The Kryptonite Project

This project was the brainstorm of a good friend, fellow researcher and social justice activist, Nicole Nichols. She is also co-host on The Forward Blitz Blog Talk Radio Show where I am a frequent guest discussing Dominionism in American Politics. Nicole is becoming more alarmed with each passing day as we unearth the ReBiblicans who steeple-jacked the Republican Party two decades ago. She is dedicated to exposing these folks with the same sense of urgency that I am burdened with everyday.
Exposure is their kryptonite and we are spreading it like fairy dust. Support of these political candidates comes from a population of low-information voters in America that not only have the power to vote, but they show up, all the while bringing their religious zealotry into the mix, knowing as little about the Bible as they do about American politics and Civics 101.
November 6th – Election Day – is but a mere 4 weeks from tomorrow and there is no better time than now to share with you the first part of the list of candidates in every state that qualify as extremists. These candidates believe that we are a Christian nation and that separation of church and state is an evil created by secular humanists from the Dark Side – aka the Left.
I share Nicole’s concerns and we tire of hearing people respond to our concerns with comments such as, “Oh…there can’t be that many of them”, or “this seems a bit exaggerated” and so on. Let me assure you, we both have far better things we would rather be doing than researching extremism, immersing ourselves in this dark world everyday. The last thing that either of us would do is contrive this insanity – and like the saying goes, “You can’t make this stuff up!”
Take a look at this list and judge for yourselves how few you think are engaged in theocratic politics in America. If we don’t show up – they will win. Everything from women’s health issues, the passage of personhood acts, de-regulation of industries, greater tax burdens for the non-wealthy, privatization and Christianization of public education, heightened military conflict in accordance with a biblical perspective, slashing minimum wage laws, eliminating social security and medicare, the future of what our Supreme Courts will look like, the gutting of programs that help the poor…the indigent…and the downtrodden including school lunch programs and Head Start for the most vulnerable among us – and so many more – will be the reality in America.

Alabama

Rep. Josiah Robbins “Jo” Bonner – Running for re-election to Congress in Alabama’s 1^st District

• Political Stands: Pro-Life; Repeal the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act; Limited Government; Defend the Right to Bear Arms; Anti-Immigration and Dream Act.
• Endorsements: Alabama Association of Realtors; Business Council of Alabama; Alabama For Liberty; Americans For Legal Immigration; National Rifle Association; Americans United For Life.

Rep. Martha Roby – Running for re-election to Congress in Alabama’s 2^nd District

• Political Stands: Pro-Life; Defund Planned Parenthood; 2^nd Amendment Rights; Limited Government; Faith & Family are Central Roles; Anti-Immigration, amnesty and Dream Act; Repeal Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act; Pro-Ryan Budget; Maintain forces in Afghanistan.
• Endorsements: Sarah Palin; Newt Gingrich; Maggie’s List; Troy Messenger; Gun Owners of America; Hose Conservatives Fund; Susan B. Anthony List; Mitt Romney; National Republican Congressional Committee.

Rep. Mike Rogers – Running for re-election to Congress in Alabama’s 3^rd District

• Political Stands: Pro-Life; Anti-immigration, amnesty, and Dream Act; Traditional Marriage proponent; Advocates for prayer on public property including schools
• Endorsements: Americans For Legal Immigration; Numbers USA; Opelika-Auburn News; National Right to Life

Rep. Robert Aderholt – Running for re-election to Congress in Alabama’s 4^th District

• Political Stands: A staunch supporter and confidant of the “Ten Commandment Judge,” Roy Moore; introduced the Constitution Restoration Act; Pro-Life; Anti-Affirmative Action; Traditional Marriage Proponent; Prayer in Public Schools Advocate; Pro-Second Amendment; Repeal the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act; Privatize Social Security; Proponent of Coal and Natural Gas; Faith-Based Initiatives; Anti-immigration, amnesty, and Dream Act; Maintain military presence in Afghanistan.
• Endorsements: National Right To Life; Americans For Legal Immigration; Government Is Not God PAC (GING).

Rep. Mo Brooks – Running for re-election to Congress in Alabama’s 5^th District

• Political Stands: Anti-Immigration & Dream Act; Pro-Life and against Planned Parenthood; Against the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act; Advocates for the privatization of Social Security.
• Endorsements: Eagle Forum PAC; Business Council of Alabama; Huntsville Tea Party; National Republican Congressional Committee; Mark Levin; Americans For Legal Immigration; Alabama State Fraternal Order of Police; Gun Owners of America; Alabama For Liberty.

Rep. Spencer Bachus – Running for re-election in Alabama’s 6^th District

• Political Stands: Pro-Life and against Planned Parenthood as well as funding for contraception; anti-Affirmative Action; Traditonal Marriage Proponent; Ban Gay Adoptions; Advocates Prayer in Public Schools; Strong on 2^nd Amendment Rights; Repeal Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act; Privatize Social Security; Proponent of the Coal and Oil Industry; Faith-Based Initiatives; Anti-immigration, amnesty, and Dream Act; Expand the Armed Forces; Maintain military presence in Afghanistan.
• Endorsements: U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Business Council of Alabama; National Rifle Association; Americans For Legal Immigration; Central Alabama Fire Chief’s Association; National Association of Realtors

Don Chamberlain – Running for Congress in Alabama’s 7^th District

• Political Stands: Pro-Life; Repeal Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act; 2^nd Amendment Proponent.
• Endorsements: Operation Black Storm ( a Tea Party effort to claim a non-racist agenda); Rolls Royce, L&L Industrial Supply; Carol Hendrickson; Birmingham News; Change the Congress in 2010; Combat Veterans For Congress.

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Who Hid The Thorazine?

I’ve been thinking that it really can’t be easy being a right-wing, hate-mongering, disgruntled, paranoid, old curmudgeon who wakes up every morning with a hard-on for the world. That’s got to be a really hard thing to be.

We, on this end of the political spectrum, really ought to have, at the very least, a modicum of sympathy for these damaged and delusional douche-bags who revel in giving us heartburn and headaches – our life is a piece of cake compared to the daily grind that these people have to endure. I mean, just dreaming up the caustic and bilious prevarications and slanders that they produce must be very tiresome, indeed.

I mean, look at this William Federer, for instance. He’s a fifty-five-year-old, wannabe congressman, looking to score a few more points with the radical, ridiculous, religious right, so he delves deeply into that twisted psyche of his an hatches a prophecy that is beyond irrational.

According to Federer, it is not beyond the scope of rational thought to believe that at some time, pre-election, probably in October, there will be a “fake attack” on the life of President Obama, to which Obama himself is party to. He further “foresees” that the attack will then be blamed on the Tea Party. All of this will be accomplished to assure Obama’s reelection.

Now, this little jewel surfaced a couple of weeks ago, and Federer is pushing it everywhere possible. Last Saturday, on Focal Point, the American Family’s Talk Radio show that bills itself as “Muscular Christianity,” Federer furthered his prophecy by saying that it is possible that the President would intentionally bring about a war between Iran and Israel which he could then use as a pretext to take control of the radio, TV and internet. Or else Obama might fake a plot on his life that can be blamed on the Tea Party, which was just the sort of strategy that Joseph Stalin used as an excuse to kill millions of his enemies!


When asked if he believed that Obama would actually do those things, he replied, “"if you can vote to kill innocent babies, what can't you justify?"


I swear, sometimes I think I woke up in a parallel universe where someone left the asylum doors open, and we ran out of Thorazine.

The Culture War – “Head For The Sound Of the Guns”

Richard Viguerie, one of the founders of the "Moral Majority," isn't a very happy camper. He isn't at all satisfied with the fact that his beloved right-wing zealots have waged a radical war on women, immigrants, children, the poor, and the elderly, or that they have been successful in disenfranchising voters across the country with their discriminatory voter ID laws. Nope! That just isn't good enough.

Poor Richard. He wrote a lengthy article today bemoaning the liberal agenda that is ruining this country. With the typical hyperbolic rhetoric that is endemic to those on the religious right, Viguerie cited this week's convention, wailing...

"In-your-face liberalism was on full display in Charlotte this week. Democrats
offered a truly radical vision of the future that would fundamentally remake
American society and challenged Republicans to engage them on issues from
abortion on demand to abolishing the biblical definition of marriage."

He then went on to bash the Republicans claiming that aside from Rick Santorum's speech, no one spoke on the right-to-life issue and that Republicans seemed "almost embarrassed to mention the social issues."

Praising Tea Party wave that swept Republicans back into control of the House of Representatives in 2010, he cited what he called "new principled conservative faces," the likes of which he named: Wisconsin Governor, Scott Walker; and Senators Marco Rubio, Mike Lee, and Rand Paul, and further claimed that the current "...lack of stomach for the battle on the cultural issues has large, and
negative, consequences for the establishment Republican Party."

He ended his screed by ominously stating, "It is time for conservatives to head for the sound of the guns in the culture war, to fill the holes in the ranks left by the Republican establishment, and to lead the battle against Barack Obama's radical secular liberal vision for America."
Perhaps Richard needs to be reminded that the last time another right-wing nut job mentioned guns and a war on liberals, there was a tragic shooting in Arizona. But, then, if you're a right-wing crazy, I guess you have an excuse for being irresponsible.

Separation of Church & State????

You only thought there was such a thing as separation of church and state. In this election year we are being smacked right in the face with the ugly fact that such a notion is just a pipe dream. As churches across America pick up the "Take America Back For Jesus" mantra, the radical religious right is fueling their gusto with may staged events all around the country.
In what seems to be an endless litany of scripture bastardizations, and a chorus of not so subtle amens, one event after another is being announced to coerce and badger their huge flocks into marching enmasse to the voting booths in November to cast out the evil black President and replace him with something far more sinister.
The latest? They aren't waiting for that Sunday before election day. On Sunday, September 8, the Family Research Council, and the American Family Assoiciation, both of which are designated hate groups, will present a live, streaming simulcast from the First Baptist Church of Charlotte to over 2,000 churches and home groups nationwide.
According to their membership email:

FRC President Tony Perkins will serve as host for the simulcast which will also feature former Senator Rick Santorum, actor and producer Kirk Cameron, Shirley Dobson, and video messages from Franklin Graham, and Dr. Fred Luter, the new president of the Southern Baptist Convention.
"iPledge Sunday: A Call to Faith, Family, and Freedom,"the simulcast will gather Christians from across the country to celebrate Christian citizenship and exhort Christians to rise up on Election Day and make their voices heard. Over 2,000 churches and home groups are pledged to participate in what is expected to be the largest nationwide pre-election gathering of Christian voters.
Prior to the simulcast, FRC President Tony Perkins, Sen. Santorum, New York City Councilman Fernando Cabrera and Bishop Harry Jackson will hold a news conference to pre-view the simulcast and discuss the role of values voters in this year's election. Both can be streamed live online for those unable to attend in-person.

This is but the beginning of the onslaught that church-goers are in for. Scripted sermons, voter packages, voter drives, and lots of instructions to circumvent the separtion of church and state laws are already going out to clergy across the country. The bully pulpits are not going to wait...they will raise their ugly fists, spew their hell-fire and brimstone, and intimidate their brain-washed and cowed congregations into submission by November 6th, come hell or high-water.