Getting cable (C-Span, etc.) without giving money to Murdoch
Sun May 22, 2005 at 01:09:18 AM PDT
This was originally a comment I made in this thread:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/5/21/101836/832#107
If I could pick and choose which stations I will have access to and pay my money to, I'd get cable. I would love to be able to opt to get just C-Span, HBO, Comedy Central, the Discovery Channel, Sci-Fi, etc. (the stations I watched primarily when I did have cable) and not pay a penny to Fox, CNN, etc. (and they can be blocked out from my TV too). In fact I'd pay a little more (given extra paperwork, etc.) for this ability to pick and choose rather than take the whole bundled package.
The rapture and environmental carelessness: a slap in God's face
Mon Apr 11, 2005 at 08:08:41 PM PDT
Is it just me, or is it not very disrespectful to God the Creator to trash this beautiful planet He has given us? "Dominion over the Earth" does not mean we can (or should) do whatever we want with it, even desecrate it. It means, in my mind, God saying to us, "here is this beautiful planet I created for you. I expect you to care for it out of respect for me." If you give your kid a beautiful gift you crafted with your own hands, and that kid trashes that gift because he decides he won't long have use for it, is that not a slap in the face to you who lovingly crafted that gift for your kid? We'd call that kid a spoiled brat and would encourage the parent not to give him such gifts again, until he learns some appreciation for what is given him.
Framing--it's the Dominionist Right, not the "Christian" Right
Sun Nov 28, 2004 at 04:08:47 AM PDT
I've been thinking about this a lot lately. Most Americans, including a lot of liberals and Democrats, use the term "Christian Right" when referring to the likes of Falwell and Robertson, and their political puppets such as Santorum, Frist, DeLay, etc.
I think this is a mistake.
Bush the blasphemer--can we target his base using those subliminal "halo" photos?
Sun Oct 24, 2004 at 06:35:56 AM PDT
While reading the "British Satanist" diary I thought of something.
You probably all know about those pictures of Dubya with "haloes" (done by juxtaposition with the presidential seal), the word "LORD", and whatnot, as this site shows.
I wonder if some organization could put an ad out in fundy red states showing a montage of these pictures and accusing Bush of blasphemy for allowing such subliminal suggestion of divinity of his person (use the word "subliminal" in some way--these are the folks who believe there are "subliminal messages" in rock music, they understand the concept and it sounds diabolical to them).
