Politics

Christian Not in The White House

Bush's pagan moon god Allah
Does President Bush really believe that the Lord Jesus Christ and the ancient moon god Allah are actually one and the same? Apparently he does. If that is the case, does he believe that other pagan gods, of which there are thousands, are also co-equal to the Son of God? I guess the real question then becomes, "Does G.W. Bush remotely understand what it means to be a Christian?" His statements lead me to believe he does not.

Mushy 'Evangelical' Lip Service
over Bush's 'same god' Remark
Despite their strenuous objections, neither Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, nor Rev. Ted Haggard, president of the National Association of Evangelicals, thinks the president's statement will cost him votes: "This president has earned a lot of wiggle room among evangelicals," said Land, according to the Post. "If he had said that Islam is on a par with Christianity, it would be a more serious case of heartburn. This is just indigestion."

At Least 17 U.S. Troops Have Committed
Suicide in Iraq; Army Seeks Answers
NEW YORK Nov -- Since April, the military says, at least 17 Americans - 15 Army soldiers and two Marines - have taken their own lives in Iraq. The true number is almost certainly higher. At least two dozen non-combat deaths, some of them possible suicides, are under investigation according to an AP review of Army casualty reports. No one in the military is saying for the record that the suicide rate among forces in Iraq is alarming.

Senate Approves Sweeping $395 Billion Medicare Bill
WASHINGTON -- The Senate gave final congressional approval Tuesday to the most sweeping changes to Medicare since its creation in 1965, including a new prescription drug benefit for 40 million older and disabled Americans. The 54-44 vote sends the bill to President Bush, who is eager to sign it into law. Supporters said the $395 billion measure, which gives private insurers a large new role in health care for seniors, was a long overdue change for the 38-year-old Medicare program. Drug coverage won't begin until 2006, although seniors next year will be able to purchase a drug discount card that officials said could reduce their pharmacy bills by 15 to 25 percent.

Where does it say in the U.S. Senate is allowed to approve tax dollars for 'Medicare' in the Constitution?

Latinos Send $30 Billion Out of US
WASHINGTON - More than 40 percent of adult Hispanic immigrants in the United States regularly send money to relatives in their native countries, a flow of funds totaling nearly $30 billion this year, a new study finds. The economic downturn that began with the short-lived recession of 2001 did not halt the flow of money, the report said; foreign-born Hispanics in the United States sent $25 billion in 2002 to relatives back home. The 2003 report said 42 percent of adult Hispanic immigrants - around 6 million people - regularly send money to their homelands.

US, Europe Condemn Iran Nuclear
Program But do Not Call for Sanctions
The United States yielded to Europe's big three -- Britain, Germany and France -- in a compromise UN draft resolution that condemns Iran's nuclear program but stops short of taking the issue to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions.

Posted by Editor at November 25, 2003 12:35 PM