Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Music: Less Than Jake - Mr. Chevy Celebrity
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Political Pundit Guy Makes Idiotic Comment, People Suprised For Some Reason

Basically this guys thinks that bringing a bible to get sworn in to Congress is REALLY important. So important that one should simply not being Congress unless they're willing to do so. By this logic, putting you're hand on the bible for a time honored photo-op is more important that taking an oath on symbol of where your heart is.

Buh?

I read the guy Prager's original column. In addition to being sloppily written (transitional phrases are your friends), he basically uses the justification that "everyone else uses the bible so you should too." That's not a very persuasive argument in our individualistic society. So let's try again. He also cites that Washington did it. Okay, but Washington was probably recreating a Masonic ceremony in which you can bring whatever book was most important to you. Alright buddy...third swing make it a good one...Okay he say that the bible is that which "America holds as its holiest book."

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We're...It's not....That isn't how it works. There's....What the fuck is wrong with this guy?

We're a secular state with diverse religious viewpoints all around the country. No one book gets to be so Number 1 that it's the only one we can use. That's the point of a secular state. He tries one more time with the statement that America was built on the bible. Not quite. If the swearing in photo-op had anything to do with using the book that built America, it would probably be Thomas Payne's Common Sense, or the Collected Works of John Locke. Or hell let's just use a copy of the US Consitution! That's would make a lot more sense than using a religious text in the swearing in of a secular government!

Sorry, Prager. Your paper gets a D. I just can't find it in my heart to hand out F's to anyone less than neo-nazi puppy-kickers....

...but you came close for sheer idiot points.
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