Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be

November 14, 2009 8:53 PM

Onion: Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be: "Mortensen said his admiration for the loose assemblage of vague half-notions he calls the Constitution has only grown over time. He believes that each detail he has pulled from thin air—from prohibitions on sodomy and flag-burning, to mandatory crackdowns on immigrants, to the right of citizens not to have their hard-earned income confiscated in the form of taxes—has contributed to making it the best framework for governance 'since the Ten Commandments.'"
posted by WCityMike (8 comments total)

BOTO
posted by pompomtom at 8:56 PM on November 14, 2009

SLOP. This isn't what I'd call bringing your game, WCityMike.
posted by mumkin at 8:58 PM on November 14, 2009

That was a great Onion article, all right.
posted by yhbc at 8:58 PM on November 14, 2009

Surely you know what response a single-link Onion article is going to get, WCityMike. What are you doing here?
posted by Caduceus at 9:01 PM on November 14, 2009

I had sauteed onion in my dinner earlier.
posted by Babblesort at 9:02 PM on November 14, 2009

Metafilter user posts Onion story in poorly reasoned belief that it comprises a good post.
posted by boo_radley at 9:03 PM on November 14, 2009 [1 favorite]

Babblesort: "I had sauteed onion in my dinner earlier."

I had diced raw onion in mine.
posted by idiopath at 9:04 PM on November 14, 2009

YES
posted by docpops at 9:04 PM on November 14, 2009