Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Presidential community service, state and church and Jack Chick, why I love Dr. ER -- and the end of the world
COMMUNITY SERVICE?
IF you are disappointed in, opposed to, disillusioned and or otherwise generally sick and tired of the Bush presidency, and IF you believe the war in Iraq is immoral, illegal and uncalled-for, detracting from the real challenges we face as a nation, AND you think he should be impeached and convicted, removed from office then tried separately, then what form of community service would you recommend?
I think he should be made to work in the kitchen at some rich country club and alternately at some inner-city homeless shelter.
Why? Because for all his warring, what actually galls me about the Bush presidency is the pro-rich, anti-poor, anti-middle class crap -- in other words, the usual sins of the Republican Party.
Peeling potatoes at the country club would keep him close enough to the people who have blindly and dangerously supported him to hurt. Scrubbing pots at the homeless shelter would keep him close enough to the people he harmed.
What sins would you have President Bush atone for, and how?
STATE & CHURCH & JACK CHICK
Today is primary runoff election day in Oklahoma. Dems in my area got to vote in just one race, for lieutenant governor.
I voted for Jari Askins, former Oklahoma House minority leader, an attorney who seems to represent the progressive wing of the Oklahoma Democratic Party. Her opponent, Pete Regan, was endorsed by former U.S. Senator and now University of Oklahoma President David Boren and others of the Old Guard conservative Dems in this state.
The last thing we need, as far as I'm concerned, is more red Democrats in this already red-as-hell state. Congressional candidates are actually trying to "out-Christian" each other in the TV ads and it makes me want to barf.
The Southern Baptist church where I vote had a couple of new Jack Chick tracts out this morning!
Here's an anti-Catholic one: "Is There Another Christ?"
Here's an anti-Mormon one: "The Visitors."
I do not take especial issue with the things asserted in the tracts. But preaching anything but Christ and Him crucified -- etc., etc. -- is a waste of time and drives people away! Jesus saves, people, not Jesus scares!
WHY I LOVE DR. ER
She bought me the 8-volume set "Ordeal of the Union," by Allan Nevins! Woo hoo! :-) :-) (The one she got was just $100.)
THE END OF THE WORLD
It's today, in case you hadn't heard.
--ER
IF you are disappointed in, opposed to, disillusioned and or otherwise generally sick and tired of the Bush presidency, and IF you believe the war in Iraq is immoral, illegal and uncalled-for, detracting from the real challenges we face as a nation, AND you think he should be impeached and convicted, removed from office then tried separately, then what form of community service would you recommend?
I think he should be made to work in the kitchen at some rich country club and alternately at some inner-city homeless shelter.
Why? Because for all his warring, what actually galls me about the Bush presidency is the pro-rich, anti-poor, anti-middle class crap -- in other words, the usual sins of the Republican Party.
Peeling potatoes at the country club would keep him close enough to the people who have blindly and dangerously supported him to hurt. Scrubbing pots at the homeless shelter would keep him close enough to the people he harmed.
What sins would you have President Bush atone for, and how?
STATE & CHURCH & JACK CHICK
Today is primary runoff election day in Oklahoma. Dems in my area got to vote in just one race, for lieutenant governor.
I voted for Jari Askins, former Oklahoma House minority leader, an attorney who seems to represent the progressive wing of the Oklahoma Democratic Party. Her opponent, Pete Regan, was endorsed by former U.S. Senator and now University of Oklahoma President David Boren and others of the Old Guard conservative Dems in this state.
The last thing we need, as far as I'm concerned, is more red Democrats in this already red-as-hell state. Congressional candidates are actually trying to "out-Christian" each other in the TV ads and it makes me want to barf.
The Southern Baptist church where I vote had a couple of new Jack Chick tracts out this morning!
Here's an anti-Catholic one: "Is There Another Christ?"
Here's an anti-Mormon one: "The Visitors."
I do not take especial issue with the things asserted in the tracts. But preaching anything but Christ and Him crucified -- etc., etc. -- is a waste of time and drives people away! Jesus saves, people, not Jesus scares!
WHY I LOVE DR. ER
She bought me the 8-volume set "Ordeal of the Union," by Allan Nevins! Woo hoo! :-) :-) (The one she got was just $100.)
THE END OF THE WORLD
It's today, in case you hadn't heard.
--ER
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For Shrub: I would suggest manditory 5 years of teaching an all Black inter-city 5th grade class in a self contained classroom in Chicago's South side.
Reading this blog would be good too.
End of the World? I haven't noticed it yet. Maybe I'm in denial.
Reading this blog would be good too.
End of the World? I haven't noticed it yet. Maybe I'm in denial.
# posted by 
: 2:44 PM
: 2:44 PM
President Bush could expand the brush-clearin' skills he's learned
on his oversized pasture -- I mean truck farm, I mean, "ranch" -- by shoveling *real* manure at Heifer International!
"Founded in 1944, Heifer International is a humanitarian assistance organization that works to end world hunger and protect the earth. Through livestock, training and 'passing on the gift,' Heifer has helped seven million families in more than 125 countries improve their quality of life and move toward greater self-reliance. Heifer helps build strong communities because each project participant agrees to pass on the gift of animal offspring, training, or skills to another family in need."
www.heifer.org
on his oversized pasture -- I mean truck farm, I mean, "ranch" -- by shoveling *real* manure at Heifer International!
"Founded in 1944, Heifer International is a humanitarian assistance organization that works to end world hunger and protect the earth. Through livestock, training and 'passing on the gift,' Heifer has helped seven million families in more than 125 countries improve their quality of life and move toward greater self-reliance. Heifer helps build strong communities because each project participant agrees to pass on the gift of animal offspring, training, or skills to another family in need."
www.heifer.org
By the way, I want to set something straight:
The president is the commander in chief of the armed forces -- not the United States, and certainly not all of the people of the United States.
For anyone lurking who considers complaining a form of rhetorical fragging. Not. Even.
The president is the commander in chief of the armed forces -- not the United States, and certainly not all of the people of the United States.
For anyone lurking who considers complaining a form of rhetorical fragging. Not. Even.
Its a sin that he withheld a measly $12 million to help brain-damaged veterans, and instead is focusing on repealing that horrid estate tax which affects those with over ten millions dollars in inheritance. Because after all, brain-damaged people tend not to vote, veteran or not.
He should be assigned to walk a mile in the moccasins of the folks who suffered under his administration. The residents of New Orleans. The soldiers in Iraq. The single moms who can't get daycare assistance. The jobless, homeless, and the helpless.
He should be assigned to walk a mile in the moccasins of the folks who suffered under his administration. The residents of New Orleans. The soldiers in Iraq. The single moms who can't get daycare assistance. The jobless, homeless, and the helpless.
ER said: "THE END OF THE WORLD
It's today, in case you hadn't heard."
OK,OK, I guess I missed the Rapture. Wait, no, my wife's car is gone too. She must have just gone to work. Sorry, another false alarm.
It's today, in case you hadn't heard."
OK,OK, I guess I missed the Rapture. Wait, no, my wife's car is gone too. She must have just gone to work. Sorry, another false alarm.
# posted by : 8:24 AM
: 8:24 AM
Oh, oh, oh. Me too. He should have to go out and find out what his family values presidency really has meant to AVERAGE families: less support for women who work, less support for single parent families and tax laws that slowly destroy the middle.
I guess I sound like the previous comment. But I propose a life sentence...if one of his successors improve things then it will improve for him too. If not, then he started the ball rolling and it should be allowed to chase him right down the hill with the rest of us. Maybe along with the average family scenario, he should have to be in the reserves and spend 4 months a year on the front lines of whatever preemptive war we are in the middle of since he starte that ball down the hill too.
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I guess I sound like the previous comment. But I propose a life sentence...if one of his successors improve things then it will improve for him too. If not, then he started the ball rolling and it should be allowed to chase him right down the hill with the rest of us. Maybe along with the average family scenario, he should have to be in the reserves and spend 4 months a year on the front lines of whatever preemptive war we are in the middle of since he starte that ball down the hill too.
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