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"One of the most important psychological prerequisites for war is that the enemy be made to seem less than human. One of the most important prerequisites for religious faith is that every single human being be seen as fully human—precious, sacred, a child of God. This makes war and faith incompatible at the most basic level, of course, but it makes an unnecessary war into a cardinal sin." — Robin Meyers I wrote about dehumanizing before. It reminds me of Hotel Rwanda, when the Hutu called the Tutsi "cockroaches."

I'm reading Robin Meyer's book . I recommend you read this entire speech. Read some of the bullets if you're in a hurry. There's a video below where he covers some of the same stuff. "As some of you know, I am minister of Mayflower Congregational Church in Oklahoma City, an Open and Affirming, Peace and Justice church in northwest Oklahoma City, and professor of Rhetoric at Oklahoma City University. But you would most likely have encountered me on the pages of the Oklahoma Gazette, where I have been a columnist for six years, and hold the record for the most number of angry letters to the editor. Tonight, I join ranks of those who are angry, because I have watched as the faith I love has been taken over by fundamentalists who claim to speak for Jesus, but whose actions are anything but Christian. We've heard a lot lately about so-called "moral values" as having ...

Our convenience kills and enslaves poor countries and poor people. Boycott Texaco The lady's singing at first sounds like a cartoon character, it then gets very depressing.

70% of us will die from diet related chronic diseases. Michael Pollan is author of In Defense of Food and The Omnivore's Dilemma. From TakePart. And we're spending less than ever on food. From Carpe Diem Another reason to eat more locally grown fruits and vegetables.

Don't buy your pork from Hormel. If you can, buy it from a local farmer who treats pigs like they're God's creation, and not like he's God.

Just when you thought the water was safe. The redneck sounding fisherman is actually an environmental hero.