Andre's Executive Order

"And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth." -Genesis, 1:28 This single verse has had a powerful impact on western culture. While fairly simple and straight forward, it forms the religious foundation upon which consumerism, and manifest destiny are justified and things like climate change are denied. The state of humanity is understood to be an ongoing project to subdue and control the natural world, and the conquest of nature and the planet is seen as God's will and therefore just in all actions and most methods. This, itself, has had some terrible consequences for our country. But for some, like Ted and Raphael Cruz it doesn't stop at conquest of the natural world. ' Dominionism ' is a theological approach that reads more into Genesis 1:28 than most ...

The birther movement is finally over after Obama releases his long form birth certificate, giving the critics everything they wanted and have been demanding! As if. Not only have the birthers not thrown in the towel, but they have called fraud, doubted the document, and ramped up their demands as to what they need to see from this president to, in theory, legitimize him: college transcripts seem to be the next document du jour, but make no mistake, this too would be inadequate. Compare this situation to Bush v. Gore in 2004. The popular vote suggested and in fact was ultimately concluded to have made Gore the winner of the general election. Democrats were outraged at the supreme court decision that handed the presidency to Bush. However after the decision and the rage and the snarling, the vast majority of democrats dug in to accept the unfortunate reality that George W. Bush was their president. Six months after the ruling, the idea of protesting Bush on that grounds was considered mo...