Word: mocks
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...have a deep, abiding faith in a higher power. Our Founding Fathers saw the wisdom of rejecting any state religion. Yet they also recognized a Creator who endows [us] with "certain unalienable rights." Putting the government's imprimatur on Piss Christ sends a signal that it is acceptable to mock and blaspheme faith in the Creator upon whom our rights depend...
...Japan the Imperial Army mobilized civilians to stave off the expected invasion. The defense exercises--involving mock bamboo thrusts to the bellies of invading soldiers--struck many citizens as ridiculous. But everyone took part in the drills. A student explained, "No one wanted to be blamed for quitting." In the U.S. few were for quitting either. A June 1945 Gallup poll showed 90% of Americans pressing for decisive victory rather than peace terms that would allow Japan to avoid occupation...
...President. "My cholesterol is lower than Clinton's, and my weight's lower than Clinton's, and my blood pressure," he said in a digression during his welfare speech today. "I'm not going to make health an issue in 1996, no." Clinton took mock offense later today: "My standing pulse rate is much lower than Senator Dole's. But that's really not his fault. I don't have to deal with Phil Gramm everyday," Clinton joked...
...mock the other reasons, but there's really no need. I think, however, that Barry Goldwater would be amused at having his views classified as "liberal," and he's been around a bit longer than the Center. What makes this choice funny, though, is one of the choices for the "good" shows, the ones "aggressively promoting traditional values"--"The Commish." Guess the Center televisionwatchers missed that episode about the gay cop, the one in which opposition to gays is definitely equated with bigotry. (That show may have been from the previous season, but my point remains the same.) Whoever came...
Gingrich even used his historic joint appearance with Clinton in New Hampshire to get in a plug for his book. The President played along, joking that Senator Dole, the arbiter of morals, "hasn't given me permission to read that book yet." Now Gingrich is planning to stage a mock endorsement of it by Dole. After the New Hampshire event, Gingrich refused to close the door on his presidential aspirations. "I have to go through a Kabuki dance of personal ambition to get covered," said the most overexposed Speaker of all time, adding that he doesn't have to decide...