The Comment thread on the DeLay post below was growing a bit ponderous from the richness of thoughtful "debate" filling it, so I thought I'd refresh. A few of my own thoughts:

1. What, really, is the point of engaging in half-assed biblical exegesis on the comment thread of an obscure blog?

a. DeLay doesn't give two shits about the Bible or the teachings of Christ. He cares about money, power, and half-repressed yearning for his own death.

b. The trolls don't give two shits about the Bible or the teachings of Christ. They care about cheering for kick-ass Team, the kick-ass Candidate, the kick-ass Bloviator, and the kick-ass Jesus. They're titillated by mass killing, mass shouting, mass fun, mass Rapturing. Big Showdowns between Bush and Saddam, the Packers and the Saints, God and Satan, the Righteous and the Traitors, Men and Girlie-Men, etc.

2. Everyone knows that theo-fascist frontmen like DeLay speak in code to "the Base" (in Arabic: "al Qaeda"). One needn't parse the literal, analogical, moral, or anagogical levels of Scripture to understand that when DeLay gets up on national TV and starts talking about rocks and sands, those who stand firm and those who get swept away, those "who have ears to hear" get the message: that the beaches of Asia have for far too long been rife with little brown Buddhists, Hindus, and (gasp) Muslims, who--because they've not let the Savior into their hearts--have been languishing in the very festering, impoverished festeringness which breeds the terr'ists who come and attack us. Yes, it's a heartfelt message of sympathy: I'm genuinely sorry you didn't have the True God on your side, and now you're fucked. But perhaps it's not too late to turn to Him.

3. What is a "dush"?