We are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for.
I’ll take my chances with blowhard pastors, drearily “transgressive” artists and flag-burning provocateurs. I’m far more worried about a blundering clod like Graham presuming to protect us from them.
However, burning evil books was part and parcel in wondrous works amongst early Christians.
And God wrought by the hand of Paul more than common miracles.
So that even there were brought from his body to the sick, handkerchiefs and aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the wicked spirits went out of them.
Now some also of the Jewish exorcists who went about, attempted to invoke over them that had evil spirits, the name of the Lord Jesus, saying: I conjure you by Jesus, whom Paul preacheth.
And there were certain men, seven sons of Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest, that did this.
But the wicked spirit, answering, said to them: Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?
And the man in whom the wicked spirit was, leaping upon them, and mastering them both, prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
And this became known to all the Jews and the Gentiles that dwelt at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
And many of them that believed, came confessing and declaring their deeds.
And many of them who had followed curious arts, brought together their books, and burnt them before all; and counting the price of them, they found the money to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.
So mightily grew the word of God, and was confirmed. Acts19:11-20
Lindsey Graham should be ashamed of his ignorant and un-American comments; that he isn't should be cause to end his political career.
If this is what passes for mainstream Republican, I say let the Dem's have it back in 2012, so they can be at the helm when the whole thing goes tits up.