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Australia's new leader is
a realist
Why can't we elect somebody who believes in reality?
When Julia Gillard became
Australia's first
female prime minister last week she quickly earned
international
headlines and received a congratulatory call from President
Obama for her accomplishment.
Now it turns out she's broken another barrier that, for American voters
at least,
would be far more daunting than her gender: She doesn't believe in God.
"No, I don't," she told
an interviewer at Australia's national radio, ABC (Australian
Broadcasting Corp.)
who asked her point blank if she believed in God. "I'm not a religious person."
"I was brought up in the Baptist Church, but during my adult life I've
found a different path.
I'm of course a great respecter of religious beliefs, but they're not
my beliefs.
Why can't we have a logical,
scientific president?
In America, you can't get elected unless you proclaim yourself to be
religiously insane.
I'd rather vote for a candidate who
believed in UFOs or believed Elvis was alive than one
who believed the idiotic notion that some Invisible Cloud Being spends
his time watching us.
A shot of Chinaco for Julia Gillard
and a shot for the people of Australia for electing her.
You guys traded in your nutbag Bush bastard for a scientist?
Damn, I'm jealous.