I've been away for way too long now. Kind of been going through a down period and did not have much of a life to share, but things seem to be looking better these days. I'm trying to get in touch with my inner Buddha and seem to be making some progress, more on that in later blogs. I came across this quote the other day and found it quite disturbing.
"We establish no religion in this country, we command no worship, we mandate no belief, nor will we ever. Church and state are, and must remain, separate. All are free to believe or not believe, all are free to practice a faith or not, and those who believe are free, and should be free, to speak of and act on their belief. At the same time that our Constitution prohibits state establishment of religion, it protects the free exercise of all religions. And walking this fine line requires government to be strictly neutral."
Sounded like a centrist Democrat to me, but this is a actually a quote by Ronald Reagan, the grand poo-bah of all right wing Republicans. Its amazing how far right our Country has swung in the last few decades and even scarier to think where we may be, if things keep going the way they are, in a few more decades.
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Yup, Reagan would practically be a mid-liner by today's standards.
Bopped over from Belinda's blog.
Nice find - I always say that Nixon and Eisenhower would be amazed at how their party has changed. Can you believe Lincoln was a Republican?! Today, he'd SO be a liberal!
Dave, you would like VG very much. I reccomend you virtually get to know her!
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