10yr -old,Pa. Receives Handwritten Reply From Bush

[Englander]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4520278,00.html


>>JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Ten-year-old Amber Easterbrook says she has three main goals in life: going to heaven, taking a trip to Hawaii and meeting President Bush.


>>Amber, of Richland Township, wasn't able to go with her mother, Sherri Easterbrook, to Bush's rally in neighboring Johnstown on Sept. 9. So she gave her mother a note she wrote for Bush, which her mom was able to press into Bush's hand as he greeted supporters

>>``Amber wrote that she was a fourth-grader at Johnstown Christian School and that she would pray that Mr. Bush would be re-elected,'' Easterbrook said.<<


omg,here comes the Bush Jugend,singing "Tomorrow belongs to me"


:puke: :puke: :puke:




Edited to include link

[Jack_Dawson]

1. OMG

:puke:

When will this nightmare be over?

[RobertSeattle]

2. Only 10 year olds in Battleground states need apply

[demnan]

3. Well he is President

and look at where she goes to school. The child is brainwashed.

[calico1]

4. Well that is probably the level reading and

writing he is at...

[Ishoutandscream]

5. Going to heaven? Well, if Bush wins

Then her wish may come sooner than later when she is called up in about 8 years to continue fighting her hero's wars for oil.

[smiley_glad_hands]

19. More Llke going to hell in a handbasket. eom

[Rose Siding]

6. A ten year old pegs heaven as one of her three goals....

If she were an Arab, this article would have a different flavor.

[Momgonepostal]

7. Was the reply written in crayon?

[Nite Owl]

8. Has he written any letters to

the families of the soldiers he's killed? That's what I want to know not some campaign trick.

[Kadie]

9. When I was 10 I hoped and prayed that

my mom would marry Elvis. I thought he would make the coolest step-dad. LOL

Some things just ain't going to happen.

[TN al]

10. Technically...

...wouldn't going to heaven qualify as the next life and not this life? Shortens her list to two.

[russian33]

11. There was also an autographed copy of 'Pet Goat' with the note

[zbdent]

12. Let's hope that, in 2005, she wants to meet President Kerry

(unlikely).

My opinion is, Hawaii is close enough to Heaven on Earth. There are beautiful sections on all the islands, if you get away from the cities.

Remind her that she should hope to get to Heaven after a very long time.

BTW, was the letter in the original crayon? Bush's, not hers.

[sniffa]

13. i found a copy of the note!

[Fridays Child]

15. LOL! Good work, Chimpy! I see that Pickles no longer makes you...

...use the big crayons!

[henslee]

29. that kfc chicken george is funnn-eeeee.

[Mad_Dem_X]

16. ROTFLMAO!!!!!

I've got tears in my eyes from laughing so hard--thanks! :yourock:

"P.S. The monster under your bed is John Kerry." LOL!

[durablend]

17. BULLS**T!!!!!

I know Rove's handwriting when I see it!!!!!

[smiley_glad_hands]

20. Thats hilarious.

I was going to say that she probably writes better than W.

[progressivebydesign]

33. Best laugh of the day!!! the P.S. is priceless!!!! N/T

[sniffa]

35. thank you

i'm aim to pLease. :D

[llmart]

36. I actually laughed out loud when I saw this.....

and I needed a good laugh today. Thanks sniffa! Too funny.

[Kilroy003]

38. Mommy, There are Liberals Under My Bed!

That's the actual title of a children's book from which Harpers ran a short excerpt in this months' issue. Scary huh?

[sniffa]

40. um, WHAT?

are you serious?

[Fridays Child]

53. Look at this, sniffa.

http://www.liberalsundermybed.com/

Actually, this just gave me a scathingly brilliant idea. :evilgrin:

[Indie Media Magazine]

56. LMAO!

[uncle ray]

14. BULLSHIT!

BULLSHIT BULLSHIT!

the fucking chimp has people arrested, i don't believe for half a second that any mother got close enough, or that he would even accept something from a strange person, no way they would take the chance he would be handed a handful of anthrax, fucking setup is all it is.

[w4rma]

18. The AP has a whole article on this crap. OMG. (nt)

[hatrack]

21. And? This is news how?

Whoop-de-fucking-doo. A note from the president. Stop the presses!!

[arwalden]

22. People Fall For This Crap? It's A Staged Hoax...

[gauguin57]

23. Y'know what ... someday Amber will go to college. It may not be

a Christian college.

The first week she will hear someone swearing. The second week, her dorm R.A. will offer her a beer. The third week, she'll go to a frat party. The fourth week, someone will offer her a joint. The fifth week, she'll decide Campus Crusade is a little "out there."

And the sixth week, Amber will be smacking herself in the head, saying "OH MY GOD how could I have written that note to George Bush?"

I went through a Jesus-freak phase in high school. For the fortunate among us, it all comes out in the wash when you move on to the next phase.

[AlinPA]

24. Local paper Johnstown Tribune-Democrat had it as top headline story.

When Bush* visited J'Town it was headlines in every paper around; when Edwards was there, it got page 5.

[qwertyMike]

25. He can write?

Was it signed K. Rove oops Prezzedent Gyorge Bushh ?

[molly]

26. Beat me to it

[gauguin57]

27. Here's a song for you, Amber.

I love this song by Arrested Development ... how some churches just tell you to pray about everything, and tell you you'll get your reward in the afterlife, so don't bother doing anything about the world's problems while you're here. Listen and learn, Amber.


Fishin' 4 Religion, by Arrested Development

Grab the hook, grab the line
Grab the bait, grab the box and wait
Tackle and shackle the topic the faculty has chosen
Chosen by many, chosen by plenty, chosen by any
man or woman who understand
the topic that's known and
flock and clock the topic
as I drop my hook and get a bite
The reason I'm fishin' 4 a new religion
is my church makes me fall asleep
They're praising a God that watches you weep
and doesn't want you to do a damn thing about it
When they want change the preacher says "shout it"
Does shouting bring about change ? I doubt it
All shouting does is make you lose your voice
So on the dock I sit in silence
staring at a sea that's full of violence
Scared to put my line in that water
coz it seems like there's no religion in there
Naively so I give it another go
Sitting in church hearing legitimate woes
Pastor tells the lady it'll be alright
Just pray so you can see the pearly gates so white
The lady prays and prays and prays and prays
and prays and prays and prays and prays...it's everlasting
"There's nothing wrong with praying ?" It's what she's asking
She's asking the Lord to let her cope
so one day she can see the golden ropes
What you pray for God will give
to be able to cope in this world we live
The word "cope" and the word "change"
is directly opposite, not the same
She should have been praying to change her woes
but pastor said "Pray to cope with those"
The government is happy with most baptist churches
coz they don't do a damn thing to try to nurture
brothers and sisters on a revolution
Baptist teaches dying is the only solution
Passiveness causes others to pass us by
I throw my line till I've made my decision
until then, I'm still fishin' 4 religion

[Media_Lies_Daily]

28. FratBoy likes communicating with people he considers to be his peers.

[PurityOfEssence]

30. a pathetic example of the religious mind at work

My three goals: to die and get a pat on the head from the Sky Chief, to go to an earthly paradise and to meet the Mr. Cool Rich and Powerful Guy.

This is total self-oriented uselessness. Where is the dream of building the great building or curing cancer or bringing joy to people or DOING ANY FUCKING THING THAT REEKS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT OR GIVING A DAMN ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE? Yeah, it's a kid, but sheesh.

By the way, can Junior even type?

[Cocoa]

31. this is the most moving story since Jessica Lynch

[Englander]

34. lol;young Ms.Easterbrook will defend * 'til she runs out of ammo..

n/t

[progressivebydesign]

32. THE PANDERING!!

If there IS a God, (and having people like Bush in power makes me wonder), then he's not being nice right now OR we pissed him off so much that Bush is our punishment. I HATE shit like this... "I'm PRAYING that Bush gets re-elected". Really? Can Mommy and Daddy explain to you WHY Jesus would approve of the thousands of 10 year olds that Bush ordered killed when he lied his way into the Iraq war? Can your pastor explain WHY Jesus would be okay with rich men stealing all the money from the poor and the little children, and WHY it's okay for MORE children to live in poverty now that Bush has given our surplus away to his corporate friends and donors? Or ask yourself this question? WWJE????

(who would Jesus exploit?)

[Cocoa]

37. what steps did the AP take to authenticate this story?

I think we need Dick Thornburgh to look into this budding scandal.

[Sparkle]

39. I feel like that toward President Clinton (to meet him).

But at least I'm a grown woman. She sounds like she is infatuated with him.

[CO Liberal]

41. He's Pandering to the Ten-Year-Old Vote!!!

:-)

[livinginphotographs]

42. If he has time to write handwritten notes to 10-year-olds...

maybe Bush could fit some military funerals into his schedule.

I can't believe this was even published. :shakes head:

[Gregorian]

43. George has a friend. Look out, Condi.

[Corgigal]

44. If this story is even real

as a mother, if you kids WANTS to see the president and YOU had the chance to see them, then why wasn't the kid there? Really.
As a parent we try to make things happen for our kid and if this was one of her wishes then why wasn't she there with her mother?

Which is why, as a parent, I can say that parent is a crock of shit OR this story is.

A mother who had her little girl meet or see all her idols. It's what WE do.

Corgigal/mom

[sangh0]

50. The child couldn't go to the Bush* rally

because she's too young to work on Bush*'s campaign.

Damn those child labor laws!!!

[MisterP]

45. "you big girls think yore so much smarterer than i"

[Krupskaya]

46. My BIL wrote to Reagan when he (BIL) was 10...

...and asked him why he was supporting the Contras and didn't let them fight their "own" war. He got a copy of Reagan's bio for kids in return.

[Eurobabe]

47. Achtung jugend!!

[GoBlue]

48. It's a forgery I tell ya.

EOM

[JohnKleeb]

49. I wonder if thats that school where my aunt taught

Sigh where has Johnstown gone.

[takumi]

51. They Deleted the Important Part (Why She Really Wrote to Bush) . . .

Amber wrote that she was a fourth-grader at Johnstown Christian School and that she would pray that Mr. Bush would be re-elected ,''

[Dimsdale]

52. Bush Jugend..

My thought exactly. Hitler was always good with Die Kinder. Imagine the photo-op with Chimpy and Amber. She's all a-twitter and the d-bag is milking it for all it's worth, while bombs rain down on those evil little "terrorists" in Fallujah.

[Sleepless In NY]

54. Bush writes to a child, but not to the mother of a dead soldier?

I guess if this is "news" it's bad news. I still see that soldier's mom being hauled off in handcuffs for daring to question during Laura's speech. All that woman got was a "no comment" from the Whitehouse. What cold hearted ghouls, both bush and his Stepford wife are.

[Dimsdale]

55. That happened in Hamilton, NJ, my hometown...

and it set me off as well. The "First Lady", which I guess in her case can only be a term used loosely, should have seen to it that Niederer was not arrested. Given the circumstances she should have personally intervened and at least had a word to say in sympathy for Niederer during her spewing testament to her fearless husband. Scumbag wife of a giggling, murdering neocon. What else can you expect?

[rocktivity]

57. Remember Sasha Cohen?

That Olypmic ice skater who just happened to end up standing next to Georgie and just happened pull out a cell phone, call her mother, and hand it to him without alerting the Secret Service? A heartwarming story, until it turned out that she's just signed on as a spokesperson for a Texan beef lobby, to whom Bush just happened to have make a speech to earlier that day!

:headbang:
rocknation

[SoCalDem]

58. Look for Amber's page on ebay

Maybe someone would actually buy the letter :)

[pinniped]

59. Ya, being the world's #1 war criminal is sooooooo cool.

Killing people is soooooooooo cool.

Obviously at 10-years of age this kid doesn't fully understand the monster she speaks so highly of.