Nerves and Frustrations
Jun. 28th, 2005 08:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
neadodsWas late to work mostly because I spent so much time reading the paper this morning. Not pleased with the SCOTUS ruling over the 10 Commandments; because it was so muddy, at least one group is announcing that they're going to try to set up 100 more monuments to force the issue. According to the Post, they have the free time now that Terri's dead & buried, and their hospice picket is over. *sigh* Afghanistan is forgotten, Iraq is blowing up in our face, we may start fighting a third-front war in Iran with our troops already over extended, voting irregularities haven't been straightened out for the next election, the economy's in a shambles, pharmacists are overriding doctors regarding birth control, pain control, and psychiatric meds, women's rights are sliding backwards at a tremendous rate (Sorry Mrs. Gonzales, but just because you got a restraining order and your ex kidnapped your children, it's not like the police really HAVE to take you seriously or anything)... all this, and the most important thing on some folks' minds is wallpapering the country with the 10 Commandments?
Want to make America a more moral place? How about y'all following them instead? Knock off the adultery and the false witness and most especially the idol worship. Bush isn't God, and George, George & Jeb certainly aren't the father, son, and holy spirit. Rove, Rumsfeld, and the rest of the neocon kickline aren't God. No politician is God, not even our founders. The troops aren't God. The people who died on 9/11 aren't God. Fox News and its commentators aren't God. Stone carvings and little framed copies of the commandements aren't God. The Bible isn't God, either; it's just the user guide that comes with the system.
I'm tired of gamblers and adulterers and drug addicts and abusers and people with storefront degrees playing the "more moral than thou" card, and I'm tired of people who don't actually know American history claiming that "In God We Trust" has always been our motto, the Pledge (including "Under God") was written by the founding fathers, that said founders were all not only Christian but evangelical Christians, and that "each one of the Commandments has influenced the Constitution." (Hint - compare the first Commandment of any of the three versions out there to the First Amendment.) If you love the country, learn a little about it, eh?
*blink* Okay, I'm not sure where all that came from. Well, I know where it came from, I just don't know why it came pouring out today.
On the good side of things, it's lunch with friends today, and this Saturday is the Team Wench Midsummer Fantasy Ball. I'm going to bring wads of cash - there are some prizes I *really* want - and I finally find out how well the book baskets go over. It's been a hard haul to keep myself from making dozens until I know how popular a ticket draw the first four are. (I've only saved aside 20 baskets, about 4 goblets, and three double-stacked shelves of books, not much at all, just in case...)
Reminder - if you're interested, all the details can be found under my Team Wench links, and tickets will remain on sale until Wednesday night. The theme is Alice in Wonderland, and no, I don't know what I'm wearing yet...
Want to make America a more moral place? How about y'all following them instead? Knock off the adultery and the false witness and most especially the idol worship. Bush isn't God, and George, George & Jeb certainly aren't the father, son, and holy spirit. Rove, Rumsfeld, and the rest of the neocon kickline aren't God. No politician is God, not even our founders. The troops aren't God. The people who died on 9/11 aren't God. Fox News and its commentators aren't God. Stone carvings and little framed copies of the commandements aren't God. The Bible isn't God, either; it's just the user guide that comes with the system.
I'm tired of gamblers and adulterers and drug addicts and abusers and people with storefront degrees playing the "more moral than thou" card, and I'm tired of people who don't actually know American history claiming that "In God We Trust" has always been our motto, the Pledge (including "Under God") was written by the founding fathers, that said founders were all not only Christian but evangelical Christians, and that "each one of the Commandments has influenced the Constitution." (Hint - compare the first Commandment of any of the three versions out there to the First Amendment.) If you love the country, learn a little about it, eh?
*blink* Okay, I'm not sure where all that came from. Well, I know where it came from, I just don't know why it came pouring out today.
On the good side of things, it's lunch with friends today, and this Saturday is the Team Wench Midsummer Fantasy Ball. I'm going to bring wads of cash - there are some prizes I *really* want - and I finally find out how well the book baskets go over. It's been a hard haul to keep myself from making dozens until I know how popular a ticket draw the first four are. (I've only saved aside 20 baskets, about 4 goblets, and three double-stacked shelves of books, not much at all, just in case...)
Reminder - if you're interested, all the details can be found under my Team Wench links, and tickets will remain on sale until Wednesday night. The theme is Alice in Wonderland, and no, I don't know what I'm wearing yet...
