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Christ was a dissenter, that was his crime.

True ,that was what he was .Worst true crime he guilty of was whipping those folks at the temple while calling them "moneychangers."

I have a few pet-peeves with capital punishment .It takes a fortune in lawyer fees to actually execute someone.You would come out cheaper by feeding the convicts till they die.There is discrimination in the way capital punishment is applied.I could go on.

I'm opposed to capital punishment, not for moral reasons, but for the belief I have that 40, 50, 60, even 70 years in prison is a far worse fate. Especially for those who are child-molestors, child-killers, rapists, and terrorists. In a crude way, prisons mead out their own brand of justice.

I also oppose the death penalty as a fiscal conservative. Think of how many fewer cases there would be be clogging up the appellate courts if bleeding hearts weren't trying to saving baby-killers from the "evils" of the American Justice system. The costs of convicting a murderer and sending him to rot in a cell for 50 years is far less than the cost of convicting him, sentencing him to death, and executing him within 8-10 years.

One more point, on the subject of Jesus.

Christian means "Christ-like" in Latin. As a Christian, one is to strive to be like Him, in all the examples shown to us of his love and compassion. But remember that He did express righteous anger and violence when the money-changers desecrated the Temple. There are many examples of God asking His people to go forth and fight for him, to destroy the enemies of God. I have no doubt, George W. is fighting God's battle- he is the Blade of God's anger.

God bless you, GWB!