In other words: A discussion of The Bush Administration
I know what God wants
I know what God wants
I know what God wants
God wants me - Bush
David Frum's Diary on National Review Online
For now, let’s say that while the President’s opponents have made much sport of the idea that God called George Bush to the presidency, it’s becoming increasingy difficult to doubt that God wants President Bush re-elected.
Flashback a couple of thousand years:
"Now that Caligula's horse is a respected member of the senate and the Gauls have been beaten back, it is no doubt Caligula is indeed a God."
Spain a little more recently:
"The members of the Spanish Inquisition having made the streets of Spain run red with the blood of all who did not worship appropriately have proven there is no reason to doubt they were choosen by God. Of course if you do still doubt it, they will kill you."
A Lot More recently:
"Members of Heaven's Gate understanding they were getting orders from God first cut off their testicles and later took their lives."
Folks, Bush is the spoiled son of a famous political figure (who was a slighly less spoiled sun of a famous political figure and Nazi business partner) who has achieved nothing... nothing... of his own. I would doubt he is an agent of God any more than Osama is. That kind of talk is how you grow suicide bombers. Politics are not the occupation of the divine. Politics are simply the art of the possible.
Remember what Christ thought of the money lenders, those that corrupted church with commerce? Um... now what party is the 21st century equivilent of money lenders? Either way it is stupid talk.
The entire history of humanity is filled with death and war brought on by those who believed their actions were what God wanted. Let's just leave that to God shall we? Let's concentrate on what is best for our still great (but fading under Bush) nation.
That statement brought to my attention by one of those fine sites I link to there on the right (sorry I forgot which one).
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