"The very first act of the new Bush administration was to have a
Protestant Evangelist minister officially dedicate the inauguration to
Jesus Christ, whom he declared to be 'our savior.' Invoking 'the
Father, the Son, the Lord Jesus Christ' and 'the Holy Spirit,' Billy
Graham's son, the man selected by President George W Bush to bless his
presidency, excluded the tens of millions of Americans who are
Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Shintoists, Unitarians, agnostics, and
atheists from his blessing by his particularistic and parochial
language.
"The plain message conveyed by the new administration is that
George W Bush's America is a Christian nation and that non-Christians
are welcome into the tent so long as they agree to accept their status
as a tolerated minority rather than as fully equal citizens. In
effect, Bush is saying: 'This is our home, and in our home we pray to
Jesus as our savior. If you want to be a guest in our home, you must
accept the way we pray.'"
-- Alan M Dershowitz, in "Bush Starts Off by Defying the the
Constitution," Los Angeles Times, January 24, 2001
God told me to strike at al Qaida and I struck them, and then he
instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did, and now I am
determined to solve the problem in the Middle East. If you help me I
will act, and if not, the elections will come and I will have to focus
on them.
-- George W Bush, according to Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud
Abbas, from minutes acquired by Haaretz from cease-fire negotiations
between Abbas and faction leaders from the Hamas, Islamic Jihad and
the Popular and Democratic Fronts (circa, June, 2003), quoted from
Arnon Regular, "'Road map is a life saver for us,' PM Abbas tells
Hamas" (Haaretz.com: June 27, 2003), quoted from EvilOz (The Iterative
Record)
This crusade, this war on terrorism is going to take a while.
-- George W Bush, using a loaded term which recalls the Christians'
Medieval wars against Muslims in the so-called Holy Land, after
stepping off the presidential helicopter on Sunday, September 16,
2001, quoted from Jonathan Lyons, "Bush enters Mideast's rhetorical
minefield " (Reuters: September 21, 2001). Bush later apologized for
this remark.
Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you
are with us, or you are with the terrorists.
-- George W Bush, echoing the either-or, black-and-white thinking
practiced by the Jesus character of the Christian Gospel stories ("He
that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me
scattereth abroad." -- Matthew 12:30) and thereby leaving room for no
other options, in his September 20, 2001, "war whoop of folly"
speech, ... cheered on by a Congress "overcome with grief and drunk
with patriotism," quoted in and adjectives lifted from Matthew
Rothschild, "War Whoop of Folly," in The Progressive (September 21,
2001)
These demands are not open to negotiation or discussion.
-- George W Bush, in his "war whoop" speech to Congress, September 20,
2001, quoted from Matthew Rothschild, "War Whoop of Folly," in The
Progressive (September 21, 2001)
I urge all Texans to answer the call to serve those in need. By
volunteering their time, energy or resources to helping others, adults
and youngsters follow Christ's message of love and service in thought
and deed.
Therefore, I, George W Bush, Governor of Texas, do hereby
proclaim June 10, 2000, Jesus Day in Texas and urge the appropriate
recognition whereof,
In official recognition whereof,
I hereby affix my signature this
17th day of April, 2000.
-- George W Bush, "Jesus Day 2000" Proclamation
Peace,
Doc
On Jan 10, 5:24 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote:
> AKA: American Communist Lovers Union
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> From: Travis
> Date: Sat, Jan 10, 2009
> Subject: ACLU Continues Pushing For Atheism As The Official Religion Of
> Country | American Conservative Daily
>
> http://www.americanconservativedaily.com/2009/01/aclu-continues-pushi...
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