The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

extremists

update 2: I spoke too soon. Rick Perry is backing down already.

update 1: We're in good company. Texas governor Rick Perry supports HCR50, which reaffirms the Tenth Amendment.

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via Nuke's (slightly edited)

"You might be a right wing extremist" if you:
  • Were born in the South
  • Believe that 9/11 was more serious than Watergate
  • Think Clinton's impeachment was not about sex
  • Wear an American flag in your lapel
  • Speak and write perfect English, but no Spanish
  • Own more than one Bible
  • Believe that Jesus Christ means eternal life
  • Support the rule of law and maintenance of law and order
  • Want America’s borders secured
  • Believe that Mexico is a foreign nation and Spanish a foreign language
  • Thank God that the U.S. won both world wars
  • Oppose affirmative action, abortion, same-sex marriage, and gun control
  • Believe that fighting higher taxes is more patriotic than paying them
  • Prefer “Patriot’s Tea” to Obama Kool-aid
  • Doubt that Islam is really a “Religion of Peace”
  • Believe that a baby Jew born to a virgin 2009 years ago saved mankind from sin
  • Send out Christmas cards
  • Attend a Christian church on occasions other than Christmas and Easter
  • Sing the National Anthem with your hand over your heart
  • Fly Old Glory on Flag Day and Independence Day
  • Believe that preventing voter fraud is more important than empowering illegal aliens, felons, and the deceased with the vote
  • Own a gun and ammunition
  • Favor the death penalty for brutal killers, but oppose abortion of innocent fetuses
  • Miss WF Buckley, Ronald Reagan, and Richard Nixon
  • Have voluntarily read the Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, and U.S. Constitution
  • Believe that labor unions should be subjected to anti-trust laws
  • Have never committed adultery or had gay sex
  • Drive a car built by an American car company in America
  • Dispute the belief that the economic meltdown was worth it in order to open home ownership to more people of color
  • Believe that the U.S. should spend more money on national defense than on foreign aid
  • Suspect that Nancy Pelosi is dumber than a pound of recycled botox, and that Barney Frank is a heterophobe
  • Wonder why Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and Jeremiah Wright are referred to as "Reverend"
  • Mourn the 50 million fetuses that have been slaughtered since the Roe V. Wade ruling
  • Are less concerned about trees and cows than the humans who work harvesting them
  • Pay a tithe or make a donation to any organized religion
  • Have never applied for food stamps or welfare
  • Read the Wall Street Journal, George Will, Pat Buchanan, and Ann Coulter
  • Listen to FOX News or Rush Limbaugh
  • Dislike Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez and other communist dictators
  • Know the words to “God Bless America” by heart
  • Like George Washington better than George Soros
  • Argue that global warming is little more than hot air circulated by liberals for “green” profit
  • Want the UN out of America and America out of the UN

4 comments:

Wry Mouth said...

uh oh. I only scored a "-4." I guess that means I'm in.

TO THE EXTREEEEEEME!!!1!

Nuke said...

it's a tough job being an extremist. But somebody's gotta do it!

The Local Malcontent said...

Please accept my application to your fine club~!

Would any of the Founding Fathers or early Federalists NOT be considered extremeists themselves?

Hatless in Hattiesburg said...

-4?!? is that a golf score?

;)