Pastor Rick Warren to present Bush with the "INTERNATIONAL MEDAL OF PEACE"

[Bluebear]

The Resurrection of President George W. Bush as Presided Over by Pastor Rick Warren
by Bill Berkowitz / November 29th, 2008

For a president with little to do but pardon turkeys in honor of Thanksgiving, little to look forward to but packing his bags and evacuating the White House, and less positive accomplishments to look back on than most presidents, this year’s World AIDS Day will clearly be a high point.

On World AIDS Day, Monday, December 1, Rick Warren, pastor of the Lake Forest, California-based Saddleback Valley Community Church and who is well on his way to becoming one of the most recognizable and powerful pastors in America, will be hosting his Saddleback Civil Forum on Global Health at the Washington, D.C.-based Newseum. As part of the event, Warren will be giving President Bush the first “International Medal of PEACE” from the Global PEACE Coalition, in recognition of Bush’s “unprecedented contribution to the fight against HIV/AIDS and other diseases,” a Saddleback Church press release announced.

According to the press release, Warren will discuss with both Bush, and the First Lady, their “past accomplishments and priorities moving forward regarding international health issues — including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.”: “No U.S. president or political leader has done more for global health than this Administration, which has raised the bar on America’s role and responsibility for providing critical humanitarian assistance around the world,” Warren said. “Over the past eight years, the President and Mrs. Bush have traveled the globe as they and their staffs have worked tirelessly to bring awareness and solutions to pandemics such as HIV/AIDS, and we are privileged to honor their efforts on World AIDS Day.”

http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/11/the-resurrection-of-president-george-w-bush-as-presided-over-by-pastor-rick-warren/

[grannie4peace]

1. i hope this is a joke!!!!

[Bluebear]

2. It's a joke, alright, but it's happening!

http://www.rickwarrennews.com/081124_civil_forum.htm

[Golden Raisin]

6. It is a tragedy, not a joke.

This administration has more blood on its hands than Lady Macbeth.

[norepubsin08]

37. You got that right!!!

[Dinger]

3. There Should Be Protests,

and I sincerely hope some are planned, LOUD ones! This is a sick joke.

[Mist]

10. Loud laughter might work better. nt

[patrice]

19. We should hit every forum on the internet with fact based Responses

for an entire week.

[Alcibiades]

4. It's called hubris

These folks either don't have an ironic bone in their bodies, or are irony laden. Either way, a farce.

[DesertFlower]

5. WTF?

warren seemed like a sane fundie.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

20. There's no such thing, I suspect.

He's so full of himself, the sin of pride never even crosses his mind.

The incredible arrogance of his having the two Presidential candidates meet with him to answer his asshole questions still has me fuming.

Who the fuck does he think he is?

[Critters2]

32. Then you've never read his books.

Why should you live "a purpose-driven life"? Because the rapture could happen any minute, and you'll have to answer for yourself. Does that seem sane to you?

[sandnsea]

7. Kerry-Frist HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria - 2002

http://www.globalaidsalliance.org/newsroom/press_releases/press122302/

This is what happens when we help the media trash our Democrats instead of learning what it is they've really been doing all these years.

[Mist]

8. That medal will be worth every every ounce of the cheap Chinese alloy it'll be made from. nt

[EFerrari]

9. Beyond disgusting. n/t

[Aristus]

11. This just in: Adolf Hitler to be honored by B'Nai Brith and the Jewish Anti-Defamation League.

This falls under the heading of "You've Got To Be F*****g Kidding Me!"

:wow:

[Barbara2423]

12. No wonder I could not finish Rick Warren's Book

[Owl]

13. Piss on Warren.

[LiberalinNC]

14. It's obvious that Pastor Warren doesn't understand what "peace" means!!!

The medal is a joke and it's sick!

[WCGreen]

22. Maybe it' Piece of Shit award...

[patrice]

15. Courting the Gay vote with one hand, while punishing it with the other.

Some enterprising journalist should also ask RW how many times "his" flock have prevented funding for anti-biotic resistant TB programs because the funds were bundled with money that could go to Planned Parenthood and comprehensive Sex Education.

[FrenchieCat]

16. Rick Warren is exhibiting what one might call a Narrow view.....

as he is looking at the AIDS issue in a vacuum...which makes him narrow minded.
Rick Warren is part of the problem of those who promotes the rationale justifying single issue voters.

Not impressive at all.

[gratuitous]

17. How does launching war after war further peace?

Or, as Mr. Warren has it, PEACE, an acronym for "Promote reconciliation; Equip servant leaders; Assist the poor; Care for the sick; and Educate the next generation."

War does not promote reconciliation. It doesn't equip servant leaders. It doesn't assist the poor. It doesn't care for the sick. And it doesn't educate the next generation. If their medals aren't going to further any of their five stated goals, then why are they awarding them? This is jus flat preposterous, and anyone who lends a scintilla of credibility to Mr. Warren is just as off their rocker as he is.

[dixiegrrrrl]

18. Am I the only one to recommend this thread?

C'mon guys...let's share the outrage !

and wait for the day, sooner than later, when Warren's downfall will come.

The usual suspects are usually:
loose women
married women
single and very young guys
could be diapers, a la the Fla. guy
Aids, a la Roy Cohn
?????????

Somehow I just know it will be fetish and sex...

[msongs]

21. most of those dead iraqis are non-christians. they have no value for warren's 'Peace" purposes nt

[Vinca]

23. Up is down and down is up. This is nuts. nt

[ColbertWatcher]

24. LOL! The Onion cracks me up! n/t

[Lost-in-FL]

25. This has to be a joke. nt

[Bluebear]

26. Oh, it's not. Here is the press release:

http://www.rickwarrennews.com/081124_civil_forum.htm

[Lost-in-FL]

36. This is beyond delusional.

How can a rational person possibly explain this?

[SalmonChantedEvening]

27. NOT a Nobel, nor is it noble.

Warren invents and award just to give it to Chimpy. The Purpose Driven scam.

[Bluebear]

31. A strictly concocted award to rehabilitate this POS in the fundy community

Aside from that, Happy Thanksgiving to you :hug:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

40. Happy Thankgiving to you as well Bluebear

:hug: :D

[bertman]

28. Recommended with GREAT DISGUST. International Medal of Piss would be more like it.

[Critters2]

29. Who the fuck is "the Global Peace Coalition", and why don't they understand

what the word "peace" means?!!! :grr:

[That Is Quite Enough]

30. This is making me physically sick.

[NoPasaran]

33. Cut Bush some slack!

He hasn't started a new war for five years! He's really cut back!

[sam sarrha]

50. the Hague will cut him some slack ..in the rope.

[Az_lefty]

34. Warren appears to want to be the next Jerry Falwell....fuck him!

I'm so sick of these hypocrites using religion to glorify themselves. giving Jr any type of Peace Prize is a total slap in the face of all those who genuinely think human life matters.

:grr:

[iamincali83]

35. Fuck Rick Warren

That P.E.A.C.E. plan bullshit is just another way to force his churchs beliefs to another 3rd world country. What an asshat.

[KitchenWitch]

38. What was left of my damned head just exploded clean off.

Can Mr. Warren BE more out of touch?

[Laelth]

39. You have got to be kidding.

Sadly, I doubt this is a joke.

The United States is a LIBERAL Country.

:dem:

-Laelth

[Starry Messenger]

41. I feel deeply wronged.

And now I officially hate Rick Warren.

[zbdent]

42. has to be one of those Orwellian acronyms that the RWers come up with ...

it probably stands for something about getting ready to set off nukes 1/19/2009 ...

[Gato Moteado]

43. rick warren is a douche

nt

[jrockford]

48. Yup. Someone needs a picture of that ceremony nt

[L0oniX]

44. WTF? These right wing religious nut jobs are the biggest asscarrots in the world.

[w4rma]

45. Who? Some hick mega-church pastor in Texas made up an award for warmongerers? (nt)

[rhett o rick]

46. I can't seem to find any "Global Peace Coalition". I did find a P.E.A.C.E Coalition. nm

[malaise]

47. OK then it is official

We are experiencing the complete inversion of reality - war is peace. Evil is good. I'm off to puke. :puke:

[sam sarrha]

49. there was a TYPO.. meant to read, "Bu$h presented with International Piece of Shit Award"

[11 Bravo]

51. In a related story, Wilt Chamberlain is posthumously awarded the "International Medal of Chastity".

[SidDithers]

52. I wish these fuckers would hurry up and get raptured...

so the rest of us can live normal lives without their idiocy.

Sid

[bobd0]

53. Just who the hell does Rick Warren think he is?

Bestowing fake medals from fake foundations on frauds. That should work out real well, Rick. You'll be the talk of the international community. Probably be bigger than The Nobel Peace Prize. :eyes:

[NikolaC]

54. Is This A Joke?

Was this an Onion piece? That's pretty sick and twisted if it isn't one.

[Bluebear]

56. Oh, it's not a joke.

[elshiva]

55. PURPOSE DRIVEN LIE.

Warren is also a homophobe, of course he LOVES Dubya. :puke:

[jmowreader]

57. It's "P.E.A.C.E." not "PEACE"

Check out http://www.thepeaceplan.com/.

He's got a page of "P.E.A.C.E." projects. He's got a lot of "healing the sick" projects, but most of them are "church renewal" projects.

And he's right about Bush having done more for global health than any other administration, but unfortunately "ruining it" isn't what most people have in mind.

[Alpharetta]

58. Warren's getting slimier

The "debate" at his church was suspect. This latest move is beyond the pale.

[lovuian]

59. This is a joke and its hypocrisy at highest level

if your rich enough you can buy a shiny medal

[go west young man]

60. Technically he did bring permanent peace to roughly 1 million

innocent Iraqi civilians. They and 4500 US service members are resting in peace or pieces, kicking up daisy's. Ah religious bigotry ya gotta love it. We live in a psychotic nation. Bush deserves a trial at the Hague and a guilty verdict as does his entourage and all the media pundits that pushed the war and seem to have gotten away with it. America's reputation will always remain tarnished unless justice is done. The world waits.

[JI7]

61. Pastor Rick Warren is a fucked up person

[ThoughtCriminal]

62. First think I thought of

But then, the lion really did take on the witch.

[Monk06]

63. In addition to the International Medal of Peace, Pastor Warren awarded President Bush

This special value coupon



Never mind the expiry date, he's the President for criminy's sake !!

[opihimoimoi]

64. They just don't get it....Arrogance, Hubris, Fantasy....what is it about these dudes?

The most warlike president of the USA and we gonna give him WHOT???? A FREEDOM MEDAL???

Mind Boggling.....The poor GOP...helpless in their mud patch as they wallow around....

[peekaloo]

65. I.M.P. award.

Satan smiles.

[Mad_Dem_X]

66. Are You F*cking Kidding Me?!

We have truly entered The Twilight Zone. Holy shit!

[terrya]

67. This is obscene.

Words fail me as to how seriously fucked up this is. Neither of these two really gives a fuck about AIDS. Particularly when it comes to AIDS in the gay community.

Maybe Warren's "International Man of Peace" will be sober when he comes by to pick it up,.