Earlier, I quoted “I pledge to be of service to Barack Obama,” one of the lines uttered in this inane and creepy video, starring celebrities. A reader writes to say that another line is worse: “I pledge to be a servant of our President” — because of that word “servant.” True, considerably creepier. But then, they are servants, aren’t they?

And I think of a Bible verse: “. . . to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are . . .” Hey, is that legal? Are you allowed to quote the Bible? Will that get you arrested?

Well, it will make you a dangerous theocrat, for sure. I think of a line from somewhere in our past: Come and get me, copper.