? ?I have one life and one chance to make it count for something . . . I?m free to choose what that something is, and the something I?ve chosen is my faith?. [M]y faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference.
? ?War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.? --Jimmy Carter, Nobel Lecture, 12/10/02
? ?My concept of human rights has grown to include not only the rights to live in peace, but also to adequate healthcare, shelter, food, and to economic opportunity. I hope this award reflects a universal acceptance and even embrace of this broad-based concept.? --Jimmy Carter, statement on the Carter Center?s website
Bush?s faith inspires his ?compassionate conservatism?, which comes across as a fantasy to the millions of Americans who are being left out in this latest version of ?trickle-down economics?. In his book, Carter quotes a Christian friend, telling him that ?the new economic philosophy in Washington is that a rising tide raises all yachts? (p. 4). Bush?s base probably finds this little quip amusing, but Hurricane Katrina showed us that some people don?t have yachts; and when the water rises too fast, they drown and/or lose their homes. That is their reality.
As a young man, Jimmy Carter was deeply influenced by a sermon called, ?If you were arrested for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you?? Now, with a lifetime of evidence presented, I think Jimmy Carter will be convicted of being a Christian in the first degree, and I bet The Judge will sentence him to life.
? ?War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.? --Jimmy Carter, Nobel Lecture, 12/10/02
? ?My concept of human rights has grown to include not only the rights to live in peace, but also to adequate healthcare, shelter, food, and to economic opportunity. I hope this award reflects a universal acceptance and even embrace of this broad-based concept.? --Jimmy Carter, statement on the Carter Center?s website
Bush?s faith inspires his ?compassionate conservatism?, which comes across as a fantasy to the millions of Americans who are being left out in this latest version of ?trickle-down economics?. In his book, Carter quotes a Christian friend, telling him that ?the new economic philosophy in Washington is that a rising tide raises all yachts? (p. 4). Bush?s base probably finds this little quip amusing, but Hurricane Katrina showed us that some people don?t have yachts; and when the water rises too fast, they drown and/or lose their homes. That is their reality.
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