Fault Lines - Politics, Religion and the Tea Party

[MalchikBlue]

9:50 "The principles of our law and our constitution come directly from Moses."

Yeah, I bet they do. I especially like where the law dictates what I can eat and the fabrics of my clothe. If I remember correctly, adultery and working on the sabbath doesn't condemn anyone to death.

[doctordude]

Sometimes I'm embarrassed to be an American,. 

[Smael64]

19:11

Lol that is so old school

[Smael64]

11:06

When the video gets to the tea party

[Smael64]

4:10

Get back in the kitchen!

[TheChainsOFMisery]

all the brightest scientific minds of our time should abandon what they're doing(in their respective fields) and unite to work on a way to disprove god(and any other deities)

one day people will look back at these times in disbelief just like we do with the middle ages(or greek and roman gods which are now accepted by all to be "mythological")

the sooner that time comes,the better...its scary to think a WORLD LEADER believes in fairytales...peoples lives and futures are in these morons hands

[tmywil1]

The left is on the march!! Right wing Conservatards should be concerned as the gravy train for the elites is coming to an end.. ;-)

[heavypizza]

3:56 HIDE THAT JOINT!

[gemathena]

The Christian right has no concept of history. They give Jesus a bad name.

[harvestech]

Halleluiah... Ass Hole.....

Oh, BTW Ass Hole..... is also a Greeting in My religion.

[andretaris]

Wow...The conservative right = Scary stuff............ talk about taking a step backwards. It seems funny that these people are so set on getting a black man out of the white house that they don't have their own countries interests in mind.

[crystal9154]

How bout this novel idea: Unless you are physically or physiologically handicap, you should pull yourself up from your bootstrap and not expect others to pay for your way. And someone who thinks abortion is wrong, should not be forced to cover it in their insurance.

Aside from that, I pray Obama is gone in November so we can heal this country.,

[rickylefebvre]

@crystal9154 How about this novel fact: The economy is shit and jobs are scarce. People I know have extreme difficulty finding work; one friend didn't get a job for over a year, even though she went nearly every other day. Saying that you should just "get a job" is being utterly ignorant to the problems.

[boumar19721972]

@rickylefebvre Capitalism is just like any other "isms", it doesn't work and will never work. The questions you need to ask yourself;"Where does money come from? Who print's it and how is it distributed to the masses?" Answers: /watch?v=EewGMBOB4Gg and /watch?v=4Z9WVZddH9w

[AntidoteY]

@boumar19721972 Those are good questions to ask.

[wetglove]

If I was off Earth for the last thirty years, when I got back, this would be the best clip to watch, to catch up with what's really going on in the USA.

[fxnooodle]

Dear AlJazeera, why not to a documentary on the following topics: how Obama received funding from Gaza in 2008, how his father was not a US citizen (hence Obama is unqualified to be president), what passport Obama used to go to Pakistan in the 80s, how he has undermined the US military, or HOW HE HAS DESTROYED THE US ECONOMY? How is that for a news story?

[blossomsbounty]

@fxnooodle So where is it in American law that states a child born to an American mother on American soil is disqualified to run for president? Or did you school not cover this subject? If you want to take a look who ruined our economy try taking a hard look at the past 30 years... Who put us in debt? That would be people like Regan, Bush Sr. and Jr. - the one who put the hand break on spending was Clinton. Or do you think "debt" resets when a new president takes office?

[fxnooodle]

@blossomsbounty Obama's father was not a US citizen. A "natural citizen" is someone who has no foreign affiliation. What passport did Obama use to go to Pakistan in the 80s? It was FDR who started Social Security. It was LBJ who started Medicare and "war on poverty". It was Jim Carter that started the Community Reinvestment Act that forces banks to lend to uncredit-worthy lenders. It was Obama that has spent more in 2 years than all the other presidents COMBINED.

[MalchikBlue]

@fxnooodle If you think Obama has single-handedly broke the economy, than you are completely delusional and possibly retarded. The economy has been on a one-way track to collapse since the eighties. The downward spiral all started at Reaganomics.

[boumar19721972]

@MalchikBlue Capitalism doesn't work and it will never work. /watch?v=4Z9WVZddH9w

[runtoth3abyss]

@fxnooodle apparently you've never read the constitution where as long as you were born in the U.S. you are a citizen, it doesn't matter if your parents are foreign or not. And for the record Obama was born in Hawaii. You sir obviously never passed out of second grade history class.

[fxnooodle]

@runtoth3abyss Here is Section 1 of the 14th amendment honey: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the JURISDICTION THEREOF". "Jurisdiction thereof" means your mother and father are US citizen at the time of your birth. Obama was born in Hawai but his father was not a US citizen. Therefore, Obama is a NATIVE born citizen but not a NATURAL born. Here is the proof: "what passport did Obama use to go to Pakistan in 1981?" It can't be the US!

[fxnooodle]

@runtoth3abyss Here is another thing. During Obama's time in Indonesia, he attended a hardcore Islamic school which foreign national was banned from. Who paid for Obama'c college tuition? Why did he have a Social Security number in Conneticut? Why don't he release his college transcript? What about the articles he wrote in Harvard Law Review?

[scienceandhiphop2011]

Excellent documentary

[ArabMobster88]

wow....AlJazeera blows puts all the American news companies to shame. Imagine if CNN or MSNBC broadcast-ed this??

[BIBLEisMARKofBEAST]

Satan rules the world with holy books.

[dfgyuhdd]

overmusic'd

[warionumbah1]

@MrDarthmaul123 if im a low life WTF does that make u?what kind of dumbass sucks a fictional hedgehog's dick?

[warionumbah1]

if we join forces we can finish the stupid sonic fantards and help this generation of kids to live a happy life. all u hav to do is subscribe to antisonicenterprises to make a difference.

[MrDarthmaul123]

@warionumbah1 wow what a lowlife dumbass who whines over a fictional hedgehog

[krew666666]

of course you know that al-jazerra is just another disinfo propaganda outlet...distracting you from the real problems Though you might not grasp the meaning,Wahdah Khanfar director of the media outlet has recently resigned after it was discovered he was meeting with the CIA. agents ..wanting the channel to alter its media(propaganda),lolo

[krew666666]

the sad thing is,all the candidates have sold out to the very people who are attacking this countries morals,attacking Christianity,and pushing perversion on our youth through Hollywood,and grade school sexual education...despotism always follows the Jews....

[krew666666]

being an atheist,it took a while,but finally after looking at history,and countries that embraced atheism,the barbarity of man towards man is astonishing...I would rather live in a christian nation,than one of atheists....Religious people ,for whatever reason,there chemical makeup,need a crutch ....and God is it for them...

[Aznforlife2]

Ron Paul 2012. Restore America Now.

[newsradiohead]

Great episode.

[TZIDuffman]

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[SprayVomit]

@TZIDuffman skyrim!!

[TZIDuffman]

@SprayVomit XD yes i felt like putin this childish comment on a political video

IM THE FIRST XD!!!!!

[Stevie68000]

Jew curse Christians.

[cladny]

"The fear of the lord is the beginning of knowledge." -the Bible. WOW I didn't think it explicitly said it. WOW

[doneverest88]

I love being an atheist

[AntiSonicEnterprises]

My studies show that politicians especially target Sonic fantards more than any other type of user on YouTube. If you are one of those politicians, come join ASE so we can drive those inferior neanderthals out of town.

[Iammram]

The Modern Day Tea Party was started in support for Ron Paul and these bastards hi-jacked it >:-I

Well done documentary...

[MrAnymeansnecessary]

11:27...Whoa! He takes his sunglasses off. Now that's EMPHASIS!

[MrAnymeansnecessary]

Christian right is the equivalent of the EDL.

[harmless911]

I lol'd at 4:25

[adda241]

22:48, nailed it.

[pugtime77]

You tea party people......Do you not believe in democracy? I don't think you are all 1%er's , so why would you vote for the GOP when they are laughing at you? You have fallen for their lies and distortions of the truth. Why don't you occassionally watch something other than Fox news? Educate yourselves on the issues. The GOP is against you!!

[annarboriter]

Excellent example of journalism.

[dunnowy123]

Religion OBVIOUSLY informs politics. It's a way of life, a belief system, that builds a person's character and morals. There is no way religion will not be a part of politics, because it defines a lot of a person's views. A lack of religion also informs this, I believe. There's no way you can truly separate, only separate the state endorsing a specific one. Then again, when there's a clear majority religion, you can't really do that either...

[MoronHunterD]

Agreed ... get the morons to do your bidding. Hats off to Corp.America.

[MoronHunterD]

The ideal candidate for the Right wing and GOP is Adolf Hitler.

They are just a bunch of backward, ignorant scum bags who are borderline Nazi.

[DaFeeldafunk]

The merging of religion and government is not a good idea. If government is driven by the ideals of one religion it will begin to oppress those with different faiths. Eventually something catastrophic will happen, and the government will become more controlling of its citizens and will take away their rights, all while under the guidance the then extremist religion.

[yourtreat2]

They're going for an "oldy but goody". The Newt. A putrid Christian to the core. A vile disciple of Reaganomis A.K.A. Voodoo Economics. Life long hero of the ignorant and god to the rich, whether they be Dems or Reps.

He's just what is required to destroy the US economy and increase the numbers of the Occupy movement to the 10's of millions.

He's our best chance for radical change that will implode the US economy, significantly increase the unemployed, and numbers of the working poor..

[Chapulinazuladomx]

commies are scum

[JAFrk]

Oh yea, i bet they dont even know what the hell socialism is. They just think its bad

[JAFrk]

12:10 yea, reduce government spending, cut taxes, reduce national debt and deficit. Are these people crazy? You cant have both and they absolutely have no clue what they are talking about. The fact that they made such an obvious fallacy shows how amazingly uneducated these people are. I bet if there was a bill that only allowed the educated the vote, republicans would shoot it down because they depend on the easily manipulable, mindless, and ignorant portion of the country to vote

[Mathenaut]

@JAFrk

If you look at the trend of elections...Republicans fair better when the voter turnout is low.

This is why so many red states have recently passed restrictive voting laws.

[Loltochapel]

@Mathenaut And that is why we must organize, mobilize and stop these bat shit loonies from gaining more power!

[mizzoulibertarian]

Why don't they talk about Ron Paul? We started the tea party.

[JAFrk]

and 9:40

Our government wasnt based off of Moses or some bullcrap that took 1000s of years to bear fruition. Its based off of Montague's idea of Checks and Balances. And guess what, Montague has true written documentation for actually existing, Moses? Bullshit

[JAFrk]

anyone voting for Bachman is ignorant. For someone who is incompetent about her own countries history and "needs prayer" is NOT qualified to run a country that was founded by DEISTS especially when she believes that America was founded on christian beliefs.

If you vote using religious beliefs as a principle, you belong in the hell you believe in.

Other people's lives is not a fking game about fairytale beings and false promises.

oy

SEPARATION BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE, GTFO OF MY GOVERNMENT

[dell1940]

Ron Paul 2012

[dell1940]

Vote for Ron Paul 2012 last hope for America 

[Loltochapel]

The Tea party when it was started under Ron Paul was a grass roots movement with legitimate concerns. Like crony-capitalism, wars for oil and empire, but since they have been coopted, they are nothing but a front for corporate criminals and religious radicals. Their constituency is made up of simple minded rural people, who do not have access to the arts, philosophy, and literature. They tend to be gullible to rhetoric that has a simple message but has no actual substance.

[Loltochapel]

The christian right is America's equivalent of jihad.

[Loltochapel]

Al Jazeera why are you defending these neobaggers? they have nothing but contempt for the arab world.

[sil2k8]

@Loltochapel Because Al Jazeera is not a bias media network.

[Loltochapel]

@sil2k8 I am not talking about the way in which they are presenting this story. I am talking about they are censoring comments when they are supposed to be neutral.

[sil2k8]

@Loltochapel I agree on that sense. 

[akeffo]

The sad fact of the matter is that the vast majority of my fellow Americans have shit for brains. So, that is why this right wing nonsense continues to succeed. The Tea Baggers, when you talk with them are dunces and most can't even spell when they make protest signs. It's a travesty.

[NewUser21111]

(((( RON PAUL 2012 )))) Vote or Die!!!!

[Redfingers]

Matthew 6:5-6 "And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.

But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you."

[Mattothee]

Dennis Kucinich for presideeent ! woo !

[GreatDepressionTwo]

(((((RON PAUL)))))

[Mortello]

[Sneezes]

Ah choo!

Oh I'm sorry Al Jazeera! Did I just say something so offensive you're gonna delete my comment yet again?!

[UniversalHourglass]

@Mortello Dicking around the internet for fun.

[MrTrenttness]

Thank you for this video...

[guardemdog]

I find the republican party heart breaking these days, the way they have embraced such hate from the extreme right. I don't understand why they have changed so much from what I grew up with. I don't want to be in an ideological war with anyone one, but they leave no choice - either fight the extreme right or ignore them and let them take over. But I find it all so depressing to stay on topic for long and their tenacity is exhausting.

[MrTrenttness]

The right wing sicken me has much has the muslims.

[XxMzt4RVLCNRYxX]

religion is gay...there are naked men touchin each other in the bible

[MercenaryBlackWaterz]

Religion has got to go...

[BeautyRadio]

I thinks it's pretty close to the truth. Since I moved out of the city to the burbs to work allot of people are driven by weird myths. I think that why they do meth they have the same TV and Internet but they revel in the own ignorance. There not stupid they just ignore the fax so they can be accepted by the group. It's a survival thing it's like if a kid from the burbs moves to the city and learns Ebonics. % wise women gravitate to it because it's safer and men go were the women are.

[itsasin1969]

I am convinced that it is the religious fundamentalists that are the root of most of the ignorance hate and evil is this word.

[NWKBricks1]

Thanks AJE for another compelling video!

[mathematics64]

Fuck religion, it screws with all societies, making a mess wherever it is found.

[DurzaGaiden]

As a Christian, I do not believe that Christianity (or any other faith) should be a cornerstone for secular policy. No matter how hard you try, you will always be viewed as a tyrant or worse when you do things like that. If you want to share your faith with others, you have to do it on a personal level.

[JimmyeDallas]

Ron Paul may have some crazy and naive ideas, but he and Huntsman are the only Republicans who aren't complete assholes or hypocrites.

[HenryDavidT]

@JimmyeDallas I agree. Huntsman is closer to a Mormon --- no drinking, betting, smoking, cheating, hypocritical finger pointing at others --- than Mitt Romney could or would ever be.

Unfortunately, in politics, decent and brighter than average men & women will NEVER go very far anywhere.

But even if the impossibility WERE to happen & either Huntsman or Paul were elected, they'd NOT be able to get anything done, since the average Dems & GOPers still control Congress.

[JimmyeDallas]

Some Americans have irrationally come to accept that a race to the bottom is the quickest way to get back on top. This is the political philosophy that sadly prevails in the GOP right now, and it reflected in their sleazy and pathetic political strategies of demagoguery, hypocrisy, and typical reactionary scape-goating on anyone who isn't a theocratic shit-disturber.

[HenryDavidT]

Whether you like some of Paul's views or not, he is NOT his retarded kid, Senator Rand Paul, from the glorious southern state of Kentucky, the state that has more drug addicts and church, on a per capita basis, than any other state, it seems....

Ron Paul, in fact, says some darn heartless things; but at least he is consistent. He panders to neither Jews nor Arabs nor any other foreign people or country, for a few votes and a lot of cash... like Obama, Newt, Romney, and all these idiots.

[AlJazeeraEnglish]

Hello from the Al Jazeera Fault Lines team - let's keep the comments here pertinent to the episode and please no off-topic or offensive comments or personal attacks.

[btigtime2]

then there is Paul.... Ron Paul

[AK8591]

typical anti-Christian propoganda

[lastpatriot4America]

so the criminals in the big churches dont want Ron Paul to win ? Truth is the enemy of the big church . I believe in God. But I dont think he likes the big church. I know he does not enjoy having his name and his word bent and twisted to suit the needs of the greedy,.See the big church. This sounds like a bunch of brain dead idiots trying to get their criminal in power. Calling themselves angelical scares me a bit.I dont think God likes that either.

[ShinsenKatanaMaster]

these guys want to disenthrall modern society from its civilized norms and return to the pre-french revolution era. could u plz stick to worshiping God in churches, not in government bureaus

[paemxia7]

Dr. Ron Paul makes this reporting bias. I'm not saying it's not true. But the huge and growing support in Iowa for Dr. Paul makes it a contradiction.

[lukeoca]

@paemxia7 No i is not false. Life is dynamic, things change and people change viewpoints (that doesn't mean they change all their values)

This report does not state that Christian Extremists will never vote for Ron Paul

[tntbadman]

Ron Paul is the only man with the answers. YEARS ago he prophesied everything that has happened, from 9/11 to the economic collapse. The rest of the candidates are just puppets.

[blahblahfeckinblah]

the guy with the cowboy hat looks like he should be riding a bomb

[mrx00666]

Money has bought both sides to work only for the corporations.

The religious right are fools, falling right into the hands of the corporations...

Fucking saps.

[thedetective22]

haha

[benmols]

19:55 Sums up the WHOLE thing. "It's a fact based world versus bronze age mythology."

[mrx00666]

Designed by Deists you fucking nutter Christians. UGH!

[wowamonn]

American version of the Taliban.

[mrx00666]

Fucking Theocratic morons...

[Abbadon380]

politics+religion=PANDORAS BOX

[benmols]

I can answer the question without watching the video: Too much of a role. It's pathetic.

[gavmcguinness8024]

Fantastic short documentary.

[Abbadon380]

THEOCRACY COMING TO YOUR HOME BEWARE OF THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT

[Abbadon380]

THIS IS WHY THE FASTEST GROWING MINORITY IS ATHEISTS(INCLUDING OTHER UNAFFILIATED DUDES)THEY SEE THE CRAP THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT DID TO AMERICA STOP THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT NOW SAVE YOUR FUTURE AMERICANS THEY ARE SCREWING YOU OVER

[kingbeatsoz]

"The more i learnt about our country, the more i learnt about the faith of our four-fathers". Are you aware that your four-fathers were Free Masons? This shows how uneducated she really is, along with the rest of the party

[schlagerhansi]

@kingbeatsoz

Nonsense. What you call Freemasonry came into existence in the 18th century. The Mayflower pp people who came to America in the 17th century were Puritans, i.e. Christian fundamentalists. They were not much better than Muslims, but they are only a minority today. What Mr. Gordon said is certainly right.

[HDaviator]

This video makes me sick to my stomach.

[Abbadon380]

@SL4yb then more than 90% of the worlds populations are retards

[SL4yb]

@Abbadon380 indeed they are.

[dapop1001]

Ron Paul is a christian but is not singing to the same hymn sheet. He understands that you can not force morals on others with laws. "It is not true that the function of law is to regulate our conciousness, our ideas, our wills, our education, our opinions, our work, our trade, our talents or our pleasures. The function of law is to protect our free excersise of these rights." ~ Frederic Bastait Ron Paul is the only candidate that has not been bought by corporate forces. Ron Paul 2012!

[schlagerhansi]

The American electorate are no fools? Why, then, did they elect Obama?

But you can't fool them twice -- look back at Peanuts, who was their worst President before Obama, he got the worst results of any defending President until today.

Wait and see if Obama can break his record ;-)

[HenryDavidT]

@schlagerhansi What? After 8 glorious years of GOP, with the DOW going from around 7,000 to 14,000 right back to 7,000 and the NATIONAL DEBT increasing from $5T to over $10T --- with the largest economy in the world doing a FREE FALL, like it's dictated by the law or GRAVITY --- America should have stuck with the GOP?

Are you just ACTING stupid or really ARE stupid?

Obama has mad a lot of intelligent people turnedd away from him, but it's NOT the economy.

[HenryDavidT]

If the economy's up to just ONE MAN, then Bush would've enabled the DOW to march right up to the 16,000 when he left office, no?

And what about the NATIONAL DEBT? Shouldn't the fiscally responsible, small-gov't GOPers have REDUCED the debt BACK to $3T instead of jacking it up to over $10T, after 8 years?

Oh, that's right: Bush was NOT a conservative; McCain was. Big mistake to put in ANOTHER Liberal, after Bush!

Oh, wait: It's the Liberals fault Bush couldn't reduce the debt!

[Mathenaut]

@HenryDavidT

War mongering, ignorant christian, climate change denier, anti gay, pandering to the rich Dubya is a liberal now.

You neocons are just desperate to avoid responsibility for what you've done.

[agelessrocker]

@Mathenaut Partisan division is a fools game played by fools.

[LaOm33]

@SL4yb brain washing tool...

[garylachance]

No mention of Dr. Paul?

[ahmed337799]

VOTE GINGRICH!

FREE PALESTINE!

[HDaviator]

@ahmed337799

Wait what? Gingrich doesn't even believe the Palestinians are real people. He is a Neo Con. Fuck him.

[ahmed337799]

@HDaviator

that's why we need him!