text: Hmm...I don't wear an earring (I did as a teenager).  I oppose gun control, abortion on demand and state accommodation of "gay" marriage.  I'm not a "vegan".  I have a beard, but it's for religious reasons, not because I'm a hippie.  I believe in God.  And I think the Messiah (alayhis-Salaam) would agree more with what Shannyn wrote than with what you did.  He reserved his harshest condemnation for hypocrites:
  
  "WOE on you, Scribes and Pharisees, HYPOCRITES!  You refuse to enter the Kingdom of God, and would hold the door against the children of men who would enter!" (Matthew 23:14).
  
  It's fitting in this context to mention that other translations (mine is based on the Aramaic bible in plain English) include the denunciation: "You devour widows' homes and say long prayers as pious posturing"!  That's our oily senators to a 'T'.  Perhaps substitute "pioneers' homes" for "widows' homes".
  
  BTW--Rudy is a buddy of mine.  I don't appreciate you taking his name in vain.