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@Zero G, on these Obama-Bush similarities, rladlof has told us so in many ways.
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As the T-Party people begin to strip more and more moderates out of their party, I can only guess that the big tent looks more and more inviting to the outcasts. Seems like the left is drifting further and further to the Reich all the time.
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A little bottom end humor there, Harry...
Excerpt from Glenn Greenwald:
UPDATE: With regard to the other topic here from yesterday -- the Obama DOJ's issuance of a supboena to Jim Risen -- see this Washington Post article headlined "After reporter's subpoena, critics call Obama's leak-plugging efforts Bush-like." The article, by Howard Kurtz, explains that the subpoena "has convinced some press advocates that President Obama's team is pursuing leaks with the same fervor as the Bush administration" and includes this:
"The message they are sending to everyone is, 'You leak to the media, we will get you,' " said Lucy Dalglish, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. In the wake of the Bush administration's aggressive stance toward the press, she said, "as far as I can tell there is absolutely no difference, and the Obama administration seems to be paying more attention to it. This is going to get nasty."
It was once the case, not all that long ago, that those who pointed out the extreme similarities between the Obama and Bush administrations in these areas were accused of being hysterical, impetuous purists. It's now the case that those who do so are guilty of nothing more than stating the obvious.
See above post link for full article...
With friends like these...who needs enemas?
Thom has argued that it is essential to keep the presidency in Democratic hands in order to shape the Supreme Court. It sounds logical, no? But take a gander at Glenn Greenwald's latest article and ask yourself, Whisky Tango Foxtrot?
Obama's Criticisms of the Warren and Burger Courts
by Glenn Greenwald
With friends like these...
I am now taking sometime for some R & R. If I am receiving a attention post, I will try to comment later this evening or Saturday, May 1, 2010, morning. Have a great evening!!!
@harry ashburn, I was at St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan for my heart attack and heart treatment.
I am assigning all commenters some weekend homework. Here are two assignments - one, let us take time to practice the Golden Rule and two, let us have some time for sacramental moments. Sacramental moments are the good deeds we do for God's children.
@Gerald: I was born in a Catholic hospital, I'll be sure and go to one next time.
@harry ashburn, I cannot speak for God being with you at your last colonoscopy. I do know with my massive heart attack in October, 1994, Mary, the mother of Jesus, was at my bedside.
@gerald, and I differentiate between going to church and believing in God.
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@Maxrot, all people are different from each other in beliefs and thinking processes. Bishops and priests are human beings with human faults and weaknesses. God is not at fault for bishops and priests losing their moral compasses. In Church my focus is on my God, a loving, a merciful, and a forgiving God. I differentiate between God and priests in my attendance at Church.
@Maxrot that's why i never gave up my master card, 'cause i needed it to fly or rent a car or get a hotel room
@Gerald: re Jesus: you're right. I was under sedation, but Im pretty sure Jesus was assisting during my last colonoscopy.
@Gerald, and my not going to Church is in my way of honoring God in that I'm not particpating in the what I perceive to be an organization that mocks him with the audacity to preach hate in his name. I'm not knocking you for your belief, or practices. I just don't share them... that's all.
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@Thom, insane policies and practices are offered to us by insane people, such as our politicians and the sociopaths who run American corporations.
@Zero G, in the Holy Bible there is a verse in Matthew's writings. He says, "With God all things are possible." With my faith I accept the virgin birth.
Hi Thom,
The article in the Times referring to the Micro Loans is :
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/14/world/14microfinance.html?pagewanted=1
Teach-In on Afghanistan...Read This:
Atrocities in Afghanistan: A Troubling Timetable
by Kathy Kelly and Dan Pearson
@harry ashburn, what is so great about Jesus' health and healing practices, Jesus does not require money up front. He offers me His health care plan with love. How can a person not honor, praise, and thank Jesus for His infinite love?
@harry, I wouldn't know about either, I haven't flown on an airplane since I was 8, and the only time I needed a rental car was when a moron rear ended my car that then had to be in a repair shop, Insurance company covered that. However, I use the Visa debit card issued to me by my Credit Union issued me, to do any credit card like transactions. If I don't have the money in my account to buy it, I don't buy it (whatever "it" might be). The only thing I've purchased in the last ten years on any type of credit was a new Honda Civic, it was financed through Honda, and I'm extremely pleased to have paid off that debt, and it will be a long time before I go bother to do such again.
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The Virgin Birth mythology predates Christianity...
@Maxrot, when I enter my Church, I look upon my entrance into the Church as I Am Called to God; I Am Taught (the readings); and I Am Fed (the Holy Communion). My attendance in some small way is to honor, praise, and thank my God for His patience with me as a sinner.
Collapse of the Standard of Living in the USA
A series of recent studies conducted by the Pew Research Center shed new light on the scope of the economic crisis in the US and the level of hostility the majority of the American population holds for the US government.
I suggest that it is the HOSTILITY we must gird against. This is a dangerous game the elite are playing. Did you know they are buying apartments on board luxury ships to live at sea and avoid coming unrest that they are stoking?
It's insane.
@Gerald: Jesus has no deductable!