Invasion of the Pod-People . . .

Holy Fuck -- and I mean that in the entire literal sense.

This congresswoman Michele Bachmann is from my home state of Minnesota I'm ashamed to say. To put it bluntly, what she is stating here is - fuck the planet, Christ died on the cross 2000 years ago for your sins and if you don't believe in him too fucking bad for you and the rest of humanity - you're all gonna die soon anyway so you better get your heathen asses saved real quick!

I've been one of many stating for years (to anyone who dares listen) that the group of people formerly known as the Republican party of Eisenhower and Barry Goldwater, along with their entirely honorable and pure conservative ideology, has been sideswiped and run over by this speeding bus filled with zombified, bible-thumping, raving lunatic, body snatchers who see politics and political power solely as a means to hasten their depraved end-time religio-fantasies. These modern-day Republicans in Lamb clothing do not give a rat's ass about politics, much less this country's future. They have no desire or intent to govern in order to better the predicament of their fellow Americans and America or lead the way in the world to help ease the burdens of human despair. On the contrary -- they want to see as much human suffering and social chaos as is possible because it fits quite neatly in with their macabre world view that cataclysmic occurrences and apocalyptic humanitarian disasters are necessary planetary events, and by proxy, clarion calls for their Lord and Saviour Jesus H. Christ to return from the dead and carry them up into the clouds to assist him with his rule over the remainder of earth's minions for eternity. Why an all-powerful, omnipotent cloud being needs millions of pint-sized helpers to perform his heavenly chores escapes my logic, but these people are not known for questioning the questionable or thinking for themselves for fear of sowing doubt amongst their well-trained, obedient flock.

Michele Bachmann is batshit insane to be sure. And if she and her kind were an innocuous and powerless, fringe element of our society (kinda like Celine Dion fans) I wouldn't lose sleep over them at night. But truth be told, there are a whole helluva lot of them and their destructive influence extends into every facet of American society and government. People take them and their pernicious movement lightly -- oblivious to the danger of doing so.

It's too bad that the honest Christians in America are in the minority. Their selfless good deeds and charity, their adherence to Jesus Christ's true teachings, and their abhorrence with mixing church and state affairs offer a dishearteningly faint glimmer of hope for a better future and a democracy that serves all equally.



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