I've just had a chance to look at, for the first time, the "9 Principles" of the Glenn Beck-inspired 9.12 Project. They are loaded with contradictions, exaggerations and banality. For instance:
4. The family is sacred. My spouse and I are the ultimate authority, not the government.
jibes poorly with
5. If you break the law you pay the penalty. Justice is blind and no one is above it.
But law is created by government, which we've already established is not the "ultimate authority." Oh and by the way--
2. I believe in God and He is the Center of my Life.
I thought you and your spouse were the ultimate authority.
8. It is not un-American for me to disagree with authority or to share my personal opinion.
9. The government works for me. I do not answer to them, they answer to me.
Fair enough, but these also don't go do well with point 5.
1. America Is Good.
Agreed as a generality and as an aspiration, but here it seems to be offered as invariable fact.
3. I must always try to be a more honest person than I was yesterday.
Glenn Beck, with his glycerine tears, definitely needs to embrace this one.
