One thing I enjoy about our country is that swings to the right inevitably lead to swings to the left.

Last one, I promise. I found this one yesterday and just thought it was sweet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwdmqM3pc68

This last one is really good.

It’s hard to find without coming up with a jillion Flatley River Dance version. But, I must say, I came to appreciate Flatley much more after listening to bunches of versions with the lyrics. So now I never hear or see Flatley without hearing the lyrics.

OK, my “fix” for the day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fzRZuGEr04&feature=related

Another two

I can’t tell you how many times I listened to various versions of this song this weekend – one thing never changed – it leaves me smiling and feeling good about my world.

Djjl – thanks for posting the link. Believe it or not my husband and I were talking about this yesterday on the way home from church and I was planning on doing a search for it. So timely.

Here’s a link to one of my favorite hymns – I expect I may hear it sung at Easter Mass. It’s not my favorite version – they’ve made a couple of “twinks” that I ‘d preferred they not.

I hope you enjoy it.

GeoT – no link?
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for what? Hannity? I can’t link to my predictions, they’re embedded in my somewhat sick brain.

“The foundational documents are the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, not the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament (though there are undeniable connections between them). This way of life is far different from what many overtly conservative Christians would like.”

When someone tells me that the Founding Fathers were religious I have to laugh. They were religious only in the sense that they had to belong to a church if they expected to rise in society or have any credibility. Jefferson, a Deist, believed in a higher power, and wrote his own Bible. Most believed in a higher power but they believed more in freedom and liberty and were part of the “Enlightenment” period which included John Locke.

“Let me say this as clearly as I can,” Obama said. “The United States is not and never will be at war with Islam. In fact, our partnership with the Muslim world is critical … in rolling back a fringe ideology (Al Qaeda) that people of all faiths reject.”

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/06/obama.turkey/

GeoT – no link?

I had a wonderful weekend.

Thanks Taylor for posting the Meacham and Parker pieces. I almost always enjoy Jon Meacham. I’ve just gotten through the first page at this point. The thoughts that came to mind in reading that first page, is that the “Chrisitian” right of the last 20 years showed the inhabitants of this country that they were not all that Christian because their actions weren’t generally those that would indicate they were true followers of Christ AND they weren’t “right” either.

My one comment for this morning is this – the so-called Christian right was anything but Christian. They used a marketing strategy and was a power based movement, trying to make us all members of Stepford as in Stepford Wives. They tried to force everyone to accept their world view and used a perverted version of Christianity to do so. When Christianity became so politicized by this group this is when many people began to believe that Christianity had lost its credibility. The so-called Christian right has taken Christianity and tried to mold it into the image that they wanted it inorder to coerce the American population into these perverted beliefs. What the Christian right offered was in no shape or form true Christianity.

(edit) “Obama said (edit) the United States (edit) is not (edit) a Christian nation (edit)

how dare he…

Obama said “one of the great strengths of the United States” is that it does not consider itself “a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/06/obama.turkey/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/06/obama-meets-with-abdullah_n_183399.html

‘In talks with Gul, and Turkey’s prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Obama hoped to sell his strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan. He hoped to find welcoming ears given the new U.S. focus on melding troop increases with civilian efforts to better the lives of people in both countries.

Obama recognized past tensions in the U.S.-Turkey relationship, but said things were on the right track now because both countries share common interests and are diverse nations. “We don’t consider ourselves Christian, Jewish, Muslim. We consider ourselves a nation bound by a set of ideals and values,” Obama said of the United States. “Turkey has similar principals.”

It was said to his Turkish counterpart, Abdullah Gul, this morning. It was also brought up briefly on CNN.
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please provide a link. my guess is you’re leaving something out.

I’m googling and can’t find that he said that. Anybody got a link?
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morning djjl

IF he said it FOX News would be running a giant banner right now.

Obama just announced, in Turkey, that America is not a Christian nation.
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IF he said it, he’s right. We’re a country founded on freedom for ALL religions.

At Least 20 Are Dead as Buildings Fall After Quake in Italy

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/world/europe/07italy.html?ref=europe

I just caught up with the last few threads. I only have one thing to say…
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Hi Kris, was wondering if you would check in over the weekend.

LL: I didn’t see 60 minutes but I know you, you have a good heart, rest easy.

Hi Audiegirl.
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now back to the Discovery Channel.