Re: Family Values (old news)

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"Robert L Bass" <robertbass1@xxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de news:
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> Who Would Jesus Torture? The Religion of George W. Bush
>
> July 17, 2004
> By Christian Dewar
>
> In the June 21st edition of Time Magazine, the cover story is entitled,
> "Faith, God and the Oval Office", in which George W. Bush's religious
> beliefs are contrasted with those of John Kerry. In the same edition,
> there is an article entitled, "Redefining Torture", in which the origins
> of the use of torture by our government are traced to the highest levels
> of Bush's administration. Who would Jesus torture? Apparently, Time
> Magazine has no sense of irony.
>
> Around 900 US troops have been killed in Iraq. Thousands more are
> casualties, many missing limbs. Around 12,000 innocent Iraqi civilians are
> dead. An unknown number of Iraqi conscripts and soldiers died. The
> "Coalition of the Willing" has sustained death and casualties. Our "Shock
> and Awe" blitzkrieg has devastated the already damaged infrastructure
> including plumbing and sewage, insuring that tens, if not hundreds of
> thousands, more civilians will die of sickness and disease. Our use of the
> radioactive and toxic depleted uranium munitions will no doubt cause
> cancer and birth defects among Iraqis and US vets for generations to come.
>
> Meanwhile, the 9/11 Commission has declared that Saddam did not have WMD,
> he was not linked to Osama or al-Qaeda, he was not behind the World Trade
> Center attacks and his decimated army posed no imminent threat to the US.
> Oops!
>
> If you kill one innocent human being it is murder. If you slaughter
> thousands, it is "regime change."
>
> Accounts of Saddam's ability to attack us with WMD were lies. Shipments of
> Niger uranium to Iraq were lies. Claims that aluminum tubes were for
> centrifuges were lies. Stories of drones that could attack the US with
> chemical and biological weapons were lies. Assertions that Saddam had
> mobile trucks with WMD were lies. Who would Jesus lie to?
>
> Bush better hope that there is no heaven, no hell and no judgment day.
>
> Ron Reagan Jr. recently commented that while his father believed in God,
> he didn't wear his religion on his sleeve. While he did not mention Bush
> by name, most observers assumed that he was talking about the man selected
> by the Supreme Court to be our president. Bush often uses code words
> familiar to his critical evangelical base that fly under the radar of
> mainstream, moderate Christians. Still, it does not seem to be too cynical
> to believe that Bush's supposed religion is simply a ploy to gain votes
> from the rubes among fundamentalist Christians. Or if he is a religious
> man, few genuine Christians would believe that his God was the one they
> pray to.
>
> What would St. Peter have to say to George Bush once he stands before the
> Pearly Gates of heaven on judgment day? Has he been a good Christian? Has
> he led a pious life according to the teachings of Jesus?
>
> In the world of Roy Moore, it is more important for Christians to display
> their faith by placing a huge granite rock with the Ten Commandments
> inscribed on it in a court room rather than to follow those tenets of
> Christianity. For the Bush family, patriotism is displayed by appearing
> before huge American flags and wrapping themselves in red-white-and-blue
> bunting even as they chip away at the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
> Symbols trump substance any day for these Christians and patriots.
>
> According to childhood friends, Bush used to blow up frogs with
> firecrackers and shoot them with BB guns. As several therapists have
> pointed out, this cruelty to animals is a trait he shares with many serial
> killers.
>
> Bush was embroiled in a scandal at Yale when it was discovered that he
> branded pledges at his fraternity with red-hot wires.
>
> A drunken George W. Bush once challenged his own father to a fight, "mano
> a mano."
>
> Several therapists have commented about Bush's sadistic tendencies and his
> lack of empathy. A recent book, "Bush on the Couch; Inside the Mind of the
> President," written by the respected Justin A. Frank M.D., is one of many
> attempts to describe Bush's inherent cruelty. The book points out how
> comfortable Bush is being outside the law, whether it is his two arrests
> at Yale, his DUI, his apparent AWOL status in the Texas National Guard,
> alleged insider trading, possible perjury or his reported drug abuse.
>
> Polls report that many of those in the Red States believe that Bush is
> "likable" and the candidate they would most like to have a beer with. This
> about a man who mocks and ridicules those with whom he disagrees. A
> reporter who asks a foreign politician a question in French was derided as
> being an "internationalist." A citizen who expressed his displeasure with
> Bush's policies was told, "Who cares what you think?" He makes fun of bald
> journalists. He has cruel nicknames for aides. He calls Karl Rove, "Turd
> Blossom."
>
> During his father's presidential campaign. Dubya served as the "loyalty
> enforcer", the heavy who was brought in to fire or chastise disloyal
> campaign aides. He once yelled drunken obscenities at reporter Al Hunt in
> front of his wife and young child for an innocuous statement that he had
> written about his father. Unaware that his microphone was on, he called a
> New York Times reporter an asshole. According to White House insiders, his
> conversations are laced with profanity.
>
> Dick Cheney recently told a respected senator who is critical of his war
> profiteering to go "fuck yourself." Bush failed to admonish his vice
> president. Is this a Christian sentiment? Who would Jesus curse?
>
> As governor of Texas, Bush presided over a record number of executions
> including the mentally ill and juveniles. He mocked born-again Christian
> Karla Faye Tucker's plea for clemency, "Please don't kill me, Mr. Bush."
> Many of those sentenced to die had incompetent attorneys, including one
> who slept through parts of the trial. Bush's legal counsel omitted
> mitigating circumstances about many of the defendants. Bush reportedly
> only gave a cursory review of the defendant's legal background.
>
> During the debates with Al Gore, Bush smirked when he mentioned the
> pending execution of neo-nazis who dragged a black man to his death, even
> as he spurned the dead man's family who begged the governor to back
> hate-crime legislation. What part of "Thou Shall Not Kill" doesn't this
> man understand? What of "vengeance is mine, sayeth the Lord"? What of
> "judge not, least ye be judged"? Are there loop holes and exceptions to
> the teachings of Christ or the Bible, as there apparently are in US and
> international law when it comes to torturing detainees?
>
> As a failed business man in the Texas oil business, Bush apparently
> unloaded around $850,000 in stock before it crashed -- A far greater
> amount than what Martha Stewart realized in her insider trading scam. Bush
> was never exonerated, although Bush Senior's cronies at the head of the
> SEC dropped the investigation. "Thou Shall Not Steal?"
>
> As governor, Bush steered much of the University of Texas's investments to
> his cronies. He may well have perjured himself in a Texas funeral home
> scandal. The Texas Ranger's stadium was paid for by taxpayers, although
> Bush and his cronies realized a huge profit at their expense. They even
> created a quasi-governmental agency to condemn the soon-to-be valuable
> private property around the ball field in order to buy the land at
> fire-sale prices.
>
> As president, his administration has awarded no-bid, cost-plus
> multi-billion dollar contracts to his campaign contributors. His father
> has profited from his son's wars as a consultant to Carlyle. Dick Cheney's
> stock in Halliburton increases in value as the company gouges US taxpayers
> with inflated invoices and phantom services.
>
> The vice president is being investigated by the SEC. He may be indicted
> for a felony concerning bribes by Halliburton to corrupt Nigerian
> officials. Bush's good friend and campaign contributor, "Kenny Boy" Lay
> has finally made to perp walk. His company defrauded California and his
> employees lost their careers along with their life savings. The "Golden
> Rule?" He who has the gold, rules.
>
> Around $20 billion dollars from the sale of Iraqi oil has gone missing.
> Oil pumped from the Iraqi wells is unmetered. Money allocated for Iraq by
> the US government is similarly unaccounted for with little oversight.
>
> Are we sure that this war wasn't about oil as ten million protesters
> alleged before the bombing of Baghdad began? What of the proverb that "it
> is harder for a rich man to enter heaven than for a camel to pass through
> the eye of a needle?" Bush's tax cuts mostly benefit the richest one per
> cent of US citizens as the deficit soars to record heights and social
> programs are gutted. This is compassionate conservative?
>
> What mountain would Jesus strip mine? This administration is giving away
> America's resources to his wealthy contributors as they despoil the land
> and strip the forests. The extraction industries dump toxins and
> pollutants into our water. Mercury from coal mines renders seafood
> dangerous for pregnant women's unborn children. Death and illnesses are
> directly linked to pollution. Under Governor Bush, Houston overtook Los
> Angeles as the country's most polluted city.
>
> This administration is the most vengeful in US history, as Richard Clark,
> Paul O'Neil and Joe Wilson, among many others, have discovered. Turn the
> other cheek? If you do, this administration will punch you on the other
> side of your head.
>
> Cheney voted against sanctions against the apartheid regime of South
> Africa. He opposed efforts to free Nelson Mandela. What race would Jesus
> hate?
>
> Bush seems to also harbor racist tendencies. He recently refused to
> address the NAACP. He opposes affirmative action. He reportedly
> collaborated with Lee Atwater on the racist Willie Horton ads. Rove's
> minions circulated rumors that John McCain fathered an illegitimate black
> child. Jeb Bush disenfranchised thousands of black voters, most of whom
> would have supported Al Gore. Asked by a black woman what he would do for
> blacks if he became governor of Florida, Jeb Bush replied, "Probably
> nothing." Who would Jesus hate?
>
> John Ashcroft, the attorney general whose department approved the use of
> torture, is affiliated with neo-confederate, racist groups like the
> Southern Partisan and the Council of Conservative Citizens, the uptown Ku
> Klux Klan.
>
> Ashcroft is one of the NRA's strongest supporters. What about beating
> swords into plowshares? Who would Jesus shoot? What heat would Christ
> pack?
>
> Both Cheney and Bush fought to pass a constitutional amendment forbidding
> gay marriages, even though Cheney's daughter is a lesbian. What group of
> citizens would Jesus hate?
>
> Some of the more strident evangelicals believe that adulterers should be
> stoned and that gays should be executed. They are in favor of the death
> penalty. As for those innocent death row inmates, they actually believe
> God will sort it all out in the next world. It is doubtful that any of
> these "Christians" would even recognize Jesus if he returned to earth,
> especially if he came back as a black, gay or an Iraqi.
>
> America's Best Christian (with apologies to the devout Christian Betty
> Bowers), John Ashcroft, also presided over many executions while in office
> in Missouri. Who would Jesus electrocute? It would appear that his illegal
> campaign contributions amount to stealing.
>
> His Justice Department says that torture stops just short of organ
> failure. What "stress positions" would Jesus advocate? Would he "water
> board" detainees until they thought they were about to drown? Would he
> specifically approve the use of dogs to intimidate prisoners as Rumsfeld
> did? Would he sexually humiliate them, leading them naked on a leash?
> Would he force them to masturbate and simulate sexual acts with one
> another as he video taped the proceedings? Ashcroft's god is not one most
> Christians would recognize from the Bible.
>
> Bush has called our war in the Middle East a crusade. General Boykin, who
> believes God placed Bush in the White House, not the Supreme Court, says
> this his God is the real God, not the one worshipped by Muslims. His God
> helped him kill the infidels. Who would Jesus crusade against?
>
> It certainly is remarkable that such an insipid, callow, little man like
> George W. Bush, who has slaughtered thousands of innocent civilians as
> surely as if he pulled the trigger himself, can be described as deeply
> religious by one of America's most mainstream magazines with no sense of
> irony. American lemmings are now so brain washed that they believe this
> war criminal is a man of God. It would seem that the God he worships is
> really the Viking god of war, Thor, with his thunder of ongoing,
> preemptive "Shock and Awe" extending as far as the eye can see into our
> future.
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