No Joke: Bush Declares 'Day of Prayer for Permanent Peace'
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From our you've-gotta-be-kidding-me file, George W. Bush on Tuesday issued a formal presidential proclamation designating May 29 -- Memorial Day -- as "a day of prayer for permanent peace."
"Those who lost their lives in the defense of freedom helped protect our citizens and lay the foundation of peace for people everywhere," reads the proclamation, signed by Bush on May 16. "On Memorial Day, a grateful Nation pays tribute to their personal courage, love of country, and dedication to duty."
In conjunction with a joint resolution of Congress issued in 1950 that compels the president to issue such a proclamation each year, Bush designated "…the hour beginning in each locality at 11:00 a.m. of that day as a time to unite in prayer." The proclamation also requests that all Americans observe a National Moment of Remembrance on Memorial Day at 3:00 PM local time.
As a Veteran, I observe Memorial Day in a private and personal way and, while I understand Bush's responsibility for issuing this proclamation, I don’t think it's any secret why this received almost zero mention in the media. Nobody wants to breach the dignity of Memorial Day and George W. Bush declaring any day a time to wish for peace is just dripping with too much sick irony to acknowledge.
Isn’t this just a bit like Charles Manson declaring a mental-health day or Rush Limbaugh proclaiming a certain date as a time to renounce recreational Oxycontin? How seriously are we suppose to take a pray-for-peace proclamation from a man who lied us into a pointless war and who has the blood of tens of thousands of human beings on his hands?
But I don’t think Bush has anything to worry about as most of the country has been praying for peace on a daily basis ever since he took office. In that way, May 29 will just be another day.
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No shame
Our president has no ethics, no sense, and no idea what he is doing. The lack of shame that he has that allows him to declare his peace day is no surprise. I just hope that the country and the world can survive two and one half more years of the America being led by someone who cannot foresee, prevent, or control the storms that he unleashes. We need Al Gore and his hurricane machine to send George to Oz where he can be the fraudulent wizard that he is. Ding dong, if we can't impeach him, let's neuter him. Bring back checks and balances to government. Elect Democrats in November.
War is Peace!
War is Peace, War is Peace, War is Peace, just keep repeating it, you gotta catapult the propoganda, War is Peace, War is Peace, War is Peace...
The World of Opposites
Bush says the EXACT OPPOSITE to what he is really doing. He's a flawless hypocrite.
We all know the Newspeak -- like you said, War is Peace.
He smiles and says things like "We do not torture people" --- and he tortures people. "We are not spying on hundreds of thousands of people" --- and he spies on hundreds of thousands of people".
That can only mean that his phrase "permanent peace" means PERMANENT WAR.
Orwellian phrases of double-speak
Orwellian phrases of double-speak;
The Ministry of Truth
Ignorance is strength, war is peace, slavery is freedom.
When will KNOWLEDGE IS POWER again become part of the American Lexicon or are we too late?
"Its time to replace fear with hope. This is the crucial message that America must begin to hear and believe in again. For hope is the mortal enemy of fear; and fear cannot succeed in the solidarity of inspired hope."
I pray too
...for peace... and something else.
Please God. Please.
Just When You Think You've Heard It All!
"Permanent Peace" would destroy the fantasy BushBoy holds so dear. How ever could he continue to be the "war prez" if there were peace??? (The guy is a total zero without his "war on terra".) The proclamation is just more babble from Dubya.
Cleo and Truthseeker said it all!