OT: More broadcast journalism (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

>I thought they only proved that if the Antichrist weighs the same as a
duck, he is also a witch.

Always my understanding.

But aren't we being a little sexist in our pronouns?
JL

On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:

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> > > > And it's something else again for an American to
> > > > suspect that the President of the United States, duly elected by
> > tens
> > >of
> > > > millions of fellow citizens and vetted by an established national
> > >party is really
> > > > [the Antichrist].
> > > >
> > >True.  But on the other hand, if you were the Antichrist, wouldn't
> you
> > >incarnate yourself as a the President, use your Antichrist powers to
> > get
> > >millions of people to vote for you, and put your Antichrist buddies
> in
> > >power in an established national party to vet you?  This seems a lot
> > >more likely than Antichristing at McDonald's by carrying the trash to
> > >the dumpster.
> >
> > Wasn't that theory discredited in 1692, when it was finally
> > determined (after the trials were halted) that the Antichrist could
> > not take the form of an innocent person without that person's
> > cooperation?
> >
> I thought they only proved that if the Antichrist weighs the same as a
> duck, he is also a witch.
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