{"id":684,"date":"2004-11-03T08:34:32","date_gmt":"2004-11-03T12:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/wordpress\/?p=684"},"modified":"2004-11-03T08:34:32","modified_gmt":"2004-11-03T12:34:32","slug":"god-guns-gays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=684","title":{"rendered":"God, Guns, &#038; Gays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Straussians must be dry-cleaning their togas and calling for their laurel crowns to be retrieved from cold storage. No matter what is decided about Ohio in the coming hours, days, or months, and I think it will be settled shortly, there can be no denying they are the clear winners.<\/p>\n<p>I began to suspect it would play out this way while viewing &#8220;Faith in the White House&#8221; which aired on Link TV this weekend.  <\/p>\n<p>My first real indication they&#8217;d succeeded beyond expectations in their efforts to rally single-issue voters to the polls was at work yesterday when people suddenly wanted to talk about the election.  But the talk of the break room wasn&#8217;t about the occupation of Iraq, the economy, loss of jobs, or healthcare, it was God, Guns, and Gays.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a relief that the secret is finally out.  And if I were someone who lusted for theocracy, or for resurrection of American exceptionalism, I too would have been reluctant to brandish faith in the faux-Christ George as the reason for their establishment.  At least now, in their victory, the hidden agenda has seen the light of day.<\/p>\n<p>The real test for the wise ones, I think, will be in the faithfull&#8217;s willingness to make real sacrifices for the cause.  So far it&#8217;s been all about power, the desire for it, and the euphoria of its promise.<\/p>\n<p>Their ultimate goal is an impossible dream, and they&#8217;re mistaken if they think the election results are a nightmare for those who have never been asleep, or that those who&#8217;ve been strategically isolated will lick their wounds and later come around to their way of thinking out of fear or loneliness. If permanent war is still on their agenda, they&#8217;ll have to rouse the vulgar and convince them to sacrifice and die for their cause, and these people they&#8217;ve chosen to incite prefer to delegate the heavy lifting to others, including their soon-to-be oppressed liberal inferiors.     <\/p>\n<p>Updated @ 10:16am:  <a href=\"http:\/\/cbs.marketwatch.com\/news\/story.asp?guid=%7B5A7EE23A%2D466C%2D42FC%2DB350%2DAE60D32FB7BC%7D&#038;siteid=mktw\"><strong>Kerry concedes to Bush <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And so the next phase begins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Straussians must be dry-cleaning their togas and calling for their laurel crowns to be retrieved from cold storage. 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