Lou Dobbs on CNN
Watching Lou Dobbs Tonight on CNN today I was struck by how biased the "news" program was. Most of the program was a slanted anti-free trade monologue. Dobbs interviewed AFL-CIO spokesmen on the SBC strike but no one from the corporate side. Dobbs played up the outsourcing part of the SBC dispute although it was actually a side issue in the dispute. While this is an issue that does deserve full discussion Dobbs approach is so one-sided one can't count on getting good information. Dobbs needs to be outsourced to a real journalist.
Friday, May 21, 2004
Wednesday, May 19, 2004
KFAQ's anti-Islamic Ad
I'm getting a lot of hits on our posting about KFAQ Radio's anti-Islamic commercial. Seems that a lot of national organizations have identified that ad as going over-the-top in fomenting religious hatred. I would agree with such an assessment.
That is not to say that criticism of religions or religious extremists should be off limits. I'm one of the first to both criticize and poke fun at some religious beliefs and behaviors. I fully respect everyone's right to excercize their religious beliefs and as I heard someone on the radio say today, we should not just tolerate others but respect them. That doesn't mean we have to respect their ideas or keep silent on disagreements.
The trouble with KFAQs commercial is that it is designed to appeal to religious hatred by creating a straw dog to beat and may go beyond that to foment hatred. I suspect KFAQ may be doing this for crass commercial reasons as well. There is the added responsibility of anyone who uses the PUBLIC airwaves, as KFAQ does, to BE responsible.
Islam is a wholly unappealing religion to me. I like Muslims but I don't care for muc of their religion. It's too restrictive. I've read the Koran and find much of it oppressive and intolerant of what they call "infidels".
But to be fair, I'm not interested in the kind of Christianity that "the Church" fabricated post AD 300 either. I like Christians but much of the dogma that passes for "Christianity" today is repulsive. The Old Testament can be especially violent and intolerent of non-believers and other religions.
What amazes me is how we humans just believe what someone tells us to. Ask the average Christian why they believe in a trinity of God and less than 1% will even be able to answer and never have heard of the Nicene Creed and how three church leaders established the Trinity as dogma in 325 AD. Same goes for just about any "organized" religion I know of.
I'm getting a lot of hits on our posting about KFAQ Radio's anti-Islamic commercial. Seems that a lot of national organizations have identified that ad as going over-the-top in fomenting religious hatred. I would agree with such an assessment.
That is not to say that criticism of religions or religious extremists should be off limits. I'm one of the first to both criticize and poke fun at some religious beliefs and behaviors. I fully respect everyone's right to excercize their religious beliefs and as I heard someone on the radio say today, we should not just tolerate others but respect them. That doesn't mean we have to respect their ideas or keep silent on disagreements.
The trouble with KFAQs commercial is that it is designed to appeal to religious hatred by creating a straw dog to beat and may go beyond that to foment hatred. I suspect KFAQ may be doing this for crass commercial reasons as well. There is the added responsibility of anyone who uses the PUBLIC airwaves, as KFAQ does, to BE responsible.
Islam is a wholly unappealing religion to me. I like Muslims but I don't care for muc of their religion. It's too restrictive. I've read the Koran and find much of it oppressive and intolerant of what they call "infidels".
But to be fair, I'm not interested in the kind of Christianity that "the Church" fabricated post AD 300 either. I like Christians but much of the dogma that passes for "Christianity" today is repulsive. The Old Testament can be especially violent and intolerent of non-believers and other religions.
What amazes me is how we humans just believe what someone tells us to. Ask the average Christian why they believe in a trinity of God and less than 1% will even be able to answer and never have heard of the Nicene Creed and how three church leaders established the Trinity as dogma in 325 AD. Same goes for just about any "organized" religion I know of.
Monday, May 17, 2004
Appealing to Religious Hatred
The following is a transcript of a commercial that reportedly aired numerous times on KFAQ radio in Tulsa. I didn't hear this one but reader Mark sent this in:
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Intro voice: " Michael DelGiorno on standing up for what's right ..."
Michael DelGiorno (KFAQ's Tulsa morning radio personality):
"Allah is not the God of this nation, but this is exactly the agenda of Islam: to change our government from within through politics and through tolerance and inclusion -- alter our culture.
But make no mistake about it, their goal is not to be one of many gods and one of many religions, it’s to be the God and the religion of the entire Earth.
Christians you better start speaking up, and standing up for what’s right, it’s already too late in Michigan…
How much longer before it's too late right here at home?"
Closing voice: "... Michael DelGiorno, weekday morning, 5:30 to 9.... Tulsa's talk radio 1170 KFAQ"
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Amazing...
The Plurality Project had the following to say about DelGiorno:
Radio Host Says: Allah is Not the God of this Nation
• On May 2, 2004 The Council on American-Islamic Relations released in its Hate Hurts America campaign the audio recording of radio-talk show host Michael DelGiorno. He says in it that "Allah is not the God of this nation, but that is exactly the agenda of Islam: to change our government from within through politics and through tolerance and inclusion -- alter our culture. But make no mistake about it, their goal is not to be one of many gods and one of many religions, it's to be the God and the religion of the entire Earth. Christians you better start speaking up and standing up for what's right."
(May 2, 2004, The Council on American-Islamic Relations)
Read the full story
The following is a transcript of a commercial that reportedly aired numerous times on KFAQ radio in Tulsa. I didn't hear this one but reader Mark sent this in:
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Intro voice: " Michael DelGiorno on standing up for what's right ..."
Michael DelGiorno (KFAQ's Tulsa morning radio personality):
"Allah is not the God of this nation, but this is exactly the agenda of Islam: to change our government from within through politics and through tolerance and inclusion -- alter our culture.
But make no mistake about it, their goal is not to be one of many gods and one of many religions, it’s to be the God and the religion of the entire Earth.
Christians you better start speaking up, and standing up for what’s right, it’s already too late in Michigan…
How much longer before it's too late right here at home?"
Closing voice: "... Michael DelGiorno, weekday morning, 5:30 to 9.... Tulsa's talk radio 1170 KFAQ"
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Amazing...
The Plurality Project had the following to say about DelGiorno:
Radio Host Says: Allah is Not the God of this Nation
• On May 2, 2004 The Council on American-Islamic Relations released in its Hate Hurts America campaign the audio recording of radio-talk show host Michael DelGiorno. He says in it that "Allah is not the God of this nation, but that is exactly the agenda of Islam: to change our government from within through politics and through tolerance and inclusion -- alter our culture. But make no mistake about it, their goal is not to be one of many gods and one of many religions, it's to be the God and the religion of the entire Earth. Christians you better start speaking up and standing up for what's right."
(May 2, 2004, The Council on American-Islamic Relations)
Read the full story
US Senator Nickles Spotted at Cockfight in DC
As The Onion reports, a group of US Senators were spotted at a bloody cockfight in DC recently. See the report and the photo of Nickles at The Onion.
As The Onion reports, a group of US Senators were spotted at a bloody cockfight in DC recently. See the report and the photo of Nickles at The Onion.