Wow, that’s weird.
Our President, giving an excellent and hard-hitting speech about our economy, used two very blatantly religious analogies that are key to two very different religions.
First of all, he very correctly and boldly identifies the key problem with our economy: it’s built on bullshit and a ridiculous level of inequality.
Then he gets to the solution:
- The Sermon on the Mount (a central teaching of Christianity)
- and The Five Pillars of Islam
WTF?
This guy is a master at mash-ups. I guess it’s inclusive, which is nice, and will either pull in right-wingers or make their heads explode, but it seems kind of weird to me too– and unnecessary.
His economic analysis is spot-on, but what’s up with all the religious hoo-hah thrown in there?
