Revised Pledge for AmeriCorps Draws Critics [New York Times: Politics]  The Republican Congress's addition of an optional "So help me God" to the Americorps oath should not come as a surprise.  It is sad, however, that the same Congress has ignored the substantive needs of the government's volunteer programs by killing the "Peace Corps Charter for the 21st Century" (S. 2667) while it obsesses over purely symbolic -- and divisive -- measures designed to flaunt the Members' religiosity.  What would Jesus say?

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"The new evil empire It is ironic that despite the strong commitment to democracy in Islam, most Muslims today are living in dictatorships.  The Muslim people want freedom. . .  Much like the people of the communist world of the past, the Muslim people today are hostages in totalitarian regimes [like those] that flourished during the days of the Cold War." - Benazir Bhutto, former prime minister of Pakistan, speaking at Hillsdale College, September 2002" [The LitiGator]

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