[MacDV] Will Bush win?

[MA501Guy at aol.com]

 We WORK so hard to fight the religious tyranny in Afghanastan & Iraq, run by 
religious fanatics who have no tolerance with those who differ in their 
spiritual convictions. The separations of church and state does NOT exist in those 
countries.  BUT somewhere along the line the religious RIGHT stomps FEAR in 
the hearts of decent Americans, and it is out of FEAR, not conviction, that one 
votes for religious fanatics such as BUSH and CHENEY.  We are on our way to 
becoming that exact same level of religious intolerance and fanaticism we 
witness and fight against in other countries! 
I have always respected this news group as INFORMATIVE and unpolitical, but 
CLAIRE, your rant deserves a response!  You are wrong about the first settlers 
to come to this country.  If you're referring to the Puritans and Pilgrims, 
they escaped religious tyranny in England, to create a healthy freedom of 
religion HERE.  BUT since when does THAT become RULING the nation through religious 
dogma?  And your blatant reference to, and I quote here:  "It appears to some 
of "us" that
those who want a handout usually vote Democrat and those who want to
protect their hard-earned investments usually vote Republican" is laughable.  
So many corporations do NOT pay taxes, the richer the company, the more 
loopholes they find.  And tell the republican farmers in the midwest that they can 
no longer wait in line for their farm subsidy checks from the government!  The 
ultimate "handout"!  So much for UNITING the country, eh?  Sounds like more 
devisiveness to ME!
You stated at the conclusion of your personal ranting, that such personal 
opinion should NOT be included in this newsgroup, but you still offered one 
anyway.   It would have been best simply stating it this way: "this is not 
appropriate political banter!  there are political newsgroups that would welcome 
opinions of this nature, but this is NOT one of them."
It's important to allow creativity to flourish, and that CANNOT happen when 
right wing religious bigots restrict what we see, what we hear, and what is 
"acceptable" creative subjects.  You cannot legislate morality, although the more 
you attempt it, the more our basic human rights are taken away from us.  
Remember, "the only real evil, is the attempt to eliminate it!".
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