Christian Life Resources - Another Scam

I frequently check out the website of Christian Life Resources  (CLR) to see what distortions are showing up on their site. [CLR was a group originally established as a pregnancy counseling service affiliated with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Church (WELS). Over the years, however, it has become increasingly politically active and can be identified with conservative causes far removed from its original mission.] Today I noticed an article which cited the American College of Pediatricians. Don't be fooled. This is a sham organization of socially and politically conservative persons using the word "pediatrician" as a guise to imply it is a professional organization like the legitimate American Academy of Pediatrics. It is not. It is really more of a Religious Right hate group like Tony Perkins' Family Research Council, rather than a real medical organization. In fact, I think it's fair to say that the medical community regards most of their pronouncements as scientific quackery.  CLR should be ashamed to depict this group as a legitimate scientific authority.

Thoughts at the End of April

• One of the suggestions on my Twitter page for who I might be interested in following is Darrell Issa! Something is seriously wrong with their algorithm.
• Latest from Calgary Ted Cruz: "Obama is not a disaster because he was a senator. Obama is a disaster because he’s an unmitigated socialist, what he believes is profoundly dangerous, and he’s undermined the Constitution and the role of America in the world." Why would I ever care about anything he says after that? (Not that I really cared before.) I don't have time to listen to everyone, and this statement puts his credibility at zero.
• Hate monger Franklin Graham is once again blaming Obama for Christians being killed in Iraq. And he is once again blaming it on Obama's "Islamic upbringing". First of all, it's obvious that Graham didn't take me up on my suggestion (see my post of 3/14/15) that he go to his pastor and confess his sin and ask for forgiveness for bearing false witness against the president. Fortunately for Graham (and all of us sinners) God is patient. Mr. Graham still has time to repent. Secondly, Franklin Graham needs to review the history of the Iraq War (and not the make-believe one on Fox News). The Christians in Iraq were pretty much doomed the day that Bush invaded. A million or more fled and many were killed during the Bush years, including some who were beheaded. (I don't remember Graham's outrage then, do you?) Criticism of Obama is certainly reasonable, but to pretend that the problem began with ISIS is dishonest. (Mr. Graham can be forgiven for that sin, too.) If the Religious Right was so concerned with persecution of Christians, they should have opposed Bush's war from the start.
• I see that George W. Bush has weighed in on Obama's Middle East policy. It seems that he believes it could lead to chaos. Well, I am willing to concede that nobody probably knows more about causing chaos in the Middle East than GW. But now that Bush has joined the likes of Dick (and Liz) Cheney, William Kristol, John Bolton, and others in disapproving of the policy, I'm thinking that what better endorsement could Obama receive than having this discredited roster opposed to you?

Jindal Is Clueless

There are many things to be puzzled about with today's Republican Party. But one of the most puzzling (and scariest) is that Bobby Jindahl is still taken seriously. Matt Taibbi gives us one more example.

Warning for All

Here's a useful rule of thumb for all. If a sentence begin with the following three words, you can be assured that what follows will be filled with hate: "Franklin Graham says...."