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Bush Extends Greetings To All Celebrating Kwanzaa
US Dept of State ^ | December 19, 2005 | George W. Bush

Posted on 12/28/2005 11:40:33 AM PST by presidio9

President Bush December 19 sent warm greetings to all who are celebrating Kwanzaa -- a seven-day observance emphasizing seven principles of African culture.

Kwanzaa, which will begin December 26, represents an African-American and pan-African holiday celebrating family, community and culture.

For additional information see Holidays and African Americans.

Following is the text of the statement:

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary December 19, 2005

December 2005

I send greetings to those observing Kwanzaa.

African Americans and people around the world reflect on African heritage during Kwanzaa. The seven days of this celebration emphasize the seven principles of Nguzo Saba -- unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith. These values contribute to a culture of citizenship and compassion, and Kwanzaa activities help pass on African values and traditions to future generations.

As families and friends gather for Kwanzaa, Americans remember the many contributions African Americans have made to our country's character and celebrate the diversity that makes our Nation strong. May your commitment to family, faith, and community thrive during this holiday season and throughout the coming year.

Laura and I send our best wishes for a happy Kwanzaa.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blackchristmas; bush43; falsereligion; happyblackpantherday; kwanzaa; marxistholidays; pc
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1 posted on 12/28/2005 11:40:34 AM PST by presidio9
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To: presidio9

What a waste of time.


2 posted on 12/28/2005 11:41:15 AM PST by bmwcyle (Evolution is a myth -- Libertarians just won't evolve into Conservatives.)
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To: presidio9

who was Nguzo Saba?


3 posted on 12/28/2005 11:41:15 AM PST by soccer_maniac (Do some good while browsing FR --> Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team# 36120))
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To: presidio9

Happy Holidays.

That is the only greeting that needs to be said for this.


4 posted on 12/28/2005 11:42:09 AM PST by weegee (Christmas - the holiday that dare not speak its name.)
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To: presidio9
Bush Extends Greetings To All Celebrating Kwanzaa


All 9 of them?
5 posted on 12/28/2005 11:42:49 AM PST by HHKrepublican_2 (OP Spread the Truth....http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1535158/posts)
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To: presidio9
"I send greetings waaaaaaaaaassssuuuuuuuuuuuupp! to those observing Kwanzaa."
6 posted on 12/28/2005 11:43:08 AM PST by YouPosting2Me
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To: presidio9
Here's an old FR thread that includes a column by Coulter. At the bottom of the thread are a variety of links to writers explaining the meaning of Kwanzaa, if anyone is interested...
7 posted on 12/28/2005 11:43:26 AM PST by andyk (Fear my strategery of misunderestimation.)
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To: presidio9
Give us a break already.

Has he invited a throng of Kwanzaa celebrants to the White House for a little jawboning?

8 posted on 12/28/2005 11:43:30 AM PST by FerdieMurphy (For English press one. (Farewell Tookie. Is hell really hot?))
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To: presidio9

How can he do it with a straight face?


9 posted on 12/28/2005 11:43:33 AM PST by mlc9852
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To: weegee

10 posted on 12/28/2005 11:43:55 AM PST by presidio9 (Islam Is As Islam Does)
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To: All
Ann Coulter says: "Coincidentally, the seven principles of Kwanzaa are the very same seven principles of the Symbionese Liberation Army".
11 posted on 12/28/2005 11:45:10 AM PST by andyk (Fear my strategery of misunderestimation.)
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To: soccer_maniac

It's not a who...it's an it:

NGUZO SABA
(The Seven Principles)

Umoja (Unity)
To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation and race.
Kujichagulia (Self-Determination)
To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves.
Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility)
To build and maintain our community together and make our brother's and sister's problems our problems and to solve them together.
Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics)
To build and maintain our own stores, shops and other businesses and to profit from them together.
Nia (Purpose)
To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.
Kuumba (Creativity)
To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it.
Imani (Faith)
To believe with all our heart in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.


12 posted on 12/28/2005 11:45:18 AM PST by Recovering Hermit
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To: presidio9
I posted this official Presidential proclamation on 26 December. Some overzealous admin mod deleted the thread with the comment "No Thanks". I wonder how this thread will fare given the heavy handed PC enforcement seen on that previous thread.

I also posted this graphic in the comment section:


13 posted on 12/28/2005 11:45:40 AM PST by Spiff ("They start yelling, 'Murderer!' 'Traitor!' They call me by name." - Gael Murphy, Code Pink leader)
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To: presidio9

Anyone get one of these for Kwaanza?

14 posted on 12/28/2005 11:46:18 AM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten (Is your problem ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.)
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To: presidio9

December 2002

T-Lo's Kwanzaa Message to the Nation

Waaaaaaaah Zuuuuuuuup? Props to all the homeys and bizzos back at Ole Miss, and a shout out to my D.C. posse.

Seriously, I would like to wish a Meaningful Kwanzaa to my people and join you in introspective confrontation of self and society from December 26th to January 1st in order to begin to receive and reconstruct our history and our lives, rebuilding a more positive image.

Umoja, Kujichagulia, Ujima, Ujamaa, Nia, Kuumba, Imani. Now, with that out of the way...

I mo take this op to lay my swerve on that riff I did at Double-Zero's candle jam. Yo peeps, I was just trippin, doing a buck fifty and just busted a shiz-nits. On the furilla, my niggilla. We was just kickin' it. But, no diggety, my rap was totally wack, nomsayin?

Now let's all slap skin and get down to the hardcore. Don't forget who got the phat pockets, and I'm fixin' to stack you bruthuhs up some serious scrilla scratch. You heard? And all those Senate bee-yotches tryin' to Swazey my ass, ya need to just slow ya roll else we gone knuckle up and I mo bust a cap in yo doggy bone.

Crack another 40 and smoke some kill,    


15 posted on 12/28/2005 11:46:53 AM PST by GraniteStateConservative (...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
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To: soccer_maniac

Some guy who was invited to dinner by a lion.


16 posted on 12/28/2005 11:47:51 AM PST by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis, Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
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To: presidio9

Looks like a Menorah gone bad.


17 posted on 12/28/2005 11:48:32 AM PST by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis, Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
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To: Recovering Hermit

"I send greetings to those observing Kwanzaa."

Kawanza was invented in 1966 by Ron Karenga (a nice chap who used to beat his girlfriends with electric cords and burn their faces and mouths with hot irons).

Nobody in Africa has ever celebrated "Kwanzaa" (which uses North American Indian corn--maize--as part of its celebration).

It's a lot of fictional babble invented with the intention of making a non-white Christmas.

Why anybody would pander to the worst hate-mongers of the 1960s by continuing this nonsense is beyond me.


18 posted on 12/28/2005 11:48:37 AM PST by CondorFlight
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To: presidio9

From the Smith & Wesson Forum:

Seven Principles of Gunzaa

Unity
To strive for and maintain unity in the gun owners and supporters.

Self-Determination
To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves and not let anti-gunners label us.

Collective Work and Responsibility
To build and maintain our gun community together and make our brother's and sister's problems our problems and to solve them together through responsible gun ownership.

Cooperative Economics
To support businesses that support our rights as gun owners and lawful concealed carriers.

Purpose
To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our gun ownership community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness and cast away any stigma thrust upon us by the antis.

Creativity
To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more protected and peaceful than we inherited it.

Faith
To believe with all our heart in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders and the righteousness and victory of our struggle to maintain the Second Amendment.


19 posted on 12/28/2005 11:49:12 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim ("We're a meat-based society.")
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To: presidio9

Well that's just great Dubya, this and the 15 billion to Africa. Instead of 8% of the black vote, maybe that'll get the Republicans as much as a whopping 10% in 2006. Whoops, nevermind, you lost all of that 2% increase because Farrahkan convinced everyone that you set the exploding charges the blew open the New Orleans dikes.


20 posted on 12/28/2005 11:49:18 AM PST by GunnyHartman (Allah is allah outta virgins.)
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