Rick Perry's Shameless Promotion of Faith in Government

[Svartalf]

Faith, values, honor. Useful stuff for saving the economy.

Wait, the government does not do anything. Then it does not matter who wins.

Faith? useless, we need pragmatists
Values and honor? No politician has either. But they might be useful, if we made sure the economy in general, and bankers in particular had them... or could be prosecuted and put somewhere they can't harm the country for lack of them. Common greed applied to that degree of harmfulness ought to be a capital crime.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Faith, values, honor. Useful stuff for saving the economy.

Wait, the government does not do anything. Then it does not matter who wins.

Faith? useless, we need pragmatists
Values and honor? No politician has either. But they might be useful, if we made sure the economy in general, and bankers in particular had them... or could be prosecuted and put somewhere they can't harm the country for lack of them. Common greed applied to that degree of harmfulness ought to be a capital crime.

Running for office should be a crime. People should be elected with the promise that if they do a good job they won't be re-elected.

[amused]

I don't think Perry, Palin, Santorum or any of the rest of them are really 'people of faith'. I think they've decided to play the faith game to get ahead. Anyone cruel enough to play that game is by default, not a person of faith.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/ ... ensorship/

[Mysturji]

Faith, values, honor. Useful stuff for saving the economy.

Wait, the government does not do anything. Then it does not matter who wins.

Faith? useless, we need pragmatists
Values and honor? No politician has either. But they might be useful, if we made sure the economy in general, and bankers in particular had them... or could be prosecuted and put somewhere they can't harm the country for lack of them. Common greed applied to that degree of harmfulness ought to be a capital crime.

Running for office should be a crime. People should be elected with the promise that if they do a good job they won't be re-elected.

Members of governments should be selected by lottery. One person a month, to serve a 5 year term, with the promise of never having to do it again.

To be eligible for inclusion in the lottery, you must:
Be an adult.
Be a citizen of the country in question
Be a resident of the country in question
Never have been convicted of a felony.
Be of sound mind and good health.
NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES BE A FUCKING POLITICIAN!

Couldn't be any worse, could it?

[Seth]

Faith, values, honor. Useful stuff for saving the economy.

Wait, the government does not do anything. Then it does not matter who wins.

Faith? useless, we need pragmatists
Values and honor? No politician has either. But they might be useful, if we made sure the economy in general, and bankers in particular had them... or could be prosecuted and put somewhere they can't harm the country for lack of them. Common greed applied to that degree of harmfulness ought to be a capital crime.

Running for office should be a crime. People should be elected with the promise that if they do a good job they won't be re-elected.

I propose conscription. Our representatives should be elected by random lottery for a one year term, and no person should be required to serve more than once. They should be paid no more than the national average wage, they should live in government-provided dorms, eat government provided food, and not be allowed to leave DC without permission. They should have to punch a time clock and be at work from 9 to 5 ever weekday. Congress and the DC bureaucracy should only be in session for three months per year. We ensure this by removing all heating and air-conditioning from all federal buildings, making it very uncomfortable except for a few weeks in the spring and fall.

This has a number of benefits. First, since they are "Joe Average" citizen forced to do the job, they will not want to do anything that might be a pain in the ass to themselves when they are out of office. Second, being amateurs, they will not be able to do much to begin with, which means less federal interference and involvement in our lives because they will have to concentrate on the important stuff. Their time in session will be extremely limited, so they won't be able to do much. And there will be no chance for corruption because they will be sequestered from access by anyone during their year in office by a wall around the compound.

He who governs least, governs best.

[Animavore]

Oh noes! Gays can serve in the military! American kids can't openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school! What is the world coming to?!



Bigoted, lying sack of shit.

[rab]

So, he wants to end Obama's "war on religion."

First, there is no Obama's war on religion. Second, how do you suppose he intends to end this so-called war on religion? Sounds like a litmus test to me.

[Animavore]

Sounds more like political suicide to me.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

So, he wants to end Obama's "war on religion."

First, there is no Obama's war on religion. Second, how do you suppose he intends to end this so-called war on religion? Sounds like a litmus test to me.

I'm sure he has some permanent, nay FINAL solution for atheism.

[Animavore]

As I said...





...political suicide.

[Mysturji]

Jesus H. Buttfucking Christ on a altarboy. Seth agrees with me.
Shoot me now. Through the head. Then delete my account.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/20 ... -religion/

[Animavore]

He doesn't know when to quit

[amused]

Well, the response to that is that 'faith' does not equal fear of the other, or fear of the different.