Alert: Tonight 7 PM "A High-Tech Lynching in Prime Time"

[mia]

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/24/opinion/24rich.html?hp

A High-Tech Lynching in Prime Time
By FRANK RICH

Published: April 24, 2005

Whatever your religious denomination, or lack of same, it was hard not to be swept up in last week's televised pageantry from Rome: the grandeur of St. Peter's Square, the panoply of the cardinals, the continuity of history embodied by the joyous emergence of the 265th pope. As a show of faith, it's a tough act to follow. But that has not stopped some ingenious American hucksters from trying.

Tonight is the much-awaited "Justice Sunday," the judge-bashing rally being disseminated nationwide by cable, satellite and Internet from a megachurch in Louisville. It may not boast a plume of smoke emerging from above the Sistine Chapel, but it will feature its share of smoke and mirrors as well as traditions that, while not dating back a couple of millenniums, do at least recall the 1920's immortalized in "Elmer Gantry." These traditions have less to do with the earnest practice of religion by an actual church, as we witnessed from Rome, than with the exploitation of religion by political operatives and other cynics with worldly ends. While Sinclair Lewis wrote that Gantry, his hypocritical evangelical preacher, "was born to be a senator," we now have senators who are born to be Gantrys. One of them, the Senate majority leader, Bill Frist, hatched plans to be beamed into tonight's festivities by videotape, a stunt that in itself imbues "Justice Sunday" with a touch of all-American spectacle worthy of "The Wizard of Oz."

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[mia]

1. Religion-Gov't Circus Attack Senate Filibuster

This is a promo.
http://www.lightonthehill.tv/webcast/justice_500k.html

Does anyone know where I can watch this online?

[housewolf]

5. Here

http://www.lightonthehill.tv/webcast/loth560_250k_live.html

[roguevalley]

2. where can we find out if this clown fest is beamed to our tellies?

[mia]

3. link to watch it online

http://www.lightonthehill.tv/justice.html

[POAS]

6. They have an email link for

Q&A

I suggest everyone email and ask why they hate America.

[Helga Scow Stern]

7. Can't get it, just the cheesy ad for church brainwashing. Must be too busy

[hootinholler]

8. Can't get it either...

Maybe you had to pre-register and get a cookie?

-Hoot

[mia]

9. don't have to register

try again

http://www.lightonthehill.tv/justice.html


Chuck Colson pulled out the Schaivo card. Not good for them.
Republicans I know were against government involvement.

[hootinholler]

10. Ok, only the 56k link works. N/T

[Mist]

4. WTF?! speaker says "right now children are kneeling on the

steps of the Supreme Court" Anyone know anything about that? Pickering speaking now. I have imperfect streaming, as it's dial-up.

[mia]

11. They just showed a picture of Blanch Lincoln (Republican?!)

...with her phone number.

Thought she was a Democrat