Thou Shalt...

A few days ago I saw, what had to be, one of the most inspired television reports I had ever seen. The funny thing is that this great TV report was on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report". Stephen Colbert's spoof alter ego conducted an interview with the lone Republican Congressman who had the worst record in the House of Representatives, Lynn Westmoreland of Georgia's 8th District. This Congressman hadn't introduced one piece of legislation, nor had he authored or co-authored any bills. This guy was a real piece of work. He was a card carrying Neo-Con but too lazy to really do anything about it. His defense for his poor record was, "There's a Democratic Representative that has the same record I do". Oh, that's reassuring! When asked what he had done that made him proud since he had become a Congressman, he replied that he worked hard (well, sort of) to get the 10 Commandments put into government Buildings. According to Mr. Westmoreland, the Commandments give us all a "moral compass" to live by. What better place to put the Biblical document than in Government Judicial facilities?

Stephen Colbert thought about this for about one second then did the most brilliant thing. He asked Congressman Westmoreland to name the 10 Commandments while he (Colbert) counted them off one by one. The Congressman was shocked and obviously scared. He asked Stephen to repeat the request twice. After some procrastination, Rep. Westmoreland started to name the Commandments. Here are the "Commandments" as told by Rep. Westmoreland.

1) No stealin'

2) No killin'

3) You can't lie

He then said, "That's all I can remember". Ahhhhhh!!! Somebody got busted!!! Maybe there's a lesson for the Neo-Cons in all this. Perhaps the best and most needed place to put the 10 Commandments is in one's own house and mind. Conservatives are so busy telling everyone else what they should believe that they forgot that they don't really believe it themselves.