Tornado Alley (PROG)

[migo]

very good article.
this underscores the rift in the country, and why the "healing" is such a hard process. There are too many making hay on rhe pain and suffering of others: whether it is in the domain of religion or politics. viz. the GWOT


The holy blitz rolls on


Pastor Rod Parsley of the World Harvest Church
AP file photo

The Christian right is a "deeply anti-democratic movement" that gains force by exploiting Americans' fears, argues Chris Hedges. Salon talks with the former New York Times reporter about his fearless new book, "American Fascists."

By Michelle Goldberg

Jan. 08, 2007 | Longtime war correspondent Chris Hedges, the former New York Times bureau chief in the Middle East and the Balkans, knows a lot about the savagery that people are capable of, especially when they're besotted with dreams of religious or national redemption. In his acclaimed 2002 book, "War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning ...