Two further thoughts on the first three principles of the 912 Project:
First, it now occurs to me that there is good reason why there is no quotation from the Founding Fathers to accompany the first principle: Beck or his ghost-writers couldn’t find one.
The Founders didn’t really go in for mindless jingoism, you see. That would come later.
Second, it has also occurred to me that there may be a still more insidious meaning behind the third principle. It is worded very carefully so that it does not actually commit adherents to being fully Honest today, so long as they are more Honest than they were yesterday and they make an earnest promise to be still more Honest tomorrow.
So, some of these folks may be a lying gasbags today but, hey! You shoulda heard ‘em yesterday!
In fact, the principle can be seen as positively forbidding adherents to be fully Honest today. If they were, how could they be still more Honest tomorrow?
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