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SacTown Chronic · 03-30-2006, 11:37 AM

Great quote.

Alex · 03-30-2006, 11:37 AM

Here's the Snopes page (your quote is essentially correct) which gives some more detail. It is a wonderful response and I'd really love to have audio of it (as well as a recent speech I heard from Fran Lebowitz that perfectly captures the nature of my atheism).

Even if this guy didn't originate the retort, it really does some up the issue perfectly.

Gemini Cricket · 03-30-2006, 11:50 AM

SacTown Chronic · 03-30-2006, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Here's the Snopes page

Quote:

"As I read Biblical principles, marriage was intended, ordained and started by God — that is my belief," [Jacobs] said. "For me, this is an issue solely based on religious principals [sic]."

Wow, an open and honest admission by this Senator that she desires to make biblical law the rule of law in her state. Where's the outrage? Where's the religious persecution of Christian Americans that Tom DeLay so laughably alleged?

Alex · 03-30-2006, 06:30 PM

Not that it matters much since minds are made up, but here is Scalia's account of the incident:

According to other news stories, Scalia actually saying "va' fa' un culo" (which he does not admit to doing) was not part of the original account from the photographer and while others in the area confirm the hand gesture, nobody else heard him say it.

Personally, I still don't care either way. Any more than I did when Bush called a reporter and asshole, Cheney told someone to **** himself, or Clinton got a blowjob.

innerSpaceman · 03-30-2006, 06:37 PM

I'm glad to learn that the gesture has a less drastic meaning.

I'm dismayed that he saw fit to contravene the record on that, but - unless I've missed something - hasn't commented on why he has the gaul to sit in judgment on a case he has publicly pre-judged.

Gemini Cricket · 03-31-2006, 10:37 AM

Quote:

"Yes, I know we have made tactical errors, thousands of them," she said in answer to a question over whether lessons had been learned since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.

"I believe strongly that it was the right strategic decision, that Saddam had been a threat to the international community long enough," she added.

Source

Gemini Cricket · 03-31-2006, 11:12 AM

SacTown Chronic · 03-31-2006, 11:28 AM

Birds hate our freedoms.

scaeagles · 03-31-2006, 11:35 AM

I hate birds. Scummy neighborhood pigeons poop all over my house and car. So, yes, I think brids do hate us and our freedom.

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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Here's the Snopes page (your quote is essentially correct) which gives some more detail. It is a wonderful response and I'd really love to have audio of it (as well as a recent speech I heard from Fran Lebowitz that perfectly captures the nature of my atheism). Even if this guy didn't originate the retort, it really does some up the issue perfectly.
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03-30-2006, 06:30 PM	#215
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Not that it matters much since minds are made up, but here is Scalia's account of the incident: According to other news stories, Scalia actually saying "va' fa' un culo" (which he does not admit to doing) was not part of the original account from the photographer and while others in the area confirm the hand gesture, nobody else heard him say it. Personally, I still don't care either way. Any more than I did when Bush called a reporter and asshole, Cheney told someone to **** himself, or Clinton got a blowjob.
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I'm glad to learn that the gesture has a less drastic meaning. I'm dismayed that he saw fit to contravene the record on that, but - unless I've missed something - hasn't commented on why he has the gaul to sit in judgment on a case he has publicly pre-judged.
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SacTown Chronic the myth of the dream Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,217	Birds hate our freedoms. __________________ Is it the fingers, or the brain that you're teaching a lesson?
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03-31-2006, 11:35 AM	#220
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	I hate birds. Scummy neighborhood pigeons poop all over my house and car. So, yes, I think brids do hate us and our freedom.
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