If a religious group who demanded a theocracy based on Jesus' teachings of: "love your neighbor as yourself, love your enemy, feed the hungry, care for the sick, and visit the imprisoned, do not concern yourselves with wealth, he who lives by the sword dies by the sword," became a threat, then you would see a religious war, because none of our politicians want a country dedicated to those principles.

Ralou, Post #2 at AmericasDebate: American Theocracy, Are we headed there?

"They're taking our jobs! They're taking our jobs! Darn immigrants! Let's patrol the borders!" say the angry Americans. But it's not the borders they need to patrol if they want to keep their jobs. It's the boardrooms. Because it's the outsourcing of labor, not the insourcing of laborors, that is killing American workers. Scapegoat. And how easy it is, for these workers, who look at the government and see a big, scary tangle, to turn on the poor immigrants, defenseless and tangible, and to take their fury out on them, and not out on Wal-Marts and politicians!

Ralou, posting on AmericasDebate on 14 May 2005

Thanks to www.bushwatch.com for the bushlexic quote

We *will* fight the Radical Right!

I swing from spitting mad to tears of grief every day I hear what & how the Radical Right is trying to destroy this great country.

The ideals that the USA is founded upon, & for which so many brave & idealistic people have fought & died throughout our history (& which are the reasons that I'm proud to be an American) are under the most vicious attacks ever faced! And these attacks are *not* from some external bogeyman who looks different, prays to God by another name, nor speaks a different language. These attacks, coming fast & heavy, on nearly a daily basis, are coming from an organized internal group of people who, themselves count on & use the freedoms they are trying to destroy, (for everyone except themselves???).

This greedy, hateful & dare I say, stupid cohort calls itself the "Moral Majority". Well, they are anything but!!! They are the Radical Right.

They are actively taking away your freedom to think & speak & work & pray & play as you wish. (Read the Patriot Act...then read about how the German Nazis locked down their country in the 1930s! Truly a terrifying resemblance!!! Threatening judges...behave or we'll get you. A national citizenship ID card...'Papers, please.' Secret lists for airport security...they won't tell you that you're on it or why, but if you are, you can't fly without severe harrassment.)

DO NOT GIVE AN INCH! Yell & scream & march in the streets! Read! (Turn off your TV.) Talk! Question what you see & hear, (ask 'but what about...?') Call your Senators & House Representatives today & tomorrow & the day after & the day after that! Don't let these megalomaniacs steal your freedoms in the name of 'security' & 'being a good Christian'. Security is based on knowledge, diligence & trust, not fear, hate & secrecy. A true Christian extends love & care beyond self, *especially* toward those that are different, (re-read the Bible story of the Good Samaritan). S/he does not turn others into enemies & non-people so those others can be more easily hated & killed (e.g. 'insurgents' turns humans in to nightmare monsters). A true Christian is generous, sharing even when s/he has very little, rather than saying 'I have mine. I want more. You, poor, go struggle & starve where I can't see.' (Check out the recently passed 'bankruptcy bill', any of the 'free trade' agreements.)