Verbatim."I think it's more important to put Christ back into our war planning than into our Christmas cards." --National Council of Churches General Secretary Rev. Bob Edgar, commenting on controversy over the White House "holiday" card, which did not mention Christmas (The Washington Post, Dec. 7, 2005) "If that's not a witch hunt, I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what is." --Father Richard Prendergast, on the Vatican's ban on homosexuals teaching at seminaries (The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times, Dec 2, 2005) "Some of you might say, "That's horrible, peace activists taken hostage." Well, here's why I like it. I like anytime a bunch of leftist left·ism also Left·ism n. 1. The ideology of the political left. 2. Belief in or support of the tenets of the political left. left , feel-good hand-wringers are shown reality." --Rush Limbaugh, talk show host, on four members of a Christian Peacemaker Team kidnapped in Iraq (The Rush Limbaugh Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (born January 12, 1951) is an American conservative radio talk show host and political commentator. Born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, he is a self-described conservative, who discusses politics and current events on his program, Show, Nov. 29, 2005) "My father made a choice to travel to Iraq and listen to those who are not heard ... He remains committed to that ideal." --Katherine Fox, daughter of Tom Fox, one of the four members of Christian Peacemaker Teams Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) is an international organization set up to support teams of peace workers in conflict areas around the world. These teams believe that they can lower the levels of violence through nonviolent direct action, human rights documentation, and taken hostage in Iraq (Globe and Mail, Dec 1, 2005) |
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