Yea, Yea, Yea No damn body wants to hear the {{{{{{{{TRUTH!}}}}}}}}}}
"Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism,
when hate for people other than your own comes first." - Charles De
Gaulle
“If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise
of fighting a foreign enemy” James Madison
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Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and
seek your direction and guidance.
We know your Word says, "Woe to those who call evil good," but that's
exactly what we've done.
We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and inverted our values.
We confess that we have ridiculed the absolute truth of your Word and
called it moral pluralism.
We have worshipped other gods and called it multiculturalism.
We have endorsed perversion and called it an alternative lifestyle.
We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
We have neglected the needy and called it self-preservation.
We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
We have killed our unborn and called it choice.
We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.
We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building
esteem.
We have abused power and called it political savvy.
We have coveted our neighbors' possessions and called it ambition.
We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it
freedom of expression.
We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and
called it enlightenment.
Search us O God and know our hearts today; try us and see if there be
some wicked way in us; cleanse us from every sin and set us free.
Guide and bless these men and women who have been sent here by the
people of Kansas, and who have been ordained by you, to govern this
great state.
Grant them your wisdom to rule and may their decisions direct us to
the center of your will. I ask it in the name of your son, the living
savior, Jesus Christ.
Amen.
Rev.Joe Wright had been invited to serve as the Kansas House's guest
chaplain by Rep. Anthony Powell, a Wichita Republican who was also a
member of Wright's church. Accordingly, Rev. Wright read the prayer at
the opening of the legislature on 23 January 1996 and then departed,
unaware of the ruckus he had created until his church secretary called
him on his car phone to ask him what he had done.
Reportedly, one Democrat walked out of the House in protest, three
others gave speeches critical of Wright's prayer, and another blasted
Wright's "message of intolerance." House Minority Leader Tom Sawyer
(also a Democrat) asserted that the prayer "reflects the extreme,
radical views that continue to dominate the House Republican agenda
since right-wing extremists seized control of the House Republican
caucus last year." Rep. Jim Long, a Democrat from Kansas City, said
that Wright "made everyone mad." But Rep. Powell, who had invited
Wright in the first place, claimed that House Democrats were only
trying to make political points with their criticism and affirmed that
he supported the theme of the prayer.
Rev. Wright said afterwards: "I certainly did not mean to be offensive
to individuals, but I don't apologize for the truth."
Peace,
Doc
On Jan 19, 8:43 am, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote:
> Bush got under Democrat's skins because all too often he was right and
> they hated him for it...
>
> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/18/IN0B159A6...
>
> >>>To trash Bush was to belong. There was little upside in supporting Bush,
> >>>even if you had supported his agenda.
>
> http://sisu.typepad.com/sisu/2009/01/to-trash-bush-was-to-belong.html
>
> http://eddriscoll.com/archives/014776.php
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