Monday, September 10, 2007

A Clockwork Tucker


When self-loathing bloviator Tucker Carlson is not out organizing "Tucker Squads" and policing pubic bathrooms with his Droogs, he's preaching religious intolerance over at MSNBC. Trying to rain on the parade of a Wiccan who won a lottery jackpot, he offered this:

"...You're saying basically the U.S. government is subsidizing some kind of devil worshiper, Satanism ... That's perfect."

As skillfully pointed out over at Wild Hunt, this is not the first time Tucker has parroted Dominionist taking points. But it seems what really got Tucker's panties in a twist was the fact that the winner of the lottery, accountant and part-time teacher of Wicca Elwood "Bunky" Bartlett, actually prayed to Pagan Gods and Goddesses for the win:

...Bartlett, an accountant from Dundalk, said he made a bargain with the multiple gods associated with his Wiccan beliefs: "You let me win the lottery and I'll teach." Both tickets he purchased had numbers chosen randomly from the computer....

Now he can teach Wicca full time. What a beautful way to honor the Goddess and God...and piss off lots of Dominionsts in the process! Heh!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

What is he talking about 'the U.S. government is "subsidizing" some kind of devil worshiper, Satanism...'
I thought that the $$$ payments from the lottery came from those who paid into it by purchasing tickets. What part comes from 'subsidizing'?
And I love how he is so damned ignorant of wicca.