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Amazingly hilarous

Oh, Air Force.  Oh, oh.  How could people possibly consider folding you back into the Army?  If that happened, where would we get our entertainment?  This brings a whole new meaning to the term “security theater”. Also – have the Gideons been contracted for seat-pocket Bible distribution?  They have placed Bibles all over the globe, [...]

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WWHuckD?

I’m glad I’m not the only person who noticed this.  Listening to Morning Edition today, as I do in my sleepy stupor while getting ready for work, I heard the sound clip:  “For those of you who call yourselves Christian conservatives….The death penalty….WWJD?”  Huckabee:  “Jesus was way too smart to ever run for public office.”  [...]

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A good WaPo opinion column?

Surely, that creature is extinct!  Not so.  This morning’s Richard Cohen is great.  Read the whole thing.  Whether or not one is a “person of faith” (ugh, how I dislike that phrase), one should consider Cohen’s point.  It is the overtly religious politicians who need to convince potential voters that they needn’t fear an imposition [...]

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Danforth on Evangelicals

Via The Washington Monthly: Danforth on right-wing evangelicals: “for us, the only absolute standard of behavior is the commandment to love our neighbors as ourselves.” Amen, brother.

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