#1 - Check out this ad: http://www.winbackrespect.org/ads/ It's a bang-on contrast of the incredible human toll of the Iraq War and Bush's unbelievably flippant attitude. There are also some ads further down on the page, and I would especially recommend "History" as well.
#2 - Today in the New York Times, Nicholas Kristoff investigates what the Bible really has to say about homosexuality (free registration required to read the column). Here are some highlights:
Over the last couple of months, I've been researching the question of how the Bible regards homosexuality. Social liberals tend to be uncomfortable with religious arguments, but that is the ground on which political battles are often decided in America - as when a Texas governor, Miriam "Ma" Ferguson, barred the teaching of foreign languages about 80 years ago, saying, "If English was good enough for Jesus Christ, it's good enough for us."
While homosexuality never made the Top 10 lists of commandments, a plain reading of the Book of Leviticus is that male anal sex is every bit as bad as other practices that the text condemns, like wearing a polyester-and-cotton shirt (Leviticus 19:19).
As for the New Testament, Jesus never said a word about gays, while he explicitly advised a wealthy man to give away all his assets and arguably warned against bank accounts ("do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth").
Likewise, Jesus praises those who make themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven, but conservative Christians rarely lead the way with self-castration.
#3 - Bush probably lied about his work for a project for inner-city kids (he says he ran the program voluntarily, evidence suggests he had to work there - but not run the program - because he got into a little trouble with the law). Why am I not shocked?
I can't take any more right now - but I'll have more links later.
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