Thursday, January 27, 2005
Cheap Ironies Dept.
These guys make it too easy:
Why should we be surprised that the same people whose idea of religion is persecuting others and spreading hate, also think that ethics means misrepresenting oneself in print while secretly ripping off the taxpayer? Is there any virtue they haven't prostituted by now?
Salon has confirmed that Michael McManus, a marriage advocate whose syndicated column, "Ethics & Religion," appears in 50 newspapers, was hired as a subcontractor by the Department of Health and Human Services to foster a Bush-approved marriage initiative. McManus championed the plan in his columns without disclosing to readers he was being paid to help it succeed.
Why should we be surprised that the same people whose idea of religion is persecuting others and spreading hate, also think that ethics means misrepresenting oneself in print while secretly ripping off the taxpayer? Is there any virtue they haven't prostituted by now?
