Amen Brother Buechner

A letter to the editor in today's Boston Globe:

The reckless George Bush is to blame

September 19, 2005

THIS SHALLOW, reckless, monolithically complacent man who touts his belief in the philosophy of Jesus but advocates tax cuts for the richest of the rich instead of succor for the poorest of the poor, who has entangled us in an unnecessary, unwinnable, and increasingly murderous war against shadows, who consistently favors the interests of big business over those of the imperiled environment, and appoints an official of the International Arabian Horse Association to be in charge of managing horrors like Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, surely the second George Bush is not the only one to blame for his insane and tragic chapter in our history, but it is hard to imagine a more appropriate symbol of it than the never-to-be-forgotten Mission Accomplished dance he did on the carrier's deck for all the world as though he really believed it.

             FREDERICK BUECHNER   
                               Pawlet, Vt.          

Comments

[bobbie]

whew - what a mouthful - preach it!

[Mike]

Thanks for the link, Bob. I wonder where this all ends...

[ron]

Thanks for the heads up Bob, You have to wonder if this trickle down faithless, fruitless Christianity from the top hasn't influenced the voice of the evangelical right. Thanks to men like Buechner to say it, the way it really is.

[Karen]

I've always liked Buechner. I'll add this letter to my list of reasons why.