Liberals want to ban your Bible.
 

Deriving comfort from that tactic to excuse GOP legislative initiatives is funny, especially given that many GOPers want to eliminate the filibuster, no?

Liberals want to ban your Bible.
 

Okay, to be fair, you stop filibustering judges and let them up for votes, and we'll stop with the pledge silliness. Deal?

Liberals want to ban your Bible.
 

Am I deriving comfort from this tactic?

Personally, I think that anyone who refuses to recite the Pledge should be either jailed or deported.

Liberals want to ban your Bible.
 

Had I confidence that GOPers would live up to the deal if Kerry wins in November*, I'd take it.






* Or, for that matter, even if Bush does.

Liberals want to ban your Bible.
 

At least let's go back to the old-school honest-to-goodness fillibuster, which lasts for days and literally shuts down all other business.

It's this "fillibuster-lite" BS that is the problem.

Liberals want to ban your Bible.
 

Say what you will about his music, rumor is this is the reason behind Cat Stevens' deportation.

Liberals want to ban your Bible.
 

Ignoring the First Amendment (hey, Congress can do it...), I'm thinking that you'd run into some First Commandment issues there.

I'm still thinking that I missed out on the Schoolhouse Rock that explained "an affirmation of religion that is part of the national heritage."

Liberals want to ban your Bible.
 

No, but you definitely missed out on the Simpsons explanation of how legislation works:

• Amendment-to-Be
  
  Boy: (spoken) Hey, who left all this garbage lying on the steps of Congress?
  
  Amendment: (spoken) I'm not garbage.
  (sung) I'm an amendment to be,
  Yes, an amendment to be,
  And I'm hoping that they'll ratify me,
  There's a lot of flag burners,
  Who have got too much freedom,
  I wanna make it legal,
  For policemen to beat 'em,
  'Cause there's limits to our liberties.
  'Least I hope and pray that there are,
  'Cause those liberal freaks go too far.
  
  Boy: (spoken) But why can't we just make a law against flag burning?
  
  Amendment: (spoken) Because that law would be unconstitutional.
  
  But if we changed the Constitution...
  
  Boy: (spoken) Then we could make all sorts of crazy laws!
  
  Amendment: (spoken) Now you're catching on!
  
  Boy: (spoken) But what if they say you're not good enough to be in the Constitution?
  
  Amendment: (sung) Then I'll destroy all opposition to me,
  
  And I'll make Ted Kennedy pay,
  If he fights back,
  I'll say that he's gay!
  
  Fat Senator: (running up) Good news, Amendment! They ratified 'ya. You're in the U.S. Constitution!
  
  Amendment: (spoken, estatic) Oh, yeah! Door's open, boys!

AWOL
 

Kerry has missed 90% of the votes this year. It isn't about lopsided issued. The senate was not voting on lopsided issues 90% of the time.

Liberals want to ban your Bible.
 

The niceties of "Peace Train" aside, when you refer to him as Yusef Islam and look at the anti-West comments he's made over the years (and his verbal support of the fatwah for the death of Salman Rushdie), it makes perfect sense to me.

Liberals want to ban your Bible.
 

I have read more about this guy since he's been cooling his heels in Bangor. Interesting how he's made the transition from kooky music star to just kooky.

Liberals want to ban your Bible.
 

If you play Mona Bone Jakon backwards, it gives you instructions for making belt bombs.

Liberals want to ban your Bible.
 

Bite your tongue, you musically-challenged barbarian.

(ETA) And there's my flight.

AWOL
 

Cite please.

And let's not go back to the 15 letters a day in your local paper calling Republicans baby-killers.

Liberals want to ban your Bible.
 

Dear Yusef:

"If you want to leave, take good care
Hope you make a lot of nice friends out there
But just remember there's a lot, I'd beware"

love,

INS