Archive for the ‘American Superstitions’ Category

Obama, Assassination, and the Antichrist Conspiracy Chip Berlet on the connections Randall Gross Nov 19, 2011 [Link: http://www.talk2action.org/story/2011/11/19/153758/35/Front_Page/Obama_Assassination_and_the_Antichrist_Conspiracy] Even if the shooter is a thorough crackpot his delusions did not form in a vacuum. Hate sites like Prison Planet, Atlas Shrugs, and Farrah’s World Net Daily all do most of the heavy lifting for these [...]

10 Signs God Is Furious With the Right Whatever disaster strikes, there’s always an upside in religious rightland, always somebody to point the finger at with glee. Let’s turn the tables. September 16, 2011  | Editor’s note: the following is satire… for the most part. Why is it that whenever disaster strikes, right-wing religious nuts [...]

When Religious Pandering Goes Too Far? by Hemant Mehta I’m used to politicians pandering to religious Americans. There’s more of them, so there are more votes to be gained by speaking their “language.” That coupled with the fact that President Obama is a Christian just meant we could expect a lot of religious references in [...]