God bless America
October 19th 2008 04:12
Senator Ernie Chambers
One is led to wonder at the amount of cynicism and scepticism being aimed at American politicians at the moment. Are we all getting complacent? Aren't these democratically elected citizens our natural leaders and guides in questions of community values and behaviour?
Just look at the recent news about Ernie Chambers, a Senator from Nebraska, who decided to spend some of his Senatorial energy, and a few taxpayer dollars, suing God.
Ernie sought a court-ordered injunction preventing God ever again engaging in such things as "widespread death, destruction and terrorisation of millions upon millions of Earth's inhabitants".
He cited that the "defendant directly and proximately has caused, inter alia, fearsome floods, egregious earthquakes, horrendous hurricanes, terrifying tornados, pestilential plagues ..." and other stuff including birth defects and genocidal wars.
Alliteration wasn't mentioned, so the Senator is apparently taking responsibility for that himself.
Ernie added that the real point of the case - which was disallowed by the judge on the grounds that God has no listed address - was to prove that "anyone can sue anyone they choose to".
God help us.
telegraph.co.uk, foxnews.com
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