The Palin Beastie Part 2

Amazing. One of the questions asked of Sarah Palin was:

" 11. Are you offended by the phrase "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance? Why or why not?

SP: Not on your life. If it was good enough for the founding fathers, its good enough for me and I'll fight in defense of our Pledge of Allegiance."

The joke is that the words of the Pledge were not written until 1892, and the words "Under God" inserted into it in 1954. What do the founding fathers have to do with it?

We've known for sure that she was a medieval theocrat already, now she proves her ignorance beyond any reasonable doubt. Is this what USA wants to stand by the presidential throne: an ignorant, oppressive, bigoted, theocratic idiot? The mind boggles...wobbles...toggles....

Neocons untie!

make up your mind--what mind?

Conservatives are anal in the classic sense of the word, aren't they? It's that automatic, knee-jerk desire for propriety, adherence to ritual, sublimated longing for approval. It's interesting that, in a conservative mind, all innovation is wrong--until it stops being innovation and enters the cultural mainstream. It's almost as if they could not make up their own minds as to what is good or not good--or, at least, what they themselves like and dislike--unless they have the (dead) weight of history and the hallowed sanction of tradition on their side. Despite their individualistic claims they so often seem to be nothing but poor little populists, indecisive and almost uncapable of any action unsanctioned. Poor lost puppies they are. We should pity them, teach them complex activities (like critical thought), encourage them to use their imagination and not be bound by what dead ancestors say is okay to do, think, feel, dream about.

On second thought, fuck them.