Amendment-to-Be

Posted at 8:57 am on Wednesday, December 29, 2004, in Uncategorized, and tagged bush.

From Simpsons episode “The Day the Violence Died.”

Boy: [spoken] Hey, who left all this garbage lying on the steps of Congress?

Amendment: [spoken] I’m not garbage.

I’m an amendment to be

Yes, an amendment to be

And I’m hoping that they’ll ratify me

There’s a lot of flag burners

Who have got too much freedom

I wanna make it legal

For policemen

To beat ‘em

‘Cause there’s limits to our liberties

‘Least I hope and pray that there are

‘Cause those liberal freaks go too far.

Boy: [spoken] But why can’t we just make a law against flag burning?

Amendment: [spoken] Because that law would be unconstitutional. But if we _changed_ the Constitution…

Boy: [spoken] Then we could make all sorts of crazy laws!

Amendment: [spoken] Now you’re catching on!

Boy: [spoken] But what if they say you’re not good enough to be in the Constitution?

Amendment:

Then I’ll destroy all opposition to me

And I’ll make Ted Kennedy pay

If he fights back

I’ll say that he’s gay

Big Fat Guy/Politician: [running up] Good news, Amendment! They ratified ‘ya. You’re in the U.S. Constitution!

Amendment: Oh, yeah! Door’s open, boys!

[many bills and amendments run in, guns a-shooting and bombs a-flying]

Source: The Simpsons Archive

This episode originally aired in March 1996. How well does it correlate to the recent gay marriage amendment proposed by Bush?

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