Keith Ellison to take oath of office on Koran, Q'uran, Korn, whatever

2006-11-30 07:25:29

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kr@cker: Bringin' Sexy Back!; +581|6560|Southeastern USA

Who gives a fuck, if it's what he believes in let him do it. If he believes "green eggs and ham" is the supreme book of god, let him use that. Why the hell would taking an oath to a god you don't believe in be binding at all. (for those that don't know, he's our newly elected muslim congressman)

I would like to know if he expects all of congress to come to a screeching halt 5 times a day while he prays. that and whether he wants to make the koran the supreme law in the US.

I tried to get you a link, but it's hard to surf here, i just get a few thousand blogs when i search.

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2006-11-30 07:28:18

#2

jsnipy: ...; +3,276|6533|...

Actually i had to coordinate with a Mulsim project team lead and he always on schedule ... even with praying 5 times a day.

2006-11-30 07:30:02

#3

kr@cker: Bringin' Sexy Back!; +581|6560|Southeastern USA

I had thought it was only 3 times until a few weeks ago, i don't know how many of the prayers occur in a normal working day. Of course, most of congress is doing good to show up for work in the first place, i doubt stopping to pray would hold things up much. Maybe interrupt Byrd drooling all over the podium as he filibusters.

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2006-11-30 07:33:59

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Erkut.hv: Member; +124|6746|California

Wonder if the atheist brigade will come up out against it. Oh, that's right, they only attack Christians. Muslims might actually do something to you. Take the safe protest route.

At this point, he could make Congress succumb to sharia, and none of them would protest out of fear of being called "intolerant".

2006-11-30 07:34:07

#5

usmarine2007: Banned; +374|6378|Columbus, Ohio

It's not like congress does anything quickly anyway.

2006-11-30 07:53:53

#6

kr@cker: Bringin' Sexy Back!; +581|6560|Southeastern USA

http://www.startribune.com/462/story/806300.html

here's a pretty clean link, don't know much about the star tribune though

2006-11-30 08:59:28

#7

ATG: Banned; +5,233|6540|Global Command

Heres another.

http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/ … 52406.html

2006-11-30 11:41:11

#8

Masques: Black Panzer Party; +184|6733|Eastern PA

According to this, Reps aren't sworn in on any kind of holy text, but rather the US Constitution. Later in the link it says that sometimes house members pose for a photo-op with a holy book.

2006-11-30 11:45:56

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kr@cker: Bringin' Sexy Back!; +581|6560|Southeastern USA

yes, but they use a bible more for personal reasons, that and it's political suicide in most districts not to, officially it's not part of the process, but elected officials are free to use any text they choose.

2006-11-30 11:53:23

#10

Major_Spittle: Banned; +276|6666|United States of America

at first I didn't find this upsetting, but now that I thought about it I couldn't give a rats ass. Who knows, the bible sure the hell hasn't been working so maybe the Quaran will.

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2006-11-30 11:54:07

#11

Erkut.hv: Member; +124|6746|California

kr@cker wrote:
yes, but they use a bible more for personal reasons, that and it's political suicide in most districts not to, officially it's not part of the process, but elected officials are free to use any text they choose.

So I could us an issue of Penthouse, if I felt it was an important book to me? Think of the press you would get.

2006-11-30 12:08:36

#12

kr@cker: Bringin' Sexy Back!; +581|6560|Southeastern USA

I'd vote for you just to see that

2006-11-30 12:12:53

#13

GunSlinger OIF II: Banned.; +1,860|6655

what ever floats his boat.

2006-11-30 15:33:08

#14

Stingray24: Proud member of the vast right-wing conspiracy; +1,060|6456|The Land of Scott Walker

This article pretty much sums up my feelings on the subject.

http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/Denn … ments=true

2006-11-30 15:40:07

#15

JahManRed: wank; +646|6639|IRELAND

kr@cker wrote:
I would like to know if he expects all of congress to come to a screeching halt 5 times a day while he prays. that and whether he wants to make the koran the supreme law in the US.

5 times a day @10m= 50min/day

50min/day X 7 days a week=350min or 6 hours PER WEEK.

We take a whole 24 hours off on Sundays to sit on our asses and I know for one, I only pray to the god of beer and cheep women.

2006-11-30 17:09:05

#16

kr@cker: Bringin' Sexy Back!; +581|6560|Southeastern USA

my church services only lasted about an hour, twice a day on sundays

anyway, the reason i posted this was the emergence of asshat whiners like this

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articl … _deci.html

from a completely historical, clinical perspective, what good does it do to have someone swear upon a religious icon they have no faith in?

of course, it does teach that it's ok to lie to your enemies, and in allahs eyes it's not a lie, but if you have issues with that that's another debate.

2006-11-30 18:34:14

#17

Doctor Strangelove: Real Battlefield Veterinarian.; +1,758|6479

So the koran. Big deal its pretty similar to the Bible but with less sex and violence.

Stephen Colbert being sworn in on Alpha Squad Seven: Lady Nocturn: a Tek Jenson Aventure will however be a big deal.

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