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It's no wonder this country is in such a mess with 8 years of religious idiots running the country, believing they were "Gods chosen".
First there was the visit Condoleezza Rice made to Jack Van Impe (prophecy nut) regarding the end times.
(http://www.eschatonblog.com/2003/08/eschaton-assignment-desk_11.html)
Jack van Impe on Bush:
I believe he is a wonderful man. They say he is a prayer warrior. He was born again through Billy Graham's visit a few years ago when he was having problems with alcohol, and today he's proud to claim these verses in John 3, "Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God," verse 3. Verse 7, "You must be born again." He said I have been born again. My life has been changed.
I am not sure whether he knows all of the prophecies and how deep of a student he has been in God's Word, but I was contacted a few weeks ago by the Office of Public Liaison for the White House and by the National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice to make an outline. And I’ve spent hours preparing it. I will release this information to the public in September, but it’s in his hands.
He will know exactly what is going to happen in the Middle East and what part he will have under the leading of the Holy Spirit of God. So, it's a tremendous time to be alive.
It is great to have a President who believes in God — a President who's living a godly life and not playing with sin, for the Bible says in Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people."
Now this:
NY Times Sunday Op-Ed from Frank Rich
There are many dots yet to be connected, and not just on torture. This Sunday, GQ magazine is posting on its Web site an article adding new details to the ample dossier on how Donald Rumsfeld's corrupt and incompetent Defense Department cost American lives and compromised national security. The piece is not the work of a partisan but the Texan journalist Robert Draper, author of "Dead Certain," the 2007 Bush biography that had the blessing (and cooperation) of the former president and his top brass. It draws on interviews with more than a dozen high-level Bush loyalists.
Draper reports that Rumsfeld's monomaniacal determination to protect his Pentagon turf led him to hobble and antagonize America's most willing allies in Iraq, Britain and Australia, and even to undermine his own soldiers. But Draper's biggest find is a collection of daily cover sheets that Rumsfeld approved for the Secretary of Defense Worldwide Intelligence Update, a highly classified digest prepared for a tiny audience, including the president, and often delivered by hand to the White House by the defense secretary himself. These cover sheets greeted Bush each day with triumphal color photos of the war headlined by biblical quotations. GQ is posting 11 of them, and they are seriously creepy.
Take the one dated April 3, 2003, two weeks into the invasion, just as Shock and Awe hit its first potholes. Two days earlier, on April 1, a panicky Pentagon had begun spreading its hyped, fictional account of the rescue of Pvt. Jessica Lynch to distract from troubling newsof setbacks. On April 2, Gen. Joseph Hoar, the commander in chief of the United States Central Command from 1991-94, had declared on the Times Op-Ed page that Rumsfeld had sent too few troops to Iraq. And so the Worldwide Intelligence Update for April 3 bullied Bush with Joshua 1:9: "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go." (Including, as it happened, into a quagmire.)
Mike
Politics and religion should never mix. Long live separation of church and state.Whoops...apparently it has died...are we too late?
- Why raise one puppy when two can be so much more exciting? ;)
- Why was Bush able to push through handouts to some of the richest in the American financial world with little argument, comparatively, and no oversight while Obama sets a course for new standards in oversight with his handouts and yet he's called a Socialist?
- Did you see all the space trash that can be detected in earth's atmosphere - it was clearly displayed by the CNN weather team last week. Meteorologists used radar models showing the orbits of virtually thousands and thousands of pieces of debris from satellites and other "junk".
( The recent collision of two orbiting eavesdroppers has added a significant amount.)
- Gee Whiz - what have well educated, even brilliant scientists, astronomers and engineers been thinking? Why isn't space debris at least incinerated?
A no-brainer from day one!
- Weather forecasters note; Everyone is glad the groundhog was wrong?
Yes - I am fairly certain!
The following is the response to MATCH.COM after they rejected words or terms used in its' mandated comments.
I really do not like these mandates: "Describe yourself and your perfect match to our community."
This is especially so when you, MATCH.COM, censor words or terms which I choose to use.
The prime reason I went into self-exile from AUSPONA [GOGOOGLEIT] was to escape such mandates on a grand scale from the insane tyranny of and dictatorial political environment of the Fascist Unpatriotic Despotic Kleptocrat Ignorant Neo-con Ghoulish {FUDKING} [GO-GOOGLE-IT] Republican led illegal government.
FUDKING is NOT a sexually obscene adjective. FUDKING is a term coined speciffically to describe the horrendously obscene cabal of the, eventually, twice illigiamely installed George W. Bush RETROGRADE, RIGHT WING, RELIGIOUS, RIGHTIOUS, RADICAL REPUBLICAN REGIMES.
FUDKING is a real and legitimate term coined to describe the horrendously obscene cabal of the twice illegially installed RETROGRADE, RIGHT WING, RELIGIOUS, RIGHTIOUS, RADICAL REPUBLICAN REGIME of George W. Bush.
Sincerely without an iota of equivication, David Tecumseh Scmidt
By Linda D. Kozaryn
American Forces Press Service
, Dec. 17, 2008 - The day the Iraqi people voted for the first time in their history, and the day U.S. forces captured Saddam Hussein were "great days," according to President George W. Bush. In fact, he said they were two of his greatest days in office. The 43rd president shared his perspective on the last eight years as the nation's commander in chief during a Dec. 11 interview with the Pentagon Channel's Air Force Master Sgt. Rusty Barfield.
Following the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, Bush said, he went from being a president dealing with tax cuts and education reform to being a president in a time of war.
"I vowed that day and the days afterward that I would not let this attack on America stand and that we would bring the killers to justice," he said.
About a month later, Bush said, he concluded that taking out the Taliban and removing the terrorists' safe haven in Afghanistan was necessary for the security of the United States. He then called on the U.S. armed forces to "be ready," because the time had come for America to act.
"The decision to send troops into harm's way is by far the most difficult decision for a president, because the consequences of war can lead to death -- people will die," he said. "I knew that it would be my duty -- as best as I possibly could -- to explain the mission. I knew it was my duty to make sure we put in everything to make sure we succeeded. And I knew in the aftermath that I would be dealing with some grief."
In 2003, the second phase of the war on terror began after Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein refused to leave Iraq. Bush said he was deeply concerned that the man who defied the world, had sponsored terrorism and who already had used weapons of mass destruction would be a security threat to the United States. Although he hoped for a diplomatic solution, the president said, Hussein chose a different course.
"I believe getting rid of Saddam Hussein was the right decision then; it's the right decision now," Bush said, "But I knew, however, that families would lose a loved one. That's always something that weighs heavily on my mind."
Bush said "it was a great relief" when then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld called to announce U.S. forces had captured Saddam.
"The idea of Saddam Hussein remaining alive while we're trying to help a young democracy grow and people are reconciling their differences would have been very difficult," he said. "A post-Saddam era would have been extremely complicated if he were in Syria popping off, or had escaped."
The president said four servicemembers came to the White House to give him a pistol they'd taken from Saddam when they pulled the fallen leader from his spider hole. The pistol now hangs in the Oval Office, he noted, and eventually will hang in a Bush Library at Southern Methodist University, a private university of 11,000 students near Dallas.
"I actually met the guys that pulled him out of the hole," Bush said. "That was a great day. I've had a lot of beautiful days in office, some not so happy. But my best days in office have come when certain milestones have been reached, and I love to share those milestones and those days with the people who actually made them happen."
Another great day, he noted, was the day Iraqis voted for the first time in their country's history.
"When the Iraqis went to vote, our troops from all branches ... helped this young democracy take a huge step on the path to stability," he said. "For me, I don't take that much satisfaction personally from it, [but] I take a lot of satisfaction as a team member. Our military is a fabulous team, and I am so honored to be the commander in chief.
When he leaves office, he said, "being the commander in chief of a group of fabulous people is what I'm going to miss the most."
While supporting the troops always has been a priority, Bush said, he doesn't think the nation's commander in chief ever can pay enough attention to the troops and their families.
"We have a volunteer Army, and our troops must understand that the president honors them, believes in them and supports them," he said.
A frequent visitor to Walter Reed Army Medical Center here, Bush said he wants the troops and their families to know the commander in chief is paying attention to the quality of care the wounded and injured are receiving, and more importantly, to the people who are being treated. He said visiting the wounded is an obligation he takes seriously.
Bush said he ends up being comforted by seeing the compassionate care provided by doctors and nurses and by the troops themselves.
"I get comforted by a soldier who looks me in the eye and says, 'No problem, Sir. I can't wait to heal up and go back in,'" he explained. "I get comforted by families who are so proud of the contribution that their loved one has made. They're by the bedside, obviously praying and hoping for the best recovery, but incredibly proud. It is a great experience to go to see these troops."
Even though he can't "heal the hole in a family's heart" of those who have lost a loved one, he said, "I can honor them and I can praise them. I can laugh with them. I can hug them, which I try to do a lot.
"On my way out of office, I want them to know that I never made a decision regarding their loved one based upon what was good for a political party or my own political standing," he continued. "And that I believe strongly in the mission and I believe history will eventually understand the importance of the mission and the fact that their loved one sacrificed for peace."
Bush said he learned much about how to lead the military by carefully watching his father, George H.W. Bush, when he served as the nation's 41st commander in chief.
"I know his great respect for the generals that were close to him. I know he listened to them," he said. "He was a great commander in chief, because he -- first and foremost -- he holds the military in great regard and great respect."
During his final visit to Iraq and Afghanistan on Dec. 14 and 15, Bush praised the military's accomplishments.
During a town hall meeting at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, the president told the troops: "Thanks to you, the Taliban is gone from power. The al-Qaida training camps are closed, 25 million Iraqis are free and your loved ones are more secure."
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