Apparently, Sarah Palin seems to agree with Jake Blues . . . .
We’re on a mission from God.
I know all you all look down on National Public Radio as the last refuge of a liberal, but sometimes they have a nasty habit of running factual information:
An excerpt:
“Palin now goes to a nondenominational Bible church when she’s in Wasilla, but her years attending Pentecostal churches, including the one she currently attends in Juneau, have no doubt shaped her faith and, possibly, her view of world events.
“For example, at the same service, Palin talks about the war in Iraq.
” “Pray our military men and women who are striving to do what is right also for this country — that our national leaders are sending them out on a task that is from God,” Palin said. “That’s what we have to make sure that we’re praying for, that there is a plan and that plan is God’s plan.”
“Poloma says some people might hear that and say Palin believes this is a holy war, or that Pentecostals think this is a holy war.”
Now I know who else Palin reminds me of . . .
James K. Polk, Manifest Destiny exponent extradordinaire. From Wikipedia:
“As a Democrat committed to geographic expansion (or “Manifest Destiny“), he overrode Whig objections and was responsible for the second-largest expansion of the nation’s territory. Polk secured the Oregon Territory (including Washington, Oregon and Idaho), amounting to about 285,000 square miles (738,000 km²) then purchased 525,000 square miles (1,360,000 km²) through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that ended the Mexican–American War.”
The only difference between Polk and Dubya? Polk was arrogant and competent.
Maybe Palin should remember that many a nation has claimed a holy alliance with God, as a central European nation once proudly declared . . .
Belief in God doesn’t make me nervous, despite or maybe because of my avowed agnosticism. What makes me nervous is politicians tossing around the concept of God as a symbol of support and justification as certain as the current day’s Gallup/CNN/MSNBC polls
Good night, Sarah, and remember the ark.
Frontier Former Editor 