No truer words could be said over 200 years ago that are so important to the current events of today!

"All things in moderation... including moderation itself."

An amazing man who was taken from us far too soon.

How marvelously UU... to question is the answer...

As evidenced by the Bush administration's actions...

Now if only the courts... and congress... would put that into action...

Too bad that those in power feel that "some are more equal than others"...

We have indeed lost our way... who will stand for you when they come for you?

Don't misunderestimate the truth in this quote... if you get my drift, if you get my meaning...

so what? we hear all the time about "higher moral authority", this sounds like nothing more than fear of just that... the higher moral authority of the rest of the world.

... and by this argument we would still be living in the time of the city-state... if this is an issue, then it is simply time to change our constitution for a good reason, the unification of mankind, rather than out of fear of self expression (flag burning) or homophobia.

How marvelously descriptive of the US in 2005...

They, by this statement, are also testosterone posioned cowboys... as abused by the war experience as those who died in the concentration camps... more proof that war harms all who come in contact with it, both "victor" and "vanguished".

If only the GOP of 2005 could see the power and benefit of not playing the role of the world's bully and would learn the kindergarden lesson to 'play nice with others'...

... unless you believe as the radical religious right does that they know best what is right for you and your body...

... and the only thing wrong with this quote is that it is also a deceptive untruth... the south was fighting for the continued enslavement of people by the powerful landowners... which echos today's battle where the radical religious right and powerful monopolists want to enslave people's rights to make their own choices about their bodies while we work as slave labor...

While the flag is just a symbol, it is as good as anything else... and please note, a Baptist minister... a Christian... and no mention of their God in that pledge... seems our predicessors knew a thing or two about what this country used to be about.

... and yet blind obedience and unqualified submission to human power is exactly what the GOP and radical "religious" right demand from all human beings today...

Would that we had lawyers running it now, it seems to be more the ex-doctors and ex-failed-oil-men and pseudo-preachers that are are ruining it for all of us in the U.S.A. right now.

It is so George... then or now...

Those currently in power clearly agree with this too, as they are doing everything possible to dumb down our education system and concentrate power in the hands of the good-old boy rich landowner elite...

Wise words which so many in power and behind those in power today could benefit from...

Too bad the GOP are so intent upon taking this liberty from the collective in service to their special interest groups (the rich & the radical religious right).

It is so sad to see the negitive effects of the basic lack of education in today's world. As a successful member of society, I am happy to give back to society... I benefit in the giving, and it is sad to see the self centered seek to destroy the very fabric of our society by turning their backs on those in need of our support.

Ah, but taxes have nothing to do with prosperity... they have everything to do with the support of society by those who have benefited richly from society. As both Acts 2:44-47 and Marx teach us: "From each according to their ability, to each according to their need."