A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....04-28-05 .....Frist goes to Church, Dems go bananas. Again

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[Billie]

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Frist goes to Church,
Dems go bananas.
Again

by JohnHuang2

Okay, that does it. You know the GOP's in trouble when you read about it even in that right-wing rag -- the Washington Post! I'm not making this up. A negative piece on Republicans in the Washington Post. How could it happen? Makes you wanna curl up in a little ball on the floor. But you're too much in shock to even move.

The GOP runs the White House, the House, the Senate, the SCOTUS, most state governments while Democrats struggle just running the bathhouses, but the GOP's in real trouble, says the Washington Post. The paper says the reason for this is because Democrats stand so united. Why, Democrats were supposed to enter the new Congress meek and cowed, demoralized by November's election losses, ready to cut deals with Republicans, but House and Senate Democrats turned that conventional wisdom on its head by staying united and blocking Bush nominees. Oops, I'm sorry -- that was two years ago. Unless your name is Barbara Boxer, you're aware we just had an election and Democrats lost.

Ah, but things are really different now! Staff writer Charles Babington explains: "Democrats were supposed to enter the (new) Congress meek and cowed, demoralized by November's election losses and ready to cut deals with Republicans," but "House and Senate Democrats have turned that conventional wisdom on its head" by staying united and blocking Bush nominees. So, after winning three straight elections, Republicans are still in trouble, while Democrats -- even after losing seats in the House, Senate and getting evicted from Neverland Ranch -- are in great shape. The paper says the reason for this is because Democrats stand so united -- united against DarthBolton, DarthDeLay, and those menacing Christians trying to set up a Theocracy. Music, television and movies are filled with sex and violence, psychopaths freed by judges are running around raping and killing 9-year-olds, but liberals fear too much influence in our culture from Billy Graham and James Dobson. In fairness, you see it all the time. Perfectly safe neighborhoods adorned with druggies, prostitutes, gangs, beggars, crumbling pavement and graffiti. Then Pat Robertson moves in, and the neighborhood goes to pot.

Which is why Democrats went bananas when Bill Frist went to Church on Sunday. Not in person -- but by telecast. Despite this concession, Democrats still went bananas. Liberals worry a lot about this rapidly spreading epidemic called Christianity. Mainstream voters are very disturbed by Frist going to church, and wanna stop the upsurge of state-run churches in America! Sunday's conspiracy gathering at a Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky., called Justice Sunday, was roundly denounced by Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rev. Al Sharpton as mixing religion and politics. The Democrat Senatorial Campaign Committee fired off a petition signed by 20,000 losers urging Frist to reconsider his decision to mingle with those Jesus freaks.

The way liberals see it, religion is fine, but just keep it to yourself, ok? No talking to politicians. No petitioning politicians. Seen, but not heard. You may support God, just don't let me catch you in public. Do it in your home or Church or I'll call 911. History is replete with examples of how deadly mixing politics and religion can be -- check out that religious icon, Joe Stalin.

The Democrats' nuclear option, Howard Dean, who was the subject of an Amber Alert until recently, has been doing polling to help the party find some core values and to learn why the party of partial birth abortion, gay marriage, Madonna, free sex, free condoms, pedophiles, the ACLU, Larry Flynt and Hollywood is having trouble getting the votes of 'values voters'. Democrats want to know why Democrats haven't won anything this Century (other than killing Terri Schiavo). The pollster, Cornell Belcher, surveyed voters in eight key states -- Wisconsin, Georgia, North Carolina, New Mexico, Virginia, Ohio, Nevada, Iowa. Belcher found that almost half of these voters vote based as much or more on their religious faith as on ordinary political issues, and 66 percent of them voted to keep Bush in the White House. Dean called the poll "the best" he'd seen "in 10 years," and the GOP called Dean the best DNC chair the GOP has ever had. Dean says that Democrats must stop "talking down to voters." Frankly, I don't see how they ever did since Dems are always slithering around on their scaly bellies. Other polls confirm that people who go to church went heavily for Bush. Democrats do fine only if the voter doesn't go to church. (One interesting tidbit: Kerry won overwhelmingly among voters who commute by broom.)

From all the data, Religious conservatives turned out in record numbers to defeat Kerry and re-elect Bush. So, in a stroke of brilliance, Democrats respond by attacking religious conservatives. And by blocking any judge who has moral values. Illustrating the point, the Democrats' point man on racial healing, Robert Byrd, will lead a filibuster against Janice Rogers Brown because she's black. But, in fairness, it's not always Democrats.

Occasionally you'll find one or two squishy Republicans. For example, Sen. George Voinovich failed to attend Bolton's confirmation hearings and last week announced that he couldn't vote because he failed to attend Bolton's confirmation hearings. He also said he was troubled to learn that Melody Townsel, founder of the Dallas chapter of 'Mothers Opposing Bush', is opposing Bush on Bolton. Still, Republicans imply she has an ax to grind! Or that she can't be believed just because she's just been outed as a lying fraud and plagiarist.

On the filibuster, Sen. Frist, in his brief videotaped statement on Sunday, said that "we cannot allow the filibuster to bring Congress to a grinding halt. So today I start a drive to do away with a dinosaur -- the filibuster rule." Oh wait -- that was Joe Lieberman back in '95, not Frist. Sorry again. Very confusing.

Democrats insist all they're trying to do is preserve our precious system of checks and balances. By this they mean Harry Reid shall nominate federal judges by and with the advice and consent of Planned Parenthood. And MoveOn.orgy. But don't worry. The White House still gets to play a role. It'll be consulted once Reid picks the nominee. The process safeguards against judges deemed too far out of the mainstream of the values and beliefs of Ted Kennedy. We saw how this process put David Souter where he is.

But by busting up the filibuster, Republicans threaten to shift the Constitutional balance of power away from the New York Times -- toward the elected majority! Democrats note they've used the filibuster very judiciously -- only when Bush picks a nominee. Besides, Democrats are in the minority today but, who knows, they could be the majority by the year 2525. Currently, it takes a supermajority of 60 votes to override a Harry Reid veto. Under the Constitution, the 60 votes must then be certified by Seattle's King County Board of Elections.

Our court system today is clogged up with killers, muggers, looters, thieves, rapists, arsonists -- but enough on how judges treat the Constitution. Whether it's using the 14th Amendment to invent a right to kill the unborn, or seeking guidance from foreign law to save murderers from lethal injection, judges have been making law from the bench. Given the judiciary's unbridled arrogance fueled by decades of unchecked power, it must be hard to find judges who actually obey the law -- but Bush has done it many times. (Thank goodness the CIA wasn't involved, or they'd never be found. Especially if they were moved to Syria.) Bush's judges don't think they're lawmakers, oddly enough. Rather than out to re-write it, these Judges actually obey the Constitution. And with an end to judicial filibusters in sight, these judges will be coming to a courtroom near you.

Anyway, that's...

My two cents

03-29-05 ~ Hall of Fame #11

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 04-25-05 Military Monday 04-26-05 How Does Your Garden Grow II 04-27-05 Celebrate Living #10

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' The guy's good, folks!

[Billie]

[GailA]

Good morning on this rainy one here in Memphis. JH2 another zinger. You just keep knocking them out of the ball park.

[Billie]

If it's Thursday.....you know what that means! :) Get ready to chuckle - John's done it again!

And DOLLY!!! Please give Dolly Cali a big hand for formatting the essay today. She had a little bit of a problem with the posting form (it's CONTRARY! We have to post and then hold our breath and cross our fingers and turn around three times and just *pray* it didn't take out any of our great tables or formatting. It did - 3 times - for Dolly.) :(

[Dog]

Hi Billie!!!

[Jemian]

Good morning and thank you.

[Temple Owl]

Good morning Billie and FReepers everywhere. Have a great day.

[StarCMC]

I mean it with utter sincerity when I say I feel your pain! Ugh!! Been there, done that!

[The Mayor]

April 28, 2005

Let It Shine

Read:
Matthew 5:1-16

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. —Matthew 5:16

Bible In One Year: Psalm 52-54

As a young boy, I enjoyed singing hymns in church like "Throw Out the Lifeline" and "Let the Lower Lights Be Burning," which used images of shipwreck and danger at sea to illustrate our spiritual responsibility to others. But living in landlocked Oklahoma I had never seen the ocean, and my nautical experience was limited to sailing matchbox boats on mud puddles. I knew the words but had little concept of how to rescue a "fainting, struggling seaman."

But in Sunday school, when we sang "This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine," it seemed perfectly clear what I should do. Jesus said, "You are the light of the world. . . . Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven" (Matthew 5:14,16). We memorized the Beatitudes (vv.3-12) as an example of how we could let our lives shine for Him.

As a child I understood that I should not be ashamed to live for Jesus. A secret Christian was like a lamp hidden under a basket instead of shining openly where it could help others (v.15).

Today, people around us are in spiritual danger and darkness. Young or old, we can let our light shine for Him and for them. —David McCasland

Oh, make me, Lord, so much like Thee,
My life controlled by power divine,
That I a shining light may be
From which Thy grace may ever shine. —Robertson

A single light can provide hope in the darkest night.

FOR FURTHER STUDY
How Do You Live The Christian Life?
Knowing God Through The New Testament

[Aquamarine]

Hello Dolly! You did a fantastic job on the presentation especially considering it's your first attempt.

John you keep outdoing yourself every week, think I'm addicted to your essays. :)

[luvie]

[dutchess]

EXCELLENT JOB DOLLY!!!! WONDERFUL GRAPHICS

The posting thingie is so sensitive...one errant space or other command can mess the whole thing up. Billie has come to our rescue many a time :o)

Wonderful essay john...as always.

((((hugs)))))all around. Off to work!

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

The GOP runs the White House, the House, the Senate, the SCOTUS, most state governments while Democrats struggle just running the bathhouses.

LOL
I sent this to my left wing union brother in law.

[DollyCali]

Good morning Sistahs (you are truly God's people & gifts from Him)..

all, you cannot imagine how helpful, sweet, SMART, and
thoughtful the other hostesses are. some of you know.

I am still grumbling at my computer at this time (well it should be directed at myself but the computer is used to being grumbled at)

I love John's article.. what a challenge to work with.

and what a challenged mind I have now that it is full of more new "buzzwords" & phrases..

br>, blockquote>, table>, cell padding> for starters. ( I left off the <'s )

By the time I got the admin to pull the "first" thread at about 5 AM there were already 17 views & 3 replies. ugh, I am embarrassed. But tough. I will be back ! I am woman! Grrr !!!!! (and I need more sleep or coffee)

:)

[DollyCali]

Thank you. A buddie to cry in the coffee with.. hugs

[DollyCali]

Morning Gail.. I was thinking of you over the weekend when I had a guest who lost her hubby last year also.. They never had kids or pets.. just each other... 32 years. It is hard for her as she doesn't have the support system I recall you shared. Are you feeling better? I remember reading a week or so back you had been ill

[Aquamarine]

Not to worry it gets easier each time you do it and you are already so far advanced. The first time I posted the Military Monday thread it was so scary that I almost backed out at the last minute, could visualize Billie at the other end of the computer being so sweet and patient. lol

A bouquet for you.

[Diver Dave]

Mornin' to the artists at FR's Finest. Artists with words and graphic layout.
GREAT JOB!!!
ATTA BOY/GIRL

I don't know nothing about those tables and formatting that cause all the aggravation, but y'all get a thumbs up from this corner of the neighborhood.

[DollyCali]

Thanks Dave... does your sweet pooch also give a thumbs up (or er.. paws up) ???

I cant use the word HARD for HTML.. just complex

[Billie]

By the time I got the admin to pull the "first" thread at about 5 AM there were already 17 views & 3 replies. ugh, I am embarrassed. But tough. I will be back ! I am woman! Grrr !!!!! (and I need more sleep or coffee)

LOL! This sounds familiar! Some of us have been there, done that, Dolly. :)

[Billie]

Dolly, your pledge graphic is beautiful! I'm sorry you had trouble posting the thread - like the others said, it really does get easier. :) (And it MAKES you 'learn' to turn on and off the html commands where *YOU* want them, not where the posting form thingie thinks they should be.) :)