Something to think about as President George W. Bush officially breaks former President Ronald Reagan’s vacation record … all with 3-1/2 years left in his final term.

Doug Wingeier has written an excellent column in the local paper concerning the “Hearts on Fire” Reconciling Convocation that’s been raising such a fuss here in the mountains. Too bad most “christians” don’t think this way. Click “more” to read it for yourself. Continue reading “More on “Hearts on Fire”” →

So, where is that “liberal” media that the conservative right screams about constantly? It seems like the Plame Investigation has dropped off the radar of most major news coverage. Amazing.

In August of 1972, President Nixon told reporters, “no one in the White House staff, no one in this administration, presently employed, was involved in this very bizarre incident.”

Sounds eerily familiar doesn’t it?

The cast of administration characters with known connections to the outing of an undercover CIA agent:
Karl Rove
I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby
Condoleezza Rice
Stephen Hadley
Andrew Card
Alberto Gonzales
Mary Matalin
Ari Fleischer
Susan Ralston
Israel Hernandez
John Hannah
Scott McClellan
Dan Bartlett
Claire Buchan
Catherine Martin
Colin Powell
Karen Hughes
Adam Levine
Bob Joseph
Vice President Dick Cheney
President George W. Bush

What I would really love right now is for any Republican to defend what the current administration has been doing. Explain to me what good has come from the last five years of Bush’s authoritarian rule.

With the “Hearts on Fire” Conference at the Methodist run Lake Junaluska Assembly fast approaching, the local newpaper is quickly becoming a forum for those who want to spout intolerance and hatred. This shit drives me crazy. God forbid that “Christians” love thy neighbor.

My not-so-intelligent retort that I sent to the local paper:

To the Editor:
With the furor over the “Hearts on Fire” conference going on, it would be interesting to know how many of the “Christians” that use Leviticus 20:13 as their justification to decry homosexuality actually follow all the entire Levitical Codes themselves.

Accordingly those codes, these Christians would:
– Never eat shrimp, pork, or any number of other animals deemed unclean (Leviticus 11)
– Never steal (Leviticus 19:11)
– Never work one day and get paid on another (Leviticus 19:13)
– Never plant two kinds of seed in the same field (Leviticus 19:19)
– Never wear clothes made with two kinds of cloth (Leviticus 19:19)
– Never eat meat cooked rare to medium-well (Leviticus 19:26)
– Never shave your sideburns or trim your beard (Leviticus 19:27)
– Never get a tattoo (Leviticus 19:28)
– Always worship and never work on Saturday (Leviticus 19:30)
– Always stand when someone older than you enters a room (Leviticus 19:32)

Also these Christians would be killing anyone who:
– Swears at his father or mother (Leviticus 20:9)
– Commits adultery (Leviticus 20:10).
– Uses God’s name in vain (Leviticus 24:16)
– Kills another person (Leviticus 24:17)
– Works, travels far, or prepares a meal on a Saturday (Numbers 15)

It seems to me that those members of the Christian religion would be better served with the “love thy neighbor” teachings instead of using The Bible as a way to spread intolerance and hatred in the name of God.

Charles Mills
Waynesville, NC

Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove, left, listens as President Bush comments during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 13, 2005. Bush said Wednesday that he will not comment on top political adviser Karl Rove’s role in leaking the identity of a CIA operative while the investigation is ongoing.
(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

We are currently being witness to more requisite cock sucking than you would ever see in a gay porn film.

The White House is suddenly facing damaging evidence that it misled the public by insisting for two years that presidential adviser Karl Rove wasn’t involved in leaking the identity of a female CIA officer.

President Bush, at an Oval Office photo opportunity Tuesday, was asked directly whether he would fire Rove — in keeping with a pledge in June, 2004, to dismiss any leakers in the case. The president did not respond.

For the second day, White House press secretary Scott McClellan refused to answer questions about Rove.

Of course, the “President” didn’t respond. Of course, McClellan refused to answer any questions. It still amazes me that Clinton got impeached … IMPEACHED … over lying about a blowjob. Yet, this adminstration has been able to run roughshod over the American public with lies and deception to implement their policies and intimidate anyone who opposes them. Will anyone in the adminstration suffer the fallout from the act of treason that’s currently being investigated. I very seriously doubt it.

Whoa! Maybe it is time to really start thinking about a move to Canada.

Geez. Go away for a few days and I missed all the excitement. Nice way for my town to make the news … eh?

Dear News Media,

I know Terri Schiavo died. I know that her parents and husband still hate each other. I know the Pope died. I know lots of people waited a long time to stare at the Pope’s corpse. I know they buried the Pope.

Can we please move on to the next story that’s gonna be beat into the ground?

Happy weekened.

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