By-the-by, every military officer's commision, awarded by the President, since the revolution, has, as it's last paragraph...
"Done at the City of Washington, this ___ day of ___, in the year of our Lord ___, and of the Independence of the United States of America, ____. By the President:"
Not that swearing allegiance to anything means anything if the person doesn't mean it. Politicians swear with their left hand on a bible, but it doesn't stop them from violating any or all of the teachings. Or even the Ten Commandments, for that matter.
There are more important things than a couple of words, here or there.
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Dave Milne
Indeed. Those who have to claim that God Is On Their Side are usually Muslim terrorists of late...
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Dave Milne
Iraq ? Or do you mean Iran ? Or you could risk losing a ('nother) major city and go for North Korea possibly ?
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You'll notice that Bill's tenuous grasp on reality means that he can't recall the original words of the pre-54 pledge and is changing the subject as always when cornered on facts.
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I personally find them and their domestic talibanic brethren equally disgusting.
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Matt Macchiarolo
Spoken like a true Limbaugh disciple.
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Matt Macchiarolo
Ditto head...does this term not provide a contrary position on personal intelligence to your favorite quote about young Liberals and old Conservatives?
BTW, Jesus was a liberal...
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Billy Ray
The link below takes you to some photos taken a few days after the water started receeding from a flood just about exactly two years ago.
I was at work during the hardest of the rains but the water marks on the brick showed the water was running 6 inches deep on the higher side of the house.
The total Federal dollars recieved for flood damage in the village was $0.
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Tom Greening
That's an attitude problem and not a religious problem. People like that will exhibit that trait whether the subject be religion, or the "Real" jeep they drive vs. whatever kind of jeep YOU drive.
Everyone can rally behind it so to speak, it's just some can't see past their own personal conviction that everyone should believe as they do. If you don't wish to recite the phrase "under god" then by all means insert your favorite. No one is listening that close. If you don't wish your kid(s) to recite that phrase, then by all means teach them an alternate, and inform their teachers. But for the people that DO wish to recite it as is, leave them alone.
People that share your view are just as bad as religious nuts that think you simply must be converted, even if it kills you. People with your view want the 10 commandments removed from court house lawns, never mind that the commandments themselves are pretty damn good principles to uphold whether they come from Moses on the Mount or Bubba Beer Drinker.
You're the single non-believer (or practioner of alternate religion) in the room full of believers and because it doesn't conform to your views or beliefs you want it modified or removed. What is the difference between that and the BELIEVER in the room full of non-believers that wants it ADDED to the program?
I personally think they are more important things for people to be doing rather that trying to bend others to their will.
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Matt Macchiarolo
Good thing there's a Republican in the White House, or else the American taxpayer might be footing the bill for the rebuilding on the Gulf Coast...
Wait a minute...."At the White House, the chairman of Bush's National Economic Council, Al Hubbard, made clear that Hurricane Katrina recovery costs are "coming from the American taxpayer." Another top aide, domestic policy adviser Claude Allen, said the administration had not identified any budget cuts to offset the disaster expense, and Bush did not name any either."
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Methinks you should read the rest of the Bible, and not just the action-adventure stuff.
Personally, I like that water into wine bit. He'd be a fun guest at parties.
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To speak proper Jive, the term is 'da bomb'... the rest of the sentence is fundamentally correct. __ Steve .
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Particularly if He brought his girl friend and a few of her coworkers.
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