tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post3641200431240693518..comments2023-10-28T07:30:04.147-04:00Comments on Human Voices: This land was made for you and me.Capt. Fogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03093968390001879062noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-16900344986861893002009-01-22T10:13:00.000-05:002009-01-22T10:13:00.000-05:00His mother was, I think, an unbeliever. It's his ...His mother was, I think, an unbeliever. It's his complex background that makes him a thinker.<BR/><BR/>He shoulda mentioned Buddhists though.Capt. Fogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03093968390001879062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-75883399885118254982009-01-21T18:06:00.000-05:002009-01-21T18:06:00.000-05:00Amen ... about time us non-believers were at least...Amen ... about time us non-believers were at least acknowledged.<BR/><BR/>The speech was great: touched on service to country and community ... such a big change from Bush's "go shopping and to Disneyworld" speech after 9/11.<BR/><BR/>What a complete putz.RRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12196333516263804947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-48424840444113765892009-01-21T10:57:00.000-05:002009-01-21T10:57:00.000-05:00Almost a quarter millennium after Jefferson said h...Almost a quarter millennium after Jefferson said he didn't care what someone believed as long as he did no one any harm, Obama is the first president to acknowledge that you don't have to be religious to be American.<BR/><BR/>The elder Bush supposedly said he couldn't see how an atheist could be considered a citizen. <BR/><BR/>To me, this may be as big a step forward as full civil rights for minorities.Capt. Fogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03093968390001879062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-70474687004069716622009-01-21T10:13:00.000-05:002009-01-21T10:13:00.000-05:00Amen! Uh... I mean... Yes.Amen! Uh... I mean... Yes.Chris the Hippiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18434819898396611160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-53500759212783383172009-01-20T22:38:00.000-05:002009-01-20T22:38:00.000-05:00I thought the times were a changin' many, many yea...I thought the times were a changin' many, many years ago and they weren't, but maybe -- just maybe. . .Capt. Fogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03093968390001879062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-33390699834626680532009-01-20T21:36:00.000-05:002009-01-20T21:36:00.000-05:00that shocked me to the core- mainly because i am o...that shocked me to the core- mainly because i am one :) i am cautiously optimistic but optimistic and relieved for the first time in 9 years :)billiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16206096509976316141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-51959486555048316522009-01-20T13:32:00.000-05:002009-01-20T13:32:00.000-05:00One helluva speech. Sort of makes you feel hopefu...One helluva speech. Sort of makes you feel hopeful again.Buffalohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04155912811378077542noreply@blogger.com