Jeff Sessions: Traitor

Today, on the Senate floor, our village idiot Jeff Sessions let loose this unfuckingbelievable comment:

Some people in this chamber love the Constitution more than they love the safety of this nation. We should all send President Bush a letter thanking him for protecting us.

Jeff, you dipshit, without the Constitution there is no safety. Don't you realize that if you let Bush gut the Constitution, then when he leaves in 2009, President Hillary (or whoever) will be able to wiretap your phones without a warrant and/or throw your ass in Guantanamo forever with no chance to defend yourself in court, or even to know the charges against you?

Also, didn't you take an oath of office to uphold and defend the Constitution against all enemies foregin and domestic? Your willingness to let the Number One enemy of that Constitution shit all over it while you fawn over his toughness and thank him for "protecting" us is probably the most revolting act of your Senate career, and it's got some doozys with which to compete. You do realize that his landing on the aircraft carrier to proclaim Mission Accomplished was a fucking ACT, don't you?

As for me, I didn't cower in fear and sacrifice my rights when the Soviets had ten thousand nuclear warheads pointed at us, and I'm sure as hell not going to cower over your dire warnings of my imminent death at the hands of few Muslim fanatics hiding in caves. A true patriot once said, "Give me liberty or give me death." Jeff Sessions, you are willing to sacrifice our liberty in return for promises of safety from an incompetent buffoon who couldn't protect us on 9/11 and can't protect us now - clearly you are no patriot. In the immortal words of your buddy Dick Cheney, go fuck yourself.

New Digs

Ok, I've moved my blog (including all the old posts) over here to Blogger. This ought to make it easier for other Blogger users to leave comments. I'm still working on getting the template as close as I can to the theme on the old Drupal blog. I'm also making a New Year's resolution to post more often. If you count this post (which you probably shouldn't), I've got three posts in three days, so it's a start.

Hope y'all enjoy.

H.R. 847

This is the meat of House Resolution 847:

Now, therefore be it

Resolved, That the House of Representatives--

(1) recognizes the Christian faith as one of the great religions of the world;

(2) expresses continued support for Christians in the United States and worldwide;

(3) acknowledges the international religious and historical importance of Christmas and the Christian faith;

(4) acknowledges and supports the role played by Christians and Christianity in the founding of the United States and in the formation of the western civilization;

(5) rejects bigotry and persecution directed against Christians, both in the United States and worldwide; and

(6) expresses its deepest respect to American Christians and Christians throughout the world.

This is the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Any questions?

I know it would be too much to ask for the Congress to actually do something useful instead of wasting time and taxpayer money in idiotic posturing, but could they at least refrain from blatantly violating their Oaths of Office to uphold and defend the Constitution?

EDIT: Thanks to Dispatches from the Culture Wars, I just discovered that John McKay has a bit more commentary on this ridiculous resolution.

Silly Mormon, the Presidency is for Evangelicals

Wow, has it really been that long since I posted? Yipes.

Ok, so I'm hearing today all about how Huckabee "innocently" asked whether Mormons believe that Jesus and the Devil are brothers. Obviously, he's trying to cast aspersions on Mitt's faith, blah blah blah. Yes, the Constitution says there should be no religious test for public office - but it's clear that American voters administer their own individual tests.

Anyway, what I want to know is, who cares whether one of the candidates believe Jesus and the Devil were brothers? This is the second presidential election of the 21st century. Surely by now, the only people we should consider capable of running the country are those who understand that Jesus and the Devil are fictional characters. No one with any sense or any grasp of reality should be considering voting for either of these pious nitwits.