-Caveat Lector- -----Original Message----- From: Howard Rothenburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Undisclosed recipients: ; <Undisclosed recipients: ;> Date: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 10:16 PM Subject: [CCNN] BIGOTS VS. ASHCROFT > >Washington Bulletin: National Review's Internet Update for >January 16, 2001 >http://www.nationalreview.com > >By John J. Miller and Ramesh Ponnuru > >BIGOTS VS. ASHCROFT >A legal reporter smears the A.G. nominee. > >Legal Times scribe Tony Mauro wants to know: "Can a deeply religious >person be attorney general?" What an interesting question! And what a >bigoted one! > >Yet Mauro asks it anyway, in a USA Today op-ed. Mauro continues: "If >Ashcroft's view [that 'we have no king but Jesus'] leads him to think >that ours is a Christian nation, or that only Christians have the right >answers to the nation's problems, then indeed his vision is too narrow >to take the job of attorney general." It is worth noting that Mauro >provides no evidence that Ashcroft does in fact think these things. He >merely suspects that there's a chance Ashcroft does, and therefore "the >Senate needs to explore these questions fully, even if it necessitates >an intrusion into the usually private domain of a person's religious >beliefs." > >Yesterday on NRO, Michael Novak noted the long conservative tradition of >making a distinction between law and morality. He also pointed out that >liberals "demand a religious test for public office, and the test they >propose is simple: No one in public office is allowed to take religion >seriously, or to apply it to reality, or to allow it to shape their >views. The upshot of this test is that all officers of the government of >the United States ought to be effective or practical atheists." (The >entire commentary may be read at: < >http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment011501a.shtml >.) > >It is difficult to imagine Mauro asking his question if Ashcroft were >Catholic or Jewish. Let's see how he might formulate it: "Can a >profoundly Catholic person be attorney general?" Or: "Can a committed >Jewish person be attorney general?" > >We wonder if the editors at USA Today would entertain these sorts of >doubts. > > >PARDON ME >If President Clinton is indicted, 49 percent of the public believes it >would be a "good thing" to pardon him, versus 38 percent thinking it >would be a "bad thing," according to a Newsweek poll. > > > > > > But if the watchman sees the sword coming and > does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and > the sword comes and takes the life of one of > them, that man will be taken away because of > his sin, but I will hold the watchman > accountable for his blood." Ezekiel 33:6 (NIV) >-------------------------------------------------- > >In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section >107, any copyrighted work in this message >is distributed under fair use without profit >or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. >http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml > >Under Bill s.1618 TITLE III passed by >the 105th U.S. Congress this letter >cannot be considered "spam" as long >as it includes: >1) contact information and, >2) the way to be removed from future mailings > >----------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe send an e-mail to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
