Pernicious Lies
Nov. 18th, 2003 12:17 pmAfter having a hold on it for a couple of months now, I've gotten my hands on Al Franken's book Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them
It's difficult to read, not in that the prose is particularly dense or inane - Franken has a very light, humorous touch, but simply infuriates me the depth and breadth of the wool that's being pulled over the eyes of the American public. The lies perpetrated by the Religious Right makes me want a flaming sword and a license for chastisement - it'd be another thing entirely if one of the top ten no-no's wasn't lying.
Urg. I got a little worked up last night talking to Dru about this - I considered for a moment writing my father (who's economically conservative, and doesn't think much about social issues) and begging him to not vote Republican this next election, or I might have to move to Canada. Or Ireland. Or New Zealand. I hear it's nice there this time of year, and then I can begin my study of their eating habits - they, unlike most Americans, might have an idea of what mutton is.
I was rather heartened this morning to find out that the Massachusetts court has ruled in favor of gay marriage, and a Liberal religious group has been formed, the Clergy Leadership Group, to counter the really bad rep the Religious Right has been giving American Christians. Go them.
It's difficult to read, not in that the prose is particularly dense or inane - Franken has a very light, humorous touch, but simply infuriates me the depth and breadth of the wool that's being pulled over the eyes of the American public. The lies perpetrated by the Religious Right makes me want a flaming sword and a license for chastisement - it'd be another thing entirely if one of the top ten no-no's wasn't lying.
Urg. I got a little worked up last night talking to Dru about this - I considered for a moment writing my father (who's economically conservative, and doesn't think much about social issues) and begging him to not vote Republican this next election, or I might have to move to Canada. Or Ireland. Or New Zealand. I hear it's nice there this time of year, and then I can begin my study of their eating habits - they, unlike most Americans, might have an idea of what mutton is.
I was rather heartened this morning to find out that the Massachusetts court has ruled in favor of gay marriage, and a Liberal religious group has been formed, the Clergy Leadership Group, to counter the really bad rep the Religious Right has been giving American Christians. Go them.