Posted on 12/24/2004 8:21:47 AM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
President Bush has implemented economic policies that resemble those of the Roman Empire, which forced the baby Jesus into homelessness on the night of his birth, former civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson said in a pre-Christmas rant late Thursday.
"In the last [Bush] budget, we cut housing again, and that was Jesus' dilemma. In Bethlehem, his family ended up homeless," Jackson told MSNBC's Campbell Brown.
"Rome was a wealthy country that left Jesus and Mary and Joseph, in a sense, homeless," he complained. "He was born an at-risk baby."
The GOP bashing Democrat said that while Bush's reelection campaign had been successful in "marketing the language of religious values," the Bush White House isn't practicing what it preaches.
Jackson charged that under Bush's policies, the U.S. "appears to be indifferent toward the poor as we seek tax cuts and no-bid contracts for the wealthy; as we engage in wars of choice - driving our nation into isolation."
"Today we are celebrating the wealthy and war, not the poor and peace," he contended, while urging the Bush administration to "restore the Lyndon Baines Johnson vision where we wipe out poverty - not wipe out the poor."
Je$$e Jack$on is using the name of Jesus to line is own pockets....
Nothing new here.........
It's the Women with Infant Children program...or something like that. Supposedly designed to help poor women who have children, and I'm sure in many cases it does for those who are honest on it, but by my observation it is largely a cigarette-buying welfare program.
What makes you think he's paying? It's clearly the states problem and if they're short of funds the mother can shoulder the burden. Heck just make the little squirt eat dog food. That's the republican way.
Are you sure Jeese was refering to the president and not one of his on hand skeezers or perhaps a bastard child?
What a Clymer!!
I thought that was Gore...but whoever it was, yes, now that you mention it, I do remember someone saying something to that effect.
WIC = Women, Infants and Children. It's the gubbmint program for free food.
Biblical prophesy dictates that the Massiah would be born in Bethlehem. Shows you how much time Jessie spends reading his Bible, NONE.
That is what happens when you can make up the title of reverend and anyone can call themselves one without actually working for years to EARN the title.He says some amazing things but this one has to be at the top of the list.
Imagine living in a society where the king can make a woman about to give birth walk for miles just to be counted and then have to worry about all your newborn babies being murdered because the king is worried that said baby will take over the Kingdom.
To register for taxation, yes.
Wasn't Joseph's family sort of well-to-do?
The Gospel is not explicit on that question, but there are hints. First, Joseph was "of the house of David," which means his extended family was hot stuff, even if he was (as it were) from the hillbilly branch.
Second, St. Luke tells us that the sacrifice they offered for their purification was "a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons." In Leviticus, the sacrifice prescribed is a lamb; the birds are an alternative for those "too poor to afford a lamb." So we know Mary and Joseph were short of cash, at least at that time (40 days after Jesus' birth.)
Finally, in Luke 2, we learn that "His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover." Obviously, this required some financial resources, and probably well-off relatives in Jerusalem with whom they would board during the feast. The overall picture is of reasonably well off working people, with fancy relatives.
"Jesse Jackson: Bush Would Have Left Jesus Homeless", but Jesse Jackasson would have aborted Him, as proven by Jesse's record rather than twisted rhetoric.
Mary and Joseph were not homeless. They had a home in Nazereth. The only reason they were in Bethlehem was to obey the Roman bureaucrat who was conducting a census so that the Romans could increase taxes (like Clinton and Kerry).
The Holy Family was not homeless. They simply did not arrive in time to get a place at the inn. I'm sick of people saying such stupid things about Joseph, Mary and the infant Jesus. Joseph was a respectable man who earned a living for his family by carpentry. Amen!
If I recall correctly, Jesse once said abortion was "genocide of our people." Then the democrat party gave him some religion.
Jesse Jackson would rub the crucified Christ's blood all over his shirt, say he was annointed leader, and lead of Christ's sheep to bondage and slaughter.
Kinda what he does today.
The Rev is at it again. Shame on him. Why doesn't he ever read his bible (could it be that he is a fake Rev??)
I would have left Jesse Jackson homeless.
He's a blasphemer.
The Bible is very clear about what happens to folks who deliberately deceive his word.
IIRC Jesus was homeless.
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