenin. No clear hypocrisy there.

Oh, and don't forget to bring up gays. And foreigners with their foreign law, of course. What an absolute bonk job! How can anyone take these Cult-of-Lifers seriously??