| updated weekly |
home - contribute - donate - message board - events - links - contact us - archive |
|
|
| March 16, 2007 Alaskan in Exile by Neil Zawicki, insurgent49 I’d like to welcome to members of the Evangelical Christian community who have made the innovative decision to reject President Bush’s war. That’s right, recent polls show a growing number of the Conservative Christian Community are voicing opposition against the war. These are the same God-Crazy hillbillies who voted for Bush a second time and who supported his un-provoked invasion of Iraq. Now, many of them have turned against him and his killing situation over there. Curious. It took you this long to come around to the idea that maybe war and killing go against the basic teachings of Jesus? There is something gigantically wrong with your policy when not even the most gullible in our society can give you the benefit of the doubt. Bush and his team of marketing warlocks put the moves on the Christian voting base to win the White House, selling a shiny lie of God and War and Fear and anti abortion and anti gay marriage. That’s how they pulled it off. And now those same Bible Belt voters are still waiting for the administration to wave the magic God wand and rid the earth of such sins and inequities. Come a little closer: Are you listening? He never intended to effectively address those issues in the first place. He just needed your vote, and he knew how to get it. And now you’re feeling a little guilty, probably because you know people who have died, not to mention all the dead outside your America, and nothing Bush said he would do has happened. Here’s your hollow messiah. He walks with a swagger. “I voted for George W Bush because he gave a shout out to Christ during a debate and all we got was this protracted war. I don’t get it.” “Say there, Jessup, we been fooled, I reckon.” Maybe next time you’ll pay a little more attention. But it’s nice to have you on the team. Neil Zawicki, exiled Alaskan, is Editor at Large for Insurgent49, a former reporter for the Alaska Star, and winner of the Alaska Press Club's 'Best Columnist' award. He is now living out the rest of his days in an undisclosed location in Oregon. He can be contacted at hondo23@gmail.com 'Alaskan In Exile' appears on insurgent49.com every Friday. |
-
Columnists -
- column archive -
March 9, 2007 March 2, 2007 February 23, 2007 February 16, 2007 February 9, 2007 February 2, 2007 January 26, 2007 January 19, 2007 January 12, 2007 January 5, 2007 December 29, 2006 December 22, 2006 December 15, 2006 December 8, 2006 December 1, 2006 November 24, 2006 November 17, 2006 November 10, 2006 November 3, 2006 October 27, 2006 October 20, 2006 October 13, 2006 October 6, 2006 September 29, 2006 September 22, 2006 September 15, 2006 September 8, 2006 September 1, 2006 August 25, 2006 August 18, 2006 August 11, 2006 August 4, 2006 July 28, 2006 July 21, 2006 July 14, 2006 June 30, 2006 June 23, 2006 June 16, 2006 June 9, 2006 June 2, 2006 May 26, 2006 May 12, 2006 May 5, 2006 April 28, 2006 April 21, 2006 April 14, 2006 April 7, 2006 March 31, 2006 March 24, 2006 March 17, 2005 March 3, 2006 February 24, 2006 February 17, 2006 February 10, 2006 February 3, 2006 January 27, 2006 January 20, 2006 January 13, 2006 January 6, 2006 December 30, 2005 December 23, 2005 December 16, 2005 December 10, 2005 December 2, 2005 November 25, 2005 November 18, 2005 November 11, 2005 November 4, 2005 October 28, 2005 October 21, 2005 October 14, 2005 October 7, 2005 September 30, 2005 September 23, 2005 September 16, 2005 September 9, 2005 September 2, 2005 August 26, 2005 August 19, 2005 August 12, 2005 August 5, 2005 July 29, 2005 July 22, 2005 July 15, 2005 July 8, 2005 July 1, 2005 June 24, 2005 June 17, 2005 June 10, 2005 June 3, 2005 May 27, 2005 May 20, 2005 May 13, 2005 May 6, 2005 April 29, 2005 April 21, 2005 April 14, 2005 April 7, 2005 April 1, 2005 - also by this
writer -
|
||||||||
| Copyright 2005
Insurgent Media. All Rights
Reserved. in-sur-gent (in sur'jent), n. 1. a member of a group which revolts against the policies of its leadership. |
|||||||||
