Tag Archives: Max Blumenthal

Conservatives for Palin & civility: Fairly unbalanced

By Mel | Published: Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Is it really a good thing to be complimented for "courage" by a blogger at the Conservatives for Palin website? Well, mainly it's a lot of work. It's nice to be called courageous, sure, but even better is to be represented honestly and in context.
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Haiti: Disaster profiteering v. helping Haiti rebuild for Haitians

By Mel | Published: Friday, 15 January 2010
"We have to be absolutely clear that this tragedy — which is part natural, part unnatural — must, under no circumstances, be used to, one, further indebt Haiti and, two, to push through unpopular corporatist policies in the interest of our corporations" (Naomi Klein). How can we help rebuild Haiti for Haitians?
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James Dobson’s God is a child abuser, & so is Jerry Prevo’s

By Mel | Published: Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Max Blumenthal's new book Republican Gomorrah talks among other things about corporal punishment in Christianist practices of child discipline -- practices taught by Focus on the Family leader James Dobson and, at least in 1985, Anchorage Baptist Temple pastor Jerry Prevo.
Posted in No Way Way, The incredibly true adventures of Rev. Jerry Prevo | Also tagged , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments