Always Torture – v3

Finally, the words,

unambiguous, clear

torture, waterboarding

was torture, is torture

a position for the new administration

words with power, with consequences

Our country, bound by our creed,

by our beliefs, by law,

must not be party, must not use,

cannot condone

always torture, a statement of fact

words under oath, with power,

with consequence

may we ever be mindful,

of the words he shared

echoes of the words of our savior,

a foundation, a prayer,

a rock on which we all should stand

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edited January 20, 2015

Always Torture – v3

(editing original again)

edited January 20, 2015

The Hills of Zion – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-hills-of-zion-v3.html

(editing version 1 again)

edited January 20, 2015

Is He Joshua – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/is-he-joshua-v3.html

(edited version 1 again)

edited January 20, 2015

Lofty Words – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/lofty-words-v3.html

(editing original again)

edited January 20, 2015

understanding a moment – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/understanding-moment-v3.html

(editing version 1 again)

edited January 20, 2015

Words in Quotes – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/words-in-quotes-v3.html

(editing version 1 again)

edited January 20, 2015

Words that Bind – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/words-that-bind-v3.html

(editing version 1 again)

edited January 20, 2015

Words chosen for a nation – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/words-chosen-for-nation-v3.html

(editing version 1 again)

&

January 21, 2013

Always Torture – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/always-torture-v2.html

January 21, 2013

The Hills of Zion – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-hills-of-zion-v2.html

January 21, 2013

Is He Joshua – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/is-he-joshua-v2.html

January 21, 2013

Lofty Words – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/lofty-words-v2.html

January 21, 2013

understanding a moment – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/understanding-moment-v2.html

January 21, 2013

Words in Quotes – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/words-in-quotes-v2.html

January 21, 2013

Words that Bind – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/words-that-bind-v2.html

January 21, 2013

Words chosen for a nation – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/words-chosen-for-nation-v2.html

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

and his final speech before his assassination

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oehry1JC9Rk&feature=youtu.be

and Inauguration of the President

Barack Hussein Obama

Invocation

by Myrlie Evers-Williams

http://bcove.me/ugv9l9qy

Inaugural Address

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/president-barack-obamas-2013-inaugural-address-full-text-86497.html

&

several poems written in 2009

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/search/label/Martin%20Luther%20King

on the juxtaposition of the

80^th birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.

and the inauguration of Barack Obama

as President of the United States of America

January 17, 2009

understanding a moment

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/01/understanding-moment.html

January 17, 2009

Words in Quotes

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/01/words-in-quotes.html

January 17, 2009

Words chosen for a nation

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/01/words-chosen-for-nation.html

January 17, 2009

Words that Bind

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/01/words-that-bind.html

and the Presidential Oath, from the

US Constitution, Article I, Section 1, Clause 8,

repeated verbatim by the presidents. The only language in quotes

in the Constitution, unlike the general principles elsewhere.

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully

execute the office of President of the United States,

and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend

the Constitution of the United States."

January 18, 2009

Lofty Words

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/01/lofty-words.html

January 18, 2009

Is He Joshua

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/01/is-he-joshua.html

January 18, 2009

The Hills of Zion

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/01/hills-of-zion.html

January 18, 2009

Always Torture

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/01/always-torture.html

&

the message, “It’s not just a dream but a reality”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/01/not-just-dream-reality.html

on the sign in front of church,

the story of Moses and Joshua,

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Joshua 1:1-9

along with

Micah 4:1-4

Matthew 5:43-48

the sermon, “Love Your Who???”,

by Reverend Huntley Halvorson,

Suncook United Methodist Church, Suncook, NH,

and the hypothetical put to Eric Holder, nominee for Attorney General,

by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) on the use of waterboarding,

January 15, 2009, during his Senate Confirmation Hearings,

see http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/cornyn-holder-waterboard/

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