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Posted on 01/16/2015 10:59:02 AM PST by don-o
One congresswoman's office is floating the idea of bringing pencils to next week's State of the Union address in a tribute to the victims of the Charlie Hebdo newspaper terrorist attack.
"During the State of the Union, when POTUS talks about Charlie Hebdo and freedom of expression, every Dem stands up and holds a yellow #2 pencil in the air during the applause line. Thoughts?" wrote Eric Harris, the press secretary for Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wis., in an email obtained by National Journal that was sent Tuesday to all Democratic press secretaries.
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Harris said he received a "multitude of responses" to his email, most of them positive, and that he will check with the sergeant-at-arms about whether sharpened pencils might be prohibited from the State of the Union for safety reasons.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationaljournal.com ...
Symbols rather than substance.
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The networks will probably have to pad the viewership numbers to make it appear that this SOTU was watched by millions.
I suspect that the actual viewership will be down signficantly from previous ones.
I noticed on my schedule, Supernatural will followed by Justified. I have heard plenty previously from the current SOTU star, including the famous “If you like your healthcare plan ... If you like your doctor ... You will get a $2,500 reduction in healthcare premiums ...”
Just pass out ham sandwiches.
It’s been said that Washington is Hollywood for ugly people. Indeed!
We have a winner!
I didn’t know being brain-dead was a requirement to get elected to CONGRE$$. Silly me. Where’s muh 2 by 4?
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Exactly, so she should follow the lead of her dear leader. I suggest she honor the Hebdo dead with the same action(s) performed by 0 for the march for unity. Don't show up for the SOTU. Actually, I urge ALL to follow his lead, as shown in Paris, for the SOTU.
From the party that hates freedom of speech...
Republicans should turn on the NFL playoffs.
This crazy lady’s son is named, I kid you not, Supreme Solar Allah.
http://www.newstalk1130.com/onair/vicki-mckenna-29300/gwen-moores-son-supreme-solar-allah-13148531
Supreme Solar Allah — the son of U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore who was convicted of slashing the tires of vans rented by the Republican Party in 2004 — is running for the 10th District seat on the Milwaukee County Board.
Julietta Henry, the county elections director, said Allah — whose name will appear on the ballot as Supreme Moore Omokunde — turned in enough signatures to vie for the seat previously held by Supervisor David Bowen. More than 200 signatures were certified, Henry
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/288451971.html
A genuine heartfelt position, taken by good people tired of the moslem BS, immediately co-opted by callous politicians who are in bed with moslems.
That’s what I see.
If they hold up pencils, can we expect them to draft legislation stopping immigration from Moslem dominated nations, and maybe making it easier for white French to emigrate to America?
What does a #2 pencil have to do with terrorism? Maybe I’m just a little slow, here.
At the big march in Paris on Sunday, some carried big models of pencils - symbolic.
Simply unbelievable, isn’t it?
What could possibly be more stupid than bringing pencils to the speech? You might logically think there is nothing that could be more stupid. But right there in the same article the author says sharpened pencils might be prohibited for safety reasons.
Here’s a thought exercise...what could possibly be even MORE stupid than that?
Ouch. That one is perfect.
Seriously pursuing that exercise will lead to madness. Have pity on yourself.
There’s more;
http://www.libertarianrepublican.net/2014/02/supreme-solar-allah-reduced-to-common.html
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To be fair, we have not heard that Supreme Allah was involved in this theft, but at least nobody could say he is a common thief. Now, as to the possibly strange names, Supreme Solar Allah and Universal Knowledge Allah, not that we mean to judge: Supreme and Universal, if we might be allowed to refer to them by their first names, belong to the Five Percent Nation, an off-shoot of the Nation of Islam.
Among their beliefs is that black people are the original people of the human race, and that white people were invented by a kind of mad black scientist (the Nation of Islam says white people came from relationships between devils and humans).
The Five Percenters do not believe in a mysterious, transcendental God, but rather believe that each black man is God, hence the men take upon themselves the name Allah. “Allah,” in turn, stands for Arm, Leg, Leg, Arm, Head. (This might come as a surprise to Arabic Muslims since, at the time of Mohammed, modern English had not yet developed. In the Arab language, the word arm begins with a “th” not an “ah”).
The Five Percenters believe the human race consists of three parts: (1) the true humans who are self-aware (5%), (2) the other true humans who aren’t self-aware (85%), and (3) the white devils (10%). They are said to be an influential part of the hip-hop culture. Possibly the most famous person to be a current or former member is Queen Latifah.
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