Guardian Unlimited Special reports Israel's policies are feeding the cancer of anti-semitism

Dick Cheney's record

It has dawned on me (I'm a little slow!) that we really have no reason to be surprised at the shooting incident in Texas. He has never shot straight with anything he has said; why should he be any different with a gun in his hands!

Southern Baptist leaders are getting more ridiculous!

Albert Mohler on Singleness and Childlessness

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But not the right wing fundamentalists!

Religion and the Environment: Polls Show Strong Backing for Environmental Protection Across Religious Groups

survey conducted by The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life

But look at who still will not support the facts of global warming:

http://www.interfaithstewardship.org/pdf/NAE-appeal%20letter.pdf

Senate Majority Leader Rigged Bill to Benefit Drug Firms

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Turn on the lights and the cockroaches run!

Following are portions of an article written by Andrew C. Revkin for the New York Times.

A Young Bush Appointee Resigns His Post at NASA

George C. Deutsch, the young presidential appointee at NASA who told public affairs workers to limit reporters' access to a top climate scientist and told a Web designer to add the word "theory" at every mention of the Big Bang, resigned yesterday, agency officials said.

Mr. Deutsch's resignation came on the same day that officials at Texas A&M University confirmed that he did not graduate from there, as his résumé on file at the agency asserted.

The resignation came as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration was preparing to review its policies for communicating science to the public. The review was ordered Friday by Michael D. Griffin, the NASA administrator, after a week in which many agency scientists and midlevel public affairs officials described to The New York Times instances in which they said political pressure was applied to limit or flavor discussions of topics uncomfortable to the Bush administration, particularly global warming.

A copy of Mr. Deutsch's résumé was provided to The Times by someone working in NASA headquarters who, along with many other NASA employees, said Mr. Deutsch played a small but significant role in an intensifying effort at the agency to exert political control over the flow of information to the public.

Complaints came to the fore starting in late January, when James E. Hansen, the climate scientist, and several midlevel public affairs officers told The Times that political appointees, including Mr. Deutsch, were pressing to limit Dr. Hansen's speaking and interviews on the threats posed by global warming.

Yesterday, Dr. Hansen said that the questions about Mr. Deutsch's credentials were important, but were a distraction from the broader issue of political control of scientific information.

"He's only a bit player," Dr. Hansen said of Mr. Deutsch. " The problem is much broader and much deeper and it goes across agencies. That's what I'm really concerned about."

"On climate, the public has been misinformed and not informed," he said. "The foundation of a democracy is an informed public, which obviously means an honestly informed public. That's the big issue here."

We know where Bush stands with real people of faith!

CNN.com - Teachers, doctors protest budget cuts

Bush has proposed cuts to programs people of faith should support; and he has increased spending in areas people of faith should oppose!

Yet religious fundamentalists and right wing idealogues, who like to use religion for their own purposes, vehemently support this president and his administration. That's okay; you have that right - just do not call yourselves Christian!

What a coincidence!

This year, both Groundhog Day and the State of the Union Address fell in the same week. As Air America Radio pointed out, "It is an ironic juxtaposition: one involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to a creature of little intelligence for prognostication, and the other involves a groundhog."

US Congress far from being Christian!

House passes, sends Bush $39 billion in spending cuts

The House of Representatives proved tonight that at least 216 of them have no resemblance to practicing Christians. And if George Bush signs the bill, he also shows he is not a practicing Christian - he just likes the name.

And religious fundamentalists all over this country, primarily Southern Baptists, who continue to support this president and this congress, should come up with a new name to describe their religion! They have no right to call themselves Christians because they d0 not follow the Jesus of the Christian Bible!

I am deeply saddened by all of you self-righteous, Pharisaic, Christians-in-name-only people who put these war-mongering, elitists in office, and continue to support their anti-Christian agenda!

SOOV Breaking News!

Our goal is to offer, from the faith community, an alternative vision to the one President Bush will present in his address. A vision consistent with Martin Luther King, Jr.’s vision of the Beloved Community. A vision that is pro-economic justice, favors a real and consistent ethic of life, and understands the use of military force as a last and repugnant option in foreign policy.

The day after the SOTU, the House of Representatives will vote on a proposed budget bill that cuts billions in funding for life-giving social programs. We must highlight the stark moral contrast between the words of hope and promise that the president will no doubt offer and the utter lack of hope and compassion this bill shows to America’s most vulnerable.

Just yesterday afternoon, Rep. Rob Simmons (R-CT) announced that he will oppose the budget bill, stating: "I opposed the original House budget in November because I knew it could be, and should be, improved. The budget that was drafted in the House-Senate Conference was a better budget and I voted for it in December. Since then I have met with and listened to a wide range of constituents… The consensus is that the bill, despite the improvements, remains unsatisfactory. Consequently, I have decided to vote against the budget on February 1. Representation is only effective if the elected official listens to the people. In a democracy the government must serve the people, not reign over them. I have listened and concluded that the budget, as it stands, falls short."

Our SOOV Watch is an opportunity for your progressive, prophetic vision of our nation’s values and priorities to be heard in your community.

State of Our Values Watch Site Change

The site for Tuesday evening's event has changed because the group size has outgrown our living room. We will be meeting at the Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Hwy, Hendersonville NC 28791-2301. Plan to be there around 8:00 PM for discussion and light refreshments; the president's address is at 9:00 PM, followed by brief discussion and plans for action.

State of Our Values Watch

I have signed up to organize a State of the Union watch party on Tuesday, January 31. People of faith will be watching to see if our values of justice and compassion will be represented. What will President Bush have to say about overcoming poverty and creating peace? We'll be discussing that and inviting local media to cover our responses. You can sign up to attend the event at: http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/Sojo/event/distributedEventSearch.jsp?distributed_event_KEY=133

Bush explains proposed changes in Social Security.

a verbatim quote from a Q&A session after a speech last year:

WOMAN IN AUDIENCE: 'I don't really understand. How is the new plan going to fix the problem?'

Verbatim response: PRESIDENT BUSH: Because the -- all which is on the table begins to address the big cost drivers. For example, how benefits are calculated, for example, is on the table. Whether or not benefits rise based upon wage increases or price increases. There's a series of parts of the formula that are being considered. And when you couple that, those different cost drivers, affecting those -- changing those with personal accounts, the idea is to get what has been promised more likely to be -- or closer delivered to that has been promised. Does that make any sense to you? It's kind of muddled. Look, there's a series of things that cause the -- like, for example, benefits are calculated based upon the increase of wages, as opposed to the increase of prices. Some have suggested that we calculate -- the benefits will rise based upon inflation, supposed to wage
increases. There is a reform that would help solve the red if that were put into effect. In other words, how fast benefits grow, how fast the promised benefits grow, if those -- if that growth is affected, it will help on the red.'"

Would religious fundamentalists do this for anyone?

CNN.com - Kenyan convicts give up lunch for famine relief - Jan 1, 2006

This is an impressive story to begin the new year with. Once again, I would challenge the right wing and religious fundamentalist extremists to focus on this worldwide problem. Rather than continuing their ranting and raving over issues that do not matter and are not a priority of Biblical Christianity, look at what was a priority to Jesus Christ. (Read the July 20 and 21,2005 postings on this subject.)

Sympathy for Advocates of Intelligent Design

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Why is GW talking so much lately!!!

This president is desperate to change everyone's attitude, when in the past he could not care less what anyone thought about his actions. If the American people continue to buy into this egomaniac's ramblings, we deserve everything we get!

This man has been, and is out of control!

CNN.com - Bush acknowledges allowing eavesdropping - Dec 17, 2005

Bush says "I am responsible!"

No kidding!!!!

Impeachment proceedings should commence immediately for lying to Congress and the American people! Ignorance is no excuse; ignoring the truth and doing what you had planned to do all along is criminal!

Europe CIA probe: Prisoners abducted, transferred illegally

CNN.com - Europe CIA probe:�Prisoners�abducted, transferred illegally - Dec 13, 2005

And on it goes - this administration is guilty of behavior never before even considered, let alone allowed, in this country. How long will we use 9-11 as an excuse to be just like the people we claim are the bad guys!

And let us not forget - we have people claiming this is a Christian nation. Someone forgot to tell the Bush administration what that means; actually someone needs to tell the people who make that statement what that means!

Bush finally tells the truth!

President Bush today compared the struggle for democracy in Iraq to the troubled birth of the United States, but acknowledged Iraqis have paid a heavy price. "I would say 30,000, more or less, have died as a result of the initial incursion and the ongoing violence against Iraqis," Bush said. While unexpectedly taking questions from the audience, Bush said he would invade Iraq knowing what he knows today. "I'd make the decision again. Removing Saddam Hussein makes this world a better place and America a safer country."

This man is either incredibly ignorant of everything from history to the results of his own decisions; or he is simply delusional enough to believe what he says!

Comparing Iraq to the birth of our nation is an insult to this country's struggle for independence. And whoever told Bush that only around 30,000 Iraqis have died, must be the same ones that told him all the other lies about Saddam Hussein's activities.

But the crowning statement is that Bush finally admits that it made no difference what the facts were, he was going to invade Iraq! This president is a warmonger, along with his neocon advisors, and has no right whatsoever to pretend he understands what it means to be a Christian, a true follower of Jesus Christ!