Proof of the Left Wing Conspiracy?

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Martin Kelley, a Pennsylvania Quaker who edits Nonviolence.org, was called by a CBS publicist with a tip that CBS was “doing a program on an issue that’s central to Nonviolence.org’s mandate: conscientious resistance to military service.” He posted a brief entry on this, thinking it would interest his readers, but has been linked to by the “who’s who of blogging gliteratti” as exemplifying the vast left wing media conspiracy. Kelley begs to differ, and avows that the media court the top political weblogs all the time.

“Their carefully-crafted fascade of snarkish independence would crumble if their phone logs were made public. They’re not really blogging in their pajamas, folks. By mentioning the existance of blog publicists, I’ve threatened to blow their cover. Pay no attention to the men behind the curtains: my social gaffe was in publicly admitting that the mainstream media courts political blogs.”

The site has thoughtful primers on the philosophy of nonviolence, its history, a ‘pacifist dictionary’, war tax resistance, conscientious objection, direct action, voluntary simplicity and resistance to the Iraq war and militarism in general. And he could use small PayPal donations.

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Martin Kelley’s Ranter site is a ‘“blog” commentary on many topics, most notably Quaker theology & peace issues. If I had to be pigeon-holed I’d say that I’m a Post-Liberal Christian, a Hicksite Conservative Quaker, and an Emergent-Church curious Gen-Xer.”