This Is Only My Second Rant

Hoo boy. I am seeing Ireland and Iraq and Israel and Palestine all over again. Here. In the US of A. I am thinking I am going to rant, but maybe not.

Let's see. What the deal is, is something called the "new" religious left. This is the organized/- unorganized spiritualists who are opposing the religious right.

Okay, what we got here is this. Religious Right: No abortion, no marriages except one man, one woman. Religious Left: Environment, peace, love thy neighbor. Plus which, of course, the Religious Left is FOR abortion and could care less about who marries whom.

Here is what hacks me off: Why does religion have any place in this place?

Just look at what it has done to the Irish, the Iraqis, and the Israelis/Palestinians. Difference in religion has meant shoot your neighbor.

So is this what it's about to become here in the US of A?

Nah. We're too funny:

When you think about criticizing somebody, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize somebody you're a mile away -- and you have their shoes.

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he will sit in the boat and drink beer all day.

If at first you don't succeed, lay off the sky diving.

All of this is according to Big Ernie, featured in a Jesus film near you.

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My favorite word today is laughter. N., ho ho har de har har. Def.: An instant vacation. --Milton Berle.