Pharisees of the Day
Today's Pharisees are Representative Sam Johnson and the entire congregation of the Allen, Texas United Methodist Church. Rep. Johnson is a decorated Vietnam War veteran who was held as a POW for over seven years, but apparently learned no lessons from this experience other than "Nuke Brown People" (via carpetbagger):

Now we know where Rep. Sam Johnson (R-Texas) thinks the weapons of mass destruction are buried: in Syria, which he said he’d like to nuke to smithereens.

Speaking at a veterans’ celebration at Suncreek United Methodist Church in Allen, Texas, on Feb. 19, Johnson told the crowd that he explained his theory to President Bush and Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas) on the porch of the White House one night.

Johnson said he told the president that night, “Syria is the problem. Syria is where those weapons of mass destruction are, in my view. You know, I can fly an F-15, put two nukes on ‘em and I’ll make one pass. We won’t have to worry about Syria anymore.”

The crowd roared with applause.

The Fifth Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Kill.

For all the fundies' talk about how much they love the Ten Commandments and want them to be displayed in public places around the country, they don't appear to have read them very carefully.
- posted by TJ @ 11:26 AM