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Every day I get emails forwarded about a 1000 times , most of them having to do with "being proud to be an American". Ninety nine percent of the time they suggest that if you are a real American you should be pissed off about either 1. the illegal immigrants or 2. the evil liberals that hate the sweet baby Jesus.

I can only imagine what would be accomplished by forwarding emails that encourage ending poverty instead , or emails that don't make you feel better about yourself by putting everyone else down.

Instead of sending me an email telling me how much you support our troops , go to anysoldier.com and actually adopt one (or several) .

If instead of emailing me about how Christian you are because you only want the Star Spangled Banner sung in english ( ONLY!!!) you felt the pride that comes from knowing that somewhere someone is proud of our country also, and though they are singing it in their native tongue they are singing it because they believe in what it stands for.

I love our country and I love what it stands for. I want to be part of what makes us great....and to me that is our ability to look back at where we've come from and keep moving forward, with Liberty and Justice for all.

Quote for today :

“Our lives are to be used and thus to be lived as fully as possible, and truly it seems that we are never so alive as when we concern ourselves with other people.”

Harry Chapin

Do something!

If this doesn't break your heart, you don't have one. Please help. Find a church or charity and get involved . Vote for the cantidate you feel will help this child the most, even if it raises your taxes. Who needs your 20 bucks more than these poor souls?Let our leaders (both religious and political) that we find this completely unacceptable for even one more hour.

Please help. Please.

What kind of world allows this to happen? What is the point of being the strongest, the mightiest or the richest nation ever to exist if we ignore the SOLVABLE problem of hunger.

All of the major religions in the world are fighting over who God likes the best. The answer is this : He who does for the least of me.

Quote for today :

At what point, then, is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.--Abraham Lincoln

More nuggets of wisdom from Hagee

From this article :
http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=5517

Here are some highlights from the brilliance that is Pastor John Hagee :

1. "Do you know the difference between a woman with PMS and a snarling Doberman pinscher? The answer is lipstick. Do you know the difference between a terrorist and a woman with PMS? You can negotiate with a terrorist." - Pastor John Hagee in his book What Every Man Wants in a Woman (Charisma House, 2005)

Wow Hagee, you are freaking hilarious! Here's one for you .....Do you know the difference between a penis and a prick ? A penis is a male sex organ. A prick is you.

2.. "[Gay marriage] will open the door to incest, to polygamy, and every conceivable marriage arrangement demented minds can possibly conceive. If God does not then punish America, He will have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah." - Pastor John Hagee

I hope he turns you into a pillar of gay salt.

3. "Only a Spirit-filled woman can submit to her husband's lead. It is the natural desire of a woman to lead through feminine manipulation of the man...Fallen women will try to dominate the marriage. The man has the God-given role to be the loving leader of the home." - Pastor John Hagee in his book What Every Man Wants in a Woman (Charisma House, 2005)

Or, a marriage can be a loving partnership of two equals. Either way.

"It is impossible to call yourself a Christian and defend homosexuality. There is no justification or acceptance of homosexuality.... Homosexuality means the death of society because homosexuals can recruit, but they cannot reproduce." - Pastor John Hagee

I just want to note that Pastor Hagee seems to dislike women while simultaneously being obsessed with gay men. I'm just saying.

Hagee and McCain deserve each other.

Does anyone else think this guy is a complete assclown?

http://http://www.talk2action.org/story/2008/5/1/11248/20491

From the article :
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In a sermon given at his San Antonio, Texas Cornerstone megachurch that was telecast and available in up to ninety million homes worldwide, controversial pastor John Hagee, who has endorsed the presidential bid of Arizona Republican Senator John McCain, Jr., claimed that American public schools provide abortion services. Hagee stated, "Your daughter can get an abortion in public school without telling you but she can't get an aspirin without your approval." The pastor also claimed that public school teachers can force their students to study a "precursor to witchcraft" and suggests that America has invited "satan" and demonic spirits into its public school systems by failing to display the Ten Commandments on classroom walls. Presidential hopeful John McCain, Jr. has said he is "glad to have" Hagee's support and "admires" the leadership of the Texas pastor - who has declared God has cursed and doomed America. :
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Somehow, the same people who are ALL over Rev. Wright are going to listen to this and nod their heads and murmur to themselves how right he is. Is McCain going to have distance himself from this nutball? Will the conservatives demand he "throw Hagee under the bus"? I suspect they will not.

But wait ! There's more :

::quote::
Presidential candidate McCain, who has said he "admires" Hagee's leadership of the pastor's San Antonio based Cornerstone megachurch, actively sought out and has said he is "glad to have" pastor Hagee's political endorsement. McCain has not disavowed Hagee's support regardless of growing public controversy over the pastor's speech and writing which has been characterized, variously, as anti-Catholic, anti-Jewish, anti-Islamic, anti-Semitic, anti-gay and misogynist.

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Somehow I'm not surprised that McCain hasn't disavowed Hagee. After all, he thinks women don't need equal pay,they only need education and training.

Psssssst, Senator McCain : Education is great, I personally am a big fan of it. However the issue isn't getting the job.....its being paid fairly for doing it. As far as the training part of your suggestion, well, I am not a monkey or a dog thankyewverymuch.

Lastly I would like to quote Senator McCain (referring to a vote in the Senate) :

“Anyone who had the misfortune of watching it will know how hard it is to do the Lord’s work in the city of Satan,” said McCain, who has served four-terms in the Senate.

March 2008

I am very uncomfortable with a politician who think he is doing the Lord's work. In fact Iraq sprang to mind as soon as I read this. I did get sort of a giggle out of the fact that he is campaigning to be the head honcho of the "city of Satan".

Quote for today :

"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ." --


Mahatma Gandhi