Reflections
Posted by on May 4, 2006 at 06:48 PM
Governor Dean on a National Day of Prayer:
For people of all faiths, prayer is a powerful act of devotion. Today, people of faith gather all across the country to reflect on our many blessings as a nation and to seek thoughtful discernment on the many challenges before us.
We know that the suffering of our neighbors, both domestic and around the world, is a burden we must work to alleviate. For the nearly 1 in 5 American children living in poverty, for the nearly 46 million Americans who are uninsured, for the millions of refugees around the world, and for the hundreds of thousands of innocent lives lost to genocide in Darfur, we must come together around these and other common concerns to offer hope. Today and every day, we must strive to find the moral high ground to impact real change.
Today we reaffirm our commitment to work to heal our nation and to come together around our shared values to rebuild our American community with honesty, security and opportunity and to demonstrate moral leadership around the globe.
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Posted by xdebx on May 4, 2006 at 07:19 PM
as we move toward the election, we're going to hear a lot from the republicans about the "improving" economy. I'd like to add something to "culture of corruption," "culture of incompetence," and some of the other memes that we've been doing a good job of spreading.
the republicans offer, and have offered for a number of years, a "something for nothing" philosophy to our nation. any improvement in the economy is based on debt. we don't have to pay for it - just cut taxes and dump it on our kids.
y'all have gotten this - but I think you should use the "something for nothing" theme more, because that's the snake oil that the republicans have been selling for thirty years - "We'll cut your taxes and the economy will be better forever." Well, that ain't so. It's better till these fools get out of office, and then the piper has to be paid . . .
Posted by scottyd on May 4, 2006 at 08:25 PM
One of the cable networks was doing a spot this afternoon called, "Is this the most religious government ever?" Is that a crock or what?
Has there ever been a time in our history when the Capitol has been more un-religious? The Congress brazenly sells it's political favors like whores along the Beltway and tortures the families of terminally ill patients. The poor, sick, and disabled are denied the simpliest forms of human kindness, so the rich may prosper even more.
The administration can't restrain itself from recklessly shooting innocent bystanders abroad and in the hunting field. Prisoners are picked up indiscriminatly and tortured in gulags around the world. The good green Earth is raped not sheparded by the stewards of the world's last great superpower.
Both the Republican executive and legislative branches spread hate, lies, and malice toward others at every turn...and is proud of it.
I don't know of any religion that subscribes to that kind of "bad will toward men." Maybe they practice some sort of "sound hypocricy" instead of religion? I suppose it's because we sinners on the Left can't think outside our reality-based lives that we are branded so "un-religious."
Well, some crazy man once said the meek will inherit the world. There doesn't seem to be anything meek about this "most religious government ever." I pray they find their redemption soon, because they sure seem to be lost in a wilderness of their own making.
Posted by SandyH on May 4, 2006 at 11:04 PM
Let's pray that God saves the people of Darfur from Geocide because noone else wants to even though they can.
http://savedarfur.org/home
Posted by FreedomOfSpeechIsAllWeHaveLeft on May 5, 2006 at 12:10 AM
King George:
Pray. Ask for forgiveness. Repent. Turn from your wicked ways.
If not...........................
Your cold heart will land you in the lake of fire.
Posted by pee-wee on May 5, 2006 at 12:41 AM
recently i returned from a vacation overseas and the reporting there is not the same as is here. rove inc. controls the american media here. americans are not getting the full-scoop. it makes one embarrased to be an american overseas. americans are welcomed. what they think of bush is not printable on this respectable blog. remember recently, the chinese leader who traveled around the world to receive those warm deserved welcomes and made tons of deals with countries he visited...imagine the taxpayer dollars we'd spend sending bush around the world on a good-will tour? shucks, protests would greet him. and, no doubt american's image would be worse off for it. he has not tarnished our image, he's trashed it. i cannot remember a president that nauseates the world more than this joke currently occupying the whitehouse.
Posted by america1st on May 5, 2006 at 01:14 AM
Posted by dk2 on May 5, 2006 at 05:24 AM
Posted by dk2 on May 5, 2006 at 05:24 AM
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.......and for the lives of the Darfurians.
right?
Posted by FreedomOfSpeechIsAllWeHaveLeft on May 5, 2006 at 06:10 AM
Honestly I wish the government wouldn't get involved in this National Day of Prayer. Both from a church/state separation sense and because although I'm not religious I see it as religion being used merely as a segue to the speaker's own personal politics.
Posted by Babylon1023 on May 5, 2006 at 11:05 AM
sung to the tune of "the ants go marching one by one"
The PUGS are sinking down, down, down, Hoorah, Hoorah!
The PUGS are going down, down, down, Hoorah, Hoorah!!
PUG polls are sinking, that's a fact!
The numbers prove they're way off track
As they all go marching, down into the earth to give up thier evil reign!!!
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DEMOCRATS!! ANT eaters!! UNITE!!
Posted by Dawnie on May 5, 2006 at 12:17 PM
I wonder does the DNC have a Christian action group working at or with the DNC?
Posted by dk2 on May 5, 2006 at 12:26 PM
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