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TZ

(42,998 posts)
Fri Jun 29, 2012, 01:13 PM Jun 2012

Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be

ESCONDIDO, CA—Spurred by an administration he believes to be guilty of numerous transgressions, self-described American patriot Kyle Mortensen, 47, is a vehement defender of ideas he seems to think are enshrined in the U.S. Constitution and principles that brave men have fought and died for solely in his head.

Kyle Mortensen would gladly give his life to protect what he says is the Constitution's very clear stance against birth control.

"Our very way of life is under siege," said Mortensen, whose understanding of the Constitution derives not from a close reading of the document but from talk-show pundits, books by television personalities, and the limitless expanse of his own colorful imagination. "It's time for true Americans to stand up and protect the values that make us who we are."

According to Mortensen—an otherwise mild-mannered husband, father, and small-business owner—the most serious threat to his fanciful version of the 222-year-old Constitution is the attempt by far-left "traitors" to strip it of its religious foundation.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/area-man-passionate-defender-of-what-he-imagines-c,2849/
Old article but very relevant right now. LOLOL. The Onion is hilarious because its so true...

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Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be (Original Post) TZ Jun 2012 OP
K & R nt Guy Whitey Corngood Jun 2012 #1
This remains my all-time favorite Onion article arcane1 Jun 2012 #2
This is mine . . . fortune tellers, the Onion are: HughBeaumont Jun 2012 #4
This one remains my favorite Time magazine cover ever. Guy Whitey Corngood Jun 2012 #5
How did the Onion write an article on every Conservative I'm friends with? HughBeaumont Jun 2012 #3
A Classic Piece, Sir The Magistrate Jun 2012 #6
Sadly, I've heard this in the flesh nadinbrzezinski Jun 2012 #7
My favorite is "Reagan Says 'Just Say No to Dogs'." HopeHoops Jun 2012 #8
Priceless, never read this one DainBramaged Jun 2012 #9
I've seen this guy before in The Onion SCantiGOP Jun 2012 #10
 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
7. Sadly, I've heard this in the flesh
Fri Jun 29, 2012, 02:23 PM
Jun 2012

I carry one. I even challenged a fan of this line of thought to point Christ in the preamble.

Apparently I had a liberal distortion of the holy writ...I wish this was a joke, but it's taken on that air of holy writ.

 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
8. My favorite is "Reagan Says 'Just Say No to Dogs'."
Fri Jun 29, 2012, 04:27 PM
Jun 2012

It starts out with "My yellow Americans" and ends with "PILL LADY!"

DainBramaged

(39,191 posts)
9. Priceless, never read this one
Fri Jun 29, 2012, 04:30 PM
Jun 2012

He believes that each detail he has pulled from thin air—from prohibitions on sodomy and flag-burning, to mandatory crackdowns on immigrants, to the right of citizens not to have their hard-earned income confiscated in the form of taxes—has contributed to making it the best framework for governance "since the Ten Commandments."

SCantiGOP

(13,879 posts)
10. I've seen this guy before in The Onion
Fri Jun 29, 2012, 04:38 PM
Jun 2012

They had an article in 2004 about how Bush had totally locked up the "stupid fucking moron" demographic. And Romney will win it big again this year.

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