Dr. Omed test drives his first YouTube Sermonette

Note: Since Dr. Omed is unable to figure out how to post a YouTube video to his diary (Being a relative newbie here in Kosville, I don't even know whether that's allowed, or even possible) I am reduced to posting a link to my blog, Dr. Omed's Tent Show Revival, where I have posted the YouTube Viddy. SEE IT NOW. For pilgrims and seekers who fear the possibility of being struck dumb or going blind from watching Dr. Omed blaspheming in living pixels, I'm posting the text of the Sermonette as the diary:

In these latter days of the American Republic, it has become obligatory for all national politicians to end their speeches with some variation of the phrase "God Bless America." As a patriotic true blue citizen of these United States--never mind that I'm an atheist--tonight I feel like chiming in:

God bless America.

It gives me a lift, a little effervescent lightness, to say something so theologically and morally idiotic. I'd call it a guilty pleasure, but I don't feel guilty since I "suffer" from guilt deficiency disorder. I'll say it again:

God bless America.

God bless America because we are on his team.
God bless America because the Bible tells us so.
God bless America because we like our Pilgrim's Pride chicken-fried.
God bless America because we made up our flag and now we have to lie in it.

God bless America because we are straight shooters who speak with forked tongues.
God bless America because we as a people fake it until we make it.
God bless America because we will wait until it's too late, and then try to pull a winner out of our asses. One for the gipper.

God bless America the beautiful war machine that spares no expense to see death and destruction spewed out as elegantly as supermodels striding the runway in the latest mode of fashion.
God bless America at the drive-thru of the Shock-and-Awe ordering kill boxes to go, with extra crispy corpses.

God bless everyone who had to die because they weren't on our team.

God bless the Marines, especially the dead ones.
God bless John Wayne, who played a Marine in the movies
God bless John Wayne Gacy, who claimed to be a Marine
God bless the young Marine in the noose just another rope trick to John Wayne Gacy.

God bless America because we never get tired of the same old rope trick.
God bless America because it's all about dicks.
God bless America because some of us are so stupid we take snapshots when we commit war crimes.
God bless America because some of us are so arrogant we brag about it in our email when we commit a particularly juicy act of fraud or bribery.
God bless America because we have a government of Republicans, not of laws.

God bless America...God bless America...

•  God bless America, indeed.

  I think that perhaps, if there is a Transcendant Ultimate, he or she or it may have at one time smiled upon us or tolerated us or at least acknowledged our superior culture with an "Oh, what the hell, at least they've got decent barbeque".

  These days?  I think God does not so much bless America as sit in amazment at our wondrous ability to devolve.  We have overachieved in our efforts at dis-integration.

  God bless America.

  by CJB on Fri Sep 15, 2006 at 09:57:45 PM PDT

•  Yeah, thogh I have been struck dumb and blind

  yet still, verily, mayeth mine fingers click the Recommend button.

  Yet I may not giveth unto thee the mojo thou deserveth, for thou hast posted not thy tip jar.

  by suburi on Fri Sep 15, 2006 at 10:00:29 PM PDT

•  Are you Jesus' General in disguise,

  Reverend?

  by begone on Fri Sep 15, 2006 at 10:07:19 PM PDT

•  God bless

  the principles America was founded on.

  God help us to live up to them!

  by buhdydharma on Sat Sep 16, 2006 at 12:48:34 AM PDT

•  The video

  <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VkJ3hWiGZcc"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VkJ3hWiGZcc" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>

  Dear Dr. Omed,

  YouTube, god bless them, makes it really easy to post the video. Just copy the <obect> link from the uTube page that displays your video and paste it into the diary. It works in comments, I imagine it works in the diary as well.

  God bless you.

  by hoipolloi on Sat Sep 16, 2006 at 03:10:49 AM PDT

  •  I tried that.

    I also appear to have done something in this post that has pushed everything on the sidebar down to the bottom of the comment string. I can't figure that out either.

    by The Reverend and Doctor Omed on Sat Sep 16, 2006 at 08:49:22 AM PDT

•  My apologies -- I spoke too soon

  It doesn't let you post the video. It works good in preview. Damn.

  by hoipolloi on Sat Sep 16, 2006 at 03:15:22 AM PDT

•  yea

  though I walk through the valley of pricks, I will fear no fornication...

  Your vid was a little dark.  A bit more fire and brimestone might help to lighten things a bit.

  by YetiMonk on Sat Sep 16, 2006 at 03:58:25 AM PDT

•  I'm still loading the video

  Goddessdamn dial-up!
  I just have to say I love your subtitle; I'm intrigued, and once I've seen the video, I'm going to check out the rest of your blog.

  by anniethena on Sat Sep 16, 2006 at 06:30:41 AM PDT