Any state that gave Bush the electoral vote. Usually directed at the south.
“ Jesus Land is an extraordinary memoir not just for the jaw–dropping tale it depicts, but for the wit and honesty, and literary courage within it pages. This book will make readers think of the Liar's Club and Bastard Out of Carolina, but there's nothing derivative in it. For all its hardship and terror, it.
- Read 'Jesus Land' to understand a little boy's and a little girl's survival in the face of craziness. Read it to hone your senses and pick up on cues of what may be taking place in your lives today. Read it because you must find inspiration in how normal, typical human beings can overcome what can truly be described as brainwashing, emotional torture, and horrible physical abuse.
- Jesus Land: A Memoir. Julia Scheeres, Author. Counterpoint $23 (356p) ISBN 978-1-58243-338-7. More By and About This Author. Growing Up Evangelical. A Thousand Lives.
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v. collectively or individually finding someone/something to blame for a problem, as opposed to brainstorming which connotes finding solutions to a problem
n. the act of finding someone/something to blame for a problem
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The committee commenced blamestorming over the situation rather than seeking solutions to the problem.
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The magical North American Christian theocracy whose citizenry have given George Bush a second term in office not because of his 'accomplishments', but because of his blatant religious fundamentalism and exaggerated 1950s-era 'family values.' It is bordered by the Blue States and Canada to the west, north, and northeast; Mexico to the south, and the Atlantic to the east.
In Jesusland, 'family values' and religious beliefs are the only things considered when voting for President. Even if the candidate is a corrupt scumbag with one hand in the oil industry's pants and the other shoving a dildo up the collective ass of the middle-class.
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A place where most(not all, fortunately) of the population consists of narrow-minded white Southern Baptists who got Bush a second term due entirely on his neo-evangelical 'family values' he preached about in his 2004 presidential campaign that basically promoted religious bigotry and intolerance toward gays and Jews, along with policing womens' rights and deeming other religions as 'inappropriate', while disregarding Bush's other plans which would throw this country into a further decay.
Jesusland also, coincidently, consists almost entirely of all the land where slavery used to be legal back in the 1800s.
Residents of Jesusland who voted against Bush often find themselves persecuted for supporting, in the words of their oppressors, 'Godless, amoral, fag-loving baby-killers' once they say anything negative about him.
Jesusland also, coincidently, consists almost entirely of all the land where slavery used to be legal back in the 1800s.
Residents of Jesusland who voted against Bush often find themselves persecuted for supporting, in the words of their oppressors, 'Godless, amoral, fag-loving baby-killers' once they say anything negative about him.
~The place I regretfully live in is part of Jesusland. Don't blame me, I voted against Bush!
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1.The so-called 'ignorant' red states. It implies that EVERY SINGLE VOTER IN THE SOUTH AND MIDWEST voted for Bush, in spite of the fact that Kerry got at least 40% of the votes in all those states
2. A very stupid Internet meme that's only going to ensure that the Democrats lose the midterm elections in 2006, and that the next Democratic Presidential candidate pulls numbers of 20-30% in the South and midwest next time. Mainly spread by whiny bitchy Northeastern and Californian elitist jackasses who'd rather feel morally superior than actually DO ANYTHING to break the Republican stranglehold on US politics.
2. A very stupid Internet meme that's only going to ensure that the Democrats lose the midterm elections in 2006, and that the next Democratic Presidential candidate pulls numbers of 20-30% in the South and midwest next time. Mainly spread by whiny bitchy Northeastern and Californian elitist jackasses who'd rather feel morally superior than actually DO ANYTHING to break the Republican stranglehold on US politics.
I'm from 'Jesusland', yet I'm a bisexual atheist who didn't vote for Bush.
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1. The majority of the United States, where the majority of the citzens read the Bible and have morals, unlike the Yankess.
2. The Southern States, in the United States, who know how to correctly vote for someone.
2. The Southern States, in the United States, who know how to correctly vote for someone.
The people in Jesusland were thrilled when Senator John Kerry lost the election.
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The political situation
Palestine in Jesus’ day was part of the Roman Empire, which controlled its various territories in a number of ways. In the East (eastern Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt), territories were governed either by kings who were “friends and allies” of Rome (often called “client” kings or, more disparagingly, “puppet” kings) or by governors supported by a Roman army. When Jesus was born, all of Jewish Palestine—as well as some of the neighbouring Gentile areas—was ruled by Rome’s able “friend and ally” Herod the Great. For Rome, Palestine was important not in itself but because it lay between Syria and Egypt, two of Rome’s most valuable possessions. Rome had legions in both countries but not in Palestine. Roman imperial policy required that Palestine be loyal and peaceful so that it did not undermine Rome’s larger interests. That end was achieved for a long time by permitting Herod to remain king of Judaea (37–4 bce) and allowing him a free hand in governing his kingdom, as long as the requirements of stability and loyalty were met.
When Herod died shortly after Jesus’ birth, his kingdom was divided into five parts. Most of the Gentile areas were separated from the Jewish areas, which were split between two of Herod’s sons, Herod Archelaus, who received Judaea and Idumaea (as well as Samaria, which was non-Jewish), and Herod Antipas, who received Galilee and Peraea. (In the New Testament, Antipas is somewhat confusingly called Herod, as in Luke 23:6–12; apparently the sons of Herod took his name, just as the successors of Julius Caesar were commonly called Caesar.) Both sons were given lesser titles than king: Archelaus was ethnarch, and Antipas was tetrarch. The non-Jewish areas (except Samaria) were assigned to a third son, Philip, to Herod’s sister Salome, or to the province of Syria. The emperor Augustus deposed the unsatisfactory Archelaus in 6 ce, however, and transformed Judaea, Idumaea, and Samaria from a client kingdom into an “imperial province.” Accordingly, he sent a prefect to govern this province. That minor Roman aristocrat (later called a procurator) was supported by a small Roman army of approximately 3,000 men. The soldiers, however, came not from Italy but from nearby Gentile cities, especially Caesarea and Sebaste; presumably, the officers were from Italy. During Jesus’ public career, the Roman prefect was Pontius Pilate (ruled 26–36 ce).
Although nominally in charge of Judaea, Samaria, and Idumaea, the prefect did not govern his area directly. Instead, he relied on local leaders. The prefect and his small army lived in the predominantly Gentile city Caesarea, on the Mediterranean coast, about two days’ march from Jerusalem. They came to Jerusalem only to ensure peace during the pilgrimage festivals—Passover, Weeks (Shabuoth), and Booths (Sukkoth)—when large crowds and patriotic themes sometimes combined to spark unrest or uprisings. On a day-to-day basis Jerusalem was governed by the high priest. Assisted by a council, he had the difficult task of mediating between the remote Roman prefect and the local populace, which was hostile toward pagans and wanted to be free of foreign interference. His political responsibility was to maintain order and to see that tribute was paid. Caiaphas, the high priest during Jesus’ adulthood, held the office from about 18 to 36 ce, longer than anyone else during the Roman period, indicating that he was a successful and reliable diplomat. Since he and Pilate were in power together for 10 years, they must have collaborated successfully.
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Thus, at the time of Jesus’ public career, Galilee was governed by the tetrarch Antipas, who was sovereign within his own domain, provided that he remained loyal to Rome and maintained peace and stability within his borders. Judaea (including Jerusalem) was nominally governed by Pilate, but the actual daily rule of Jerusalem was in the hands of Caiaphas and his council.