HOME Sunday, July 18, 2004 Bush is Like Castro Micahel Froomkin of Discourse.net posted this article today from the Miami Herald reported about an Episcopalian Bishop in Miami, Leo Frade, born in Cuba, and his comments about Bush's plan to use churches to help build his voting base amongst church goers. Consider Frade's remarks from the article:  To Bishop Leo Frade, the Bush-Cheney strategy violates the separation of church and state. “Handing over names for partisan politics to any party would be an infraction of our tax-exempt status as a religious institution,” said Frade....  who was born in Cuba and came to the United States in 1960 as a college student.... “I’m alarmed by any suggestion of providing the names of church members to any particular political group....I saw this request made by Fidel Castro at the beginning of his regime, and his persecution of churches that refused.” Let's let the Republicans stew about this comparison for awhile.  I'm sure they won't like it one bit. But when the shoe fits....... 2:46:45 PM   | COMMENT [] | TRACKBACK [] Boys Don't Cry Added my summer 2000 review of Hillary Swank's film, Boys Don't Cry to my database. Her exceptional performance of Brandon Teena won her the Oscar for Best Actress.  In the review I talk about the film's historical relevance because of California's Proposition 22.  Today, the election of 2004 is bringing the issue of basic rights to homosexuals. Again, this film is relevant. 11:44:36 AM   | COMMENT [] | TRACKBACK [] South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut Added my review of Trey Parker's hilarious film South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut to my database. Enjoy. 11:03:20 AM   | COMMENT [] | TRACKBACK [] Blog banner taken from the oil painting "The Departure" (40"x 30") by Michael Parker, 1999. July 2004 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Jun   Aug Click on one of the calendar days to read my journal posting for that day. E-MAIL ME Film Page PREVIOUS POSTS Some Saturday Maintenance The Remaking of The Amityville Horror Woman Gives Birth While Driving Van to Hospital Moving Computers Young Adam (2003) Concert Review: Duran Duran, Astronaut 1. The Aviator 2. (tie) House of Flying Daggers 2. (tie) Hero 3. Million Dollar Baby 4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 5. Sideways 6. Hotel Rwanda 7. Finding Neverland 8. A very Long Engagement (France) 9. Before Sunset 10. Ray Honorable Mentions 2004 Duran Duran Concert On Bullying in Schools The Head Bonker 77th Annual Academy Awards Shine on Baby Oscar Predictions Sidetracked Oscar Watch: Best Short Live Action Film, Little Terrorist (India) Writer's Guild Awards for 2004 FAVORITE BLOGS    Archives July 2003 August 2003 September 2003 October 2003 November 2003 December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 MUSIC REVIEWS Mario Frangoulis Sarah Brightman's 'Harem' Spectacular Switchfoot: The Beautiful Letdown The Reinvention of Madonna Duran Duran "Astronaut" Tour U2: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb NEWS   Salon   LiberalOasis   New York Times   Slate   Tom Paine   Mother Jones   The Guardian   CNN   The Washington Post   - Start your own blog   Subscribe to this blog in   Radio: Updated Salon Blogs Salon Rankings