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Over at Making light the discussion of heresies (started from the same point as George Bush, Heretic this was produced.

Niall McAuley
October 21, 2004

The Americanist Heresy?

We Believe in One Nation,
The Greatest in Heaven or Earth,
Up-holder of all things Civilized,
the best there is, seen or unseen.

We believe in One Constitution,
the Definition of our Nation,
Inerrantly devised by the Founding Fathers,
rules from Rule, rights from Right, true laws from True Law.
Inspired, not invented, of one Being with the Nation,
Through It civilization was made.

For us and for our emancipation
it came down from Heaven,
a Platonic Ideal of society,
it was ratified by constitutional convention
and became law.

By our will it was amended to include rights
like free speech and the right to bear arms,
and guarantees against self-incrimination.
In the Civil War it was refined further,
above States, not of them,
applied to all regardless of skin color.

It will preserve us always from the sea of enemies,
foreign and domestic, which stands against us.

We believe in the separation of powers, the Supreme court,
the representative legislature and the executive arm,
which proceed from the Holy Constitution.

Together with the Constitution they guarantee divided
government, and this is a feature, not a bug.

We believe in an immutable electoral system, unrepresentative
and slow, which shall elect the two houses of the legislature.
A different strange system shall elect the President, and through
him alone Supreme Court judges shall be appointed.

We believe that without these arcane rules no nation can be civilized,
and to those foreigners who diss our Holy Government we say:

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it".

Amen.

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While I think my priest might be offended, I am not sure whether I think this is true, or a slightly amusing spoof.

It's a bit of both... though I see a bit of sea change in content about a third of the way through.

The Americanist Heresy is a belief that America is a special place, with a mission, or preference, from God. I'm simplifying a bit, but I'm on my breakfast/lunch break.

TK

Just wanted to stop by to say Hi and thanks for adding me as a friend! After reading through some of your LJ and getting the general feel of things (wondered at first why an enlisted solider would be interested in a moderate democrat's political rants), I realized that we probably have more political views in common than I first thought.

While I am not a Republican, I do believe in what the GOP used to stand for, and I find that one of my favorite politicians these days has been John McCain, because of his ability to stand up for what is right despite party loyalties, and the fact that he is a true fiscal conservative.

So...hello, and welcome to my LJ, that which is called Otherworld! ^_^

I'm amused (usually).

Because my first reaction was to think, "But I'm not an enlisted soldier. I'm an NCO." But that is a cultural issue.

I have some grave reservations about McCain. If he had been silent during this campaign, then I'd be fine with him. But he has consistently boosted Bush, even though the general nature of McCain's comments on so many of the things Bush has said, proposed and done, has been qualified acceptance, and faint praise.

Which means he has put party loyalty above service. I know why he's done it, but I think it does more damage to the nation, and his party than it protects him if they win.

I'm glad you like the place, feel free to chime in, "This is Liberty Hall, where you can spit on the mat and call the cat a bastard."

TK

Apologies...afraid I am ignorant in the differences in military culture.

Sigh...yeah...I was rather bummed when he spoke up for Bush too...but I still give him kudos for speaking up for Kerry when Bush's group was doing the wrong thing.

Thanks for the welcome! ^_^

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