By Laurie Baron
SAN DIEGO — Louisiana’s Republican governor has mandated the posting of the Ten Commandments in the state’s schools. When questioned whether this violated the constitutional separation of church and state, he replied that that wall was being dismantled and transferred to the border with Mexico. I wonder if what is posted will be the biblical version or the one Donald Trump issued when he was president.
- “I am the boss, your President, who brought you out of the land of the deep state, the house of bureaucratic bondage. Thou shalt have no other presidents after my election to a second term.
- “Thou shalt not make any images of me that reveal my obesity, thinning hair, or use of a tanning bed.”
- “Thou shalt not badmouth me because I always punch back harder.”
- “Remember the weekend because on those days God rested and went golfing.”
- Honor your father’s lawyer for he was a Kohen. We all need our Cohns.
- Thou shalt not kill your enemies if you can lock them up.
- “Thou shalt not commit adultery unless she’s hot and signs an NDA.”
- “Thou shalt not steal elections if you’re a commie Democrat.
- “Thou shalt not disseminate fake news about me.”
- “Thou shalt covet my brain, wealth, and wife.”
Updated from my “Humoring the Headlines” column, San Diego Jewish World, April 27, 2018.
Laurie Baron is professor emeritus at San Diego State University.
Had to smile at that one, Don. On the other hand, how sad that one man can violate every one of those sacred Commandments so blatantly,
When referring to Individual One, “president” should always be lower case and in quotation marks.