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flordehinojos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-14-06 11:35 AM
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the man sitting at the oval office
has the mind of a 12 year old,
the hardened heart of a criminal

and the family power of his father, grandfather and great-grandfather.
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Ron Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-14-06 11:40 AM
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1. Isn't it astounding?
Edited on Thu Sep-14-06 11:40 AM by Ron_Green
I mean, it's one of those things that has actually happened, but is so outlandish that you keep tripping on it, as if you're waking from a dream, and asking yourself if it's true.

They actually made this guy, the least qualified person to be a public official at ANY level of government, the President of the United States. Wow!

There - it happened again.

:crazy: :silly: :dunce: :wtf: :grr: :spank:

edit for tpyo
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-14-06 11:48 AM
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2. I see Dubya more as Herod Antipas, a pretender and puppet
...of a more powerful body seeking world domination, evil, corrupt, liar and no concern for the people over which he rules.

<snip>
The House of Herod:
Herod Antipas: Jewish leader, ruler of Galilee and Peraea between 4 BCE and 39 CE.

Herod Antipas -a nickname derived from Antipatros- was the son of the Jewish king Herod the Great and his wife Malthace; he was full brother of Archelaus and a half brother of Philip. With his brothers Archelaus and Philip, he was educated in Rome, a kind of honorable detention to guarantee his father's loyalty. In his father's testament, Herod Antipas was appointed tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea (the east bank of the Jordan). The Roman emperor Augustus confirmed this decision and Antipas' reign could begin (4 BCE).

In 17 CE, he founded a new capital, which he called Tiberias, to honor the Roman emperor, Tiberius. Unfortunately, it was discovered that he was building this city on top of an old Jewish graveyard. This caused great unrest among his subjects. For a long time, no pious Jew would enter Tiberias, which was populated by Greeks and Romans.

However, Herod Antipas was a Jewish leader, or liked to pose as a Jewish leader. For example, he is known to have celebrated Passover and Sukkoth in Jerusalem. Unfortunately, his subjects were not convinced by their leader's piety. Jesus of Nazareth compared him to a fox, an animal that was ritually unclean.

He was first married to Phasaelis, a daughter of Aretas IV, an Arabian leader. Later, he divorced her in order to marry Herodias. She had been the wife of Herod Antipas' half-brother (who was also called Herod). Marriage to the ex-wife of one's brother was not uncommon, but Herodias was also the daughter of another half-brother, Aristobulus. Marriage to one's niece was also permitted, but marriage to a woman who was both one's sister-in-law and one's niece was unusual. <more>

http://www.livius.org/he-hg/herodians/herod_antipas.html

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