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Author: B. John

Society Religion 

Zach and Ex-Gay "Ministries"

June 12, 2005 B. John 445 Views

Making the rounds of the blogoshpere is the blog of 16 year old boy who came out to his fundamentalist parents. They had him committed to a Tennessee-based “re-education” facility. Some Ex-gay ministry called Love In Action.

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General Politics 

Prison Roommate for Delay

June 12, 2005January 25, 2012 B. John 352 Views Tom DeLay

A defense contractor with ties to Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham took a $700,000 loss on the purchase of the congressman’s Del Mar house while the congressman, a member of the influential defense appropriations subcommittee, was supporting the contractor’s efforts to get tens of millions of dollars in contracts from the Pentagon.

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Politics 

Cheney Criticizes Dean–Of All The Nerve

June 12, 2005January 25, 2012 B. John 314 Views Dick Cheney

According to an AP report, Dick Cheney said in a Hannity & Colmes interview to be broadcast Monday that Howard Dean is “over the top.” Dick (fuck you) Cheney call the Democrat’s chairman, “not the kind of individual you want to have representing your political party.”

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Politics Society 

Jesse Hopes Jesus Reads

June 11, 2005January 25, 2012 B. John 374 Views Jesse Helms

Former Sen. Jesse Helms acknowledges he was wrong about the AIDS epidemic, but believes integration was forced before its time by “outside agitators who had their own agendas,” according to advance proofs of his memoir.

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Society Religion 

Get Your Honorary Doctoral Degree Here

June 10, 2005January 25, 2012 B. John 409 Views

According to the Bishop of the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church, it means more than an academic degree one earns.

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Society 

Another Small Miracle

June 8, 2005January 25, 2012 B. John 1168 Views

Early this morning, I had to run a quick errand. As I was backing out of the driveway, the sun glimmered off some fine water droplets on a strand of spider web.

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Politics 

What Goes Around …

June 8, 2005January 25, 2012 B. John 299 Views

Apparently in 2001, Abramoff got two tribes to pay $25k each to sponsor an event for a group Norquist heads, and the price included a private meeting with W. You can read the whole story here.

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Business Economy Politics 

Tobacco Settlement from $120B to $10B

June 8, 2005September 29, 2018 B. John 307 Views

The Justice Department is no longer asking the tobacco industry for $130 Billion to combat the 50 year industry-wide conspiracy against smokers and without reason or explanation, they have lowered the penalty down to $10 Billion.

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Politics 

Republican Strategy At Work on Dean Already

June 7, 2005January 25, 2012 B. John 326 Views

My how we Democrats love to eat our young.

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Society 

Creating A Culture Of Peace

June 7, 2005April 29, 2018 B. John 1218 Views
This entry is part 5 of 36 in the series Deep Thoughts

“Peace is more than the absence of war, it is the presence of justice.”

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Society 

Conservatives Afraid of Thoughtful Books

June 6, 2005January 25, 2012 B. John 294 Views

Human Events, the National Conservative Weekly newsletter asked a panel of 15 conservative scholars and public policy leaders to help us compile a list of the Ten Most Harmful Books of the 19th and 20th Centuries.

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