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| Usual Suspect Files To Remove "Under God" From Inauguration |
| 2009-01-06 |
| That's right! I'm back! ME! Mike Newdow! A Sacramento atheist who has fought to remove the words "under God" from the pledge of allegiance wants to remove all religious references from the President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration. That's right, Barack! Pay attention to ME! ME! Mike Newdow! Michael Newdow believes government references to God or religion are unconstitutional. That's right! Every four years, a president gets inaugurated and I crawl out from under my rock! ME! Mike Newdow! This time, he's joined 17 other plaintiffs, including atheist and humanist organizations. And, believe it or not, there's 17 other people who are as big an asshole as I am! But I'm the important one! ME! Mike Newdow!! He wants to remove the phrase "so help me God" from the oath of office. Because ME, Mike Newdow, doesn't like it and wants it changed! Newdow, a Sacramento doctor and lawyer, sued his daughter's school district in 2000 for forcing public school children to recite the pledge, saying it was unconstitutional. And I lost! Like I always do! But ME, Mike Newdow, was famous! And I'm gonna be famous again! Look at ME! I'm famous! The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Newdow's favor in 2002, but two years later, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that he lacked standing to sue because he didn't have custody of the daughter on whose behalf he brought the case. He immediately filed a second lawsuit on behalf of three unidentified parents and their children in another district. The 9th Curcuit listened to me! Every quack and loon is welcome there! Especially ME, Mike Newdow! In 2005, Newdow sued Congress and several federal officials, arguing the national motto of "In God We Trust" on coins and currency violated his First Amendment rights. That's right! ME, MIKE NEWDOW'S First Amendment rights! Congress first authorized a reference to God on a two-cent piece in 1864. In 1955, the year after lawmakers added the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance, Congress passed a law requiring all U.S. currency to carry the motto "In God We Trust." See ya again in four years after I lose again! ME! Mike Newdow! |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #3 Newdow doesn't seem troubled enough to operate only on foreign currency, I'm sure. Can you say "2-bit attention whore"? I knew you could. His action on behalf of his "daughter" were tripped up by several factors, not least that he didn't have custody of the daughter. Can you say "obsessive"? He uses and manipulates for his own sick and pathetic 15 minutes (long past) of fame. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-01-06 20:33 |
| #2 requiring all U.S. currency to carry the motto "In God We Trust." A little hint not to trust money |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2009-01-06 19:51 |
| #1 Echo: I love you, Narcissus...I love you, Narcissus...I love you, Narcissus...I love you, Narcissus...I love you, Narcissus... Narcissus: Sod off, Swampy. Me and my reflection got this thing going. Three's a crowd. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2009-01-06 19:47 |