posted on January 28, 2003 12:05:53 AM new
>Bush may be religious. That is certainly his right, last time I checked.
Who's trying to deny him that right? Name one person in here. Just one.
>To label him as a "fundamentalist like Jerry Falwell" is nothing more than a straw man tactic.
Actually, Bush admitted that he was a Fundamentalist Christian and that he leans hard to the right no one doubts.
>Build up Bush as something he's not, and then attack that image.
Again, who did that?
>I've never seen Bush push his religion on anyone.
And Again, who said that he did that?
>What he believes in private is his own business.
Only AFTER he leaves public office. While he is in office, it IS everyone's business! He does NOT have the right to privacy that the general public enjoys.
posted on January 28, 2003 05:51:59 AM new
Someone slipped....
On the 11:00 news last night they were talking about the State of the Union address. The one thing that caught my attention was one of the points Dictator Bush was going to talk about:
Federal Funding for Christian Help Organizations
By this morning it had been changed to "Religious" Help Organizations.
Whether the newscaster screwed up, or the Press Release people did is unknown.
I just thought my Federal funding for my Souls of Satan Home for Human Sacrifices was in trouble
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We call them our heroes...but we pay them like chumps
posted on January 28, 2003 06:18:27 AM new
"I've never seen Bush push his religion on anyone."
Religeous people are so blind that they are like a man in the forest who says what tree?
When you drap the flag over the cross all they see is normal American heritage. Oh well who could object to that? Not any American or normal person. So I can dismiss your concerns.
If you don't want your kid to practice my religeon in school you must be some kind of satanic communist muslim nut. Yes they really ignorantly mix all the other groups of thought and faith together in a big stew that is THEM. Their Daddy taught them what is right so no need to learn all about each of these different groups - that is just exposing yourself to evil to learn the actual differences and all those wierd languages and countries. Who needs to know that anyway? Damn furriners should learn English so they can read the Bible in English like Jesus did.....
posted on January 28, 2003 06:32:57 AM new
God talks to everyone. Anyone that believes in a God usually talks to him/her, and usually gets answers. That's what faith is. Of course David Berkowitz, the Son of Sam, talked to dog. That was a big mistake.
No matter what you think of President Bush, remember he has some very smart people behind him. We could still have Jimmy Carter in office. A great man but not a great leader.
posted on January 28, 2003 06:49:31 AM new
Well, Hitler said God was directing him and the majority believed him. They placed their faith in him and followed without question, until they were no longer allowed to question. They believed that he was a great leader.
Most everyone today would agree that he was not really talking with God. So how is it that we verify the source of Bush's voices?
posted on January 28, 2003 08:18:14 AM new
I think Bush is in a tough position. 9/11 happened on his watch. How would you go about the problem of terrorism? Maybe Bush thinks if he kicks Saddam's ass good, that he can put a scare in Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lebanon, etc. Maybe he figures if you want to plant the seeds of democracy, you've got to clear away a few weeds. Or would you rather see the good old USA continue to knuckle under to foreign oil, even while the Saudis plot our destruction?
Maybe Bush's cowboy diplomacy is exactly how he intends to appear. This country has been through tough times. Americans have made sacrifices before. But just a year after 9/11, fat yuppies who never did a day of military service can't see past the price of gas for their SUVs. No, I don't envy Bush's position.
Schwarzkopf is also breaking with the Bush administration about Iraq. I guess that we'll learn soon whether or not there is any conclusive evidence that Iraq has nuclear weaponry.
By Thomas E. Ricks
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, January 28, 2003; Page C01
TAMPA--Norman Schwarzkopf wants to give peace a chance.
The general who commanded U.S. forces in the 1991 Gulf War says he hasn't seen enough evidence to convince him that his old comrades Dick Cheney, Colin Powell and Paul Wolfowitz are correct in moving toward a new war now. He thinks U.N. inspections are still the proper course to follow. He's worried about the cockiness of the U.S. war plan, and even more by the potential human and financial costs of occupying Iraq.
And don't get him started on Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
In fact, the hero of the last Gulf War sounds surprisingly like the man on the street when he discusses his ambivalence about the Bush administration's hawkish stance on ousting Saddam Hussein. He worries about the Iraqi leader, but would like to see some persuasive evidence of Iraq's alleged weapons programs.
posted on January 29, 2003 07:06:34 AM new
I have a feeling this is just "Spin". Watch and see how he flip, flops if we should go to war.
Amen,
Reverend Colin
"Schwarzkopf is also breaking with the Bush administration about Iraq. I guess that we'll learn soon whether or not there is any conclusive evidence that Iraq has nuclear weaponry."
posted on January 29, 2003 10:41:02 AM new
Though Hitler denied his use of Christianity as a political ploy in, Mein Kampf, I believe he boasted about doing so later. I've looked for where I've read it but can't find it.
Amen,
Reverend Colin
