Comments on: Say “Under God” — Or Else http://gods4suckers.net/archives/2005/03/29/1158/ Commentary, news, and rants on the evils and stupidity of belief in the big invisible daddy in the sky. Illuminating and watchdogging the widespread attempts to institutionalize the theocratic rule of the US. Making fun of believers everywhere. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:31:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Dominic http://gods4suckers.net/archives/2005/03/29/1158/comment-page-1/#comment-521 Dominic Wed, 30 Mar 2005 14:48:21 +0000 http://gods4suckers.net/archives/2005/03/29/1158/#comment-521 I live about 30 minutes from Estes Park in Colorado. It is a tourist trap getaway in the local mountains. Population about 10,000. Mostly white rich people with second homes that live up there part time but more and more are living there fulltime. Typical main street walking, shopping, buying tourist crap town. The under god or pledge is required to be said at each gov't meeting. This only started about a year ago as a requirement. The recall was started by a husband of one of the city gov't officials. Vote was 900 to 600 to remove him. What an embarassment to Colorado (which is turning more blue than red by the year). I live about 30 minutes from Estes Park in Colorado. It is a tourist trap getaway in the local mountains. Population about 10,000. Mostly white rich people with second homes that live up there part time but more and more are living there fulltime. Typical main street walking, shopping, buying tourist crap town. The under god or pledge is required to be said at each gov’t meeting. This only started about a year ago as a requirement. The recall was started by a husband of one of the city gov’t officials. Vote was 900 to 600 to remove him.

What an embarassment to Colorado (which is turning more blue than red by the year).

]]> By: Kevin http://gods4suckers.net/archives/2005/03/29/1158/comment-page-1/#comment-514 Kevin Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:45:53 +0000 http://gods4suckers.net/archives/2005/03/29/1158/#comment-514 It goes to show that the one thing you can't be in american politics is ambivalent about religion. Drug user, wife beater, embezzler, or utterly inept- these can be forgiven if you have the right sound-bites. Agnostic and honest about it? No way! It goes to show that the one thing you can’t be in american politics is ambivalent about religion. Drug user, wife beater, embezzler, or utterly inept- these can be forgiven if you have the right sound-bites. Agnostic and honest about it? No way!

]]> By: sharona http://gods4suckers.net/archives/2005/03/29/1158/comment-page-1/#comment-511 sharona Tue, 29 Mar 2005 15:36:37 +0000 http://gods4suckers.net/archives/2005/03/29/1158/#comment-511 Wow, Frank. How utterly cosmopolitan of you to come down on our side ... (wink, wink). But I'm sure that they are positively fabulous Southern Baptists! Wow, Frank. How utterly cosmopolitan of you to come down on our side … (wink, wink). But I’m sure that they are positively fabulous Southern Baptists!

]]> By: sharona http://gods4suckers.net/archives/2005/03/29/1158/comment-page-1/#comment-510 sharona Tue, 29 Mar 2005 15:35:14 +0000 http://gods4suckers.net/archives/2005/03/29/1158/#comment-510 No prob. Whatever I can do to help. Did anyone else notice ... that the entire city government is all white? I'm sure it's just a coincidence ... and that they're not really racist bastards on top of being mindless jingoist xenophobes. No prob. Whatever I can do to help.

Did anyone else notice … that the entire city government is all white? I’m sure it’s just a coincidence … and that they’re not really racist bastards on top of being mindless jingoist xenophobes.

]]> By: Frank http://gods4suckers.net/archives/2005/03/29/1158/comment-page-1/#comment-509 Frank Tue, 29 Mar 2005 15:31:14 +0000 http://gods4suckers.net/archives/2005/03/29/1158/#comment-509 It never ceases to amaze me that a politician can be as inept, stupid, and oblivious to the Constitution and principles of government as long as he or she recites that pledge of allegiance, BY GOLLY! Now, THAT is what is important. -- Geez! I can't help but think that our founders would cringe at the notion of expressing blind obedience to a freakin' flag with zero regard for governing principles. Sad. It never ceases to amaze me that a politician can be as inept, stupid, and oblivious to the Constitution and principles of government as long as he or she recites that pledge of allegiance, BY GOLLY! Now, THAT is what is important. — Geez!

I can’t help but think that our founders would cringe at the notion of expressing blind obedience to a freakin’ flag with zero regard for governing principles. Sad.

]]> By: Bob http://gods4suckers.net/archives/2005/03/29/1158/comment-page-1/#comment-508 Bob Tue, 29 Mar 2005 15:15:53 +0000 http://gods4suckers.net/archives/2005/03/29/1158/#comment-508 Excellent link, Sharona. Thanks for posting it. Excellent link, Sharona. Thanks for posting it.

]]> By: sharona http://gods4suckers.net/archives/2005/03/29/1158/comment-page-1/#comment-507 sharona Tue, 29 Mar 2005 15:11:43 +0000 http://gods4suckers.net/archives/2005/03/29/1158/#comment-507 Hey, everyone is free to think how they want. They just have to ACT like they think how the majority feels. That's what the Constitution MEANT, clearly. And that's exactly what I'm going to say in my email to these good ol' fashioned god-fearin bible-thumpin city officials. Here's their web site: http://www.estesnet.com/TownClerk/MayorTrustees/default.htm. Hey, everyone is free to think how they want. They just have to ACT like they think how the majority feels. That’s what the Constitution MEANT, clearly. And that’s exactly what I’m going to say in my email to these good ol’ fashioned god-fearin bible-thumpin city officials. Here’s their web site: http://www.estesnet.com/TownClerk/MayorTrustees/default.htm.

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