Comments on: Bush Awards Presidential Citizen Medal To Watergate Crook Chuck Colson http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:53:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: bigdaddyjeff http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/comment-page-2/#comment-5379202 bigdaddyjeff Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:06:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/#comment-5379202 Freespirit--read up on what Mr. Colson has been doing for the last 30 years. As a Christian, you should understand that people can still be productive members of society, even if they have done something aggregious in their past. A Patriot Acting--Colson DID face (and incur) serious consequnces for his actions. Why does this article NOT give the reason for the award? Colson was tried, convicted and served time in prison for his crime. Since then he has been working with individuals who have been incarcerated, giving them hope in a place where there is no hope. There's not much room for personal agenda in doing what he is doing. Freespirit–read up on what Mr. Colson has been doing for the last 30 years. As a Christian, you should understand that people can still be productive members of society, even if they have done something aggregious in their past.

A Patriot Acting–Colson DID face (and incur) serious consequnces for his actions.

Why does this article NOT give the reason for the award? Colson was tried, convicted and served time in prison for his crime. Since then he has been working with individuals who have been incarcerated, giving them hope in a place where there is no hope. There’s not much room for personal agenda in doing what he is doing.

]]> By: Quizmos http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/comment-page-2/#comment-5378406 Quizmos Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:57:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/#comment-5378406 "You will know them by their deeds!" “You will know them by their deeds!”

]]> By: eyesopen http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/comment-page-2/#comment-5377484 eyesopen Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:29:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/#comment-5377484 Another legacy of our moron in chief is devaluing as many American rewards as possible with the roster of criminals that he has bestowed them upon. In the future, the hallmark of a distinguished American will be an individual who has declined such an "honor". Another legacy of our moron in chief is devaluing as many American rewards as possible with the roster of criminals that he has bestowed them upon. In the future, the hallmark of a distinguished American will be an individual who has declined such an “honor”.

]]> By: Peter C http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/comment-page-2/#comment-5376804 Peter C Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:30:53 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/#comment-5376804 I'd have thought that, "and he plotted to raid or firebomb the Brookings Institution" would count as terrorism. Doesn't this count as 'palling around with terrorists'? I’d have thought that, “and he plotted to raid or firebomb the Brookings Institution” would count as terrorism. Doesn’t this count as ‘palling around with terrorists’?

]]> By: A Patriot Acting http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/comment-page-2/#comment-5376770 A Patriot Acting Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:54:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/#comment-5376770 The fact that none of the criminals from the Watergate era ever faced serious consequences for their actions, if anything have been unjustly rewarded for their traitorous actions, have emboldened these leaches to continue their work safe in the knowlege that they will NEVER be made to pay the piper. The failure of Congress to impeach and imprison these thugs in the current Administration only strengthens their resolve further. Dick Cheney has been avoiding justice and responsibility his whole life. He weasled his way out of service in Vietnam through five referrals, he was integral in Watergate but went untouched, he has overstepped his Constitutional powers, led us into war in Iraq so he could make a profit at the expense of the rest of us, all with the swagger of someone who knows that they will never be called on it. The fact that none of the criminals from the Watergate era ever faced serious consequences for their actions, if anything have been unjustly rewarded for their traitorous actions, have emboldened these leaches to continue their work safe in the knowlege that they will NEVER be made to pay the piper. The failure of Congress to impeach and imprison these thugs in the current Administration only strengthens their resolve further. Dick Cheney has been avoiding justice and responsibility his whole life. He weasled his way out of service in Vietnam through five referrals, he was integral in Watergate but went untouched, he has overstepped his Constitutional powers, led us into war in Iraq so he could make a profit at the expense of the rest of us, all with the swagger of someone who knows that they will never be called on it.

]]> By: jpopphan http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/comment-page-2/#comment-5376768 jpopphan Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:47:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/#comment-5376768 What has Colson EVER done to merit an award of this nature? He was a crook in the Nixon White House, went to jail, and now heads a right-wing evangelical prison "ministry". I so cannot wait for Bush to be out of the White House. I am sick of seeing people be given recognition who absolutely don't deserve it. What has Colson EVER done to merit an award of this nature?

He was a crook in the Nixon White House, went to jail, and now heads a right-wing evangelical prison “ministry”.

I so cannot wait for Bush to be out of the White House. I am sick of seeing people be given recognition who absolutely don’t deserve it.

]]> By: A Patriot Acting http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/comment-page-1/#comment-5376766 A Patriot Acting Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:45:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/#comment-5376766 Isn't there some kind of GOP neocon anti-American medal that shit-for-brains could give to his loyal supporters? I mean none of these medal recipients have done anything to better our Nation. They HAVE aided and abetted the Republican cause, though. Rove, Rummy, Cheney, Perle, Wolfowitz etc were all seeds planted during the Nixon Administration under the watchful eyes of such traitors as Fred Malek, Donald Segretti and Lee Atwater. They have come to bear GOP fruit to the detriment of our Constitution, rule of law and balance of powers in government. Let us not forget that through late appointments, the systematic replacement in the DOJ with loyal Bush operatives and an impressive cadre of both Rove and Gingrich toadies quietly working their ways up in Gov't from lawyers, advisers, junior House Reps and young Republican Senators, the shit-stink of the worst and most corrupt elements of the Nixon and Bush Administrations is guaranteed to continue infecting American politics and policy for a long, long time. This is a long planned concerted effort to mantain the neocon dream. They mey be relegated to the shadows for a time but unless there is some serious house cleaning and indictments of current law breakers, the incentive to gain power by these scum bags will continue unhindered with zealous anticipation. I'm no conspiracy theorist, but one need only study up a bit on the Nixon era and take a serious look at the career paths of those who walked away unscathed from Watergate to see that it is a movement determined to continue raping our Nations wealth, power and resources to their selfish ends. Isn’t there some kind of GOP neocon anti-American medal that shit-for-brains could give to his loyal supporters? I mean none of these medal recipients have done anything to better our Nation. They HAVE aided and abetted the Republican cause, though. Rove, Rummy, Cheney, Perle, Wolfowitz etc were all seeds planted during the Nixon Administration under the watchful eyes of such traitors as Fred Malek, Donald Segretti and Lee Atwater. They have come to bear GOP fruit to the detriment of our Constitution, rule of law and balance of powers in government. Let us not forget that through late appointments, the systematic replacement in the DOJ with loyal Bush operatives and an impressive cadre of both Rove and Gingrich toadies quietly working their ways up in Gov’t from lawyers, advisers, junior House Reps and young Republican Senators, the shit-stink of the worst and most corrupt elements of the Nixon and Bush Administrations is guaranteed to continue infecting American politics and policy for a long, long time. This is a long planned concerted effort to mantain the neocon dream. They mey be relegated to the shadows for a time but unless there is some serious house cleaning and indictments of current law breakers, the incentive to gain power by these scum bags will continue unhindered with zealous anticipation. I’m no conspiracy theorist, but one need only study up a bit on the Nixon era and take a serious look at the career paths of those who walked away unscathed from Watergate to see that it is a movement determined to continue raping our Nations wealth, power and resources to their selfish ends.

]]> By: Max-1 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/comment-page-1/#comment-5376714 Max-1 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:55:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/#comment-5376714 . You know what they say ... ... Carrying a cross and wrapped in a flag. . .

You know what they say …
… Carrying a cross and wrapped in a flag.

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]]> By: joe cantwell http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/comment-page-1/#comment-5376656 joe cantwell Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:42:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/#comment-5376656 how come i don't get one? i've done <em>more</em> than chuck. ^ how come i don’t get one?

i’ve done more than chuck.

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]]> By: freespirit http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/comment-page-1/#comment-5376648 freespirit Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:39:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/#comment-5376648 What has been done to a Christianity by these people is disgusting. I am a Christian and I have read the good book and the letters in red within and these people do not live the way they should if they were real Christians. Here's a little bit of interesting information. In 2000, then Florida governor Jeb Bush reinstated Colson's right to vote the was taken away by Colson's felony conviction. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Think about that. What has been done to a Christianity by these people is disgusting. I am a Christian and I have read the good book and the letters in red within and these people do not live the way they should if they were real Christians. Here’s a little bit of interesting information. In 2000, then Florida governor Jeb Bush reinstated Colson’s right to vote the was taken away by Colson’s felony conviction. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Think about that.

]]> By: ElBruce http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/comment-page-1/#comment-5376504 ElBruce Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:01:38 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/#comment-5376504 This just goes to prove that Bush's term is basically Nixon II. Cheney and Rumsfeld both worked for Nixon, and so did many other people at lower levels in the Bush White House. "Unitary Executive Theory." Secrecy. Wiretapping. Refusing Congressional subpeonas. Suspension of Habeus Corpus. Starting and escalating unecessary wars. No exit strategies for said wars. The Southern strategy. Divide-and-conquer politics based on wedge issues. We need to remain ever-vigilant that some twenty years from now the third incarnation of Nixon's White House (i.e. the 2nd incarnation of Bush's) doesn't rear its ugly head to sneak into power once more. Because if they do, they'll just do all the exact same things all over again. Just like they did this time. This just goes to prove that Bush’s term is basically Nixon II. Cheney and Rumsfeld both worked for Nixon, and so did many other people at lower levels in the Bush White House.

“Unitary Executive Theory.” Secrecy. Wiretapping. Refusing Congressional subpeonas. Suspension of Habeus Corpus. Starting and escalating unecessary wars. No exit strategies for said wars. The Southern strategy. Divide-and-conquer politics based on wedge issues.

We need to remain ever-vigilant that some twenty years from now the third incarnation of Nixon’s White House (i.e. the 2nd incarnation of Bush’s) doesn’t rear its ugly head to sneak into power once more. Because if they do, they’ll just do all the exact same things all over again. Just like they did this time.

]]> By: green http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/comment-page-1/#comment-5376480 green Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:40:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/#comment-5376480 Bush just needs to pack his things now and leave our White House and spend the rest of his term at Crawford cutting brush, getting drunk and doing whatever else he can do to keep himself out of trouble. He is meaningless and he knows it so he keeps trying to do something meaningful and just ends up screwing the rest of us. Good bye George and don't let the door hit you on the way out. Or do - who cares? Bush just needs to pack his things now and leave our White House and spend the rest of his term at Crawford cutting brush, getting drunk and doing whatever else he can do to keep himself out of trouble. He is meaningless and he knows it so he keeps trying to do something meaningful and just ends up screwing the rest of us. Good bye George and don’t let the door hit you on the way out. Or do – who cares?

]]> By: curious http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/comment-page-1/#comment-5376442 curious Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:59:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/#comment-5376442 Just think, this criminal found God in Prison. How is it they find God before they break the law? And now Bush wants to pardon him. No surprise here. If Bush could pardon himself he would. This will be the beginning of all the pardons he will give before he leaves. Of course wisdom would say, that if his administration has done nothing illegal, why the pardons? Just think, this criminal found God in Prison. How is it they find God before they break the law? And now Bush wants to pardon him. No surprise here.

If Bush could pardon himself he would. This will be the beginning of all the pardons he will give before he leaves. Of course wisdom would say, that if his administration has done nothing illegal, why the pardons?

]]> By: Jackie http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/comment-page-1/#comment-5376414 Jackie Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:36:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/#comment-5376414 This makes since as the Bush Administration used the Nixon play book of crimes. Yes Cheney had hair back then as he was a student of Nixon's. Look for awards to be given to all the Watergate criminals. Great example for the young people to see a corrupt President award one of the worse criminals in the History of the USA. Now those who have held or even died saving the USA are tossed out like nothing. This makes since as the Bush Administration used the Nixon play book of crimes. Yes Cheney had hair back then as he was a student of Nixon’s. Look for awards to be given to all the Watergate criminals. Great example for the young people to see a corrupt President award one of the worse criminals in the History of the USA. Now those who have held or even died saving the USA are tossed out like nothing.

]]> By: ken http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/comment-page-1/#comment-5376386 ken Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:14:35 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/#comment-5376386 This medal purports to recognize courage amongst other qualities. Let's see whether any of the other named recipients or former recipients have the courage to say no thanks, I do not want to be identified with an award so cheap and meaningless that Chuck Colson would be part of the club. This medal purports to recognize courage amongst other qualities. Let’s see whether any of the other named recipients or former recipients have the courage to say no thanks, I do not want to be identified with an award so cheap and meaningless that Chuck Colson would be part of the club.

]]> By: LiberalVoter http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/comment-page-1/#comment-5376372 LiberalVoter Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:59:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/#comment-5376372 Sorry to point to another blog. Over at alternet.org there is a piece about religion becoming the principle cause of warfare. What a sad thing. Coopting pagan holidays to make money and coming to the forefront as the cause of war. How did religion get so dominated by such hypocrites? Sorry to point to another blog. Over at alternet.org there is a piece about religion becoming the principle cause of warfare. What a sad thing. Coopting pagan holidays to make money and coming to the forefront as the cause of war. How did religion get so dominated by such hypocrites?

]]> By: Funky P http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/comment-page-1/#comment-5376336 Funky P Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:43:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/#comment-5376336 Colson sought to hire Teamsters thugs to beat up anti-war demonstrators, and he plotted to raid or firebomb the Brookings Institution. He eventually pleaded guilty to scheming to defame Daniel Ellsberg and interfering with his trial. Why is Bush pal'in around with terrorists? Colson sought to hire Teamsters thugs to beat up anti-war demonstrators, and he plotted to raid or firebomb the Brookings Institution. He eventually pleaded guilty to scheming to defame Daniel Ellsberg and interfering with his trial.

Why is Bush pal’in around with terrorists?

]]> By: dbadass http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/comment-page-1/#comment-5376332 dbadass Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:42:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/#comment-5376332 How come he wasn't also charged with stealing Kissinger's glasses? How come he wasn’t also charged with stealing Kissinger’s glasses?

]]> By: 49erDem http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/comment-page-1/#comment-5376326 49erDem Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:38:16 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/#comment-5376326 "Prince of Peace"?? That's when conservative christians suddenly find orthodox catholicism and lurch toward St. Augustine or whomever it was that concocted the concept of the "just war." This dogma has faced logical challenges for two millenia. They've got a million ways to justify whatever it is they want to do. “Prince of Peace”?? That’s when conservative christians suddenly find orthodox catholicism and lurch toward St. Augustine or whomever it was that concocted the concept of the “just war.” This dogma has faced logical challenges for two millenia. They’ve got a million ways to justify whatever it is they want to do.

]]> By: LiberalVoter http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/comment-page-1/#comment-5376318 LiberalVoter Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:22:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/10/bush-colson-medal/#comment-5376318 Well, if this moron supposedly 'found' the baby Jesus he must have lost Him again: On October 3, 2002, Colson was also one of the co-signers of a letter from prominent evangelical leaders supporting an invasion of Iraq. Correct me if I am wrong but I was under the impression Jesus was against war! You know, the Prince of Peace? Is that unless there is money to be made? Wow, the hypocracy! Well, if this moron supposedly ‘found’ the baby Jesus he must have lost Him again: On October 3, 2002, Colson was also one of the co-signers of a letter from prominent evangelical leaders supporting an invasion of Iraq. Correct me if I am wrong but I was under the impression Jesus was against war! You know, the Prince of Peace? Is that unless there is money to be made? Wow, the hypocracy!

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