I know there are various interpretations of "The Ten Commandments", many badly acted -- the Catholic Church has spent years trying to shoe-horn in clerical celibacy into them -- with some notable exceptions. But I don't recall any Bush, be it burning or non-sentient, proclaiming that your right to a .38 Special comes directly from the Almighty.
But in questioning Elena Kagan on their obviously mutual love of fire-arms, Chuck Grassley manages to demand the recognition of such a right from God, while hilariously misquoting the Declaration of Independence. Sadly, it appears that Steve King now does all the thinking, such as it is, for Iowa's congressional delegation.
So remember America, in the past 24 hours we've learned from the GOP: rape and guns are part of God's plan -- as is getting off your retirement age ass so we can keep financing awesome wars (and bank bailouts) just so we can have young soldiers come back and be homeless.
When was it exactly that your Iowa senator went round the bend? He wasn't always just crazy.
Now on to the farm bill where he can explain that God wants corn farmers to get several billion dollars a year in welfare and that even though God doesn't want sugar growers to get welfare God told him to vote for that too because that's the only way to give corn farmers their sacred due..
It's hard to know where to draw the line. If god gives the right to pack a .38 then what about a thermonuclear device? If some god-given rights can be "given up" for the sake of civil society then what's that say about a god that gives a right (or rights) that is (are) detrimental to civil society? Very confusing.
Rising Hegemon
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Oh, hell, doncha know? Everything comes from God.
What else could explain Cheese Whiz, Twinkies and Sarah Palin?
When was it exactly that your Iowa senator went round the bend? He wasn't always just crazy.
Now on to the farm bill where he can explain that God wants corn farmers to get several billion dollars a year in welfare and that even though God doesn't want sugar growers to get welfare God told him to vote for that too because that's the only way to give corn farmers their sacred due..
It's hard to know where to draw the line. If god gives the right to pack a .38 then what about a thermonuclear device? If some god-given rights can be "given up" for the sake of civil society then what's that say about a god that gives a right (or rights) that is (are) detrimental to civil society? Very confusing.
grassley used to be sane. who's been spiking his oatmeal?
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