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MEMBER BLOG TAG: talmud

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 1:52PM
 
Lynching Jeremiah Wright
Tags: Talmud, Billy Graham, Islam, Rev. Moon, Contras, Swift Boat, Francis Schaeffer
 
Visit another country and you will hear an American voice saying, “That’s real bread,” with disapproval. “That’s real coffee,” with distaste. “That’s real sugar,” with displeasure. We have become addicted to the artificial--manicured cowboys who are afraid of horses, male impersonators who pose as Mission Accomplished, phony patriots who wear flag lapels but refuse to serve in the military or pay taxes to provide for those who do, fabricated prophets who loll in ease and revel in wealth. We are inured to radio and TV preachers who promise that if we give them a few bucks God will return it to us in gold. We are accustomed to preachers who caution us to stay at the center of the consumer culture--not too greedy nor too gullible;...
 
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