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To: Dont_Tread_On_Me_888
Why don't we try a little context instead of taking a slice out of it and then pretending to a meaning not there?

In America's ideal of freedom, the exercise of rights is ennobled by service, and mercy, and a heart for the weak. Liberty for all does not mean independence from one another. Our nation relies on men and women who look after a neighbor and surround the lost with love. Americans, at our best, value the life we see in one another, and must always remember that even the unwanted have worth. And our country must abandon all the habits of racism, because we cannot carry the message of freedom and the baggage of bigotry at the same time.

328 posted on 01/21/2005 7:42:06 AM PST by cyncooper
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To: cyncooper
Since the first 80% of the speech was about the world, the planet, globalism, etc, you need to be careful what those words mean:

Our nation relies on men and women who look after a neighbor

Neighbor? Does he mean American neighbor, or does "neighbor" mean tsunami victims or recipients of the billions we send overseas?

and must always remember that even the unwanted have worth.

I can assure you that Bush was talking about the poor of the world, not Americans. Being that $1.1 trillion of our $2 trillion dollar budget goes toward domestic social welfare, Bush is not preacing about that. He was preaching for more globalism and welfare directed toward the poor of the world.

Whether you agree or not, this speech was about less American independence, more American globalism, less personal liberty, more wealth transfer, less America first, more New World Order.

517 posted on 01/21/2005 3:37:15 PM PST by Dont_Tread_On_Me_888 (John Kerry--three fake Purple Hearts. George Bush--one real heart of gold.)
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To: cyncooper
Since the first 80% of the speech was about the world, the planet, globalism, etc, you need to be careful what those words mean:

Our nation relies on men and women who look after a neighbor

Neighbor? Does he mean American neighbor, or does "neighbor" mean tsunami victims or recipients of the billions we send overseas?

and must always remember that even the unwanted have worth.

I can assure you that Bush was talking about the poor of the world, not Americans. Being that $1.1 trillion of our $2 trillion dollar budget goes toward domestic social welfare, Bush is not preacing about that. He was preaching for more globalism and welfare directed toward the poor of the world.

Whether you agree or not, this speech was about less American independence, more American globalism, less personal liberty, more wealth transfer, less America first, more New World Order.

518 posted on 01/21/2005 3:37:16 PM PST by Dont_Tread_On_Me_888 (John Kerry--three fake Purple Hearts. George Bush--one real heart of gold.)
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