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Three words: Philadelphia Fucking MIssissippi.

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Newt should return his doctorate in history to Tulane University if he's not planning on using it.

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History Ph.D.s -- the real ones -- tend to take the longest time to earn, about 8-10 years, I've heard.

Newt got an M.A. and Ph.D. in six years, including a year he was teaching full time. In western Georgia.

David Barton's honorary Ph.D. from PCC was based on two years of Vacation Bible School.

[By the way, is there <i>really</i> a university in Arkansas?]

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<a href="http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch\?v=l7iVsdRbhnc" target="_blank">Opponents beware, opponents beware...he's coming, he's coming, he's coming...</a>

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Also opposed to the death penalty. Especially toward the end.

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There is no "I" in "Newt."

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Those kids of yours are going to do just fine in whatever world we leave them.

With that said, there is no excuse for not trying to leave it better shape than we received it.

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Nuh-uh. Check it out - John 21:11 - 153 fish, for only 7 of the apostles. That's better than 21 per.

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My second job is two long blocks away from Pensacola Christian College. This town is so chock full of mentally unstable Christian fanatics that the Southern Baptist young-earth creationists are the moderates, relatively speaking. Beat-up cars have all-upper case bumper stickers with fire-and-brimstone bible quotes, or (my favorite): IF IT AIN'T KING JAMES IT AIN'T BIBLE.

The students from PCC I see walking off campus are gruesomely wholesome. The women are required to wear long skirts. Male-female physical contact is prohibited. The place has the culture of a madrassa, with academic rigor and open-mindedness to match.

An honorary Ph.D. from PCC is obviously a formidable credential for a historian.

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"Because it's written, that's why."

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Every Republican since 1968?

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Yeah but I bet you didn't get an honorary MD either. They usually reserve those for barber-surgeons, specifically the guy or gal who shampoos your head with an awesome scalp massage.

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JC was always talking about kings and how He was a King of Kings, so I bet He wouldn't be big on democracy, either.

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Hey Barton, I had breakfast with Jesus this morning and he said that the poor need a helping hand not a slap in the face. Of course the son of a bitch left me with the bill but that’s my problem.

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Shouldn't 'WallBuilders, an Evangelical organization devoted to breaking down the barrier between church and state,' be named 'WallRemovers'?

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