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Fripp
SFN Regular
USA
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 Posted - 07/25/2005 : 06:38:45
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This is a pretty comical story.
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/12214371.htm
It seems that "evangelicals" want to turn S. Carolina into a "Christian state" and perhaps even secede, even though the likelihood of that happening is akin to Jesus playing the piano again. I say "let 'em", then we'll see how bad a theocracy will screw things up.
Here's a couple select quotes:
Brent Nelsen, a Christian who is a political science professor at Furman University, said, "What kind of balance do they expect to tip? The balance is already strongly Republican and from the religious right."
"Dissatisfied with Republican politicians, Frank Janoski said the Christian Exodus philosophy resonated with him. 'The Republicans control the government, yet things are getting worse. When I found Christian Exodus, I thought: Here's a bunch of Christians like me.'"
What exactly did Janoski expect when the present bonehead-in-chief headed into office for the second time?
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 07/25/2005 : 07:02:04 [Permalink]
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This has been in the works for a couple of years, that I know of, and it will be even more comical watching them try to live under Bibical rules. Koresh, et al, ad nauseum, managed it, but on a much smaller scale.
I wonder how many heretics it would spawn amongst the faithful in the first year. Assuming it comes to pass, of course - very much in doubt.
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coberst
Skeptic Friend
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Posted - 07/25/2005 : 14:04:58 [Permalink]
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Secession and the Civil War were breed and born in South Carolina. It is a mistake to underestimate what these people can do.
The planter politicians began preparing the South for an exodus from the Union in the early 1820s. They managed to develop the ideology of Southern Nationalism that swept the South until secession in 1860. Or was it early 1861 that the first shots were fired at Fort Sumter outside Charleston South Carolina.
The South has developed an ideology that has been maintained and modified through the Civil War, through one hundred years of Jim Crow and up to the present moment. Their ideology is a mixture of religious fundamentalism and Solid South regionalism. The Solid South forms the core of the GOP. The GOP controls the Congress and the Senate and the White House and is about to control the Judiciary.
We laugh at these people at our own peril. This is a serious matter.
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26020 Posts |
Posted - 07/25/2005 : 20:11:44 [Permalink]
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| Odd, isn't it, that until 1964, the South was the home of the Democrats? Lincoln, after all, was a Republican. |
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trishran
Skeptic Friend
USA
196 Posts |
Posted - 07/25/2005 : 20:22:57 [Permalink]
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| I've been thinking about the whole Christian Nation thing, and a great way to demonstrate that we really *are* a secular society [here in the U.S.A.], would be to demand that there be a referendum on exactly which Christian sect is the American Christianity. That oughta keep 'em fighting among themselves for a couple of decades. |
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Trish
SFN Addict
USA
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Posted - 07/25/2005 : 21:27:23 [Permalink]
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Nice solution Trish.
As for S. Carolina seceding, don't see it happening. After all, the USMC has Paradise Island located there. What would they do without that wonderful crocodile and sand flea infested island for teaching raw recruits the proper way to be a Marine?
http://www.mcrdpi.usmc.mil/
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Over the years, female training has changed greatly due to the changing roles and society's attitude toward women in the military. Today's female recruits undergo field and weapons training, while 20 or 30 years ago this was unheard of. Male and female recruit training is now identical.
This was not true when I was a recruit. In fact, 1986 was the first year Women Marines were allowed to qualify (let alone fire) with the M-16A2 Service Rifle. Glad to see the Marines have finally taken a step in the right direction. But my old recruit company doesn't exist anymore.
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On May 7, 1954, the female recruits of the then 3rd Recruit Training Battalion moved to a new separate battalion which eventually became the separate Women's Recruit Training Command. In 1986, Women's Recruit Training Command was rejoined with the Recruit Training Regiment and became the current 4th Recruit Training Battalion.
I remember retiring the WRTC flag when my platoon graduated. We were the last of KCo to ever graduate under the WRTC banner. Ok, enough of my trip down memory lane.
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