Bush: God has called us

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http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/Bush_in_Africa/0,,2-7-1505_1386439,00.html

<snip>He pledged to Africans, "You are not alone. America has decided to act."

"I believe God has called us into action. Our country has got a responsibility, we are a great nation, we are a wealthy nation, we have a responsibility to help a neighbour in need, a brother and sister in crisis."

Aids and Africa activists have accused Bush of devoting insufficient political muscle to forcing Congress to fully fund his anti-Aids plan.

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[MaineDem]

1. "I believe God has called us into action"

Now I'm screaming!

What a hypocritical idiot! This is so maddening.

[saigon68]

31. GOD SAYS THOU SHALT NOT KILL

This is the bastard who killed hundreds of Children in his "SHOCK and AWE" Campaign

[young_at_heart]

2. I wish God would tell him to help US citizens too!

Those of us who are out of work, retired on low income, uninsured, etc. etc.----- it would be nice if God could speak to him on our behalf!

[sendero]

3. one could....

.... easily arrive to the conclusion that if there *was* a god he would bitch-slap Bush* into the next century. :)

Reminds me of an old Jethro Tull lyric:

If Jesus saves
Well he better save himself
From the gory glory seekers
Who use his name in death

(this comment not intended to disparage anyone's personal beliefs, I just really despise the misuse of god)

[ewagner]

11. lol

.... easily arrive to the conclusion that if there *was* a god he would bitch-slap Bush* into the next century.


Great comment!!!!!!

[0007]

24. We all indeed know that "shit" is real

'nuff said about junior and his merry gang of thugs.

[indictrichardperle]

32. Take a look at Richard Perle's face

If God sent him.....

I am permanently cosmically confused.

Somehow the guy with the tail and a pitch fork come to mind when i think of the scheming neo-con cabal.

[nixonwasbetterthanW]

4. updated WH spin will be "God: Bush has called us"

eom

[DUreader]

5. GOD just called ME! He had a message for Bush*

SHUT THE FUCK UP! WIMP!


Pass it on.

[philosophie_en_rose]

29. Well, God better quit calling.

Isn't it time to sign America up for that "Do Not Call" list?

[flamingyouth]

6. Grab the Lithium, Pickles

God is talking to George again.

[concord]

10. OMG! Too Funny!

Good one :)

:toast:

[sasquatch]

39. Don't forget the stait jacket either

he needs to be restrained:crazy:

[StClone]

7. Whose God

Compels them to lie so you can kill people?

I'll bet that Carl Rove is a ventriloquist!

[renegade000]

8. we are being humble aren't we bush?

"God has called us...we are chosen. we are great, we have immense wealth....can i have an amen!?"

*buries face in hands*

[TheReligiousLeft]

54. Light reading

Bush must have read through prayer of Capitalism... pardon Jabez again... Alas, light ideas for light minds.

[Sal316]

9. What a nutjob.

:eyes:

[PurityOfEssence]

21. Absa-diddly-ootley

Mercifully he doesn't have complex enough circuitry to go thoroughly bats like Ashcroft, but he's definitely tetched...

[susu369]

33. He's quazee as hell

*eom*

[saigon68]

40. ASSCROFT ONE OF A KIND

I agree !!!

[saigon68]

36. NUTJOBS ARE OFFENDED TO BE COMPARED TO THE CHIMP

This crazy man is for real. May some higher power help us soon before this WHACKJOB destroys the planet.

[Eddie Current]

12. Don't you know

Bush was sent by God to get us through this trying time in history.

So stop saying that stuff! Stop being disrespectful to the annointed one, George 'Big Unit' Bush!

[ze_dscherman]

13. He's not elected, he's choosen!

[Cocoa]

14. "Fool me once..."

I'm so glad the activists are expressing their skepticism so openly, I've been hearing a lot of it, we'll believe it when we see it.

[AntiCoup2K4]

15. Exclusive photo of God, Jesus, and Bush Jr!!

GOD: Behold, My Son. This was the idiot I was telling You about.

JESUS: Verily, thou art right Dad. He is a wimp.

BUSH JR: Hey, you guys look like terraists!! RIDGE, GET SOME GUARDS IN HERE!!

[saigon68]

51. RIDGE GET SOME GUARDS IN HERE

soon I'm sure

[sonias]

16. I suppose God must have mentioned Congo as well

But I don't see us acting there. We have a responsibility to help the Congolese as well, but alas the oil resources have already been stolen by some other regime, so we have no American interest in helping there.

Sonia

[Native]

17. who the hell is writing his speeches now?

this is pathetic on sooooo many levels!

[CO Liberal]

18. He Called Jim Jones and David Koresh, Too

Right????

[I AM SPARTACUS]

19. and Osama, as well...

well, okay, so that was a call from a different god...

[Sick of Bullshit]

25. No, it was the same God

Allah and God are one and the same.

[soupkitchen]

20. Is God calling GW on his burnt cell phone.

Is that partying catching up with him?

[PurityOfEssence]

22. ANOTHER unsolicited call; probably collect, like all the other ones

This god-guy's some kinda crank caller, and it's funny how he/she/it seems to tend to call cranks.

Hey believers: I feel for you in your embarrassment and pain, but please, can ya do something about these ding-dongphoneyloons?

Much obliged.

[DemBones DemBones]

41. Hey, if we believers could do something about Bush* and others

who claim to have a straight line to God, don't you think we would have already done it? Bush* doesn't listen to leaders in his own church or other churches. He blew them all off about the war on Iraq. The Pope flat out told him he'd be going into Iraq without God but Bush* didn't pay any heed.

[PurityOfEssence]

46. Don't mean to thump on you, but I don't think enough's being done.

Look, it's something I can't do. I'm not part of the group.

Yes, I think people should do more. I'm sorry, but I want to see more willingness to confront and try to take back god from these theocrats.

Those believers who love pluralism, cosmopolitanism and cooperation are friends, and I wish them to presume I'm closer to them than the nazibots. Agnostics believe in the here and now, and as such are often good neighbors and friends.

No. I don't think people of faith have done enough to fight this and channel their energies to take back the debate. The current incarnation of the Republicans is the party that demands religion; ours is the one that accepts it. It's frustrating. I'm sure it is for you. That's why I kept it at a civil--I thought--plane.

No. This is for keeps.

I support you in your endeavors; more than anything else, it needs to be brought to the attention of those who've never really encountered non-believers that we can be family people and good citizens too.

Nuff said?

[DemBones DemBones]

55. It is indeed frustrating and one reason it is so frustrating is that it is

well nigh impossible to say publicly that G.W. Bush* is not a Christian -- or even that he doesn't act like a Christian -- without being hammered by those who believe he is. Those people also tend to believe they are the arbiters of who is and who isn't a good Christian.

I wasn't insulted by what you said and didn't intend my response to sound surly or annoyed with you. It's Bush* who is annoying to all of us. And for what it's worth, I think that believers with whom you would ever want to associate do not regard non-believers as lesser beings. Looking with disfavor on others is more the province of the hidebound fundamentalist sorts, and they would likely consider me "other" as much as you.

Democrats generally don't like to play the religion card -- it's one of the things we dislike about Holy Joe Lieberman, after all. We should be able to talk about religion and morality (which are not the same thing) and stop allowing the GOP to set themselves up as the moral and godly party but a lot of Dems, expecially the sort who post at DU, would not like such a move by the party.

How do you propose that people of faith take back the debates without being accused of preaching or proselytizing? Those on the right are addressing people who largely support public prayer, after all, and are unlikely to offend their base. Not so on the left. But perhaps you see something that I don't?

[snippy]

23. Kreepers and shittoheads won't like this part.

"we have a responsibility to help a neighbour in need"

I did not read the article. Did God tell Bush to lie so he could kill innocent Iraqis?

[Forkboy]

26. huh...I must have missed that call

probably because I was out looking for work :mad:

[classics]

27. This guy reminds me of Charles Manson.

Nothing is more dangerous than a wacko who thinks God has his back.

[JCMach1]

28. Head exploding

:grr:

[dback]

30. God wants us to save the foreign black people, but let the US ones die?

Oh, right: better that we keep alive the ones far away over the ocean who might allow us to use their land for military bases. The black people here--especially in the nation's capitol--are on their own.

[Pallas180]

34. this guy is really delusional. We were a wealthy nation until he got

his hands on the Treasury and spent the 5 trillion in savings
and then spent another 6 trillion.

That means he spent 11 trillion dollars in 2 1/2 years.

Can you tell me on what?

[indictrichardperle]

35. if it was Jim Carey playing the part in "Liar Liar"

he would blurt out "we're bankrupt and im a puppet of the devil"

:evilgrin:

[Emillereid]

37. I talked to God too -- and he said to tell Bush to quit killing his people

He also said to vote for anyone BUT Bush!

[saigon68]

52. Waste of Lives

N/T

[Not a robought]

38. Babs looks around...

[Mal]

42. The problem with God is

that good, God-fearing men can do things to save another's soul that would cause evil atheists to blink. It's astonishing what people are capable of, if it's to save someone from eternal damnation, and the Christian church seems the worst of the lot. Islam has historically been much more tolerant of other faiths.

But if Bush is going to help the poor nations, does that mean he's going to stop all subsidies for competing US industries, and support a free and open market?

[goforit]

43. What ever!!!

:wtf:

[TheZoo]

44. Mathew 7:15

"Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits."

Every time * says something about God, I always think of that quote. I wonder if I can start bringing several customers' service down and say that God told me to do it.

[study_war_no_more]

56. ty sir

This guy is the anti christ!!! (I mean if there was one) The pope said he was.

[Name removed]

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[Mal]

47. Off the point, but

You moderators take all the fun out of life. I was all set up to reply to Heyman, but his message had already been deleted. That was damn fast.

[classics]

49. Heyman's post gives me a lot of hope.

I think I came across it about the instant it was posted, so i got to read it.

Its becoming a real confort to me that so many people have left Captain Unelected's defense, that the ones left are just the drooling jibbering bags of irrational disjointed bile that would follow anyone into hell just for shits and giggles.

A large influx of seemingly rational people with good arguments would be a real show of support, but those people seem to have abandoned the shrub for a policy of silence.

[VolcanoJen]

50. That's one helluva great point, classics.

:-)

Jennifer

(As everyone can tell, the post is no longer available to read, but I'm sure you get the gist of the comments made from classics' post!)

ON EDIT: Oh, and by the way, moderators do not intend to take all the fun out of DU'ers lives, but sometimes we manage to take a little air out of the tires of our disruptors. :-) Sorry, Mal!! ;-)

[Solly Mack]

48. Damn...and me with no answering machine

:shrug:

We need a hypocrite icon.

[Kat45]

53. As a believer, I am truly offended whenever * quotes God,

by saying God told him to do something, or even just that he thinks God told him do something--especially when these things seem antithetical to the word of God.

Someone earlier in the thread posted the Biblical passage about false prophets, and I definitely believe that it applies to this admin and those around them.