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Gingrich, on a Mission, Has No Time to Campaign for ’08 |
Gingrich, on a Mission, Has No Time to Campaign for '08
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/17/washington/17gingrich.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
[excerpt]
By JOHN M. BRODER
Published: December 17, 2006
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 — Newt Gingrich is not running for president, at
least not yet. He has set his sights much higher.
Mr. Gingrich's mission, as he sees it, is to save American
civilization from the gravest crisis it has confronted since the Civil
War. He has also set as a goal what he calls the restoration of God to
a central place in American government and culture.
If, as a result of these endeavors, the American people should choose
Mr. Gingrich to be their leader, he suggests, so be it. But, for the
time being, he says he is not actively seeking the presidency, though
he often appears to be.
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* A Baptist minister and follow warrior with Jefferson, Madison
and others in the struggle for religious freedom gave this advice
about electing public officials: "...guard against those men who make
a great noise about religion..."
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/leland5.htm
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You are invited to check out the following:
The Rise of the Theocratic States of America
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocracy.htm
American Theocrats - Past and Present
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocrats.htm
The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
[and to join the discussion group for the above site and/or Separation of
Church and State in general, listed below]
HRSepCnS · Hampton Roads [Virginia] SepChurch&State
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HRSepCnS/
[Its not just Hampton Roads folks who are members, there are members from
all over the US and a couple from overseas as well]
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.. . . You can't understand a phrase such as "Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning. Words
take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why "a
page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v. Eisner,
256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
.. . .
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USAF LT. COL (Ret) Buffman (Glen P. Goffin) wrote
"You pilot always into an unknown future;
facts are your only clue. Get the facts!"
That philosophy 'snipit' helped to get me, and my crew, through a good
many combat missions and far too many scary, inflight, emergencies.
It has also played a significant role in helping me to expose the
plethora of radical Christian propaganda and lies that we find at
almost every media turn.
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THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
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