What do I pray for?

[jasmeel]

In response to an email asking me to pray for President Bush and sending me to this website (http://www.udata.com/users/byrd/pray.htm) :eyes: :puke::crazy: I wrote the following.

Prayers for Bush

*I pray for American soldiers and innocent Iraqi men, women and children killed every day in an illegal war with no purpose and no end.
http://icasualties.org/oif/
http://www.downingstreetmemo.com/whycare.html

* I pray that we will not leave a legacy of Islamic fundamentalism in Iraq that takes away human rights thus leaving a worse situation than when Saddam was in power.
http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Iraqi_Constitution_and_women's_rights

* I pray that Americans see the light and help end the current practice of torture and "extraordinary rendition" currently embraced by the American military.
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content?050214fa_fact6

* I pray that civil liberties, currently threatened in the name of terror, remain intact because those make up America's foundation and its future.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_act

*I pray for an ethical and honest government that doesn't leak names of covert intelligence agents and endanger innocent Americans in the process for political gain.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051015/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/cia_leak_investigation;_ylt=Ao2s3sF.11JGMBKpSdjpDrGyFz4D;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--

*I pray for a government that does NOT stage photo ops to boost the president's polling numbers while real soldiers are dying.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051013/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_iraq;_ylt=AhG3paJS2pmIlfz39qwExreyFz4D;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--

*I pray that our faltering economy will not ruin us. Our national debt has been increasing at an average of $1.54 billion per day since September 30, 2004. Total debt is $7,926,133,559,535.51, your share and mine is $26,890.54 each. You, me and our children will all be affected by that soaring debt.
http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/

* I pray that when this country is again struck by an emergency the incident will not be used, as it was with Hurricane Katrina, to give huge profits(and our tax dollars) to Halliburton
http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/news/hurricane_katrina.html
while curbing fair wages for hard working Americans by revoking fair wage rules indefinitely.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis-Bacon_Act)

* I pray for our health because the Bush administrations is more concerned about increasing profits for industry than about protecting people from deadly pollutants.
http://www.rednova.com/news/science/272334/new_rules_for_power_plants_could_allow_more_pollution/index.html?source=r_science

* I pray that you really read this email and stop blindly following a man who is selling you lie after lie.

* I do NOT pray for President Bush. As the most powerful man in the world he has caused and continues to cause great tragedy, death and mayhem within America and abroad. He can and has taken care of himself and those close to him. He does not care about you and he does not care about me.

[AirmensMom]

1. Wow.

I like it! Someone was looking for a response to that email earlier. I hope that person sees this.

[jasmeel]

2. Yeah-that was ME!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5069428

[AirmensMom]

4. Teehee. So it was.

Well, you did a great job!

:hi:

[jasmeel]

6. Thank you- I really do hope they read it. I'd love to get a reply,

even a stupid FReeper one!

[joemurphy]

3. I close your prayer with a profound Amen!

Very well written piece.

[babylonsister]

5. I pray for this to get on the greatest, I bookmark, and

thanks for this compilation. My opinion of the blivet is the same; he just plain doesn't care for anything except his (and their) own agenda.

[texpatriot2004]

7. I will join you in prayer. n.t