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15 Dec 2004 03:13:26 PM |
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Legislator wants highway signs in Texas to mention Bush |
Legislator wants highway signs in Texas to mention Bush
AUSTIN - A legislator from McKinney has introduced a bill that takes
pride in the place President Bush calls home.
Representative Ken Paxton wants all "Welcome to Texas" signs erected
along interstates, U.S. and state highways to also say: "Proud to be
the Home of President George W. Bush."
Paxton and Bush are Republicans.
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| User: "Uncle Dollar Bill" |
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| Title: Re: Legislator wants highway signs in Texas to mention Bush |
19 Dec 2004 12:49:47 PM |
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On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 05:58:25 GMT, Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid>
wrote:
On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 16:48:04 -0500, Christopher A. Lee
<calee@optonline.net> said in alt.atheism:
It's a personality cult - like some of the Eastern European
dictatorships were.
Why should an American dictatorship be any different than a European
dictatorship?
I just wonder how long it will take our descendants to convince
themselves that human allegience to "Gawd(TM)" played absolutely no
role in Shrub's attrocities as they've done with other tyrranical
regimes from ages past, in spite of clear public indication that it
had _everything_ to do with it.
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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| Title: Re: Legislator wants highway signs in Texas to mention Bush |
19 Dec 2004 02:36:10 PM |
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On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 13:49:47 -0500, Uncle Dollar Bill
<UncleDollarBill@SpamMeNot.com> said in alt.atheism:
On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 05:58:25 GMT, Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid>
wrote:
On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 16:48:04 -0500, Christopher A. Lee
<calee@optonline.net> said in alt.atheism:
It's a personality cult - like some of the Eastern European
dictatorships were.
Why should an American dictatorship be any different than a European
dictatorship?
I just wonder how long it will take our descendants to convince
themselves that human allegience to "Gawd(TM)" played absolutely no
role in Shrub's attrocities as they've done with other tyrranical
regimes from ages past, in spite of clear public indication that it
had _everything_ to do with it.
As long as it takes them to claim that, since he waged unprovoked war
on a defenseless sovereign nation, he wasn't "really" a Christian.
---
CellPhonesEtc at optonline dot net
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| User: "towelie" |
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| Title: Re: Legislator wants highway signs in Texas to mention Bush |
15 Dec 2004 04:24:54 PM |
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TV's Christopher A. Lee wrote:
On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 15:13:26 -0600, reeder <reeder@NS-ades.com> wrote:
Legislator wants highway signs in Texas to mention Bush
AUSTIN - A legislator from McKinney has introduced a bill that takes
pride in the place President Bush calls home.
Representative Ken Paxton wants all "Welcome to Texas" signs erected
along interstates, U.S. and state highways to also say: "Proud to be
the Home of President George W. Bush."
It's a personality cult - like some of the Eastern European
dictatorships were.
And a certain eastern/central European regime in the 1930's-1940's.
--
"Them white boys had me on crystal meth" - some crackhead in GTA:SA
aa #2133
ap #19
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Legislator wants highway signs in Texas to mention Bush |
19 Dec 2004 07:39:03 PM |
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On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 16:24:54 -0600, "towelie" <bugoNOSPAM@hotmail.com>
wrote:
TV's Christopher A. Lee wrote:
On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 15:13:26 -0600, reeder <reeder@NS-ades.com> wrote:
Legislator wants highway signs in Texas to mention Bush
AUSTIN - A legislator from McKinney has introduced a bill that takes
pride in the place President Bush calls home.
Representative Ken Paxton wants all "Welcome to Texas" signs erected
along interstates, U.S. and state highways to also say: "Proud to be
the Home of President George W. Bush."
It's a personality cult - like some of the Eastern European
dictatorships were.
And a certain eastern/central European regime in the 1930's-1940's.
Don't forget Iran (khomehni), Iraq, N. Korea, Syria (under the old
leader) and others.
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
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| User: "Red Schism" |
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| Title: Re: Legislator wants highway signs in Texas to mention Bush |
19 Dec 2004 02:06:47 PM |
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The only personality cult in the US is the damn Kennedy clan. Thank
god for the curse.
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| User: "Uncle Dollar Bill" |
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| Title: Re: Legislator wants highway signs in Texas to mention Bush |
19 Dec 2004 03:21:01 PM |
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On 19 Dec 2004 12:06:47 -0800, "Red Schism" <redschism@yahoo.com>
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The only personality cult in the US is the damn Kennedy clan. Thank
god for the curse.
No, Shrub's a pretty big "cult of personality" item at present, too.
You don't put up interstate billboards with "W" on them (and nothing
else) under normal circumstances. That's definite cult-of-personality
behavior.
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| User: "Christopher Helms" |
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| Title: Re: Legislator wants highway signs in Texas to mention Bush |
21 Dec 2004 03:08:03 AM |
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I think it's a good idea. In fact, I think every road, highway and street
sign in Texas ought to wholeheartedly reflect the influence of George W Bush
instead of just mentioning him. The signs should behave just like Bush does.
"Dallas 10 miles" means Dallas is about 75 miles away. Or maybe it's not
there at all and you're ten miles outside of Brownsville, headed towards
Mexico. Take out all the "Rough road ahead" signs and replace them with ones
that say "Smooth sailing ahead." Change all the signs until nothing is what
it looks like. They should have adjustable speed limits based on income. How
about books of pre-paid tickets (We'll call 'em vouchers) for future running
of red lights and stop signs? They'll cost a lot but the rich can afford
them. No more of those curving arrows meaning you need to slow down for a
sharp bend in the road ahead, either. Those are for pussies. Call it The
George W Bush Mammorial Highway System.
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| User: "Red Schism" |
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| Title: Re: Legislator wants highway signs in Texas to mention Bush |
19 Dec 2004 06:46:30 PM |
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Uncle Dollar Bill wrote:
On 19 Dec 2004 12:06:47 -0800, "Red Schism" <redschism@yahoo.com>
wrote:
The only personality cult in the US is the damn Kennedy clan. Thank
god for the curse.
No, Shrub's a pretty big "cult of personality" item at present, too.
You don't put up interstate billboards with "W" on them (and nothing
else) under normal circumstances. That's definite
cult-of-personality
behavior.
That's only a response to the Bush-bashing.
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| User: "Uncle Dollar Bill" |
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| Title: Re: Legislator wants highway signs in Texas to mention Bush |
21 Dec 2004 03:54:23 PM |
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On 19 Dec 2004 16:46:30 -0800, "Red Schism" <redschism@yahoo.com>
wrote:
Uncle Dollar Bill wrote:
On 19 Dec 2004 12:06:47 -0800, "Red Schism" <redschism@yahoo.com>
wrote:
The only personality cult in the US is the damn Kennedy clan. Thank
god for the curse.
No, Shrub's a pretty big "cult of personality" item at present, too.
You don't put up interstate billboards with "W" on them (and nothing
else) under normal circumstances. That's definite
cult-of-personality
behavior.
That's only a response to the Bush-bashing.
If so, it's a poor one. It does absolutely nothing to address
Bush-bashing, other than perhaps to invite more of it. It's clear and
unambiguous idolatry, which is cult behavior par excellence. Wish I
could say I'm surprised at how many fundamentalist Christians are
engaging in and enthusiastically supporting such idolatry, as idolatry
is supposed to be something they're against. But honestly, it's no
surprise. Not in the least. Hypocrisy has long been a fundamentalist
Christian virtue.
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| User: "AKA" |
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| Title: Re: Legislator wants highway signs in Texas to mention Bush |
21 Dec 2004 02:07:36 PM |
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Uncle Dollar Bill <UncleDollarBill@SpamMeNot.com> wrote in message
news:eh6hs0l49nt0tj1ns7p1ntl1082743j52o@4ax.com...
On 19 Dec 2004 16:46:30 -0800, "Red Schism" <redschism@yahoo.com>
wrote:
Uncle Dollar Bill wrote:
On 19 Dec 2004 12:06:47 -0800, "Red Schism" <redschism@yahoo.com>
wrote:
The only personality cult in the US is the damn Kennedy clan. Thank
god for the curse.
No, Shrub's a pretty big "cult of personality" item at present, too.
You don't put up interstate billboards with "W" on them (and nothing
else) under normal circumstances. That's definite
cult-of-personality
behavior.
That's only a response to the Bush-bashing.
If so, it's a poor one. It does absolutely nothing to address
Bush-bashing, other than perhaps to invite more of it. It's clear and
unambiguous idolatry, which is cult behavior par excellence. Wish I
could say I'm surprised at how many fundamentalist Christians are
engaging in and enthusiastically supporting such idolatry, as idolatry
is supposed to be something they're against. But honestly, it's no
surprise. Not in the least. Hypocrisy has long been a fundamentalist
Christian virtue.
It comes right after ignorance.
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| User: "towelie" |
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| Title: Re: Legislator wants highway signs in Texas to mention Bush |
15 Dec 2004 04:22:36 PM |
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TV's reeder wrote:
Legislator wants highway signs in Texas to mention Bush
AUSTIN - A legislator from McKinney has introduced a bill that takes
pride in the place President Bush calls home.
Representative Ken Paxton wants all "Welcome to Texas" signs erected
along interstates, U.S. and state highways to also say: "Proud to be
the Home of President George W. Bush."
Paxton and Bush are Republicans.
They already have a highway sign that mentions Bush:
http://members.aol.com/rmoeuradot/200x200/warn/W8-2.gif
--
"Them white boys had me on crystal meth" - some crackhead in GTA:SA
aa #2133
ap #19
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| User: "Carl Kaufmann" |
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| Title: Re: Legislator wants highway signs in Texas to mention Bush |
15 Dec 2004 09:34:27 PM |
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towelie wrote:
TV's reeder wrote:
Legislator wants highway signs in Texas to mention Bush
AUSTIN - A legislator from McKinney has introduced a bill that takes
pride in the place President Bush calls home.
Representative Ken Paxton wants all "Welcome to Texas" signs erected
along interstates, U.S. and state highways to also say: "Proud to be
the Home of President George W. Bush."
Paxton and Bush are Republicans.
They already have a highway sign that mentions Bush:
http://members.aol.com/rmoeuradot/200x200/warn/W8-2.gif
LOL!!!
--
EAC Liar, Damned Liar, and Statistician
alt.atheist #1966
"Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient
citizenship as the ability to read and write." - H.G. Wells
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| User: "Moose" |
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| Title: Re: Legislator wants highway signs in Texas to mention Bush |
15 Dec 2004 05:31:07 PM |
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reeder wrote:
Legislator wants highway signs in Texas to mention Bush
AUSTIN - A legislator from McKinney has introduced a bill that takes
pride in the place President Bush calls home.
Representative Ken Paxton wants all "Welcome to Texas" signs erected
along interstates, U.S. and state highways to also say: "Proud to be
the Home of President George W. Bush."
Paxton and Bush are Republicans.
But must they air their dirty laundry?
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