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Sat Mar-22-08 06:57 PM
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Richardson linked to noisy left wing cult |
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"War against Iraq could have unpredictable consequences not only for Iraq but for peace and stability elsewhere in the Middle East. The use of force might provoke the very kind of attacks that it is intended to prevent, could impose terrible new burdens on an already long-suffering civilian population, and could lead to wider conflict and instability in the region. War against Iraq could also detract from the responsibility to help build a just and stable order in Afghanistan and could undermine broader efforts to stop terrorism."
"There is a widespread belief that many convicted criminals are sentenced to death in an unfair and discriminatory manner. This belief can be affirmed with certain justifications. There is a certain presumption that if specific evidence of bias or discrimination in sentencing can be provided for particular cases, then higher courts will not uphold sentences of death in these cases. But we must also reckon with a legal system which, while it does provide counsel for indigent defendants, permits those who are well off to obtain the resources and the talent to present their case in as convincing a light as possible. The legal system and the criminal justice system both work in a society which bears in its psychological, social, and economic patterns the marks of racism. These marks remain long after the demolition of segregation as a legal institution. The end result of all this is a situation in which those condemned to die are nearly always poor and are disproportionately black."
"The whole universe is God's dwelling. Earth, a very small, uniquely blessed corner of that universe, gifted with unique natural blessings, is humanity's home, and humans are never so much at home as when God dwells with them. In the beginning, the first man and woman walked with God in the cool of the day. Throughout history, people have continued to meet the Creator on mountaintops, in vast deserts, and alongside waterfalls and gently flowing springs. In storms and earthquakes, they found expressions of divine power. In the cycle of the seasons and the courses of the stars, they have discerned signs of God's fidelity and wisdom. We still share, though dimly, in that sense of God's presence in nature. But as heirs and victims of the industrial revolution, students of science and the beneficiaries of technology, urban-dwellers and jet-commuters, twentieth-century Americans have also grown estranged from the natural scale and rhythms of life on earth."
"We actively support the community’s right to establish and enforce laws that protect people and advance the common good. However, our faith teaches us that both victims and offenders have a God given dignity that calls for justice not vengeance...Just as God never abandons us, so too we must be in covenant with one another. We are all sinners, and our response to sin and failure should not be abandonment and despair, but rather justice, contrition, reparation, and return or re-integration of all into the community.He and fellow cultists like Biden, Kerry, and Kennedy must renounce this radical theology! http://www.usccb.org/
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Raine
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Sat Mar-22-08 07:14 PM
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THANKS for posting this! :thumbsup:
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Sat Mar-22-08 07:17 PM
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Slapping the Wright nonsense and dispelling the "Catholics are RW" crap, all in one fell swoop!
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Sat Mar-22-08 07:18 PM
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Sat Mar-22-08 07:57 PM
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what is the opposite of let it sink, do you suppose? keep it kicked, i guess.
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Sat Mar-22-08 07:58 PM
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what is the opposite of let it sink, do you suppose? keep it kicked, i guess.
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Sat Mar-22-08 08:00 PM
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Sat Mar-22-08 10:28 PM
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I thought you were going to say that Richardson is linked to La Raza which advocated the annexation of US border states to Mexico.
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