Christians Behaving Badly

Today in the U.S. Senate, Christians once again show their teachings or lack thereof.

• A Hindu clergyman made history Thursday by offering the U.S. Senate’s morning prayer, but only after police officers removed three shouting protesters from the visitors’ gallery.

• Rajan Zed, director of interfaith relations at a Hindu temple, gave the brief prayer that opens each day’s Senate session. As he stood at the chamber’s podium in a bright orange and burgundy robe, two women and a man began shouting “this is an abomination” and other complaints from the gallery.

• Police officers quickly arrested them and charged them with disrupting Congress, a misdemeanor. The male protester told an Associated Press reporter, “we are Christians and patriots” before police handcuffed them and led them away.

So I guess if your not a Christian your not a patriot. Why is it that Christian believe they have a right to inflict their beliefs and behavior on everyone. Funny I didn’t see Jews, Muslims, Atheist, Agnostic, Deist and others protesting. Must be a Christian thing.

• For several days, the Mississippi-based American Family Association has urged its members to object to the prayer because Zed would be “seeking the invocation of a non-monotheistic god.”

How ignorant they are “seeking the invocation of a non-monotheistic god”. The man is there to give a prayer…period! If things in this country don’t fit into the tiny brains of the Christians then it’s bad. Isn’t it funny how it’s Christians who keep getting busted for sex, pornography and corruption. I’m not saying other don’t get arrested, but the statistics on Christians are astounding. Maybe they should worry about their own house before they run into other shouting about god.

• “If people have any misunderstanding about Indians and Hindus,” Reid said, “all they have to do is think of Gandhi,” a man “who gave his life for peace.”

• Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, said the protest “shows the intolerance of many religious right activists. They say they want more religion in the public square, but it’s clear they mean only their religion.”
  

Bravo Mr. Lynn and Mr. Reid.

This is just another reason why I am a firm believer in the separation of church and state. If no prayers are said in Congress then Christians would go to church and not public building.

House Passes Iraq Troop Withdrawal

HR2956 – House Iraq Troop Withdrawal Passes

Democrats Yea = 219 Nay= 10 NV= 2

Republican Yea = 4 Nay = 191 NV= 6

Total Votes Yea = 223 Nay = 201 NV= 9

Who are the 10 Democrats that voted Nay?

BTW: Pelosi gave a very good speech. Now if she could just get all the democrats on the same page.

UPDATE: From  MyDD: 

Republicans voting Yea:

Reps. Duncan, Emerson, Gilchrest, Jones (N.C.)

Democrats voting Nay:

Reps. Barrow, Boren, Carney, Ellsworth, Holden, Kucinich, Marshall, Matheson, Snyder, Taylor

Representatives not voting:

Berkley, Conyers, Cubin, Davis, Jo Ann, Jindal, Paul, Tancredo, Young (AK)

House Panel Rejects Bush Privilege Claim

Well this should be an interesting event to watch unfold. I took the highlights of the Washington Post article but if you read the whole article, the Republican are whining about Democratic political play.

Personally, I am sick and tired of the do nothing; complain about everything that is lawful GOP. Had the GOP bothered with oversight and accountability during the 108th and 109th Congress, the 110th Congress wouldn’t constantly be in hearings just trying to figure what in the hell has been going on for the past 6.5 years. Whine, bitch and complain all you want GOP, just remember the American public has had enough of the GOP BS.

A House panel took the first step today toward bringing contempt charges against former White House counsel Harriet E. Miers, further escalating the legal battle between the Bush administration and Congress over access to White House aides and documents.

Miers had been subpoenaed to appear before a House Judiciary subcommittee to testify about her role in last year’s firings of nine U.S. attorneys, but she declined to show up after President Bush instructed her not to appear.

The snub prompted a 7-5 vote by the House panel finding that Miers was out of order and that the Bush administration’s claim of executive privilege in her case was invalid.

“The White House could have prevented an escalation by engaging in reasonable negotiation,” said Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.), the subcommittee’s chairwoman. “Unfortunately, Ms. Miers and the White House have chosen a path of confrontation instead of cooperation.“

The procedural move amounts to the first concrete step by Democratic lawmakers to pursue contempt proceedings as part of the U.S. attorneys scandal and heightens the possibility that the constitutional dispute will end up in court.

Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said the panel must pursue a contempt case or risk sending the message that witnesses can ignore its instructions. “Are congressional subpoenas to be honored or are they optional?” Conyers asked.

In the Miers’ case, the next step would require a finding of contempt by the full Judiciary committee, followed by a vote to issue a contempt citation by the full House. From there the matter would be brought to a grand jury by the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia or, if he is recused, a suitable replacement, officials said.

Miers finds herself in a more precarious legal situation than former White House political director Sara M. Taylor, who chose to respond to a similar subpoena from the Senate Judiciary Committee by appearing for testimony Wednesday while refusing to answer numerous questions.

Harriet Miers In Inherent Contempt

From AMERICAblog:

Would you like to see Harriet Miers, Dick Cheney and Karl Rove being led to jail by the Capitol Hill Police and the House’s Sargeant at Arms? Would Friday be good for you?

Two Words: INHERENT CONTEMPT

• Inherent Contempt is a little used, little known tool that the House or Senate can use. It requries only a majority…which we should easily have in the House. Under the inherent contempt power, the individual is brought before the House or Senate by the Sergeant-at-Arms, tried at the bar of the body, and can be IMPRISONED. The purpose of the imprisonment may be punitive or coercive, and can be indefinite. The Inherent Contempt power is recognized by the Supreme Court as Constitutional.

Regular Contempt charges simply won’t work. The U.S. attorney is in Bush’s pocket. Most likely he won’t pursue it.

You need to BOMBARD Pelosi and Conyers and tell them to pursue the new “I” word = Inherent Contempt.

This may be our last and final attempt at justice.

Harriet Miers needs to be first. She refuses to even appear to testify today! This is UN-acceptable. Lets try Inherent Contempt on her first. Lets watch her cry as they Capitol Police haul her ass to jail. Let Cheney and Rove watch knowing they’re next.

CALL CALL CALL:
Nancy Pelosi: 1-202-225-0100
Harry Reid: 1-202-224-3542
John Conyers: 1-202-225-5126
Larry from C | 07.12.07 – 10:41 am |

Lloyd Doggett Tribute Lady Bird On The House Floor

Just A Quick Op-Ed: My Own Gut Feeling

Fears Exploited – Expect A Distraction

Watching the Main Scream Media news – I see the script unfolding.  King George is building up to the inevitable crisis that will allow him to trump the remainder of America’s Constitution.  Notice the headlines are focusing on AlQaeda’s new strength.  All the ‘New Developments’  are designed to distract America’s dissatisfaction and anger – allowing Bush to ’stay the course’ and suspend coming elections.  Bush’s Armageddon Envy is taking us with him to destruction.

Just watch!  Expect a major distraction coming soon!  Bush will arrange for a ‘terrorist’ scare or attack to justify his final slide into dictatorship. Please prove my fears wrong …