P.J. O'Rourke's Alternate-World Inaugural Address

I can't imagine you haven't already seen this, but if you haven't, let me recommend you read it immediately:

And then there is the Tenth Commandment. "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor's." The Ten Commandments are God's basic rules about how we should live--a brief list of sacred obligations and solemn moral precepts. The first nine Commandments concern theological principles and social law. But then, right at the end, is "Don't envy your buddy's cow." How did that make the top ten? What's it doing there? Why would God, with just ten things to tell Moses, choose as one of those things jealousy about the starter mansion with in-ground pool next door?

Not really clear how he went from one premise (spoofing the Inaugural) to another (The Ten Commandments), but hey, it's funny either way.

posted by Ace at 11:47 PM

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