Courtesy of Unscrewing the Inscrutable, comes this video of Stephen Colbert interviewing Georgia Congressman Lynn Westmoreland about a Bill he sponsored for putting the Ten Commandments up in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Wtach what happens when he asks the Congresscritter to name them. Colbert's final comment is priceless.
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The Ten Commandments. They are so important to our civilization, they should always be in front of us -- always. In our churches. Our homes. Our bars. Our whorehouses. Even in the Houses of Congress. If we don't know them, how can we be decent Americans?
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