Comments on: The Weakest Link http://www.frederickclarkson.com/2005/05/the-weakest-link/ The blog of Frederick Clarkson Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:13:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Greek Shadow http://www.frederickclarkson.com/2005/05/the-weakest-link/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Greek Shadow Sun, 22 May 2005 18:21:00 +0000 http://www.frederickclarkson.com/?p=125#comment-110 Everyone has such a rose colored glasses of the founding fathers and the Constitution. It wasn't perfect when it was ratified. The electoral college was a bone throne at those that were afraid of the common man. The Senate was to advance the cause of the economic aristocracy. It took nearly 90 years to end slavery, another fifty years to get women the right to vote. The Christian right resisted the 13th, 14h and 15th amendments. Almost all advances of inclusion have been resisted by the Christian Right. When the moral mafia took over the SBC they started their fascistic purges. They practise a faith of conformity or exclusion.They hate it when those they want to look down on get an equal footing. It is pretty pathetic when the only way you can feel good about yourself is to coerce everyone around you into being just like you, or to be inferior to you. Everyone has such a rose colored glasses of the founding fathers and the Constitution. It wasn’t perfect when it was ratified. The electoral college was a bone throne at those that were afraid of the common man. The Senate was to advance the cause of the economic aristocracy. It took nearly 90 years to end slavery, another fifty years to get women the right to vote. The Christian right resisted the 13th, 14h and 15th amendments. Almost all advances of inclusion have been resisted by the Christian Right. When the moral mafia took over the SBC they started their fascistic purges. They practise a faith of conformity or exclusion.They hate it when those they want to look down on get an equal footing. It is pretty pathetic when the only way you can feel good about yourself is to coerce everyone around you into being just like you, or to be inferior to you.

]]> By: Dennis http://www.frederickclarkson.com/2005/05/the-weakest-link/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Dennis Sun, 22 May 2005 18:05:00 +0000 http://www.frederickclarkson.com/?p=125#comment-109 Emergency action to stop Bill Frist from removing the filibuster.<br/><br/> <br/>Call Senator Bill Frist's office at (202) 224-3344 and tell him that unless the Senator stops his effort to remove the filibuster you will boycott ExxonMobil gasoline stations.<br/> <br/>Also call ExxonMobil Corporation at (972) 444-1000 and tell them unless Bill Frist stops his effort to remove the filibuster you will not patronize ExxonMobil gasoline stations.<br/> <br/>Exxon Mobil Corporation<br/>5959 Las Colinas Boulevard<br/>Irving, Texas 75039-2298<br/>(972) 444-1000<br/> <br/>Exxon Mobil Corporation Pacs give alot of money to the Republican Party. They also gave money for the chimp's second inauguration.<br/><br/>email me at dbaer@hoflink.com if you have called Frist's office and Exxon Mobil and will boycott Exxon Mobil.<br/> <br/>Spread the word.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/>If you don't support what the Republicans did since they took over the House of Representatives in 1995 and don't support the Republican party's plans for this year then Join the revolution for progressive legislation. <br/><br/>http://www.boycott-republicans.com<br/><br/>Write this url on your one, five and ten dollar bills in the white areas in Pencil. <br/> <br/>Tennessee residents please make an effort to boycott the following companies I list in my boycott petition: Walmart and Eckerd,CVS, and Walgreens in your state and call Senator Frist and tell him unless he gets our agenda passed those Tennessee outlets of these chains will not get your business. You live at one of the biggest seats of power in the United States. Organize and use your purchasing power to leverage it into passing progressive legislation.<br/><br/>Also join my activist group<br/><br/> http://groups.myspace.com/revolutionforprogressivelegislation <br/><br/> <br/><br/>To punish the Republicans for stealing the 2000 and 2004 elections BOYCOTT Wendy's (of Ohio) restaurant chain and Outback Steakhouse (Florida) chain until the people elect Democrats as governor and secretary of State and in the majority in the legislatures. Call and email Wendy's and Outback Steakhouses, 2 big Republican Party contributors.<br/><br/>Spread the messages at your grocery store too by printing out the graphics and leave it in your shopping cart when you finish.<br/><br/>Look at this web page for other efforts.<br/><br/> http://www.justicefornone.com/handbills/index.htm <br/><br/> <br/><br/> <br/><br/>Thank you. Emergency action to stop Bill Frist from removing the filibuster.

Call Senator Bill Frist’s office at (202) 224-3344 and tell him that unless the Senator stops his effort to remove the filibuster you will boycott ExxonMobil gasoline stations.

Also call ExxonMobil Corporation at (972) 444-1000 and tell them unless Bill Frist stops his effort to remove the filibuster you will not patronize ExxonMobil gasoline stations.

Exxon Mobil Corporation
5959 Las Colinas Boulevard
Irving, Texas 75039-2298
(972) 444-1000

Exxon Mobil Corporation Pacs give alot of money to the Republican Party. They also gave money for the chimp’s second inauguration.

email me at dbaer@hoflink.com if you have called Frist’s office and Exxon Mobil and will boycott Exxon Mobil.

Spread the word.

If you don’t support what the Republicans did since they took over the House of Representatives in 1995 and don’t support the Republican party’s plans for this year then Join the revolution for progressive legislation.

http://www.boycott-republicans.com

Write this url on your one, five and ten dollar bills in the white areas in Pencil.

Tennessee residents please make an effort to boycott the following companies I list in my boycott petition: Walmart and Eckerd,CVS, and Walgreens in your state and call Senator Frist and tell him unless he gets our agenda passed those Tennessee outlets of these chains will not get your business. You live at one of the biggest seats of power in the United States. Organize and use your purchasing power to leverage it into passing progressive legislation.

Also join my activist group

http://groups.myspace.com/revolutionforprogressivelegislation

To punish the Republicans for stealing the 2000 and 2004 elections BOYCOTT Wendy’s (of Ohio) restaurant chain and Outback Steakhouse (Florida) chain until the people elect Democrats as governor and secretary of State and in the majority in the legislatures. Call and email Wendy’s and Outback Steakhouses, 2 big Republican Party contributors.

Spread the messages at your grocery store too by printing out the graphics and leave it in your shopping cart when you finish.

Look at this web page for other efforts.

http://www.justicefornone.com/handbills/index.htm

Thank you.

]]> By: Steve http://www.frederickclarkson.com/2005/05/the-weakest-link/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Steve Sun, 22 May 2005 10:49:00 +0000 http://www.frederickclarkson.com/?p=125#comment-107 Mr. Clarkson is indeed correct about his assessment. I strongly urge reading of <a HREF="http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20050221&c=1&s=allen" REL="nofollow">this article</a> in The Nation that clearly demonstrates the intent of our Founding Fathers. The anonymous poster here simply is making unfounded and inflamatory remarks about what is or is not being taught about religion in school. Mr. Clarkson is indeed correct about his assessment. I strongly urge reading of this article in The Nation that clearly demonstrates the intent of our Founding Fathers. The anonymous poster here simply is making unfounded and inflamatory remarks about what is or is not being taught about religion in school.

]]> By: Frederick Clarkson http://www.frederickclarkson.com/2005/05/the-weakest-link/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Frederick Clarkson Sat, 21 May 2005 15:05:00 +0000 http://www.frederickclarkson.com/?p=125#comment-106 The founders were indeed religious men, each in their ways. That is why they established religious equality through article 6, and set in motion the disestablishment of the various established churches. The idea of separation of church and state was certainly to keep the government out of the chuches. But it was also an unambiguous effort to keep churches from trying to control the government, and for that matter the religious lives of individuals. If I remember the quote from Jefferson correctly regarding churches, people should be 'as free to go out as they are to go in.'<br/><br/>I am unaware of public schools "promoting" Islam or Buddhism, and would certainly oppose schools promoting any particular religion, and am unaware of schools denigrating Christianity or Judaism. <br/><br/>I do think it is good for children to be aware of the existence of other faiths, and learn to have respect for religious difference. We have alot of faiths in our country, and it is important that we know how to get along with each other. The founders were indeed religious men, each in their ways. That is why they established religious equality through article 6, and set in motion the disestablishment of the various established churches. The idea of separation of church and state was certainly to keep the government out of the chuches. But it was also an unambiguous effort to keep churches from trying to control the government, and for that matter the religious lives of individuals. If I remember the quote from Jefferson correctly regarding churches, people should be ‘as free to go out as they are to go in.’

I am unaware of public schools “promoting” Islam or Buddhism, and would certainly oppose schools promoting any particular religion, and am unaware of schools denigrating Christianity or Judaism.

I do think it is good for children to be aware of the existence of other faiths, and learn to have respect for religious difference. We have alot of faiths in our country, and it is important that we know how to get along with each other.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.frederickclarkson.com/2005/05/the-weakest-link/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Anonymous Sat, 21 May 2005 13:38:00 +0000 http://www.frederickclarkson.com/?p=125#comment-105 Read the federalist papers. Read the letters written by the founding fathers. They were all religious men and wanted to instill the moral values in our society.<br/><br/>What many of y'all believe the seperation of church and state was actually meant to keep the government from interfering with worship and the church. However, the government IS interfering when they (and their proxy - the schools) are promoting other religious faiths (i.e., muslim, buddhism) and denigrating christianity and judaism.<br/><br/>If the schools and government would stop this shameful promotion, many of us on the right would stop injecting ourselves in politics. However, we must act to preserve our faith and the moral sense of the country. Read the federalist papers. Read the letters written by the founding fathers. They were all religious men and wanted to instill the moral values in our society.

What many of y’all believe the seperation of church and state was actually meant to keep the government from interfering with worship and the church. However, the government IS interfering when they (and their proxy - the schools) are promoting other religious faiths (i.e., muslim, buddhism) and denigrating christianity and judaism.

If the schools and government would stop this shameful promotion, many of us on the right would stop injecting ourselves in politics. However, we must act to preserve our faith and the moral sense of the country.

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