March 28, 2014
Stephen L. Goldstein
The Sun Sentinel

RE: Annuit coeptis – Look it up. It is the key to my comments on your unlinkable column about God being dead and, despite those persistent rumors about His Resurrection, Him staying dead.

My dear Professor,

First, I want to report an identity theft.

Yours.

For years there have been persistent rumors that you have multiple degrees from an Ivy League institution. Quien sabe? Maybe you rebranded yourself.

To my mind it is inconceivable that an Ivy League Alumnus
could have no idea of how this country came to be.

Each and every one of those really cool guys, AKA “The Founding Fathers”, tried to outdo the other in their obeisance to God. Each and every of them speaks about “rights”, not from any government but, rather, from God.

The historic role of government was to restrict those “rights”. What made this country exceptional was that the newly formed American government –A- codified these rights and –B- swore to enforce them for its citizens. The government said it would restrict itself from the normal aggrandizement of its power to protect its citizens. [Vide “enumerated powers” and Amendments 1 through 10. Get back to me.]

It is indeed serendipitous that even a blind hog can find the occasional truffle. You say

“The First Amendment is the ultimate libertarian credo;
it is about guaranteeing everyone free speech in every
form the authors could imagine, not about anyone’s
imposing their views on anyone else.”
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You may recall a dozen naked men masturbating in front of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral to celebrate Gay Pride Day.

Thank you for acquiescing in my right to yell “Faggot” in a crowded theatre, particularly if that odeon is featuring “La Cage aux Folles” or “Boys in the Band”, if the dreaded word police [Homosexual branch] ever permit that play to be seen in public again.

When the Founders sought “the protection of Divine Providence” were they seeking solace and succor from the town in Rhode Island or the protection of the Creator and Grantor of those “rights”, those “certain inalienable rights”? Since these “rights” are ours “from beyond the stars” mind numbed, mush-brained modern American Liberals cannot harm them as long as free men stand guard.

The Founder of the Feast has a sense of mirth that enables Him to suffer the slings and arrows of solipsistic mortals. A strong case can be made that He encourages continuing public displays of their folly to further fortify His presence.





Kevin Smith



PS – Annuit coeptis still stumps you? It means He has blessed our undertakings. The He is not George the Third and it sure as Hell ain’t Rousseau. Was it the Columbia School of Journalism and Proctology that granted you a degree?