Posts Tagged ‘George Washington’

Eden’s Toon Garden: And We Wonder Why?

Saturday, February 5th, 2011

By DAVID JOHN EDEN

And yet another quote from those allegedly atheist Founding Fathers…

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Daletoon of the Day: Amoral Abe

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

OutofOrderBy DALE

With the March for Life coming up in D.C., one has to wonder what if great figures of the past had taken the easy way out when it comes to the tough questions.  Wonder no more.  Click here for a great moment in alternative history.

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Jettison the Empire to Save the Republic!

Monday, September 28th, 2009

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By Dr. ROBERT OWENS

Is it time to double-down in Afghanistan?  Is it time to send more of our fellow citizens to a long hard slog in a country whose synonym is Quagmire?  As our economy is being outsourced, our debt monetized and our infrastructure crumbles will we meekly follow the leader deeper into a thankless nation-building campaign in the Little Bighorn of nations that’s resisted and foiled every empire from Alexander to Moscow?  Or is it time to re-think America’s international military commitments?  Though settled by European kingdoms seeking empires the United States wasn’t founded to become an empire.  Individuals fought against the empire building tyrants until their determination and resolve won independence against all odds.

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So You Don’t Think Religion and Politics Make a Good Mix?

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

benjaminfranklinBy Rev. MICHAEL BRESCIANI

Most of the journalists I know are not bloggers, but bloggers wouldn’t have half as much to say if it weren’t for those writers. After one blogger responded to an article I wrote entitled “Religion and Politics Don’t Mix –A Modern Fairy Tale” I made this reply. Be it article or blog, I knew it must be shared.

The author of the response chose to point our the following quote:

And Benjamin Franklin said: “If we look back into history for the character of the present sects in Christianity, we shall find few that have not in their turns been persecutors, and complainers of persecution.  The primitive Christians thought persecution extremely wrong in the Pagans, but practiced it on one another.  The first Protestants of the Church of England blamed persecution in the Romish Church, but practiced it upon the Puritans.  They found it wrong in Bishops, but fell into the practice themselves both here (England) and in New England.”

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