Frivology

Wow.  I noticed a link today in my RSS reader to an article stating rather boldly that "Conservative Groups Declare Obama’s Stimulus Bill a War on Prayer".  Now, rightfully, seeing that this was a link to Fox News, I probably should have avoided clicking on it all together, but silly me, I did.  It seems all of the fuss is over the fact that the bill *shock, horror*, obeys the constitution.

According to the bill, which the Democratic-controlled House passed despite unanimous Republican opposition, funds are prohibited from being used for the "modernization, renovation, or repair" of facilities that allow "sectarian instruction, religious worship or a school or department of divinity."

Critics say that could include public schools that permit religious groups to meet on campus. The House provided $20 billion for the infrastructure improvements, of which $6 billion would go to higher education facilities where the limitations would be applied.

Let’s get this straight.  First, the Neocons don’t want us to spend any money in the first place, because spending is bad (though Dubya didn’t seem to believe this).  Then, when it comes out that the stimulus bill actually includes text that obeys the constitution, they start whining that their base - the fundies - won’t be getting some of it.

As if this isn’t ridiculous enough on it’s face, there’s comments on the news story.

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I had to go to the dentist yesterday, so I didn’t have time for a proper lunch.  Instead, I rean through McDonald’s to pick up something quick and easy.  While there, I ended up behind the cutest little Neocon EVER and remembered I had a camera in my bag.  That’s a bumper sticker for ultra-conservative Duncan D. Hunter, who has said, “For me the central tenet of America is that our freedom is not granted to us by a man-made government, but is gifted to us from God and so may not be taken away by man …at least not without a fight.”  To the right of that is a sticker for the California Rifle and Pistol Association, who proudly proclaims on their website, “Society is safer when criminals don’t know who’s armed.”

I couldn’t decipher the one on the left, but those two made me laugh as it was.  It wasn’t necessarily that he was just another wack-a-loon.  What got me was that he was a rather large (and I mean fit large, possibly ex-military) man in a little tiny adorable silver VW bug.  Oh, and he ordered a chicken sandwich.  Ah, California…