{"id":2001,"date":"2011-01-04T09:30:22","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T14:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=2001"},"modified":"2011-01-04T11:07:07","modified_gmt":"2011-01-04T16:07:07","slug":"%e2%80%9cgod%e2%80%99s-politics%e2%80%9d-the-dollar-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=2001","title":{"rendered":"\u201cGod\u2019s Politics\u201d @ The Dollar Store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I sometimes get accused of focusing too much on the religious right and not giving the religious left a fair hearing. While I don\u2019t actually think this is the case, a few years ago I decided to put an end to such accusations. I went to the library and borrowed the book, \u201cGod\u2019s Politics\u201d by <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Jim Wallis\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jim_Wallis\">the Reverend Jim Wallis<\/a>, founder of <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Mars Pathfinder\" rel=\"geolocation\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=19.13,-33.22&amp;spn=1.0,1.0&amp;q=19.13,-33.22%20%28Mars%20Pathfinder%29&amp;t=h\">Sojourner<\/a>\u2019s Magazine. Wallis is known for being the liberal counterpart to <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"James Dobson\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Dobson\">James Dobson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After reading his book, I had a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?page_id=2004\" target=\"_blank\">lot of criticisms of it<\/a>. In fact, I have sort of developed a bit of strong dislike for the man and admit that I love to pick on him whenever the opportunity arises. Last week, the opportunity has arisen.<\/p>\n<p>I went to a dollar store (The <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Dollar Tree\" rel=\"homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dollartree.com\/\">Dollar Tree<\/a>) and found that they were selling the hard cover version of Wallis\u2019s book\u2026 for a dollar. As far as books go, hard cover books in the dollar store means only one thing. The book is done. No one is buying it\u2026 not even for a dollar. 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