Foley Exposes Hypocrisy And Cynicism In Bush Regime

Posted on Wednesday, October 04 at 09:05 by BC Mary
As an exposure of the hypocrisy and cynicism of the Republican Party appeal to “family values,” the Foley affair has few equals. Foley was the Republican co-chairman of the Congressional Missing and Exploited Children’s Caucus, a group whose announced purpose included fighting against “online child sexual exploitation.” President Bush hailed Foley and his colleagues as a “SWAT team for kids” only two months ago—at a time when Foley’s conduct was widely known within the top leadership of the House Republicans. At the same time, the enthusiasm with which congressional Democrats have seized upon the scandal stands in sharp contrast to their unwillingness to oppose the Bush administration and the Republicans on far more significant issues. The same Democrats who issue moralizing pronouncements against the verbal abuse of 17-year-old boys have no problem voting military appropriations so that the Bush administration can send 19-year-olds to their deaths in imperialist wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/oct2006/fole-o04.shtml

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  1. Thu Oct 05, 2006 1:10 am
    Hello all, <br><br> The current scandal involving Congressman Foley is merely the latest in an amazingly long list of blatant deception and duplicity by Republicans and the Christian Right in recent years. While bedeviling us all with their holier-than-thou <b><i>pretenses</b></i>, they consistently support and/or perform blatant greed and abominable evil. Never forget the extent of their arrogance over the last two decades and especially the last 6 years. It is beyond amazing that Christians continue to blindly support such obviously blatant scoundrels, even as they are repeatedly exposed going against the most basic of human values. The level of hypocrisy and duplicity boggles the mind. There is no longer any doubt, whatsoever, that Christianity is little more than a purposeful deception used by political and religious leaders to dupe, manipulate, and coerce entire populations into giving them wealth and power, which they always use for greed, injustice, and abominable evils. <br><br> The actions of Foley and those who covered up for him directly parallel the actions of scores of priests that have raped innocent children, preyed upon others for centuries, and had their actions hidden and abetted by the Vatican. Now, in eerie repetition of Vatican history, we have a power hungry Christian Emperor (GW) working closely with the Vatican and Judeo-Christian aristocrats to lead crusades in the so-called Holy Land. Furthermore, to leave little doubt about the reality of this assessment, the USA, as the new Holy Roman Empire, is about to legalize the torture it has perpetrated in recent years while steadily reversing many of the democratic and civil freedoms that people gained when the Vatican and royalty lost control of their European empire at the turn of the nineteenth century. Now we see them following the same old path of evil as they strive to cement the status of the USA as the latest proxy Vatican empire. Make no mistake about it, the new dark ages are looming on the horizon unless we do something proactive to prevent it. <br><br> <i><b>Remember that those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it!</i></b> <br><br> These scum and their ilk have consistently proven that gaining and maintaining power, at any cost, is much more important to them than anything they publicly pronounce. They have so little true concern for the well-being of others that they will say or do anything to take advantage of millions upon millions just to line their own grubby pockets and maintain power. This proves, to anyone with eyes to see, that they couldn't care less about everyone else as long as they get their hands on wealth and power, even if it means <i><b>pretending</i></b> to serve the Creator. It is long past time that people stand up for truth and justice and give these scoundrels their due. <br><br> This is a direct challenge to Christians to open your eyes and finally understand that you have been duped about the true purpose and nature of Christianity and the deceptive leaders you have blindly followed. How much evil must be done in your names before it finally dawns on you that you have been fooled by the very scoundrels you thought you were and/or would be opposing? <br><br> Remember the saying that "the truth will set you (and others) free?" How does "opening one's eyes to the truth" relate to "making the blind see again" or "shining the light" or "illuminating a subject?" Notice the inherent symbolism associated with this supposed New Testament "miracle?" <br><br> I know that many have chosen to write me off as some sort of a quack over the last three years. Now that this country and world have sunk to new lows and many of the things I've warned about have occurred, perhaps fewer will be so quick to scoff at things they don't understand. Neither religious followers nor secularists have been 100% correct and most have been dead wrong about much. Perhaps now more will seek true wisdom and cooperate for the good of all before the Bush-Cheney-Vatican cabal revives the dark ages and puts you all in theological torture camps. <br><br> Remember: <b><i>"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good do nothing." </b></i> <br><br> We are all trapped in a web of deception woven with money, religion, and politics. The great evils that bedevil us all will never cease until humanity finally awakens, shakes off these strong delusions, and forges a <a href="http://www.geocities.com/sevenstarhand/twospirits.html">new path</a> to the future. <br><br> <a href="http://exposing-religious-deception.blogspot.com/">Here is Wisdom !!</a> <br><br> Peace...

  2. Thu Oct 05, 2006 6:11 am
    The hypocrisy is blatant on the Democratic side of the issue. The party that supports perversion condemns Foley?
    Give me a damn break. NAMBLA is one of the organizations that is approved by the Democrats. Is that perverted enough? How can the homosexual lobby be supported by the Dems, and Foley be condemned?

    Warlock

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    "The consequence of YOUR freedom of speech, is MY freedom of speech"-Warlock

  3. by DL
    Thu Oct 05, 2006 3:00 pm
    There is no hypocracy. Foley was sexually harrassing the pages. Those activities, sexual orientation aside, are clearly inappropriate. There is admittedly a gleefully poetic edge that he is a closet homosexual in a flock noted for it's homophobia, and general intolerance, and was caught sexually harassing young pages. Nothing hypocritical in pointing out the obvious. It is what it is.



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