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Buffman · 09-26-2002, 08:41 PM

Bush may well be no more than the representative figurehead. It doesn't matter if he, personally, does or doesn't have a great mind. It is the sum total of Bush "operatives" to which I constantly refer. (i.e.: Administration/Posse/Manipulators/ Appointees/etc.) It is their collective activity/philosophies that merit increased vigilance and concern. Whether Bush is his father's, Cheney's, Rumfeld's, the Heritage Foundation's, or his personal pastor's, sock-puppet really doesn't matter. He is the President and he has the support of the House and just one seat short of the Senate. Obviously 5 of the 9 Supremes have a vested interest in him.

It "is" the Oval Office saying it...regardless who is sitting in the chair. That person can constitutionally put Americans in harm's way, or curtail their liberties, with a word or a signature. (U.S.C. Art II, Sec 2 & 3)

<a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010914-4.html" target="_blank">http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010914-4.html</a>

[ September 27, 2002: Message edited by: Buffman ]</p>

Alonzo Fyfe · 09-27-2002, 03:37 AM

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Originally posted by idaho:
<strong>I am not surprised by this move by Bush and his cabinet. Afterall, we all know how fundies handle information that conflicts with their personal dogma, they ignore it. This is just Bush ignoring things that conflict him.</strong>

The process is a couple of thousand years old.

The bible contains the truth. If anybody reaches a conclusion that contradicts the bible, then they have made a mistake. The task, then, is to find the mistake and correct it -- that is the path to true knowledge.

We might not be able to find the mistake today, but it has to be there somewhere. And we certainly do not want to follow a policy based on a mistake -- just because we can't find it -- do we?

Shake · 10-01-2002, 12:45 PM

Whew! That's a lot!

I'm afraid I don't have a link, but I just read in today's (10/1) newspaper that Bush is diverting some $34M (billion, perhaps?) from a UN agency that promotes abortions and sterilization in overpopulated 3rd world countries to one of his pet domestic programs.

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09-26-2002, 08:41 PM	#11
Buffman Beloved Deceased Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: central Florida Posts: 3,546	Bush may well be no more than the representative figurehead. It doesn't matter if he, personally, does or doesn't have a great mind. It is the sum total of Bush "operatives" to which I constantly refer. (i.e.: Administration/Posse/Manipulators/ Appointees/etc.) It is their collective activity/philosophies that merit increased vigilance and concern. Whether Bush is his father's, Cheney's, Rumfeld's, the Heritage Foundation's, or his personal pastor's, sock-puppet really doesn't matter. He is the President and he has the support of the House and just one seat short of the Senate. Obviously 5 of the 9 Supremes have a vested interest in him. It "is" the Oval Office saying it...regardless who is sitting in the chair. That person can constitutionally put Americans in harm's way, or curtail their liberties, with a word or a signature. (U.S.C. Art II, Sec 2 & 3) <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010914-4.html" target="_blank">http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010914-4.html</a> [ September 27, 2002: Message edited by: Buffman ]</p>

10-01-2002, 12:45 PM	#13
Shake Contributor Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Folding@Home in upstate NY Posts: 14,394	Whew! That's a lot! I'm afraid I don't have a link, but I just read in today's (10/1) newspaper that Bush is diverting some $34M (billion, perhaps?) from a UN agency that promotes abortions and sterilization in overpopulated 3rd world countries to one of his pet domestic programs.

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