glasses. bill: where does it say in god we trust. it s in back! that is white house. there it is. bill: okay. now do you object to that? i think it s too judgmental we need something like don t spend it all in one place. that would be nice. or 40% goes to obama. bill: i like the political slogan because it might change. i just think if you take in god we trust off the currency, we should hi, and happy face. no one would be offended but the rational behind this is in god we trust is number one offensive to atheists, because they don t trust in god and its exclusion ear because there are some people that believe in many gods.
glasses. bill: where does it say in god we trust. it s in back! that is white house. there it is. bill: okay. now do you object to that? i think it s too judgmental we need something like don t spend it all in one place. that would be nice. or 40% goes to obama. bill: i like the political slogan because it might change. i just think if you take in god we trust off the currency, we should hi, and happy face. no one would be offended but the rational behind this is in god we trust is number one offensive to atheists, because they don t trust in god and its exclusion ear because there are some people that believe in many gods.
glasses. bill: where does it say in god we trust. it s in back! that is white house. there it is. bill: okay. now do you object to that? i think it s too judgmental we need something like don t spend it all in one place. that would be nice. or 40% goes to obama. bill: i like the political slogan because it might change. i just think if you take in god we trust off the currency, we should hi, and happy face. no one would be offended but the rational behind this is in god we trust is number one offensive to atheists, because they don t trust in god and its exclusion ear because there are some people that believe in many gods. all the zeus people are offended
currency that s not backed by gold and silver. no, i won t trust in god. those the writings of jared loughner, the man whose picture you see on the screen there right now. steve, a former f.b.i. assistant directer, former chief of counterterrorism in washington and is with us now from our dc bureau. steve, how do authorities go about investigating a widespread, horrific crime scene like this? you ve got federal officers involved, but it took place obviously under local jurisdiction. who takes precedence? nobody really takes precedence, john. it s done cooperatively and as a team. the f.b.i. asserts federal jurisdiction because of the shooting of a congresswoman and the killing of a federal district court judge. these are also homicide and assault investigations. so the idea is to work together
it s okay on this. finally, references to god on the u.s. currency and in the pledge of allegiance are here to state. there was a little bit of controversy around this, around 2002. a federal court reexamined that 02 case that declared that the words under god were unconstitutional because it violated the separation of church and state. after taking a second look, the same court that ruled that phrase, they say that phrase nowitis our nation by promoting patriotism, not prayer. the court also upheld the words in god we trust on the u.s. currency, considering the way we print money. the trust in god it was a joke. the whole idea is that the establishment clause, there s a lot of i m sure they have different thoughts on this. but this is really just about preventing state sponsorship of religion. you know, that exists back in the constitutional era. it doesn t mean we should strike religion from the public sphere.