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Zell Miller Has Lots On His Mind (this is important)
US Senate ^ | 12/15/04 | Zell Miller

Posted on 12/15/2004 4:30:49 PM PST by eleni121

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Zell Miller (D-GA) today delivered the following statement on the floor of the United States Senate addressing several social issues facing the country:

"The Old Testament prophet Amos was a sheep herder who lived back in the Judean hills, away from the larger cities of Bethlehem and Jerusalem. Compared to the intellectual urbanites like Isaiah and Jeremiah, he was just an unsophisticated country hick.

"But Amos had a unique grasp of political and social issues and his poetic literary skill was among the best of all the prophets. That familiar quote of Martin Luther King, Jr. about 'Justice will rush down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream' are Amos's words.

"Amos was the first to propose the concept of a universal God and not just some tribal deity. He also wrote that God demanded moral purity, not rituals and sacrifices. This blunt speaking moral conscience of his time warns in Chapter 8, verse 11 of The Book of Amos, as if he were speaking to us today:

That 'the days will come, sayeth the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land. Not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the word of the Lord.

'And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east. They shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.'

'A famine in the land'. Has anyone more accurately described the situation we face in America today? 'A famine of hearing the words of the Lord.'

"But some will say, Amos was just an Old Testament prophet - a minor one at that - who lived 700 years before Christ. That is true, so how about one of the most influential historians of modern times?

"Arnold Toynbee who wrote the acclaimed 12 volume A Study of History, once declared, 'Of the 22 civilizations that have appeared in history, 19 of them collapsed when they reached the moral state America is in today.'

"Toynbee died in 1975, before seeing the worst that was yet to come. Yes, Arnold Toynbee saw the famine. The 'famine of hearing the words of the Lord.' Whether it is removing a display of the Ten Commandments from a Courthouse or the Nativity Scene from a city square. Whether it is eliminating prayer in schools or eliminating 'under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance. Whether it is making a mockery of the sacred institution of marriage between a man and woman or, yes, telecasting around the world made-in-the-USA filth masquerading as entertainment.

"The Culture of Far Left America was displayed in a startling way during the Super Bowl's now infamous half-time show. A show brought to us courtesy of Value-Les Moonves and the pagan temple of Viacom-Babylon.

"I asked the question yesterday, how many of you have ever run over a skunk with your car? I have many times and I can tell you, the stink stays around for a long time. You can take the car through a car wash and it's still there. So the scent of this event will long linger in the nostrils of America.

"I'm not talking just about an exposed mammary gland with a pull-tab attached to it. Really no one should have been too surprised at that. Wouldn't one expect a bumping, humping, trashy routine entitled 'I'm going to get you naked' to end that way.

"Does any responsible adult ever listen to the words of this rap-crap? I'd quote you some of it, but the Sergeant of Arms would throw me out of here, as well he should. And then there was that prancing, dancing, strutting, rutting guy evidently suffering from jock itch because he kept yelling and grabbing his crotch. But then, maybe there's a crotch grabbing culture I've unaware of.

"But as bad as all this was, the thing that yanked my chain the hardest was seeing that ignoramus with his pointed head stuck up through a hole he had cut in the flag of the United States of America, screaming about having 'a bottle of scotch and watching lots of crotch.' Think about that.

"This is the same flag that we pledge allegiance to. This is the flag that is draped over coffins of dead young uniformed warriors killed while protecting Kid Crock's bony butt. He should be tarred and feathered, and ridden out of this country on a rail. Talk about a good reality show, there's one for you.

"The desire and will of this Congress to meaningfully do anything about any of these so-called social issues is non existent and embarrassingly disgraceful. The American people are waiting and growing impatient with us. They want something done.

"I am pleased to be a co-sponsor of S.J. Res. 26 along with Senator Allard and others, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage. And S.1558, the Liberties Restoration Act, which declares religious liberty rights in several ways, including the Pledge of Allegiance and the display of the Ten Commandments. And today I join Senator Shelby and others with the Constitution Restoration Act of 2004 that limits the jurisdiction of federal courts in certain ways.

"In doing so, I stand shoulder to shoulder not only with my Senate co-sponsors and Chief Justice Roy Moore of Alabama but, more importantly, with our Founding Fathers in the conception of religious liberty and the terribly wrong direction our modern judiciary has taken us in.

"Everyone today seems to think that the U.S. Constitution expressly provides for separation of church and state. Ask any ten people if that's not so. And I'll bet you most of them will say 'Well, sure.' And some will point out, 'it's in the First Amendment.'

"Wrong! Read it! It says, 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.' Where is the word 'separate'? Where are the words 'church' or 'state.'

"They are not there. Never have been. Never intended to be. Read the Congressional Records during that four-month period in 1789 when the amendment was being framed in Congress. Clearly their intent was to prohibit a single denomination in exclusion of all others, whether it was Anglican or Catholic or some other.

"I highly recommend a great book entitled Original Intent by David Barton. It really gets into how the actual members of Congress, who drafted the First Amendment, expected basic Biblical principles and values to be present throughout public life and society, not separate from it.

"It was Alexander Hamilton who pointed out that 'judges should be bound down by strict rules and precedents, which serve to define and point out their duty.' Bound down! That is exactly what is needed to be done. There was not a single precedent cited when school prayer was struck down in 1962.

"These judges who legislate instead of adjudicate, do it without being responsible to one single solitary voter for their actions. Among the signers of the Declaration of Independence was a brilliant young physician from Pennsylvania named Benjamin Rush.

"When Rush was elected to that First Continental Congress, his close friend Benjamin Franklin told him 'We need you. . . we have a great task before us, assigned to us by Providence.' Today, 228 years later there is still a great task before us assigned to us by Providence. Our Founding Fathers did not shirk their duty and we can do no less.

"By the way, Benjamin Rush was once asked a question that has long interested this Senator from Georgia in particular. Dr. Rush was asked, are you a democrat or an aristocrat? And the good doctor answered, 'I am neither '. 'I am a Christocrat. I believe He, alone, who created and redeemed man is qualified to govern him.' That reply of Benjamin Rush is just as true today in the year of our Lord 2004 as it was in the year of our Lord 1776.

"So, if I am asked why - with all the pressing problems this nation faces today - why am I pushing these social issues and taking the Senate's valuable time? I will answer: Because, it is of the highest importance. Yes, there's a deficit to be concerned about in this country, a deficit of decency.

"So, as the sand empties through my hourglass at warp speed - and with my time running out in this Senate and on this earth, I feel compelled to speak out. For I truly believe that at times like this, silence is not golden. It is yellow."


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: americanway; christocrat; democrat; hero; honor; justice; truth; zellmiller
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To: Aquinasfan
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141 posted on 12/15/2004 7:16:53 PM PST by derheimwill (Love is a person, not an emotion.)
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To: Aquinasfan

"Old time Dems like Ray Flynn"

Oh I don't think he holds out any hope for the Dems. What are they called down South? yellow dog dems? That's what he is/was but sees the advantage in holding on to membership...for reasons of his own.

"The one thing that doesn't compute is the fact that he was pro-abortion at one time. I can't figure that out"

As for abortion...most active and productively pro life people I know (including me) have seen the light on abortion. This may be one reason he is so adamantly opposed now.


142 posted on 12/15/2004 7:18:42 PM PST by eleni121 (Best AG ever: John Ashcroft)
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To: eleni121
One further comment on that, living in and having extensively studied the colonization of, New England. When the colonies were formed, and wanted to become towns, they had to first have a minister, before any town could be established. Any city or town you drive into, has a plaque indicating the date it was established. That date is the date the towns acquired their minister.

How is that not "under God. I have known this as long as I have have studies the history here, but I have never heard anyone state it in an argument over whether we are a nation Founded on Christian Principals. Seems to me that speaks volumes! Just a little "2 cents worth" on founding fathers
143 posted on 12/15/2004 7:20:07 PM PST by gidget7 (God Bless America, and our President George W. Bush)
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To: Pahuanui

Wow. What utter, sheer brilliance

You flatter me!!!! Thank you


144 posted on 12/15/2004 7:20:45 PM PST by gidget7 (God Bless America, and our President George W. Bush)
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To: eleni121
"Everyone today seems to think that the U.S. Constitution expressly provides for separation of church and state. Ask any ten people if that's not so. And I'll bet you most of them will say 'Well, sure.' And some will point out, 'it's in the First Amendment.' "Wrong! Read it! It says, 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.' Where is the word 'separate'? Where are the words 'church' or 'state.' "They are not there. Never have been. Never intended to be.

Wrong Zell. The Democrats find it right there in Article 52 from the Constitution they want, just exactly as they quote it:

Article 52
(1) Citizens of the USSR are guaranteed freedom of conscience, that is, the right to profess or not to profess any religion, and to conduct religious worship or atheistic propaganda. Incitement of hostility or hatred on religious grounds is prohibited.
(2) In the USSR, the church is separated from the state, and the school from the church.
The Democrats and all those who quote "the separation of church and state" have long ago abandoned the U.S. Constitution and adhere to the tenants of the old Soviet one instead. Just look at what is in it from equal rights for women, paid leave for expectant mothers, the right to work, rest, leisure, housing, education, health care, etc all provided by a benevolent state as long as you adhere to the party line. Any dissent though will be dealt with harshly.
145 posted on 12/15/2004 7:27:54 PM PST by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: gidget7

The relevant books and documents (and monuments) have not been burned and the documents are there for all to see. This was and is a Christian nation founded on Christian beliefs and Christianity, not Buddhism or Mohamedanism or Judaism or Secularism - and Christianity needs to be brought back to public life.

For those who are not content with this scenario: establish another State. But let's be perfectly clear: the fact that it is a Christian nation is why other beliefs are protected.


146 posted on 12/15/2004 7:30:44 PM PST by eleni121 (Best AG ever: John Ashcroft)
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To: FreedomCalls

Thanks for the reminder. Good post!


147 posted on 12/15/2004 7:32:12 PM PST by eleni121 (Best AG ever: John Ashcroft)
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To: Spiff

please don't remind me...


148 posted on 12/15/2004 7:32:50 PM PST by Echo Talon
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To: eleni121

You are absolutely right!!


149 posted on 12/15/2004 7:33:49 PM PST by gidget7 (God Bless America, and our President George W. Bush)
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To: Pahuanui
My god, what a tired, predictable windbag that old slouch has become. He can't even whine well enough to be interesting.

Hmmmmmmm where did you come from??? I think that speech will go down as one of Zell's MOST important speeches of his career!!!!!!!He spoke for a LOT , probably the majority of Americans!!check the votes against gay marriages even in liberal states!!!!!

150 posted on 12/15/2004 7:33:57 PM PST by pollywog (Psalm 121;1 I Lift my eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help.)
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To: eleni121

zig zag zell bump for later...


151 posted on 12/15/2004 7:36:29 PM PST by Ulysses ("Most of us go through life thinking we're Superman. Superman goes through life being Clark Kent!")
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To: eleni121
You can find the basis of every Democrat talking point right there. Every Moveon.org rally agenda. Every college protest. Every NAACP convention. Every Cynthia McKinney speech. It's the new Democrat Manifesto.
152 posted on 12/15/2004 7:37:09 PM PST by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: eleni121
I've never heard a Senator 'tell it like it is' the way he did in that speech. Very un-senatorial of him indeed.

If they haven't already named a UN Ambassador, there's our man!!!

153 posted on 12/15/2004 7:39:14 PM PST by KoRn
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To: mercy
WOW. I hung on every word.

you and me both. I printed it out, sent it to Sean, and Drudge and hope that we hear it read and see it circulated around.

154 posted on 12/15/2004 7:41:09 PM PST by pollywog (Psalm 121;1 I Lift my eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help.)
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To: lolhelp
Oh, Lord I love that man. God bless him!

OH YES....!!!! you expressed my sentiments!!!!!!!!

155 posted on 12/15/2004 7:49:43 PM PST by pollywog (Psalm 121;1 I Lift my eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help.)
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To: FreedomCalls

You are right...it's scary how entrenched this Marxist/Leninist garbage has become in our society/world.

Nothing short of several Conservative Presidents and Congresses will be able to repair the damage.

Red (states) is the word!


156 posted on 12/15/2004 7:49:43 PM PST by eleni121 (Best AG ever: John Ashcroft)
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To: KoRn

Yup...can you just see him up there telling the scoundrels what's up!


157 posted on 12/15/2004 7:50:42 PM PST by eleni121 (Best AG ever: John Ashcroft)
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To: Pahuanui
"All that this proves is that his head is as deeply inserted in his posterior as Moore's is, possibly even deeper"

I'm a little late on this thread but I couldn't pass over your comment. All Roy Moore was doing was exercising the second half of the establishment clause. Read it.

158 posted on 12/15/2004 7:59:25 PM PST by groanup (Rats are afraid of the light so spread a little sunshine.)
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To: Pahuanui

The Tao is just one path on the way to eternal death.


159 posted on 12/15/2004 8:01:00 PM PST by O.C. - Old Cracker (When the cracker gets old, you wind up with Old Cracker. - O.C.)
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To: eleni121

Were you able to find the speech he gave today?


160 posted on 12/15/2004 8:05:50 PM PST by O.C. - Old Cracker (When the cracker gets old, you wind up with Old Cracker. - O.C.)
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