JohnRich 4
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QuoteChristianity as a whole has worked long and hard to earn the contempt in which it is held...
the spread of christianity has all too often been by means of genocide, slavery...
The problem I have with your view is that you're using Christianity as it existed hundreds of years ago, and longer. They're no longer enslaving foreign populations to convert them to their faith. They're no longer conducting Crusades to lop off the heads of non-believers. You should not hold the actions of Christians from a thousand years ago against modern-day mainstream Christians who simply worship their own beliefs in their private churches and lead their lives according to good wholesome values. Christians have gotten over using violence for religion. You should get over blaming them for what happened long ago in the past.
The Christians of today use the political system to express their views and advocate for their beliefs. That's what it's there for, no different than any other special interest groups. It's a peaceful process, and the proper way to do things. But some people even begrudge them participation in that process, as if they have no right to express or advocate for their viewpoints. And that's wrong. Everyone deserves to have their ideas heaard, and then let the voters decide, and the three branches of government do its work.
Christian presidents have managed to serve this country pretty darned well over the last 236 years.
kallend 1,651
QuotePercentage of jobs created...
Texas 51 %
rest of the country 49%
Get the picture ?
Texas under Perry has the fourth-highest poverty rate of any state. It tied with Mississippi last year for the highest percentage of workers in minimum-wage jobs. It ranks first in adults without high school diplomas. Twenty-six percent of Texans have no health insurance — the highest percentage of medically uninsured residents of any state. It leads the nation in the percentage of children who lack medical insurance. Texas has an inordinate number of employers who provide no insurance to their workers, partly because insurance rates are high, thanks to an absence of regulations.
In 2008, the state comptroller found that 12 percent of Texans lacked high school diplomas and that the level would rise to 30 percent by 2040 unless the state’s commitment to education was considerably increased. This year, though, Perry slashed $4billion from K-12 schools. In this regard, the equation of Perry with China’s leaders is unfair to China: The Chinese understand that the better educated their people become, the more high-skill and high-compensating jobs their nation will attain.
The giant sucking sound Perot warned about is actually coming from Perry's Texas.
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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.
The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.
DanG 1
On the radio this morning:
http://www.npr.org/2011/08/17/139688463/texas-economy-growing-long-before-gov-rick-perry?ps=cprs
- Dan G
http://www.npr.org/2011/08/17/139688463/texas-economy-growing-long-before-gov-rick-perry?ps=cprs
- Dan G
Thank you Pops - it's nice to know there are a few out there who recognize the voice of reason.
I like your new term - I may use it!
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