i came across this article at buzzflash which i found entertaining. ostensibly about the “born-again” rapture seeking aspect of george w’s presidency (from the article, “superstitious hogwash was entertaining at first, but by the time we figured out that members of congress and the bush white house had actually powwowed with end times zealots, even comedians found it decidedly unfunny. thomas jefferson said the book of revelations was the ravings of a lunatic. george bush organizes his foreign policy around it”), it offers alternate means by which to read the entrails for prophetic insights.

granted, the hubbub seems a bit silly. sure maybe bush is a superstitious boob, but facilitating the apocalypse? why would he and his administration be so bent in guiding the flow of worldly wealth into specific pockets if he were just interested in heavenly rewards? as for all those in power there is one god above all others, and it ain’t jesus. it’s extremely easy for rational people to laugh off all the evangelical fire and brimstone bullshit with a shrug and a “come on who believes this crap?!” but unfortunately the answer is a whole lot of people. more than i think any of us would care to admit. and what does it portend for us as sensible people if our leader is one of them? if nothing else, in my opinion, a predilection for bad judgment. i’m not convinced all this re-born stuff concerning bush is anything more than a tactic to please the arrogant, closed minded, self righteous bible thumpers which are his base. i mean he plays the “regular guy” role as well which anyone with two firing synapses knows utter crap. regular means average, not privileged and powerful. so as we laugh off all the religious nuttiness, let us remember good nonists, “the devil’s deepest wile is to persuade us that he does not exist.” (btw, the jesus/bush image is possibly from fark, not sure.)