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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:31 PM Original message |
Shocker! House votes 372 - 9 to recognize the importance of Christianity & Christmas. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. unbelievable-- I'm speechless.... |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. Santa/Frosty '08!!!!!!!!! |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 08:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
75. Flying Spaghetti Monster in 08 needs no running mate. |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. Christ on a cracker |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
63. It seems not..we're living |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. Woolsey and Lee never disappoint. |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. why would they do that? |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 02:42 AM Response to Reply #5 |
58. Maybe they read DU |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
6. The congress is highly overpaid if this is all they have time for. |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. Hear that? It's the sound of the reality based world laughing |
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stellanoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. and this issue require precedence. . .why. . .? |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 02:06 AM Response to Reply #8 |
70. Why does it require precedence on DU? |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. Can you audibly roll your eyes? |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
10. As a Christian I would have prefered that a vote to bring home |
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RiverStone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. Now are they going to vote on the importance of... |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:59 AM Response to Reply #11 |
51. yea right |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
12. Thank goodness they got this in. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Yep. Now I understand why there is no time for impeachment. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 01:55 AM Response to Reply #20 |
67. That's right, they're way, way, WAAAAY too busy for impeachment. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
13. Hey, something the Block & Blame Republicans can agree on |
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tomg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
14. Damn you, Bill O'Reilly! |
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zippy890 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 05:49 AM Response to Reply #14 |
74. really- just when I thought we'd won |
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spirit of wine (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
15. Watch now-- Opposite Effect Will Soon Occur |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
16. I think it is an indication that the rabid brand of christianity is fading . Unfortunately I think |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
17. Co-sponsors |
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southerncrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
18. WTF? Why are they voting on nonsense like this? |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
60. That's my thinking here. WTF? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
19. Kucinich voted yes... |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I knew he would do something wrong eventually. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. lol |
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RiverStone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. WTF!!!!! Explain this...???? |
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balantz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. Outrageous, like the Ron Paul thing. And I kind of like Dennis. |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
49. holy fundie batshit, batman! |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
21. toture, impeachment, rule of law,corruption, illegal invasions, these things apparently don't matter |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
23. You left out the 10 who didn't have the balls to take a stand: |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:09 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Maybe they thought it |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Yep. I would've voted present--or not at all. |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 02:00 AM Response to Reply #23 |
68. Actually there was a reason they voted present: |
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southerncrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
24. I godda reply to this again. Would the purpose of this be to see |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. You got it, grist for O'Reichley's Mill (and all the rest of the Bush Infoganda Team) |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
64. Bingo |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
25. And xtrians on this board wonder why their faith is sometimes put down? |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
26. All those motherfuckers who voted yes can go fuck themselves... |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Even DK? |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:16 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Yes even DK, especially DK, he should have known better. n/t |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
29. The FEAR behind this vote is disgusting. Absolutely disgusting. |
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RiverStone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
34. WE deserve to know where every DEM running for Pres stands on this.... |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
36. 9 disgusting atheistic anti-americans |
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balantz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
37. This really troubles me, like the idea of a state religion. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
39. I wrote my congressman, much good it'll do... |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:00 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Did you forward that to Kucinich? |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:01 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I didn't. But I could. Just sent it to the idiot who "represents" me. nt |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:13 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. I was shocked he voted for it |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 01:04 AM Response to Reply #39 |
52. great letter |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
42. Sad, but not surprising |
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balantz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
43. Does this give our government the "legal" right to defend |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:17 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. I trust they'll be handing out guns to churches now. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
45. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion" |
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trashcanistanista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 01:52 AM Response to Reply #45 |
54. Good point, is |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
47. This is bizarre: My Congressman, Keith Ellison, famous as the first Muslim in |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
48. I can't believe Kucinich voted for this stinker. |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
50. DeGette! Good for her! |
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trashcanistanista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
53. First the non objection in |
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ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
55. More proof... |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:25 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. ! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
56. Sure --- it's an important money-maker --- Global Warming . .. not so much!!! Keep lies going!!! |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
57. So does this mean the War on Christmas(TM) has officially been won? |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
61. Whoa - Mike Pence only answered "Present"? |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
62. Christianity needed a Congressional vote to prove its importance? |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
65. thank you Pete |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
66. self delete |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
69. jesus fucking christ |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 02:14 AM Response to Original message |
71. It's official: we live in bizarro world. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
72. If they were voting to reconize homeless and poor people it would be 9 -372. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 05:44 AM Response to Original message |
73. There were also a bunch who voted present, including oddly enough |
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Judge_Mental (52 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
76. What an embarrassment. n/t |
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yasmina27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
77. Un-frikken-believable! n/t |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
78. Now stores will put up all kinds of Christmas crap and expect us to go shopping.... |
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