Gettysburg Address - 2010 Version

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

I expect nothing holy or noble in war, so its reality does not surprise or shock me.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

My days are filled with good things, so it is also good to spend some time with you who make it all possible. Otherwise there arises that dread possibility of too much of a good thing (hah! Can there really be such?). Whatever. Slowing enough to appreciate the goodness, however, permits some perspective and allows me to distinguish between good things, and, to avoid that paradoxical possibility of o-d’ing on goodness. Life is good! Yeah!
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“Don’t go ballistic on me, Pete. I just meant I have to take on the Jerusalem establishment.”

[I doubt that “ballistic” was in His vocabulary. Taking on the establishment, perhaps.]

D. Blog: Un-quoting Lincoln

“…and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” -- President Abraham Lincoln, November, 1863

The Supreme Court decision of 2010 un-quotes him:

“and that government of corporations, by corporations, for corporations, shall not be limited in any way whatsoever.”