Some politically influential backers of intelligent design warned that U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III, who was appointed by President Bush, so overreached that his ruling would outrage and inflame millions of conservative and religiously observant Americans.

“This decision is a poster child for a half-century secularist reign of terror that’s coming to a rapid end with Justice Roberts and soon-to-be Justice Alito,” said Richard Land, who is president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and is a political ally of White House adviser Karl Rove. “This was an extremely injudicious judge who went way, way beyond his boundaries — if he had any eyes on advancing up the judicial ladder, he just sawed off the bottom rung.” (Read full article…)

“Princess Amidala: You assume too much.” (From Star Wars)

It’s almost funny how deluded the truly neo-con fundementalist christians are when it comes to their followers. I imagine that *they* imagine some vast multi-million field of villagers behind them, rallying to their war cries with pitch forks in hand.

I have no problem with people who believe almost anything… I have a huge problem with pricks like this Richard Land who presume to speak for millions of more or less cool, normal people.

I also have a big problem with our spineless congress who hear the threat of this mass of pitchforked villagers and are stupid enough to believe that they a) exist and b) will vote them out of office.