The Presidential Veto, Democracy, and the Need for Divine Intervention

President’s Stem-Cell Veto Secures an ‘Ethically Sound’ Tomorrow for the U.S.

Phew!!! That was a close one. We almost got what the overwhelming majority of our elected officials asked for, and surely we’d have gone straight to hell for it too–erm, I mean some terrrible misfortune that’s unrelated to Christianity surely would have befallen us. Thank you Commander in Chief! You’ve rescued us from our stupidity and empty morals once again.

(End of blatant sarcasm)

You see, back when it was actually cool for religious doctrine to have a hand in the poilitical affairs of man, audacious rulers could expect the mighty Zeus to chuck a few lightning bolts their way to straighten them out (and light the proverbial fire under their asses). It was Zeus’ way of saying, ‘Hey now. Don’t you start getting cute over there, tough guy. You do remember what I did to Calibos’ sorry ass now, don’t you?’

Judging from the fact that the current administration so defiantly mocks all that is moral, and all that is sacred,

I can only conclude A) that they have not seen The Clash of the Titans–or any other movie depicting misguided leaders and the asskickings handed to them by way of divine intervention–and B) (following from A) that they suffer from a serious deficiency in the fear of God department, which is clearly required in a pseudodemocracy to keep tyranny in check, and powers in balance.

And therein lies the crux of our problem: Presidential Power to Veto undercuts the very principles on which American democracy stands. The system of checks and balances–whose praises are sung constantly to U.S. junior high students– is lost when the Big Cheese has at her/his disposal a manual override switch to flip any time s/he so chooses.

To summarize…….

What’s really not right with this picture? If W really believed in God and really believed that human life ought to be protected at all costs, then he’d be ducking for cover at the slightest hint of thunder. Let’s be honest for a sec: he must realize that he doesn’t rank too well in the ‘keeping young people alive’ category. If I knew that about myself, and I believed in an omniscient, omnipotent higher power, I’d probably be so scared I’d have to wear diapers, and I might even start acting like I gave a shit. In any case, I wouldn’t be on international television spouting off about ethical soundness.

So let’s just cut the ‘I’m a champion of the right to life‘ horseshit while it’s still only mildly insulting and hasn’t yet popped up on Zeus’ radar, shall we?

More of my thoughts on the stem-cell research here/

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