Ethics

Farah: Break Up America!

By Ed Brayton

Just when you think Worldnutdaily founder Joseph Farah can't get any more unhinged, he writes a column like this calling for the United States to break up. Predictably, it's full of idiotic claims. I especially like this one:

Frankly, I don't see a way to unite a people as divided as Americans are today. We are trying to pretend we're one nation when we are really two.

One of those two nations clings to the promises and covenants of the past, the Bible, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, as the guiding principles. The other believes in and lives with no immutable standards.

It's not a Republican vs. Democrat split - as the current election illustrates. I know many Republicans would find themselves more comfortable in the country of no standards. I also suspect many Democrats would actually find themselves more at home in the nation of the Bible, Declaration and Constitution.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on October 27, 2008 (boomark / email).