Forgetting a moment your snide reply to me recently, I want to agree with your right to state what you did..."And then I lost it. Very infrequently, I think I imagine I find God in Nature. But the feeling is fleeting."
What is so great about this country is that we have that option to participate in a religious practice ....or not! And I know that there are those here that oppose my liberal beliefs, but the irony is that because I and others in the past have had such liberal beliefs it has afforded us all to have this option as it relates to one's practice of attending church, or not. As for my personal beliefs...I grew up in the church, obtained leadership roles, and then because of an event that shattered my Christian beliefs(and this was done by those that used their Christian beliefs in an attempt to destroy my Christian beliefs)I stopped attending church. I have returned to the church because I've come to the realization that one needs some spiritual guidance to help one through this journey on Earth. My pastor's sermon today was on Patience...Boy! don't we all need that reminder!
My rub is that there are those who wish to condemn those of the Islamic faith, as if the Christian religion has a perfect track record. We now have a President that claims God is on his side..so those of you had better keep quite about not believing in God, because the wrath and fury will not be pretty if the Edgar Ray Killen's get a governmental tailwind. For example...why are we having this debate in 2006 about the separation of church and state? The very reason our English ancestors came to this country was to rid themselves of a state dominated religion...The Church of England.
Let me share with you the ultimate hypocrisy the Bush and Cheney gang will go to in order to fool the true believers about their having God on their side. What better place than to the official White House website...wouldn't you think that Bush could at least tell the truth there?
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Mrs. Lynne Cheney reads from her book "When Washington Crossed the Delaware," Saturday, June 10, 2006, to the families and crew aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington docked at Norfolk Naval Station in Norfolk, Virginia. White House photo by David Bohrer
Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife Mrs. Lynne Cheney welcomed their fifth grandchild, Richard Jonathan Perry. He weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces and was born at 11:19 a.m. at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., July 11, 2006. His parents are Liz Cheney and Phil Perry, the daughter and son-in-law of the Cheneys. White House photo by David Bohrer
Lynne Cheney, wife of Vice President Dick Cheney, has loved history for as long as she can remember, and she has spent much of her professional life writing and speaking about the importance of knowing history and teaching it well.
As chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities from 1986 to 1993, she published American Memory, a report that warned about the failure of schools to transmit knowledge of the past to upcoming generations. "A system of education that fails to nurture memory of the past denies its students a great deal," Mrs. Cheney wrote: "the satisfactions of mature thought, an attachment to abiding concerns, a perspective on human existence." Currently, as a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, she particularly emphasizes the value of knowing our nation's history. "One of the important lessons we can learn is that freedom isn't inevitable," she says. "This realization should make the liberty we enjoy all the more important to us, all the more worth defending."
Mrs. Cheney announced a new initiative to encourage historical knowledge in April 2003. She launched the James Madison Book Award Fund, which presents a yearly award of $10,000 to the book that best represents excellence in bringing knowledge and understanding of American history to young people. The 2004 winner was American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy.
Mrs. Cheney has written articles about history for numerous publications on topics ranging from woman suffrage in the West and the way Americans celebrated the country's centennial. She was a member of the Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution and served on Texas Governor George W. Bush's education team. She was part of a group that revised Texas standards for the study of history.
She is author or co-author of nine books, including Kings of the Hill (second edition, 1996, Simon & Schuster), a book about political figures, among them Henry Clay and Sam Rayburn, who played powerful roles in the House of Representatives. She wrote this book with her husband, who was a Congressman from Wyoming from 1979 to 1989. Mrs. Cheney's 1995 book, Telling the Truth (Simon & Schuster), analyzed the effect of postmodernism on study in the humanities.
Recently, Mrs. Cheney has written three books of American history for children. The first, America: A Patriotic Primer, released in May 2002, is an alphabet book for children of all ages and their families that celebrates the ideas and ideals that are the foundations of our country. The second, A Is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women, published September 2003, tells the story of women's contributions to American history. Her third, When Washington Crossed the Delaware: A Wintertime Story for Young Patriots, released in October 2004, is a straightforward yet elegant retelling of the dramatic military campaign that began on Christmas night, 1776. Mrs. Cheney's net proceeds from her three best-selling books are being donated to charity. Mrs. Cheney’s most recent book is A Time for Freedom: What Happened When in America, released in October 2005.
Mrs. Cheney earned her Bachelor of Arts degree with highest honors from Colorado College, her Master of Arts from the University of Colorado, and her Ph.D. with a specialization in 19th-Century British literature from the University of Wisconsin. She is the recipient of awards and honorary degrees from numerous colleges and universities.
Vice President and Mrs. Cheney were married in 1964. They have two grown daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, three granddaughters, and two grandsons.
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As you read this glowing bio on Lynne Cheney did you note the following:
1) She published American Memory, a report that warned about the failure of schools to transmit knowledge of the past to upcoming generations.
2) A system of education that fails to nurture memory of the past denies its students a great deal.
3) She is the author or co-author of Kings of the Hill, Telling the Truth, America: A Patriotic Primer, A is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women, When Washington Crossed the Delaware: A Wintertime Story for Young Patriots, A Time for Freedom: What Happened When in America.
Isn't it amazing that Lynne Cheney says that about a system of education that fails to nurture memory of the past denies its students a great dea! Considering this bio leaves out the truth that she wants to keep from the religious right. Anyone want to guess what Lynne's great secret is that she keeps from denying our students a great deal? It's right there on the official White House website...actually it isn't there, but how amazing she hasn't nurtured her memory so students couldn't decide for themselves that she is omitting history of her past for future generations. Two word describe Mrs. Cheney and the White House website in their efforts to deny history that they say is so important for our students..."Lying Hypocrites". |
