Worthwhile Campaigns
A Posts entry from Sunday, July 1, 2007Ever since the rise of the conservative “backlash” in the 1980’s, which has brought America such polarizing campaigns against abortion, gay-rights, and the separation of church and state, patriotic Americans have continued to lash out against the moral decay that is corroding the soul of this country. I recently encountered the newest “push” while driving on a highway to a small-town called Norfolk, NE.
I’m not sure why, but for some reason this sign seems counter-intuitive when your audience is driving by at 75 mph.
Another comment on the “backlash” mentality, as Thomas Frank put it in his book, What’s the Matter with Kansas?:
It’s ironic that Americans concerned with the moral decay of this country continue to vote for candidates who are in favor of free-market policies, which are the very source of the blasphemous material that pollutes the media—the market will always strive to break new ground, no matter how scandalous, to reach new customers.
Alex Taylor
Government is bad, and shouldn’t regulate the economy. Everyone should be allowed to do whatever they want. The most important thing is that the government not meddle.
The government should stop people from smoking pot. he government should spy on our every action. The government should give churches and moral activists money to put obnoxious signs on the highway. The government should subsidize oil companies to keep our oil secure. The government should subsidize agribusinesses growing corn and selling it at a loss, because mm-mmm,isn’t high fructose corn syrup and monoculture just the bees’ knees?
Abortion is sin because it is the taking of a life. The government should make sure nobody takes a life. Life is the most sacred thing.
There should be no restrictions on gun-ownership. We should be at war in Iraq. The death penalty should be used to punish evildoers. We shouldn’t distribute condoms in Africa because they are evil and AIDS is God’s way of punishing homosexuals. We should devote 2/3 of the funding for the War on Drugs to weed, because who cares if a few people die from crack?
God Bless America
—This message has been brought to you by Jerry Falwell’s immortal soul
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