Talking Turkey: Ten Myths Conservatives Believe About Progressives

I want to recommend reading Sara Robinson's article "Talking Turkey: Ten Myths Conservatives Believe About Progressives" (see the link at the bottom). I share for you here the myths. She does a great job of explaining why these myths are false. Remember that what you see here are the myths, not the truths. You must read her article for the truths about these.

1. Liberals hate America.

2. Liberals want to leave us defenseless in the face of evildoers around the world.

3. Liberals hate the free market.

4. Liberals hate our troops.

5. Liberals are a bunch of elitists who hate decent working- and middle-class Americans.

6. Liberals are against "family values."

7. Liberals want to raise our taxes.

8. Liberals are Godless—and therefore, amoral.

9. Liberals don't believe in personal responsibility.

10. Liberals are wimps.

http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2008114825/talking-turkey-ten-myths-conservative-believe-about-progressives

Faith and Public Life

I am a strong supporter of the separation of church and state. I oppose any effort towards establishing a theocracy here. I do not regard our nation as a Christian nation. I support the right of all to choose their faith or to aver they subscribe to none. Even more I look forward to the day when we can elect a non-Christian as president.

All that said, I do think that faith is an important and integral part of the private and public lives of our nation and its citizens. I have principles that come from my faith and guide (not dictate) me in the choices I make as a voter and as an activist. For more than two decades faith as a factor in how we engage ourselves in public life has been extremely one-sided, at least in public view and dialogue. For some years now there has been a growing groundswell of people of faith who do not share the one-sided views that have held the spotlight.

I want to encourage my readers to learn more about this growing dialogue and community. Please take a look at this web site:

http://www.faithinpubliclife.org/

To corsicate

A proposal for the Twenty-first Century Political Dictionary*

Corsicate: to fabricate, gather false stories and data, and publish such information in a publication with the goal of smearing, maligning and defeating its intended target. This is done without regard for veracity, ethics, or the harm to the intended target or anyone associated with the target.

Corsinian: behavior in the manner of corsicating (see to corsicate).

Corsi, Jerome: the person who developed the art form of corsication.

(* If there is no such dictionary, there should be!)

Will candidates for president risk our fragile environment?

Will candidates for president risk our fragile environment to win needed contributions for their campaign? Will they endanger our already threatened oceans and air for personal political gain?

I will not contend that corporate donations play absolutely no role in the Obama campaign, but the renewed and improved support from Big Oil for John McCain since his reversal on off-shore drilling (is this an example of flip-flopping?) shows how far he will go. I recommend reading Matthew Mosk's article in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601891.html