April 6, 2007

I finally realized what that 10 Commandments monument reminds me of.

I did a post the other day about the Ten Commandments monument, with photos showing how it's positioned on the grounds of the Texas state capitol.

Ten Commandments monument

I said I didn't think putting it by the side of the road like that was very respectful. (Of course, the disrespect helps make it constitutional!) But yesterday it dawned on me exactly what it reminded me of: a speaker machine at a drive-up fast food restaurant.

I'll have the adultery.

Would you like a graven image with that?

11 comments:

Laura Reynolds said...

If thou can read this sign you are driving too slow.

MadisonMan said...

Only if you're driving on the wrong side of the road. Which somehow makes it an even more apt observation.

Simon said...

The photos have tended to reinforce the idea that for political reasons, Justice Breyer wanted to come out one way in one case and the other in the other, and that he made that decision before figuring out (1) how and (2) which case he'd vote for and which against. In view of these photographs, I find it quite difficult to take Justice Breyer's position in those cases seriously. Still, better to have him along for one than none, I suppose.

MadisonMan said...

I'll have the adultery.

By the way, I read that as I'll have the idolatry several times before seeing the words you wrote.

Bissage said...

It's true. Before he made it big in Hollywood, Charlton Heston worked the drive-through at a Wendy's.

Weird!

Ann Althouse said...

There are lots of pictures of the better monuments in my Austin photoset. But of course, I'm paying special attention to this one. It was the basis of a Supreme Court case that I teach every year!

By the way, you're not allowed to drive your car up along that road at all. There are police cars blocking the roads into the grounds.

Simon said...

^ And now you have some additional material to include in the discussion. ;)

hdhouse said...

Hold the mayo.

Peter Hoh said...

I wonder what the anti-Althousiana take on this post will be.

hdhouse said...

I'm curious to know, and I asked this before, did Breyer see pictures of the monument as per Ann's photos or was he relying on a physical description....and what of that...I have no knowledge of this...are photographs part of the submission?

Ann Althouse said...

It's the same monument! I have three pictures (go to the earlier post). I'm trying to show the setting and how different it is from what you'd picture reading description in the written opinion.