Since the Pope’s visit to the U.S. is still being discussed here, I thought I’d mention a sneaky act of propaganda, courtesy of the Bush regime, that I caught on my car radio right before leaving the country for ten days. A local radio station broadcast the ceremony for the Pope at the White House. The part of it that I heard was a men’s chorus singing the Hymn to Mass Murdering Our Fellow Citizens, also sometimes referred to as the “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Apart from questioning the propriety of singing a war anthem to the Pope, several … Continue reading More on the Pope’s Visit