Republicans have at long last elected a House speaker: Representative Mike Johnson, a fundamentalist Christian who was also once called a key āarchitectā in Congressās efforts to overthrow the 2020 election.
Johnson finally secured the speakerās gavel after Republican infighting left the House without a speaker for 22 days. He secured 220 votes.
Johnson is a four-term congressman representing Louisiana. His win also represents the rise of the MAGA front in the Republican Party. Earlier Wednesday morning, Donald Trump endorsed Johnson as House speakerāafter quickly killing Mike Emmerās nomination the day before.
Well these things are tied together. Their god didnāt want me the way I was made to be. I tried living his way and it was misery to me. I tried atheism and while there were no major objections I felt something was missing and when I found my gods that went away. My gods respect how I am. They see beauty in the variety of humanity.
This is America. Here my religion is just as good as anyone elseās or their lack of one. And if he doesnāt like it he can go to Iran and see how much he likes theocracy.
Iām glad you found a way to live with greater inner peace than you had before.
Just wanna say . . . FUCK that god with a rusty lawnmower blade. Sideways. In all your imperfection you are perfectly made, as we all are, and fuck anyone who canāt handle that.
And since you mention it, why is it that all these authoritarians/slavery advocates/theocrats all so convinced that should their dream government arrive they will be on the right side of it? I guess theyāre so busy hating others that they really do not see that the rights being stripped from others are also their own, and when it comes time to work for the company store or down the mines or as cannon fodder, they and theirs will have to go too, just like the rest of us.
But if theyāre doing this just waiting for sky daddy to make the second leg of his round trip, convinced he will come to save them from the world they are creating for the rest of us, I can only hope they live long enough to enjoy the double betrayal.
Exactly. Thereās a story I really like in which the gods Enki and Ninmah have a contest where one attempted to create a person too disabled to be useful to the gods and the other found a use. It wasnāt the same use that others got, but their own. We all carry our value, we all have something to contribute. You canāt make a mute person into a great orator, but give them a pen and they may amaze you with their words nonetheless.
And yeah Iāve always thought their attitude on the world burning while they wait for Jesus to come back is kinda stupid. Like beyond the āyouāve been stood up for quite a few centuries and he was supposed to only be a few yearsā aspect. If my house catches fire, I call the fire department, and manage to quench the flames before they arrive thanks to me and some neighbors going to town with extinguishers theyāre not going to be mad at me. You can just stop global warming and bring about peace and if he shows up whatās he going to do chide you for making peace without its prince present, file a grievance?
Fuck that. Iām going to try to make a world we can live in happily.