God Bless Kentucky (It's The Law)

Funny, Kentucky always seemed so sane and level-headed; no, wait...

LEXINGTON, Ky. – A lawmaker says the state's Homeland Security office should be crediting God with keeping the state safe.

State Rep. Tom Riner, a Southern Baptist minister who was instrumental in establishing that requirement in 2006, disapproves of the fact that Homeland Security doesn't currently mention God in its mission statement or on its Web site.

The law passed under former Gov. Ernie Fletcher, who prominently credited God in annual reports to state leaders. But Gov. Steve Beshear's administration didn't credit God in its 2008 Homeland Security report issued last month.

"We certainly expect it to be there, of course," Riner, D-Louisville, told the Lexington Herald-Leader.

The law that organized the Homeland Security office first lists Homeland Security's duty to recognize that government itself can't secure the state without God, even before mentioning other duties, which include distributing millions of dollars in federal grants and analyzing possible threats.

I remember when Republicans vilified Joe Biden during the election for saying that paying higher taxes is patriotic but I've heard considerably less from them about this asshole wasting taxpayer money and time by insisting on acknowledging his god before distributing funds for protection programs or assessing terror threats; why does right-wing hypocrisy still surprise me?