Bush saved from alcohol by Jesus

05-01-2004, 11:38 AM

I was pleased to discover that my hometown was the place where are beloved President had a profound religious experience which caused him to quit drinking. Our former fraternity boy President with a fondness for beer and bourbon, turned teetotaler after a night of heavy drinking at the Broadmoor resort in Colorado Springs, Colo., celebrating his 40th birthday. Bush ascribes this change to the power of prayer and his belief in Jesus Christ (and what was probably one hell of a hang-over after partying all night).
A more public expression of faith that provoked much discussion and some criticism was when asked during a campaign debate what ''political philosopher or thinker'' he most identified with, Bush responded: ''Christ, because he changed my heart.''
Prodded to say more, he continued, ''When you turn your heart and your life over to Christ, when you accept Christ as savior, it changes the heart and changes your life, and that's what happened to me.''
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/e2248.htm

Without going into the whole question of the religious right, blah, blah, blah; am I the only one who finds it rather disconcerting that our President would cite Jesus as the POLITICAL philosopher or thinker he most identified with? I also find “Shrubbie’s” remark rather hypocritical since his actions in the Middle East have been far from Christ-like (in my opinion).

lumberjim · 05-01-2004, 12:23 PM

ROFL.....

thanks mar, for the laugh.

what an asshole.

thank jesus for saving our president.

no, wait......based on the senseless killing that has directly resulted from gwb's personal vendetta against iraq, i think it might be more likely the work of [church lady] satan?[/church lady]. If he had stayed drunk, he wouldn;t be president, and we wouldnt be at war. that, or jesus fucked up by saving him?

jaguar · 05-01-2004, 12:34 PM

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jesus fucked up by saving him?

Well nobodys perfect

05-01-2004, 12:48 PM

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Originally posted by lumberjim
ROFL.....

no, wait......based on the senseless killing that has directly resulted from gwb's personal vendetta against iraq, i think it might be more likely the work of [church lady] satan?[/church lady]. If he had stayed drunk, he wouldn;t be president, and we wouldnt be at war. that, or jesus fucked up by saving him?

Maybe Bush is actually a member of a satanic cult? But then again, imagine the result of this equation:

George Bush + Jack Daniels + Iraq = ?

Think of the possibilities! Maybe Jesus did do us all a good deed, after all.

lumberjim · 05-01-2004, 12:51 PM

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Originally posted by marichiko

George Bush + Jack Daniels + Iraq = ?

=MUSHROOM CLOUDS FOR EVERYBODY

xoxoxoBruce · 05-01-2004, 02:03 PM

Well the Iraquies wouldn't be throwing any stones. They'd have glass houses. Matter of fact, the whole country would be glass.

jaguar · 05-01-2004, 02:34 PM

Can't help feeling the way things are going sooner or later somewhere is going to end up glass =(

Undertoad · 05-01-2004, 02:46 PM

No problem, I survived Three Mile Island, 27 years later and still no sign of any of my lumps going haywire. Drinking all that malk held up my bones. If they nuke downtown Philly I'll be protected by 20 miles and the roads headed out are pretty good.

jaguar · 05-01-2004, 02:49 PM

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I survived Three Mile Island

What the fark where you doing on three mile island?

wolf · 05-01-2004, 03:10 PM

So you spent a small bit of your childhood in the shadow of one nuke plant, and much of your adulthood in the shadow of another.

Do you see a theme here?

Don't worry so much, though. Apparently low doses of radiation are good for you.

Undertoad · 05-01-2004, 03:10 PM

I wasn't on it when it burped... I spent those days 15-20 miles away, in stone/brick structures, watching the news for more information.

I WAS on it a few years after the accident, making a delivery to their engineering/drafting department. I was a kid making deliveries for a summer job, driving a car that was not my own or my parent's and was not marked as a delivery vehicle in any way, permitted to make a delivery on the island with no ID, given a visitor's pass that allowed me to drive on and roam around until I found the right building to make the delivery. Well I did have to sign in.

That was about 1983 I think, with the second reactor back on line. I expect they have tougher restrictions to get on the facility today.

05-01-2004, 03:13 PM

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Originally posted by Undertoad
No problem, I survived Three Mile Island, 27 years later and still no sign of any of my lumps going haywire. Drinking all that malk held up my bones. If they nuke downtown Philly I'll be protected by 20 miles and the roads headed out are pretty good.

So you seriously believe radio-active fall-out would be no problemo?

wolf · 05-01-2004, 03:16 PM

If the prevailing winds are blowing from the west, we're good.

TheLorax · 05-02-2004, 07:25 PM

Did you see what he said in response to Woodard's question as to whether he had consulted his father about the war in Iraq?

‘He is the wrong father to appeal to for advice. The wrong father to go to, to appeal to in terms of strength.’ And then he said, ‘There's a higher Father that I appeal to.’"

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/...in612067.shtml

Skunks · 05-02-2004, 09:10 PM

I guess it's cool that this guy has realized that, even being president, he's still afforded all the luxuries of being a citizen of the US: that is, he's welcome to practice his own religion without anybody in the gummint trying to muck it up. If he happens to want to be a Christian, who am I to complain?

The same goes for "innocent until proven guilty", and all the other fundamental tenets -- in spirit, not necessarily in letter -- that this country is built upon. Innocent until proven guilty, representation of the masses and all that. After all, people these days tend to be rather hard on 'ol GeeDub. We really should wait for hard proof before yelling "lynch him!".

Then again, maybe he should do the same for other people.

05-01-2004, 11:38 AM	#1
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	Bush saved from alcohol by Jesus I was pleased to discover that my hometown was the place where are beloved President had a profound religious experience which caused him to quit drinking. Our former fraternity boy President with a fondness for beer and bourbon, turned teetotaler after a night of heavy drinking at the Broadmoor resort in Colorado Springs, Colo., celebrating his 40th birthday. Bush ascribes this change to the power of prayer and his belief in Jesus Christ (and what was probably one hell of a hang-over after partying all night). A more public expression of faith that provoked much discussion and some criticism was when asked during a campaign debate what ''political philosopher or thinker'' he most identified with, Bush responded: ''Christ, because he changed my heart.'' Prodded to say more, he continued, ''When you turn your heart and your life over to Christ, when you accept Christ as savior, it changes the heart and changes your life, and that's what happened to me.'' http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/e2248.htm Without going into the whole question of the religious right, blah, blah, blah; am I the only one who finds it rather disconcerting that our President would cite Jesus as the POLITICAL philosopher or thinker he most identified with? I also find “Shrubbie’s” remark rather hypocritical since his actions in the Middle East have been far from Christ-like (in my opinion).

05-01-2004, 12:23 PM	#2
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	ROFL..... thanks mar, for the laugh. what an asshole. thank jesus for saving our president. no, wait......based on the senseless killing that has directly resulted from gwb's personal vendetta against iraq, i think it might be more likely the work of [church lady] satan?[/church lady]. If he had stayed drunk, he wouldn;t be president, and we wouldnt be at war. that, or jesus fucked up by saving him? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

05-01-2004, 02:03 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Well the Iraquies wouldn't be throwing any stones. They'd have glass houses. Matter of fact, the whole country would be glass. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-01-2004, 02:34 PM	#7
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Can't help feeling the way things are going sooner or later somewhere is going to end up glass =( __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

05-01-2004, 03:10 PM	#10
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	So you spent a small bit of your childhood in the shadow of one nuke plant, and much of your adulthood in the shadow of another. Do you see a theme here? Don't worry so much, though. Apparently low doses of radiation are good for you. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-01-2004, 02:46 PM	#8
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	No problem, I survived Three Mile Island, 27 years later and still no sign of any of my lumps going haywire. Drinking all that malk held up my bones. If they nuke downtown Philly I'll be protected by 20 miles and the roads headed out are pretty good.

05-01-2004, 03:16 PM	#13
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	If the prevailing winds are blowing from the west, we're good. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-02-2004, 07:25 PM	#14
TheLorax Keeper of the Decorum Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NC - USA Posts: 59	the army of jebus shall not fail Did you see what he said in response to Woodard's question as to whether he had consulted his father about the war in Iraq? ‘He is the wrong father to appeal to for advice. The wrong father to go to, to appeal to in terms of strength.’ And then he said, ‘There's a higher Father that I appeal to.’" http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/...in612067.shtml __________________ "Unless someone like you cares a whole lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." Dr. Seuss

05-02-2004, 09:10 PM	#15
Skunks I thought I changed this. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: western nowhere, ny Posts: 412	I guess it's cool that this guy has realized that, even being president, he's still afforded all the luxuries of being a citizen of the US: that is, he's welcome to practice his own religion without anybody in the gummint trying to muck it up. If he happens to want to be a Christian, who am I to complain? The same goes for "innocent until proven guilty", and all the other fundamental tenets -- in spirit, not necessarily in letter -- that this country is built upon. Innocent until proven guilty, representation of the masses and all that. After all, people these days tend to be rather hard on 'ol GeeDub. We really should wait for hard proof before yelling "lynch him!". Then again, maybe he should do the same for other people.

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