On Wed, 9 Nov 2005 12:08:25 -0800, "PTRAVEL"
wrote:
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>"Dave Smith" wrote in message
>news:437249A9.CF5CB1C2@sympatico.ca...
>> ptravel@travelersvideo.com wrote:
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>That's the objection I have to the generalizations about Americans in this
>thread. People like me, i.e. educated, well-traveled, well-informed,
>Blue-state dwelling centrists, have as much in common with bible-thumping,
>ignorant, right-wing Texophilic wannabe-theocrats as we have fanatical
>Muslim terrorists (who are only slightly less dangerous, in my opinion).
>And we're slowly turning the tide, here. As I said, the overwhelming
>majority of Americans now disapprove of Bush, according to the latest polls.
>Paraphrasing another American, "You can fool all of the people some of the
>time, and some of the people all of the time, but you can always fool
>Texas."
>
I really do feel sorry for the great number of Americans that are
burdened with the actions of Bush and his cohorts and all lumped into
the same "Bushels". One day it will all be past history and I am just
praying that his group will not do more damage before his term is up.
The common belief is that the religious right is what has kept Bush in
power and that power base is not just in Texas - it is country wide.
So we can't just blame Texas.
While the majority of Americans seem to now disagree with the present
administration policies "religion" in the US seems to still be on the
increase to a point where the US is considered by far the most
religious of all the "wealthy" nations.
I am not really looking for a discussion on religion but has the US
always been so "religious" and if not, why the great increase in the
last few years ?
It seems to me what we have going on right now is a religious conflict
between two very stubborn and fundamentalist religious groups. |