Yesterday, in this post, a commenter made the observation that there are just two more years until Mr Bu$h goes back to Crawford. I responded with this comment:

I'd like to believe you, Mike, but the truth is this guy likes being dictator waaaay too much, his co-conspirators find he's a very useful front man, and the Fascist Party is quite happy with what they term his "leadership."

I’d like to believe the reader's statement, but a well-scarred life experience with personalities like Mr Bu$h’s and stories like this make me far less confident.

They cry, pray to Bush and wash out the devil - welcome to Jesus Camp

The children at the Kids on Fire summer camp are intent as they pray over a cardboard cutout of President George Bush. They raise their hands in the air and sway, eyes closed, as they join the chant for "righteous judges". Tears stream down their faces as they are told that they are "phonies" and "hypocrites" and must wash their hands in bottled water to drive out the devil.

The documentary film Jesus Camp follows three children at the Kids on Fire Pentecostal summer camp in the small city of Devil's Lake, North Dakota.

At the risk of sounding tedious let me repeat once again: These are not “Christians.”

In America today we have individuals and groups that make the claim that we are a Christian nation. A Christian nation is one in which the country is based upon and lawfully recognizes Christianity, thus making the country a theocracy. While America is predominantly Christian at 82% of the population, this only makes it a predominantly Christian culture and does not make the country a Christian nation by any stretch of the imagination.

The basis for this false claim is three-fold. First, they claim that the colonists and residents of early America were predominantly Christian. Second, they claim that the majority of the Founders were Evangelical Christians. Third, they claim that the Founders wanted a Christian nation and based the country on the Christian religion and Judeo-Christian principles. Together these amount to their claim of a Christian nation.

This comes from Exodus 20:1-17, Which as these creatures keep reminding us is the only true accounting of mankind’s history. and the only law book needed to properly administer a “Christian” nation.

1Then God spoke all these words: 2I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; 3you shall have no other gods before me. 4You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me, 6but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.

Why are children being taught to worship Mr Bu$h if he’s going out of office in two years?