In China, Bush Urges Religious Freedom
By TERENCE HUNT, AP White House Correspondent
BEIJING - President Bush was greeted in China with good news about trade and is making a point about religious freedom in this communist nation by attending church services before meeting top leaders.
Bush hoped to send a visible message about human rights across this land of 1.3 billion people by worshipping on Sunday at the Gangwashi Church, one of five officially recognized Protestant churches in Beijing. The State Department cited China this month as one of eight countries of "particular concern" for denying religious freedom.
The White House urged China's state-controlled media not to censor news of Bush's visit. (full story)
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Can you believe the hypocrisy of this guy?
Just a few weeks ago Bush used religion as justification for conservatives to support his Supreme Court nominee. [Our Constitution says there should be no religious test for public office]
As Bush started his first term of office one of the first things he did was establish a White House office of Faith-based initiatives. [Our Constitution says there should be no establishment of religion]
And not that long ago Bush supported the teaching of Intelligent Design -- a new name for creationism -- in public school science classes. [See above.]
The only thing left to say is . . . yikes!
Saturday, November 19, 2005
Friday, November 18, 2005
Wake up America!
Listening to the callers on C-SPAN, I have to wonder if the public will EVER wake up to what this administration is doing to our country?
The most patriotic thing a citizen can do is challenge their leaders when they think those leaders are taking this country in the wrong direction. Challenging the president on his reasons for taking this country to war is in NO WAY a slap in the face to the troops. Only someone willing to believe the twisted Rove/Bush/Cheney rhetoric would think otherwise.
If the president is truly interested in stopping "terrorists" then he needs to change course immediately! His actions over the past four years have created more terrorists than existed before the invasion of Iraq.
We have a chance in 2006 to begin to change the direction this country is heading. It is imperative that progressives register and exercise your right to vote!
The most patriotic thing a citizen can do is challenge their leaders when they think those leaders are taking this country in the wrong direction. Challenging the president on his reasons for taking this country to war is in NO WAY a slap in the face to the troops. Only someone willing to believe the twisted Rove/Bush/Cheney rhetoric would think otherwise.
If the president is truly interested in stopping "terrorists" then he needs to change course immediately! His actions over the past four years have created more terrorists than existed before the invasion of Iraq.
We have a chance in 2006 to begin to change the direction this country is heading. It is imperative that progressives register and exercise your right to vote!
Bring them home!
The Republicans would rather play politics with our troops lives then enter into an honest debate about whether or not to bring them home.
Democrats started the long overdue debate, while Republicans continued the same old tired rhetoric. When will Republicans ever have the courage to challenge this president on his lies?
Democrats started the long overdue debate, while Republicans continued the same old tired rhetoric. When will Republicans ever have the courage to challenge this president on his lies?
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