Friday, December 17, 2010

Re: Un-American Republican Obstruction: The Senate GOP's bore on Christmas

Sanctimonious fools. What about all the other religious holidays?
Blatant foot dragging by bringing Jesus into the Theocratic Fundie
"Christian" fraud. I am sure Jesus would want all of us to have a
warm place to lay our weary heads and have food to eat...rather than
starve and be homeless on His birthday.

On 12/16/10, Tommy News <tommysnews@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, I accidentally spelled Conservatives wrong. I should hve spelled
> it F-A-S-C-I-S-T-S!
>
>
> On 12/16/10, GregfromBoston <greg.vincent@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I argue with un-American Conservitives and Republicans daily. They
>> constantly resort to vile and vicious name calling
>> -------------------------
>>
>> You REALLY don't see the problem with that sentence, do ya
>>
>> On Dec 16, 1:16 pm, GregfromBoston <greg.vinc...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Boo on them. Bullshit on them
>>>
>>> Didja know the Constitution pays heed to a Commandment though? I just
>>> found it.
>>>
>>> Interested?
>>>
>>> On Dec 16, 12:58 pm, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > I argue with un-American Conservitives and Republicans daily. They
>>> > constantly resort to vile and vicious name calling, hate, lies and
>>> > smear, twisted pretzel glue logic, hateful personal attacks, and
>>> > childish bullying against me, Progressives, Democrats, Immmigrants,
>>> > Muslims, Jews, Gays, and President Obama at every turn. I get how hard
>>> > and discouraging it is to fight these selfish, officious, pathetic
>>> > blockheads first hand. Happy Holidays anyway. -T
>>>
>>> > The Senate GOP's bore on Christmas
>>> > By Adam Serwer
>>> > The clearest sign that Republican obstructionists in the Senate are
>>> > becoming desperate as a result of the increasing likelihood that much
>>> > of the Democratic lame-duck agenda might actually pass is their
>>> > pathetic attempt to politicize Christmas.
>>>
>>> > On Tuesday, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), whose attempts to derail
>>> > ratification of the new START treaty through frivolous objections
>>> > appear to be failing, whined that keeping Congress in session right up
>>> > until the holidays would be "disrespecting one of the two holiest of
>>> > holidays for Christians."
>>>
>>> > Yesterday Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) followed suit, complaining that
>>> > "This is the most sacred holiday for Christians."
>>>
>>> > As many others have pointed out, most Americans, Christian or
>>> > otherwise, work around the holidays. DeMint also rather blatantly
>>> > screwed up his theology while trying to find an arbitrary excuse to
>>> > whine about Congress doing its job -- Christmas is pointedly not the
>>> > most sacred holiday for Christians, Easter is. As if that weren't
>>> > craven enough, DeMint flatly admitted yesterday that his efforts right
>>> > now are focused on trying to "run out the clock."
>>>
>>> > I'm a nice Jewish boy, and I don't have a dog in this fight, but this
>>> > strikes me as one of the more egregious instances of conservatives
>>> > deploying religion as little more than a culture war weapon. If
>>> > Senators like DeMint find working around Christmas "sacrilegious,"
>>> > they should stop obstructing the Senate's business so they can all go
>>> > home.
>>>
>>> > It's rather clear though, that DeMint and Kyl, like their Democratic
>>> > colleagues, think their obligations in the Senate are more important
>>> > than arbitrary lengthy leisure time around the holidays, or they
>>> > wouldn't be so committed to "running out the clock." While I find
>>> > their priorities frustrating, objectively speaking, senators should
>>> > consider their duties more important than getting a few extra days
>>> > off. But it also means Democrats aren't being any more "sacrilegious"
>>> > than Republicans are.
>>>
>>> > Adam Serwer is a staff writer at The American Prospect, where he
>>> > writes his own blog.
>>>
>>> > More:http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/12/the_senate_gops_bo...
>>>
>>> > --
>>> > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
>>> > Have a great day,
>>> > Tommy- Hide quoted text -
>>>
>>> - Show quoted text -
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> Have a great day,
> Tommy
>


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Have a great day,
Tommy

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