-translation, “you’re not a nerd like me”.

If you are making a satirical comment on how modern “religious” politicians abuse his name & misrepresent his teachings, then … Oh, wait! Indeed.

Individuals in the government commit fraud AGAINST it, then complete morons translate that to mean that the government itself is fraudulent. When tea-baggers talk about wanting “smaller” government, it’s very much like an idiot complaining about how inefficient and slow the freeway is & then demand that it be made “smaller.” Because removing a lane will really help during rush hour…

BTW- Artists create subjective value, so are dependent on a social/governmental support. Sometimes that is wealthy patrons, but more often it’s the culture they live in. (ie Bob Dylan would have found it difficult to survive the way he did in feudal Europe, or Russia… ever.)

And Jesus was a local leader, so he was part of the government. Unfortunately, he was living under the subjugation of foreign occupiers.

This is way below my dreams and imagination as a child. But I really like knowing the truth, and I too am enthralled at what our rovers, probes, and space telescopes are revealing.

With all of the perils of space travel, I am amazed that these things work. I doubted the apollo landings on our moon until recently when there were high resolution photos of the landing sites.

Good way to spend money…way better than war.

Right now, in an era where Nixon and Reagan seem like flaming liberals compared to the Democratic Party, whether you agree with the pro-government perspective, I wouldn’t agree that it represents the “collective thinking” of the moment, when both parties are talking deficit and advocating the pulling of money out of the economy when it desperately needs more.