Cenk Uygur: 'Republican Vision Of Jesus--Tell Poor And Needy To Pound Sand'
I'm going to sit back and let our readers run with this one. On his MSNBC show tonight, Cenk Uygur said that "the Republican vision of Jesus" is "to tell the poor and needy to pound sand."
Uygur offered his twisted theological take in commenting on a GOP proposal to trim allocations to a certain welfare program.
View video after the jump.
CENK UYGUR: The House began debating a spending bill today that cuts $833 million from the WIC nutrition program, which provides healthy food to low-income women and their children. Appropriations chair Hal Rogers says, quote, "this legislation reflects hard decisions to cut lower priority programs, reduce spending in programs that can be scaled back, and target funds where they are needed most." So programs for the hungry aren't a high priority. Well at least they're honest about their Republican priorities. Now what was it that Jesus said? Give me your poor and needy, and I'll go tell them to pound sand. That's at least the Republican vision of Jesus.
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Jesus wrote "The New Colossus"? Who knew?
Submitted by Turn Right on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 10:22pm.
Maybe I'm wrong, and I'm sure that Cenk wouldn't invoke Jesus without being certain of his facts, but did Jesus say this? I know that it's in "The New Colossus" which is on the Statue of Liberty.
Thoughts?
P.S. What's a "Cenk"?
Cenk Uygur
Submitted by ricklail on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 9:01am.
It means bullheaded clap in an obscure Indonesian dialect.
TR, Great point!
Submitted by Cappmann1962 on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 10:11am.
Having another MSLSD ignorant moron misquoting Jesus (for the 1374th time this year) is like Obambi explaining job creation - neither of them have the first clue about their subject.
P.S. A "cenk" is what you wash the dishes in. I'm wondering what a "Uygur" is? I can't even pronounce it...
Uygur...or Uighur?
Submitted by Unsane on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 10:34am.
The "Uygur" are the peoples who inhabit the Xinjiang province in northwestern China. I think...
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Thanks for the clarification.
Submitted by Cappmann1962 on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 10:56am.
It sounds better than what I was coming up with, which mostly dealt with unwanted cancerous growths in unspeakable portions of the human anatomy...
They have to do something to
Submitted by gvii on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 10:27pm.
They have to do something to distract everyone from the epic failure that resulted with the reading of the Palin emails.
And it's not like Cenk is well known for his intelligent and well researched commentaries. Or MSNBC as a whole, for that matter.
Really??
Submitted by Joe W. on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 10:34pm.
When did Jesus request that government feed anyone? I believe that was left up to the people to feed each other. In the America that I grew up in, families took care of their member's needs when they were unable to do so by themselves. Elderly parents were cared for willingly by their adult children. Parents took responsibility for feeding and housing their kids. Those that fell upon hard times where family could not assist were aided by their church. This is waaaaaaaay back when people in the US believed in God, church and the concept of "tithing". Nowadays it seems to be more of a "what do I get from government" rather than "I need to be responsible and accountable for myself and my family". We had pride at one time. We had traditional American Values that were passed down through generations. Progressive liberalism has thumbed their collective noses at the whole notion of American Exceptionalism. And that's a sad state of affairs for us to be in. God, but I sure do miss the 1950s........
I am not expert on the Bible
Submitted by ricklail on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 9:08am.
I am not expert on the Bible although I have read it from cover to cover.
As I have said over and over the Bible tells us it is the job of:
The family to produce society
The church to provide for society
The government to protect society.
You must remember the left takes from the Bible what they want and the heck with the rest.
Cenk's idea - Print Money and Flush it Down the Toilet?
Submitted by Nightfly on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 10:37pm.
Did this guy win some kind of lottery or did he buy a spot on this gig? He's a radical moron that along with the dems is in denial about the economy. They don't have any ideas so they demonize those with ideas. Following Obama's lead we might as well print more money and flush it down the toilet. Same result.
Re: pounding sand
Submitted by DrJackRyan on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 10:58pm.
Cenk Uygar: YOU go back to your sand box and pound sand. Charity comes from the heart not from the mandates of the state.
http://christiancapitalism.net/was-jesus-a-socialist-2/
Excerpt:
"Jesus’ summary of the parable is that the best neighbor is he who demonstrates mercy instead of merely appearing righteous. Jesus commanded, “Go and do the same.” Social progressives take this as a mandate that the state should be the primary entity to “show mercy” in the form of taxation and social entitlements.
This is a dreadful application of Luke 10. It removes the parable from the entire context of the Bible’s teachings and subverts a command meant for individuals by incorrectly projecting it to governments. In doing so, this creates a form of government that is vastly inferior to free market capitalism."
Liberals attack Christianity
Submitted by Liberallies on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 11:02pm.
Liberals attack Christianity every single chance they can. Then, they attempt to use it against Conservatives and Republicans by making up things that are never found in the Bible.
And, helping the poor and those in need does not mean tax Americans to death. You can't steal from Paul to give to Peter, as these Liberals want.
is.....
Submitted by MidAmerica on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 11:09pm.
...he saying that our government is an instrument of Christianity?
Wouldn't that be a violation of Liberal's idea of church/state separation?
Islam's messate to
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 1:44am.
Islam's message to Mooooooooooooooooooooooooslems: convert, enslave,or kill............
Jackass race
Submitted by Chris Norman on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 11:37pm.
And in the jackass race for the most obnoxious liberal whack job at MSNBC, Sgt Schultz has faded a bit after suspension, O'Donnell's Scream is hanging in tight, Chrissy Matthews is faltering due to leg tingles, Rachel the Mad Cow has slowed a bit to check out the other fillies, leaving Cenk Whateverhisnameis leading by a nose....
Let me get this straight
Submitted by octavioj on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 11:33pm.
To pound the GOP these people find religion? Also Jesus NEVER demanded government do anything for the poor and the needy but rather that we OURSELVES do it.
Looking at this low life and that his name
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 11:39pm.
Cenk Uygur, at my loudest yell I say "WHO GIVES A CRAP WHAT THIS STIFF SAYS?!"
hbno,
Submitted by Chris Norman on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 11:45pm.
I bet there are thousands of off-the-chart liberal whack jobs who gobble up the crap he excretes daily.
This guy:
Submitted by djwolf12 on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 11:39pm.
is a piece of filthy smelly Cenk. I believe this is what was left over in the chair The False Murrow was sitting in when he got the word his 8pm fraudulent so called "News Hour" got yanked off the air.
When he says "Jesus," he means "Obama"
Submitted by Galvanic on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 11:42pm.
This guy is a genuine clod. Now that Weiner is going into professional rehab, who's left in his audience?
Turkey boy
Submitted by dreamsincolor on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 11:43pm.
So, Christianity is one more thing to add to the monumental list of truths he doesn't and won't ever understand.
Did you know?
-- once upon a time, he thought himself to be a republican.
-- now he doesn't think at all.
No Cenk, You Go Pound Sand
Submitted by Bill Brasky on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 11:53pm.
F-ing moron. But that is what you get on MSNBC.
The Democrat vision of Jesus
Submitted by Free Stinker on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 12:02am.
The Democrat vision of Jesus - lobbying Rome to raise taxes so as to feed the poor.
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
No surprise.
Submitted by ROCnPhilly on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 12:08am.
I have yet to meet an Islamist who understands the basic tenets of Christianity. In fact, Islam itself is rooted in Mohamed's complete misunderstanding of Judaism.
For the record, Cenk:
2 Thessalonians 3:10
"For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat."
James 1:27
"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."
No Christian begrudges aid to widows and orphans. Cenk is nothing more than a purveyor of the aforementioned "world pollution". I expect nothing less from MSNBC.
Cenk
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 12:20am.
Suddenly liberals are into mixing Church and State?
WWJD?
Submitted by GigglingGoogler on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 12:23am.
Cenk Uygur wouldn't know anything about religion or for that matter "Jesus;" this is what he claims to be:
Religion Agnosticism
As for me I shall not pay no more attention to this Un-American bigot!
Jesus asks US to feed the
Submitted by rbosque on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 1:21am.
Jesus asks US to feed the poor. When the gov't does it, they would have already stolen funds from someone else to do it. Last time I checked, Jesus wanted us to follow the Commandments and "thou shall not steal" was in there.
The full text of the 8th Commandment
Submitted by Unsane on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 11:28am.
Actually, the full 8th Commandment says "Thou shall not steal unless you are the United States Congress at which point God says it's cool with him."
I learned that on MSNBC, that great scholarly source of Biblical wisdom, so it MUST be true!
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Are we really supposed to believe
Submitted by panzerakc on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 2:41am.
that this guy has any idea what Jesus said about anything?
Biblical facts
Submitted by iamsaved on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 7:52am.
I'd sure like this fellow to quote the scripture (in context) where it places the burden on the government to provide aid and support to the needy. He makes a statement as a matter of fact, he should be able to substantiate it. I, for one, can't locate it in scripture.
These elitist liberals believe they are so intelligent. God calls them fools who lack wisdom.
Jesus was NOT a socialist!!
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 7:57am.
Maybe Cenk should read this.
Keep Jesus Out of Your Socialism
Mr. Youssef says it eloquently.
He points out several example where Jesus had the perfect opportunity to lecture the government, but didn't.
IMO, this is the money graf:
Both the religious and secular Left in America seem to want government to replace the church in ministering to the poor and needy. One of Barack Obama's first proposals as president was a plan to slash tax deductions for charitable donations by high-income taxpayers. President Obama reasoned that a tax deduction "shouldn't be a determining factor as to whether you're giving that hundred dollars to the homeless shelter." Maybe so—but since private charities do so much good for the poor, why eliminate incentives for charitable giving? Could it be that liberals see private charities as competing with the big government welfare state?
Funny that every study show
Submitted by eaglewingz08 on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 8:51am.
Funny that every study show that conservatives are the most generous people personally with the poor, but that liberals, when they have to pay out of their own pockets are the most likely to tell the poor to pound sand. So, liberals are only generous with OTHER people's money, but stingy with their own. So moral those liberals are.
Jesus told us to create big
Submitted by Cowboy on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 9:11am.
Jesus told us to create big government to take from people under threat of prison.
It's in UYGUR 2:1-14
This is the dumbest thing
Submitted by Mhockey1505 on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 9:31am.
This is the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
These people derride Christians day in and day out, and then accuse of us of having a bastardized version of Jesus?
I have a question for these people - What would Jesus take with the tip of the spear? Because thats essentially what taxes are.
If Jesus was a socialist,
Submitted by SickofLibs on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 9:35am.
what the hell was muhammed?
Cenk Uygur's hero?
Submitted by Beukeboom on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 9:38am.
Cenk Uygur's hero?
Cenk Uygur knows not of what
Submitted by Beukeboom on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 9:38am.
Cenk Uygur knows not of what he speaks.
There must be a competition between Schultz and Uygur to see who can be the biggest hateful liar.
But, but Kitchen Sink knows nothing about Christians?
Submitted by Tomorama on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 9:55am.
I always thought Jesus believed that instead of GIVING a man fish to INSTEAD TEACH a man to fish so that he eats for life?
How Conservative and anti-progressive can you get?
Another view
Submitted by Unsane on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 10:41am.
I'm not a religious person, but for some strange reason, I seem to recall churches of all sects and stripes and their congregations do in fact look after the poor and needy all the time. You know, collection plates, outreach programs, and the like.
I ALSO seem to recall that the United States is the most generous, charitable country on the planet. The Socialist babying Nanny States that Cenk Uygur adores so passionately don't like charity - to their populations, and apparently to Mr. Uygur, taxes represent charity. (Taxes are not the same as charity, of course, but you see my point, I hope.)
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Same Old Garbage
Submitted by KornKing on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 1:45pm.
Steal a bunch of money from those who earn it, waste 70% of it taking care of your bureaucrat buddies, seeing that 30% of it goes to the end user(about half of which actually should be getting it) then pat each other on the back over how "compassionate" they are .
Every survey/study I've seen
Submitted by Beukeboom on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 1:57pm.
Every survey/study I've seen shows Republicans give more time and money to charities helping the poor and needy than Democrats. So that fact right off the bat blows Cenk Uygur's claim right out of the water. That jabroni needs a reality check.
Good one, Cenk
Submitted by Model850 on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 4:08pm.
Ouch. That criticism really smarts. My only response would have to be:
"With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass [he thinks he has] slain a thousand men."
Cenk was a
Submitted by misterbee241 on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 6:46pm.
Reagan Republican in his younger days.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenk_Uygur
I know you folks can look this up, but i had a few minutes and thought i'd save you the trouble.