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

" 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. "

tHEN YOU WOULD BE WRONG AGAIN tOMMY, tOM, tOM.

It is mans soul that Jesus came to save.... Not mans corporal self.

On Dec 16, 7:54 pm, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
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> On 12/16/10, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Yes, I accidentally spelled Conservatives wrong. I should hve spelled
> > it F-A-S-C-I-S-T-S!
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> > On 12/16/10, GregfromBoston <greg.vinc...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> I argue with un-American Conservitives and Republicans daily. They
> >> constantly resort to vile and vicious name calling
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> >> You REALLY don't see the problem with that sentence, do ya
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> >> On Dec 16, 1:16 pm, GregfromBoston <greg.vinc...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>> Boo on them.  Bullshit on them
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> >>> Didja know the Constitution pays heed to a Commandment though?  I just
> >>> found it.
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> >>> Interested?
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> >>> On Dec 16, 12:58 pm, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >>> > 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
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> >>> > 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.
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> >>> > 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."
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> >>> > Yesterday Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) followed suit, complaining that
> >>> > "This is the most sacred holiday for Christians."
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> >>> > 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."
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> >>> > 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.
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> >>> >  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.
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> >>> > Adam Serwer is a staff writer at The American Prospect, where he
> >>> > writes his own blog.
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> >>> > More:http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/12/the_senate_gops_bo...
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> >>> > --
> >>> > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> >>> > Have a great day,
> >>> > Tommy- Hide quoted text -
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> > Have a great day,
> > Tommy
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> Have a great day,
> Tommy

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