Religions, America and the World

[dotinthesky]

"In a society that believes in nothing, people who believe in anything can appear to have great power. But this says more about how isolated and atomized we have become rather than reflect their true power."

- paraphrased from The Power of Nightmares

Comments

[4q.livejournal.com]

that's amazing

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

It was a brilliant documentary. I learned a lot from it. I never knew, for example, that Republicans were originally against Religion and the State coming together. They showed Republican rallies with speakers defending the rights of women to have abortions! But, once they made alliances with the religious right everything changed.

[4q.livejournal.com]

ha ha isn't that funny that everyone goes where the money is.

Oh I must email you. i have good things to talk about

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Good! I'll await your email.

"Money changed Everything"

-The Smiths

[i-am-scowling.livejournal.com]

whoa whoa whoa! i would put down good money to see that in action. once again: DAMN THE EVANGELICALS.

i wish i could've seen that documentary.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Check out the BBC website and see if they have any info on how to acquire it.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

By the way, I might have to call you soon to interview you about the Lake of the Woods. ;)

[4q.livejournal.com]

yes you must! Sorry I haven't written about it yet. I just haven't had time. the one thing I will tell you is that it's very green. lol

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

No worries. I could tell you were busy. ;)

My novel is set there so I need to get the spirit of the place from you. When is a good day to call?

[4q.livejournal.com]

everyday!

but really anyday except tuesdays are good for me. on the weekend is always good :)

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'll call you this weekend ok? It depends on a few things, but I'll email and let you know if I can. Send me your home's phone by email cause I don't have it.

[4q.livejournal.com]

well call whenver is convinent for you. <3

and yes I will email the phone number, I just emailed you the other email

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Cool. Thanks!

[tete-glitter.livejournal.com]

Eu queria ver esse documentário :(

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Quem sabe nao passa em algum canal a cabo ai?

[tete-glitter.livejournal.com]

I hope so. Mas deve demorar meses pra isso acontecer...

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Acho que nao! Talvez voce possa escrever para a BBC e perguntar.

[tete-glitter.livejournal.com]

Boa idéia :)

[vilia64.livejournal.com]

What can I say? I didn't vote for him-

But I check that site everyday for the news they don't broadcast out here- it's more and more like a dictatorship in the states. That was a great article. I'll be in hiding 'till '08....

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I would like to know how many Americans who were able to vote didn't bother...

[vilia64.livejournal.com]

Well normally only 30% of the actual country votes, but this time it was a whopping 50%. But there's been talks of hacked voting machines, how Kerry was supposed to have won, tampered ballots, blah blah blah-

I will not have faith in this country until all the Bushes and their crummy Administration are out of office- then I'll come out from under my blankets- haha

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Your country needs to sort out its voting system. Even Brazil, supposedly so backwards, has a system that is working. We have moved from the written ballots to electronic ballots, and all political parties have independent supervisors making sure there is no tampering with them.

[vilia64.livejournal.com]

Don't I wish!

But, that'll be the day-

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Is there no way that the government can stop each state from independently setting up its own voting system?

[vilia64.livejournal.com]

I don't think so. My government's too cheap to spend money on making sure that all the voting is done within set guidelines. They'd rather not spend money to ensure an honest election when they can spend billions and kill my countrymen and people in foreign lands- where's the fun in that?

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I have a friend in Sacramento who works for Calpirg, this organization that lobbies for environmental issues. Maybe the solution would be for people to spread the word, to get more proactive. Your country has four years to prepare itself for the next election.

[vilia64.livejournal.com]

We'd better get started then-

But the road is rife with bible-thumping, backwoods, war-mongering, money funneling, women and minority opressing, cheating, theiving, creepy. white Republicans.......

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

You forgot "inbreds". :P

[vilia64.livejournal.com]

Haha- I was going to, but wasn't sure if the government was monitoring emails- haha

To continue:

........inbred, swayed-back, po-dunk, white trash........

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they were thinking "those motherfuckers insulted my mama and my papa! Just cause they are cousins it don't mean it's wrong!"

[vilia64.livejournal.com]

Or brother and sister- who wants to pay for two weddin's? haha

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Also keeps the money in the family.

[vilia64.livejournal.com]

hear hear

[i-am-scowling.livejournal.com]

best icon ever.

[ephemeritis.livejournal.com]

I love the fact that you and I watch the same programmes. :D

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Used to... now I spend my evenings fighting with a ballpoint pen and a notepad. I'm sure you have similar feelings towards your collages. ;)

[ephemeritis.livejournal.com]

Can I see an excerpt?

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I suppose... I'll post a tinsy winsy paragraph tomorrow. :)

[suede.livejournal.com]

you can be president of the states with only 27% of the votes, thats anti-democratic

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

What's worse are the thousands who chose not to vote and participate in the political process.

[suede.livejournal.com]

some people think thats cool
idiots