WONDROUS THINGS

        It is said that faith can move mountains but no one seems to know just how far bullshit can be thrown and still keep believers on their knees before this administration.

        Posturing somewhere between a political looser and an itinerant preacher, Bush proclaimed, "In the life of our nation we have seen that wondrous things are possible when we act with God's grace." Geez-amighty! Hala-looya!

        In the life of our nation while he has been controlling the entire government, House, Senate, Supreme Court and Oval Office, we have been inundated with his avowals that he is doing the Lord's business here on Earth.

        So would that mean that the following wondrous things were under the auspices of God's grace?

            Two rigged and stolen elections

            Divisive tactics to control free speech

            Faith based attempt to meld religion and politics

            Tax cuts forthe richest Americans

            Destruction of the World Trade Center - warnings ignored

            Education and other programs mandated that were never funded

            Skyrocketing drug prices

            Reduction of environmental controls

            Strip mining allowed on public lands

            Opening Alaska for oil production

            Shock and awe preemptive killing of thousands of Iraqi

            Reciprocal killings of American troops

            Attack against Social Security

            Inexperienced cronies appointed to Homeland Security management

            Cronies appointed to head up FEMA

            The drowning floods of New Orleans with loss of many lives

            Patriot Act and Son of Patriot Act

            Unfunded entitlement programs sending states into bankruptcy

            Renewal of tax cuts for the rich

            A bankruptcy law that hurts the poor and small businesses

            The shame of allowing prisoner torture in Abu Ghraib and Git-Mo

            Off-shore oil drilling encouraged

            Keeps a known felon on staff, Karl Rove, who outed a CIA agent

            One humongous national debt

        And this is only a partial list of the wondrous things George Bush is responsible for as he admittedly "acts with God's grace". His legacy already is that of the most secretive and dangerous administration in the history of the country. The "suffering South" will long remember how he emulated Nero -- staying on vacation, playing his guitar while New Orleans flooded and families drowned.

        However, a side affect of all these wondrous things is that they illustrate the total folly of combining church and state. The founders of this country knew what they were doing; Bush doesn't have a clue and doesn't give a shit.

        gapperserve@peoplepc.com

        2005-038E 

        Copyright 2005 Renee T. Louise and Ruth M. Sprague, Ph.D. These articles may be republished for noncommercial use only, provided that they are copied intact, and that this copyright notice is attached. Address all queries to: gapperserve@peoplepc.com.

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