Bouncing about on AM right-wing talk radio, we hear the commercial for a web site accumulating signatures for a consitutional amendment (or law or something) to protect the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance.

We have a grandson visiting his grandpa in prison. The grandpa tells the grandson how he got there. “Things were much different in the old days.” But then: First they banned the words “under god” from the Pledge of Allegiance, then they took the words “In God We Trust” from the money, and the next thing we knew: he was in prison!!

I can’t figure out how that puts anybody in prison. That must be one hell of a slippery slope!!

So the ad ends this way:
“Bye, grandpa!”
“Bye, grandson! I’ll be praying for — ”
The guard interjects “Quiet! This is how you got here in the first place!!”

Last week, the House of Representatives — with plenty on the table (Homeland Security, an unbalanced budget, health care, and the list goes on) went to work on (1) political tax cuts (2) a law to keep state courts from ruling on the words “under God” in the Pledge, and (3) the annual (sometimes more than annual) Flag-Burning Amendment.

I laugh. I cry. But mostly I sigh.

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