Here's the judiciously edited highlights of Bush's call to arms:
freedom
distant borders
shipwreck of communism
sabbatical
a day of fire
vulnerability
resentment
tyranny
ideologies
hatred
murder
violence
gather
multiply
destructive power
cross the most defended borders
mortal threat
force
hatred
resentment
pretensions of tyrants
force
freedom
We are led
survival of liberty
liberty
expansion of freedom
America's vital interests and our deepest beliefs are now one
the maker of heaven and Earth
proclaimed the imperative
master
slave
mission
our fathers
urgent
security
growth of democratic movements
ultimate goal
tyranny
arms
defend
force
arms
Freedom
defended
rule of law
minorities
soul
arise
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America will not impose our own style of government on the unwilling. Our goal instead is to help others find their own voice, attain their own freedom and make their own way.
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tyranny
work
difficulty of the task
oppressed
America's influence
use it confidently
freedom
protect
attacks
threats
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Some have unwisely chosen to test America's resolve and have found it firm.
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ruler
moral
oppression
always wrong
freedom
eternally right
jailed dissidents
women welcome humiliation
servitude
bullies
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America's belief in human dignity will guide our policies.
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grudging concessions of dictators
secured
dissent
freedom
liberty
liberty
swiftest advance of freedom ever seen
power
freedom
soul
tyranny
slavery
Liberty
tyranny
hopelessness
oppression
oppressors
liberty
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Democratic reformers facing repression, prison or exile can know: America sees you for who you are -- the future leaders of your free country.
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outlaw regimes
freedom
God
long habits of control
free
freedom's enemies
free
enemies
defeat
hard task
securing
difficult
the great liberating tradition of this nation
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By our efforts, we have lit a fire as well -- a fire in the minds of men. It warms those who feel its power, it burns those who fight its progress...
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untamed fire of freedom
hardest duties
free
fighting our enemies
deaths
sacrifice
soldiers
evil is real
essential work
work
freedom
liberty
liberty
freedom
security
liberty
Social Security Act
ownership society
preparing our people for the challenges of life in a free society
making every citizen an agent of his or her own destiny
freedom
make our society more prosperous
freedom
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Self-government relies, in the end, on the governing of the self.
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families
communities with standards
Sinai
the Sermon on the Mount
Koran
varied faiths of our people
freedom
Liberty
surround the lost with love
freedom
freedom
freedom
freedom came under attack
free
freedom
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Not because we consider ourselves a chosen nation; God moves and chooses as he wills.
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freedom
soul
Founders
soldiers
liberty
liberty
the author of liberty.
liberty
we are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom
May God bless you, and may he watch over the United States of America.
Lighting a fire - inaugural address
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Re: Lighting a fire - inaugural address
Rspaight wrote:By our efforts, we have lit a fire as well -- a fire in the minds of men. It warms those who feel its power, it burns those who fight its progress...
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untamed fire of freedom
Fire, BADDDDDD!!!!
Rspaight wrote:evil is real
The Louvin Brothers were right after all.
Rspaight wrote:Social Security Act
ownership society
preparing our people for the challenges of life in a free society
making every citizen an agent of his or her own destiny
In other words -- pick up the tab yourself!!
Rspaight wrote:Sinai
the Sermon on the Mount
Koran
varied faiths of our people
freedom
Liberty
surround the lost with love
freedom
freedom
freedom
freedom came under attack
free
freedom
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Not because we consider ourselves a chosen nation; God moves and chooses as he wills.
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freedom
soul
Founders
soldiers
liberty
liberty
the author of liberty.
liberty
we are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom
May God bless you, and may he watch over the United States of America.
Sheezus -- was this an inauguration or a papal investiture? Sounds like he's running for National God TM.
You pinkie toes can knock freedom and liberty all you want.
But sometimes you have to think positively.
As least we have choice. (just look at our list of available emoticons)
Just as I'm free to consider yesterday 'a day of mourning', (Insert naked prisoner pile emoticon)
I'm also at liberty to feel like the guy sitting on the beach who thought the tsunami was just another wave. (insert come on in, the water's fine emoticon)
bush (capitalization withheld intentionally) isn't who I fear. I'm more concerned with the goofs that voted for such a limp noodle. They are allowed to drive on the same highways that we do. Now that's scary. In 4 years they'll still be driving, and subsequently jumping out of moving vehicles.
But sometimes you have to think positively.
As least we have choice. (just look at our list of available emoticons)
Just as I'm free to consider yesterday 'a day of mourning', (Insert naked prisoner pile emoticon)
I'm also at liberty to feel like the guy sitting on the beach who thought the tsunami was just another wave. (insert come on in, the water's fine emoticon)
bush (capitalization withheld intentionally) isn't who I fear. I'm more concerned with the goofs that voted for such a limp noodle. They are allowed to drive on the same highways that we do. Now that's scary. In 4 years they'll still be driving, and subsequently jumping out of moving vehicles.
I'm no fan of the president (capitalization withheld intentionally), but even for him that was a terrible speech yesterday.
First off, even the most casual observer had to realize that Michael Gerson desperately needed a thesarus, or maybe "freedom" and "liberty" are really the only two words that tested well in the focus groups.
Second, I guess bush's (CWI) "ask not what your country can do for you" moment in the speech was "We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom," but just what exactly does that mean? Does it mean we are ready to witness the greatest achievements or act to make those achievements happen? And by freedom does he mean freedom to be puppet regiems of the U.S.?
Third, Bush delivered the speech with all the grandeur of an eighth grader sight-reading a research paper on an unfamiliar subject. He comes off as functionally illiterate when he slowly enunciates multi-syllable words. It's not just that his oration style is stilted, it's that the guy can't speak. Say what you will about Bubba Clinton, the boy could move an audience.
Fourth, the network media did an excellent job of minimizing the protesters at the parade, while simultaneously attempting to make them look trivial and ridiculous. the police did their best to keep organized and peaceful (but vocal) protesters away from the parade route and resorted to mace and billy clubs when the groups dared stray from their heavily guarded cages off Pennsylvania Ave. Another great day for democracy in America.
Yesterday was not a good day for liberalism.
First off, even the most casual observer had to realize that Michael Gerson desperately needed a thesarus, or maybe "freedom" and "liberty" are really the only two words that tested well in the focus groups.
Second, I guess bush's (CWI) "ask not what your country can do for you" moment in the speech was "We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom," but just what exactly does that mean? Does it mean we are ready to witness the greatest achievements or act to make those achievements happen? And by freedom does he mean freedom to be puppet regiems of the U.S.?
Third, Bush delivered the speech with all the grandeur of an eighth grader sight-reading a research paper on an unfamiliar subject. He comes off as functionally illiterate when he slowly enunciates multi-syllable words. It's not just that his oration style is stilted, it's that the guy can't speak. Say what you will about Bubba Clinton, the boy could move an audience.
Fourth, the network media did an excellent job of minimizing the protesters at the parade, while simultaneously attempting to make them look trivial and ridiculous. the police did their best to keep organized and peaceful (but vocal) protesters away from the parade route and resorted to mace and billy clubs when the groups dared stray from their heavily guarded cages off Pennsylvania Ave. Another great day for democracy in America.
Yesterday was not a good day for liberalism.
Dan
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Second, I guess bush's (CWI) "ask not what your country can do for you" moment in the speech was "We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom," but just what exactly does that mean? Does it mean we are ready to witness the greatest achievements or act to make those achievements happen? And by freedom does he mean freedom to be puppet regiems of the U.S.?
Just what the heck does "the history of freedom" *mean*, anyway? When did freedom begin? Is there an exact date or event where there was suddenly freedom? Are hunter/gatherer societies free? Or are people only free *after* they are oppressed? Or was there freedom once, then it went away for a while, then came back? If so, does the earlier period count? Are events in Axis of Evil countries part of the "history of freedom"? Or just events that involve people who like freedom? What achievements are we talking about here? Specifically freedom-related achievements? Or achievements that happened to take place during "the history of freedom" but didn't actually involve freedom in a direct way?
Bush confuses me like this all the time.
Fourth, the network media did an excellent job of minimizing the protesters at the parade, while simultaneously attempting to make them look trivial and ridiculous. the police did their best to keep organized and peaceful (but vocal) protesters away from the parade route and resorted to mace and billy clubs when the groups dared stray from their heavily guarded cages off Pennsylvania Ave. Another great day for democracy in America.
Say hello to freedom:
Ryan
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The Fox affiliate in DC did live local coverage of the festivities all afternoon, and at one point yesterday anchor Lark McCarthy had the audacity to say something like "The Washington D.C. police force is the best equipped police force in the country to deal with protesters. They get lots of practice pushing back these kinds of troublemakers and the residents of DC should be proud of their efforts today."
Yeah, not so much Lark.
Yeah, not so much Lark.
Dan
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Sound wrote:You pinkie toes can knock freedom and liberty all you want.
But sometimes you have to think positively.
As least we have choice. (just look at our list of available emoticons)
Just as I'm free to consider yesterday 'a day of mourning', (Insert naked prisoner pile emoticon)
I'm also at liberty to feel like the guy sitting on the beach who thought the tsunami was just another wave. (insert come on in, the water's fine emoticon)
bush (capitalization withheld intentionally) isn't who I fear. I'm more concerned with the goofs that voted for such a limp noodle. They are allowed to drive on the same highways that we do. Now that's scary. In 4 years they'll still be driving, and subsequently jumping out of moving vehicles.
The following letters, in the new issue of Time, in response to their 'Man of the Year' award to Bush, encapsulate much of what I think is deeply stupid about the electorate in the country right now:
BUSH'S DETERMINATION AND STEADFAST personality are what makes this President special. There is no pretense or sophistication about him. He is authentic.
JUANA MOREAU Marrero, La.
BUSH IS A PROVEN LEADER AND A GOD-fearing man. He goes against the norm, and that ticks off everyone. I'm proud to have him as our President.
MIKE DAMPIER Hot Springs, Ark.
BUSH HAS MADE SOME HARD CHOICES during his four years, some of the toughest a President has had to make. He sticks to his guns and does not retreat. Twenty or 30 years from now, he will be described as a man of vision and courage. He stands up for what he believes is right and does not ask the world for its opinion.
MARK KING Lyons, Neb.
"I recommend that you delete the Rancid Snakepit" - Grant
He sticks to his guns and does not retreat...He...does not ask the world for its opinion.
Yeah...thank God he's nothing like that cowardly "coalition building" President during the first Gulf War.
Dob
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This is funny, what a bunch of victims:
Protesters Accuse Bush of 'Co-opting Jesus'
By Marc Morano
CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer
January 20, 2005
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=%5CPolitics%5Carchive%5C200501%5CPOL20050120e.html
Washington (CNSNews.com) - Counter-inaugural protesters Thursday accused President Bush of "co-opting Jesus" for political purposes. "He's always talking about symbols of evil, using Jesus as a political pawn," said Rod Murphy from a group called, "10,000 Jesuses."
"The GOP and Bush sound like they have a mandate from Jesus, and I am sorry, but that is not the Jesus that I grew up with," Murphy told Cybercast News Service, noting his opposition to the war in Iraq.
"We just want to remind people that the message of Jesus was something completely different than the Religious Right seems to be pushing on people today," he added.
Other protesters echoed the theme.
"[Bush] talks all the time and his fundamentalist base about ... Jesus," said Ben Stern of Potomac, Md. "He makes his faith very public, yet at the same time he is doing things I consider -- and I am not even a Christian -- that Christian doctrine ... is in opposition to," said Stern, who carried a sign reading, "Who Would Jesus Bomb?"
Bush has not acted like a Christian, according to Stern, because of the "amoral way he is [defecating] on the little guy and, you know, racial minorities."
Chuck Engel of Milwaukee, Wis., lamented that "more Christianity is being pushed into the legal system" to oppose homosexual marriage and abortion.
Other protesters held signs reading, "There is something wrong with a Christian fundamentalist fighting an Islamic fundamentalist," and "Pray for your Soul George Bush and company."
Protester Debbie Richter of New Jersey also mocked Bush's references to his Christian faith.
"He always says that he is talking to God, but what he should be doing is saying, 'I am wrong and I need forgiveness," Richter said, referring to Bush's policies in Iraq.
The counter-inaugural protests also featured flag-burning on Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th St., just blocks from the White House.
Some demonstrators compared President Bush to World War II Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. "I've put a little Hitler 'stache on [a picture of Bush] because quite honestly, historically speaking, we are following that same line as Hitler," said Roger Czeh of Potomac, Md.
Others crowded into the area complained about the U.S. voters who re-elected Bush on Nov. 2. "It's maddening. I mean [Bush] is a war criminal. All this sh** went down and people are just so ignorant. It's just like, 'Oh, he's a cowboy, he's just an everyday guy, he's okay," said Raychel Beatrice.
"The sh** going on in Iraq, no one sees that. It's just the ignorance of the American people," Beatrice said.
Protesters Accuse Bush of 'Co-opting Jesus'
By Marc Morano
CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer
January 20, 2005
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=%5CPolitics%5Carchive%5C200501%5CPOL20050120e.html
Washington (CNSNews.com) - Counter-inaugural protesters Thursday accused President Bush of "co-opting Jesus" for political purposes. "He's always talking about symbols of evil, using Jesus as a political pawn," said Rod Murphy from a group called, "10,000 Jesuses."
"The GOP and Bush sound like they have a mandate from Jesus, and I am sorry, but that is not the Jesus that I grew up with," Murphy told Cybercast News Service, noting his opposition to the war in Iraq.
"We just want to remind people that the message of Jesus was something completely different than the Religious Right seems to be pushing on people today," he added.
Other protesters echoed the theme.
"[Bush] talks all the time and his fundamentalist base about ... Jesus," said Ben Stern of Potomac, Md. "He makes his faith very public, yet at the same time he is doing things I consider -- and I am not even a Christian -- that Christian doctrine ... is in opposition to," said Stern, who carried a sign reading, "Who Would Jesus Bomb?"
Bush has not acted like a Christian, according to Stern, because of the "amoral way he is [defecating] on the little guy and, you know, racial minorities."
Chuck Engel of Milwaukee, Wis., lamented that "more Christianity is being pushed into the legal system" to oppose homosexual marriage and abortion.
Other protesters held signs reading, "There is something wrong with a Christian fundamentalist fighting an Islamic fundamentalist," and "Pray for your Soul George Bush and company."
Protester Debbie Richter of New Jersey also mocked Bush's references to his Christian faith.
"He always says that he is talking to God, but what he should be doing is saying, 'I am wrong and I need forgiveness," Richter said, referring to Bush's policies in Iraq.
The counter-inaugural protests also featured flag-burning on Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th St., just blocks from the White House.
Some demonstrators compared President Bush to World War II Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. "I've put a little Hitler 'stache on [a picture of Bush] because quite honestly, historically speaking, we are following that same line as Hitler," said Roger Czeh of Potomac, Md.
Others crowded into the area complained about the U.S. voters who re-elected Bush on Nov. 2. "It's maddening. I mean [Bush] is a war criminal. All this sh** went down and people are just so ignorant. It's just like, 'Oh, he's a cowboy, he's just an everyday guy, he's okay," said Raychel Beatrice.
"The sh** going on in Iraq, no one sees that. It's just the ignorance of the American people," Beatrice said.
-Matt
"...the message of Jesus was something completely different than the Religious Right seems to be pushing on people today," he added.
That's not "funny." That's the truth, and even people with just a cursory knowledge of Christianity can see it.
Dob
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Dob wrote:"...the message of Jesus was something completely different than the Religious Right seems to be pushing on people today," he added.
That's not "funny." That's the truth, and even people with just a cursory knowledge of Christianity can see it.
Check out the 10,000 Jesuses homepage:
http://www.10000jesuses.org/
Talk about wierd..
-Matt