If time is money and money is God, then...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10103424/
I have never campaigned against Santa Claus. Oh, I don't think he is real. Maybe real as a corporate shill to get you to overextend and show your love through giving of expensive yet unneccesary items this Christmas, maybe real as an attitude of giving to those you care about...an image, interestingly enough that contradicts his corporate image...but I have never fought against him.
I simply have better things to do with my time. The Great Pumpkin also evades my sights. I save my acerbic wit for better foes.
I wonder how the referenced chowderhead feels as he does his best Don Quixote impersonation. He is spending his time fighting something he doesn't believe is real.
How many people actually stop, look at their money and think "Oh, I better join the Methodist Church!"? Or the Baptist church or the Presbyterian or the Assembly of God or the...well, the list goes on and on and on and on because there are thousands of groups that are referred to by the general apellation of "Christians". The word "Christian" in the national discourse means the same thing as "American". It is a flawed marker of a group that does not actually exist. The variances between the supposed members of eith group are large and many.
Yet numbskull is at it again. After trying to say the Pledge of Allegiance violates the Constitution, now it is a phrase on money. Whatever.
Which, pray tell, religion is being specifically ESTABLISHED? The barrier is set high for a reason. Misinformed or downright ignorant people misapply a statement T. Jefferson wrote in a letter AFTER THE CONSTITUTION WAS WRITTEN to claim the Founding Fathers argued for a spearation of Church and State. Those people are twisting facts to suit their purpose.
The phrase "separation of church and state" is nowhere in the Declaration of Independance, the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, or the Bill of Rights. In fact, you would be surprised if you knew when it entered the legal lexicon. Let me encourage you to research that.
Having a simple phrase in the Pledge or on the money in no way ESTABLISHES any religion. Study up on what was meant by established. It is a scary study. See what happened to the Waldenses or Albigenses or Huguenots when they were not part of the established religion. Study the English wars when Cromwell fought against and then became the established religion. Look at the Crusades when there was an established religion. Look at all the religious wars of Europe when there was an established religion. Thee were two choices; you could be a member or you could be dead. You did, however, have that choice.
What I find particularly amusing and ironic is this dude is fighting the wrong thing. Words are good, but symbols seem to be better for many, many people.
Look at a one dollar bill. Check out the pyramid on the back. The one with the All-Seeing Eye of God on it. Or the phrase above that: Annuit Coeptis. http://www.greatseal.com/mottoes/coeptis.html , which pretty clearly indicates references to God in, on, or around the money did not contradict their intentions.
Isn't it odd how when religious people make statements they are forcing their views on others, yet he does not think he is doing the same? Head back to the drawing board and find something worth complaingin about. How about...parents not good enough to take care of their kids? Where will we find one...hmmm...someone who doesn't have custody of their kid...well, I am sure it is a serious proble, I will find one sometime. *



* note; for those who do not follow the news and are not aware of my rather sarcastic nature, please note; dude filing the complaints had his Pledge case rejected because he had no legal standing due to not having custody of his child.