Mother Jones has a nice story on Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) recent speaking engagement at Georgetown University, which was met with protests by his fellow Catholics. For some reason, they find his proposed budget un-Christian.
My favorite part of the story told about one creative demonstrator, dressed as GOP Je$us, who read from the Me-Attitudes:
Blessed are the rich, the reign of this world is ours. The rich rule the world, and the rest suffer and die, often in misery. Do not let this be you, my brothers! Easier to use your riches to genetically engineer very small camels that can fit through the needle's eye…I especially liked the part about the genetically engineered camels.
Blessed are the violent and the invincible, the proud and the powerful, the domineering and oppressive. We can have it all! And let our status of power be the proof that we are deserving of the fruits of the labor of the middle class and poor…
Blessed are those who show no mercy. No mercy to the poor, to women and children, the elderly and the homeless, victims, outcasts, enemies, refugees, the hungry, the undocumented, the unborn, those on death row, those who are different, those we don’t like. And of course, those who happen to be in the way of what we want…
Blessed are the warmakers. Yea I say unto you, if we were not making war, we could not be said to be making much. That is what China is for! Lo, the Lord looked at China and said "Let it be the worlds factory floor," and it was good…
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| Seven camels in the eye of a needle by artist Nicolai Aldunin. Photo from My Modern Met. |
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Never underestimate the "sanctity" of the fundamentalist Christian's politics! The well-to-do RVing retirees of the Tea Party wish only to preserve their comfortable way of life. After all, God is on their side--right?
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