http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4767542/ in woodward's portrait, president bush is single-minded, and possibly simple-minded, in his resolve.
he seems to have relied more on divine guidance than the considered opinions of his top advisers.
bush told woodward that as he approached the final decision to go to war, "i was praying for strength to do the lord's will ... i'm surely not going to justify war based on god.
Beyond that, the "company line" you seem to be spewing is the liberal crap that has no other effect than to undermine our nation. You think it's cute to subvert our country, to take sides with terrorists.
Yep, Ladies & Gentleman - Blacksheep has TOTALLY BOUGHT THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S CRAP STORY - HOOK, LINE AND SINKER.
How is it "undermining our nation" to want to work for peace? Or justice? Hmmm...
simulated prison in '71 showed a fine line between `normal' and `monster'
by john schwartz
published: may 6, 2004 .
With the exception of a very small minority, humans are not capable of killing other humans. This is why countries and military forces must "dehumanize" the enemy that will be attacked.Pay attention and you will notice that before a war, each side will try to make the other look like a monster in the eyes of its people. We were made to see the Taliban as monsters... this made it much more easy to kill them. We were made to see Saddam and his military as a monsters... this made it much more easy to kill them.
Elsewhere, you nailed it. Also brings to mind GW Bush's "evildoers" epithets (and any variants).
Much like his much-ballyhooed fundamentalist "faith", this all supports his administration's agenda in whipping up the the fervor of the Religious Right. Gotta keep that voter base alive & kickin'!
war.
a state of hostility accompanied by actions designed to subjugate or to destroy those viewed as the enemy.. god - ordained warfare, jesus foretold warfare,ever since the turning of the flaming sword at the entrance to the garden of eden ( if you believe the bible ).. the two opposing sides have always believed in their own cause, that they were right, holy, etc.mankind's inhumanity to man has always been with us.the list of whom did what to who is endless as history testifies.we do not need the particulars here, for again the history list goes on and on.from god at the entrance to the garden to the present time war has been inescapeable for most of humanity.. when and how will this madness end?
please, you tell me.. blueblades
Wrongo, if we look at nature, we find aggressive behavior in all species. No need to believe we're above that.
Um, OK. Let me get this straight: we have the ability to reason, distinguish right from wrong, have (and act on) empathy for others, develop and create great art, music & literature - yet there's "no need to believe" that we can rise above aggressive behavior?
Well, I guess the human race is just screwed then, isn't it?
i hate this.
but god only knows what is going on with the folks caught in guantanemo bay.
this is so disgusting, abusive, and traitorous.
You are most welcome, Auntie!
Just trying to open the windows in here, & air out some of the stale conservative rhetoric.
It always amazes me how liberals catch so much flak from conservatives when we try to examine and, yes, criticize, the US government's policies. Part of being an American is encouraging healthy debate, and holding our government to a higher standard. If we as a country all swallowed the status quo, we'd be right back to where we were before America was founded.
browsing the web when i should be working, i found this at evilbible.com.
not sure if its been posted before, but it made me laugh.
enjoy.. 10 - you vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours.. .
It does NOT mean that we spew hatred toward others. It does NOT mean that we are equivalent to the muslim (fundamentalist) terrorists, as my son's teacher tried to insinuate.
Um, sorry there, irishayes - but don't many fundamentalist Christian religions teach that the bulk of humanity MUST convert to their particular belief system or suffer a horrible, fiery death and eternal damnation? Not too far off from Wahabism, if you ask me.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4767542/ in woodward's portrait, president bush is single-minded, and possibly simple-minded, in his resolve.
he seems to have relied more on divine guidance than the considered opinions of his top advisers.
bush told woodward that as he approached the final decision to go to war, "i was praying for strength to do the lord's will ... i'm surely not going to justify war based on god.
You obviously are not aware of the facts. This has nothing to do with WAR strategy. The accusation was that Bush was allegedly making a "secret deal" to reduce oil prices right before the election. The funny thing was Prince Bandar has discounted the "accusation." He pointed to his working with prior admins/presidents to reduce oil prices--even back to Carter. He said it was an effort to pull the US out of the "malaise," essentially of the economic disaster that characterized Carter's whole administration. Again, much ado about nothing.I think it just shows the pathetic, desperate attempts the left is become to reduced to in their attempts to regain control.
Hee-Hee. Neo-Cons are SO cute when they spout their company line.
as i read grenpalmtrees post to those of us that support president bush and the current iraqi war, i was reminded that i needed to do something concrete to show me support for this situation.
so i contacted camp pendleton (a marine base which has lost a number of troops in iraq), and spoke with an officer, and asked what i could do to support the families of those that have paid the ultimate price in this war.
he gave me a list of accounts, and i have since donated money to those accounts.
MIchael3000,Your hate-filled rant is just what I did not want. But then again what else can one expect form one that supports Air America. Appropriate name too, full of gas bags like Al Franken.
Um, "hate-filled rant"? Right. By all means, don't let the facts get in the way of your rhetoric.
is there a difference?
this geographically illiterate aussie needs to know!
(this came up in a conversation at the door with a dub lady yesterday)
Difference of about 60 miles, I'd reckon.
whats your favourite song?
though its breaking every rule i've ever made.
my racing heart is just the same.
Honestly - how many times has this question been asked on this board? 10? 50? Please do a search before posting, else it feels like I'm reading the same crappy fluff every other week.
Thanks!
ok, this may sound silly and trivial.
but, i need to know if anyone else has had a similar experience.. as a result of facial hair (a goatee and mustache), i was relieved of my incredibly important.
later, i felt like i should send the elders a thank you note for their wake up call to the fact that i was in a very messed up religion.
Yet, most of the bOrg's publications feature illustrations of Jesus & other Bible characters with full beards, and long-ish hair! (Except for a couple of years in the 50's or 60's...
