Godless heathens?

Oh, there's just no bottom for morally retarded Republican campaigners these days. Courtesy of Politico.com:

http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/1008/Dole_still_keeping_the_faith.html
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Sen. Elizabeth Dole’s latest advertisement suggests her Democratic opponent, Kay Hagan, is a godless heathen.

“A leader of the Godless Americans PAC recently held a secret fundraiser for Kay Hagan,” the 30-second spot says, showing footage of the group’s members talking about their atheist beliefs on cable news.

“Godless Americans and Kay Hagan. She hid from cameras. Took godless money,” the ad concludes. “What did Kay Hagan promise in return?”

At the very end of the ad, a voice sounding like Hagan's says: "There is no God."

The ad is airing across North Carolina.

The ad bases the charge on Hagan’s attendance at a netroots fundraiser on her behalf that was hosted by two advisers of the Godless Americans’ political action committee. According to its website, the group advocates for atheists' rights.

Hagan is holding a press conference with her pastor and family this afternoon to rebut the charges. Hagan is an member (and elder) at the First Presbyterian Church in Greensboro.
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Yup, they're willing to lie, cheat and distort, and say that this church elder who teaches at her church's Sunday School is godless...and even worse, they're willing to treat Americans who are atheists like second-class citizens, who have no right to participate in the political process.

I've never had anything against Liddy Dole, but anyone who approved this ad deserves to lose this race. Can we all rally behind Kay Hagan and get the votes out on this one?

I arm-wrestled a bee!

I arm-wrestled a bee (and lost).  OK, actually a very nice editor for Imbibe Magazine, who was dressed as a bee, for the first prize in last night's Portland Spelling Bee.   She and I couldn't successfully spell the Round Six words, so we were forced to settle it with (non) brute strength in front of a cheering crowd.  True story.  

Pictures to come soon--as soon as Jim emails them to me.  Hooray for Hannah the Bee...she was victorious.  Buzz.  :)

Victorian bondage gear?

OK, now that you're paying attention...my doctor says I have an unstable ankle.  My ankle is deeply insulted.  He gave me a black lace up brace with double cross over straps.  If that sounds sexy, be assured that it's really not.  

$150,000 on clothes from Joe Six-Pack?

Yup, while the stock market tanks and our economy unravels, Palin was doing her part by spending $150,000 from the Republican National Committee to improve the economy at Saks. All that $ to dress her and her family in the latest and greatest clothes and makeup, including getting her 7 year old daughter Piper a Louis Vuitton bag.

Though you can see their point--check out the last photo but one in the slideshow, to see how she dressed before.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/palin-clothes-spending-ha_n_136740.html

And here I thought Joe Six-Pack shopped at Target. Silly old me.

Consumer vs. Citizen

OK, I've had enough of being referred to as just a consumer. When did "American consumer" become synonymous with "American citizen"? Listen to CNN or Fox, and you will hear the word consumer at a ratio of about 30 to 1 to the word citizen. Enough! We are not locusts, measured entirely by our ability to strip the fields (and malls, and car dealerships, and jewelry shops) clean. The extent to which the word "consumer" has replaced the word "citizen" (or even the word "American") is a symbol of how corporate marketing, greed and easy credit have overwhelmed the classic idea of citizenship with a tidal wave of shopping. I want to take back the word citizen--you know, someone with duties, responsibilities and rights as a proud American--and not just the right to slap down my platinum card to buy some piece of junk. Americans are producers, and family members, and voters, and church (and temple) goers, and thinkers, and engineers. Let's ditch the "consumer" label, once and for all.