The Rant

__________________ by Bob Clasen It seems to me that Democrats hate Christianity with a mindless loathing. Perhaps Democrats hate God Himself. The latest crusade is to kill Christmas. It is no longer okay to say "Merry Christmas" or put up a Christmas tree in any government building. The ACLU will file a lawsuit and hound you into bankruptcy. Don't even think about putting up a creche or singing Christmas Carols. That would surely signal the end of the Republic. I thought the purpose of the first amendment was 1. to prohibit the establishment of a state religion like the Church of England or Lutheranism in Germany, and 2. to permit the free exercise of religion. Democrats ignore the second clause completely and interpret the first clause to mean that government must be completely religion free. Since government is virtually omnipresent in modern society, this effectively means that liberals are waging a war to eliminate religion (but especially Christ...

FOX peddles false report that California school "banned Declaration of Independence because it mentions God" Over the last two weeks, FOX News Channel has repeatedly -- and falsely -- reported that an elementary school in Cupertino, California, banned the Declaration of Independence because it mentioned God. Between November 24 and December 7, the Cupertino case has been falsely reported on seven occasions on FOX News primetime programs, numerous times during FOX News daytime programming, as well as on FOX Broadcasting Network's FOX News Sunday. Hannity & Colmes planned a December 8 live broadcast from Cupertino; a promo for that show asserted that the Constitution and Declaration of Independence had been "banned" by a California school that is "erasing God." The November 29 edition of MSNBC's Scarborough Country falsely reported the story; CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNBC have not covered the story. In fact, Stevens Creek Elementary School in C...

Let we forget what the 1st Amendment is all about I want our Bloggers to read this letter written by our FIRST PRESIDENT to a Jewish congregation in 1790. After his election as president, Washington went on a tour of all the signatories to the Constitution. Rhode Island was a hold out. So later, after Rhode Island ratified the Constitution, Washington went to Rhode Island. While in Newport, RI, he delivered a speech and presented the following written letter to a synagogue in Newport. For those right wingers that think this is a Christian nation, here is the penultimate founding father. "The Citizens of the United States of America have a right to applaud themselves for having given to mankind examples of an enlarged and liberal policy: a policy worthy of imitation. All possess alike liberty of conscience and immunities of citizenship. It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people, that another enjoyed the exercise of t...

by Dennis Prager ____________________ Blue America: The land of the easily offended Commentators on our country explain our blue-red division in many ways -- liberal-conservative; secular-religious; North-South; coasts-heartland; singles-married with children.  I propose one more explanation: the easily offended-the not so easily offended.  With the acknowledgment that there are many individual exceptions, a major defining characteristic of modern-day liberalism is the ease with which liberals take offense personally and/or on behalf of others.  Liberals regularly portray as offended women, African Americans, Jews, American Indians, gays and every other group liberals declare a minority, i.e., any group that votes Democrat -- no group that votes Republican, such as Mormons, Cuban Americans and Vietnamese Americans, is considered a "minority." All other groups are constantly warned that almost anything they say that is not patronizing of those groups is offensi...

Below is an interesting article regarding the CIA assessment regarding the status of Iraq. For those the think the appointment of Porter Goss is a good thing, I guess they will find comfort in this report. For those, like me that would trust the Bush administration with the classroom milk money, they might find some support as well.. Iraq faces descent into chaos, says CIA chief Report leaked as 1,000th US soldier dies in action Suzanne Goldenberg in WashingtonWednesday December 8, 2004 The Guardian The Bush administration's robust assertions that the situation in Iraq would improve with next month's elections were badly shaken yesterday with the leak of a gloomy end-of-tour cable from the departing CIA station chief in Baghdad. The bleak assessment, reported in yesterday's New York Times, warned that Iraq would descend even deeper into violent chaos unless the government was able to assert its authority and deliver concrete economic improvements. It arrived on a da...