A quote from the Mikey’s Army article grabbed my attention:
Like many of the foundation’s members, Bragman says the current political climate in the United States is alarming. Many members of Congress don’t want to be perceived as anti-Christian or anti-religion. Bragman says he’s not surprised that the Bush government “is getting away with so much.”
These Congressmen that don’t want to be perceived as “anti-Christian” or “anti-religion” would rather be perceived as anti-American. And why not, those very same Americans keep voting them back into office.
This is a continuation of last week’s article. Interestingly, I went by my local spot to get the Independent this past Monday and it was all gone. I stopped at several other stores that carry the Independent over the next few days and couldn’t find a copy. I wonder where they went?
The CSIndy comes out on Thursdays and I usually stop by the local store and get my copy Thursday evening. I didn’t do that last Thursday and wasn’t able to get tothe store until Monday evening. Now, normally, this store still has some copies of the CSindy in stock until Wednesday. This must have been a really popular issue.
For other officials, including members of Congress, it specifies they “shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation to support this constitution.” At the start of each new U.S. Congress, in January of every odd-numbered year, those newly elected or re-elected Congressmen – the entire House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate – must recite an oath:
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.
I wonder if we could try the entire Congress for malfeasance?
Jay Fawcett has dropped in on the Drinking Liberally crowd several times in the past few months. Jay is planning to run for Congress as a Democrat, in a district that is registered as 46% Republican and votes over 60% Republican. I think there is one elected Democratic official in the entire area covered by Colorado’s 5th Congressional District. He was just elected as a state representative of the largely liberal Manitou Springs district, and it was a squeaker (before that there hadn’t been any elected Democrats in the 5th Congressional for ten years or more, I think.) Continue reading Questions for a potential Representative→
Does being a Gold Medal Winner mean that you have to be effusively communicative with the people whom paid $600M to broadcast the games?
NBC’s interview with Shani Davis after he won the gold medal in the 1000 meter skating event was disgusting at best.
I don’t think anyone is obligated to provide the media with an interview (unless contractually obligated, I know that the pros can get dinged for not giving interviews, but I don’t think Olympic Athletes are supposed to qualify as Pros) and I don’t think the media should even attempt to prejudge why an interviewee may or may not be responsive to the interviewer.
Following the trials and tribulations of Teresa Nielsen Hayden. Sometimes the system can be so wrong.
And watching football playoffs, preparing forthe 2006 baseball season and trying to rip my music collection using MusicBrainz. Amazing how many CDs I have that aren’t in their database.
