[Peace-discuss] Fw: Fwd: Bush's "al cheit"

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I loved this, hope you all do, tool

Jenifer C.

-----Forwarded Message-----
>Dear Family
>>
>>
>>This came to me from a friend, and I thought you might be interested.
>>
>>George Bush's "Al Cheit" or Yom Kippur Confessional
>>For the sin I have committed before you by promising to be a 
>>compassionate conservative, but showing no compassion.
>>For the sin I have committed before you by waging an unjust war in 
>>Iraq in the false name of fighting terrorism.
>>For the sin I have committed before you by waging a political campaign
>>built on fear, not hope.
>>For the sin I have committed before you by cynically exploiting the
>>horrors of 9/11 for political gain.
>>For the sin I have committed !
>>  before
>>  you by ignoring the plight of the
>>poorest and weakest among our citizens.
>>For the sin I have committed before you by the unnecessary deaths of
>>2,000 young Americans, the injuries to thousands more, and the 
>>deaths and injuries to untold num!
>>  bers of
>>  Iraqis.
>>For the sin I have committed before you by lying about my record of
>>service in the National Guard.
>>For these sins, oh forgiving God, forgive me, pardon me, grant me
>>atonement.
>>
>>For the sin I have committed before you by dividing rather than uniting
>>our people.
>>For the sin I have committed before you by ignoring the loss of over
>>one million jobs in the
>>  U.S.
>>For the sin I have committed before you by doing nothing to provide
>>health insurance to millions of Americans, and to stem rapidly rising
>>prescription medicine and other health care costs.
>>For the sin I have committed before you by systematically weakening
>>environmental and pollution regulations, thereby endangering public
>>health and destroying precious wildern!
>>  ess
>>  resources.
>>For the sin I have committed before you by promising to leave no child
>>behind, and then failing to adequately fund educational programs.
>>For the sin I have committed before you by allowing the assault weapons
>>ban to die, allowing these grotesque weapons to return to our streets.
>>For the sin I have committed before you by bearing false witness about
>>the reasons for going to war in Iraq.
>>For the sin I have committed before you by perpetuating the falsehood
>>that increasing homeland security requires a weakening of civil rights
>>and civil liberties.
>>For the sin I have committed before you by imposing a veil of secrecy
>>on government decision making processes.
>>For these sins, oh forgiving God, forgive me, pardon me, grant me
>>atonement.
>>
>>For the sin I have committed before you by allowing the ends to justify
>>any means.
>>For the sin I have committed before you by lowering taxes for only the
>>very wealthiest Am!
>>  ericans,
>>  enriching the few at the expense of the
>>many.
>>  For the sin I have committed before you by running a cynical and
>>destructive presidential campaign, designed to destroy rather than just
>>defeat my opponent.
>>  For the sin I have committed before you by fighting a war in Iraq to
>>divert attention from failures in the just war on terrorists, and from
>>failing to act agains!
>>  t the
>>  looming nuclear threat from Iran and North
>>Korea.
>>For the sin I have committed before you by failing to make any progress
>>in achieving a just peace between Israel and the Arabs.
>>For the sin I have committed before you by turning a massive government
>>surplus into a massive deficit in less than four years, thereby
>>burdening future generations with untold debt.
>>For the sin I have committed before you by unnecessarily damaging
>>relations with American friends and allies throughout the world.
>>For these sins, oh forgiving God, forgive me, pardon me, grant me
>>atonement.
>>
>>For the sin I have committed before you by promoting a personal
>>ideology rather than the interests of the people.
>>For the sin I have committed before you by arrogance and swagger,
>>speaking with a forked tongue, and for the haughty exercise of power.
>>For the sin I have committed before you by appointing arch-conservative
>>judges to the federal judiciary.
>>For the sin I have committed before you by irresponsibly damaging the
>>reputation of the United States throughout the world.
>>For the sin I have !
>>  committed
>>  before you by enriching my friends in the
>>conduct of government and military affairs.
>>For the sin I have committed before you by encouraging xenophobia on
>>the part of the American people.
>>For the sin I have committed before you by attempting to impose my
>>extreme religious and moralistic values on the entire nation, and
>>weakening the separation between church and state.
>>For the sin I have committed before you by characterizing all who
>>oppose me as evil, and all who agree with me as good.
>>And for the sin I have committed befo!
>>  re you by
>>  failing to acknowledge
>>my responsibility for all these sins, for attempting to blame others for
>>them, and for all the injury and damage they have caused to individuals,
>>the Nation, and the future.
>>For these sins, oh forgiving God, forgive me, pardon me, grant me
>>atonement.
>>
>>


-- 
Anne