It is very difficult at times to remember why I bother to hang around in this country, because it certainly doesn’t seem to want to even appear to live up to any of its ideals or stated goals.

elections! how very un-american of you, bryan! you do realize that this great country was founded [cf revolutionary war], and maintained [cf civil war], by people who were willing to, and did, shoot their political opponents, don’t you? and that guns are uniquely american?

on the whole, i’d prefer that people not resort to violence at all, but when they do lose it, i find the ones who indulge in assassinations to be far scarier than the ones who bomb empty buildings.

WRONG

The subject of the post was the use of amendments to embed religious prejudice in constitutions and the unintended consequences of those attempts.

You have wandered so far out of the realm of this post that there really is no point in continuing.

BTW – wnd.com is proof of nothing except the liberal policy of allowing one and all to establish a presence on the Internet. If it were an actual tabloid I wouldn’t use it to house break a puppy, as the poor dog might contract an untreatable skin disease from contact with it.

There are no points being deducted from your score for being unable to tell the difference between mental illness and wingnut talking points – they do tend to merge. The mentally ill tend to be nicer, less violent people who can be helped with proper care and the careful use of medication, unlike the right.

And if you cannot tell the difference between Communism and liberalism, I submit that you are dumber than a box of rocks and should be residing as the front lawn of a typical Arizona home, where the rocks that typically are the “lawn” in Arizona undoubtedly would have a higher IQ.

— Badtux the Snarky Penguin