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| Rep Conyers Proposes anti-Blasphemy Resolution |
| 2005-05-25 |
Resolved,I suppose he'll propose outlawing extra-soft, scented, two-ply Korans with a light touch of aloe moisturizer for our sacred book readings, next. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #32 Everybody send conyers an email saying, "FUCK the koran!!" |
| Posted by: Tom Dooley 2005-05-25 23:42 |
| #31 me too! |
| Posted by: Herb Tarlick 2005-05-25 22:02 |
| #30 What happened to the turkeys? I swear, with God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly! |
| Posted by: John Conyers 2005-05-25 21:53 |
| #29 LH Propaganda wise here is the likely Scenario. The resolution passes - CAIR claims credit gets more funding for terrorism apology. Robert Spenser writes a book. Islamic world seeths. Judges say the resolution doesn't have an enforcement statute. Islamic biggies say, "see America doesn't even honor its own laws." CAIR gets more funding and now trys to get some enforcement statute. |
| Posted by: mhw 2005-05-25 19:22 |
| #28 Serrano would earn a little respect if he came out with a piss Koran. Sadly, not gonna happen. |
| Posted by: someone 2005-05-25 18:36 |
| #27 Right. Serrano got indirect NEA money. Ones to blame are the liberal log rollers who run the arts committees (organizations) that decide who gets artist's grants. Decide who gets the Federal largess |
| Posted by: sea cruise 2005-05-25 17:44 |
| #26 Ok so the intermediary was another fund, not a museum. In any case, i was right, he didnt get a direct grant from NEA, and the House certainly did NOT specifically vote funds for him. Like I said, this law wouldnt prevent awards in the visual arts from giving money for a similar photo of the koran in a toilet. Not that I expect to see them do so. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2005-05-25 17:40 |
| #25 Liberalhawk Andres Serano got an NEA grant. http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/96/11.21.96/Serrano.html Serrano is the photographer who touched off a firestorm of controversy with Piss Christ (1988), a large color photograph depicting a small plastic crucifix submerged in the artist's urine. Serrano's Piss Christ raised the ire of numerous religious and secular groups, including the American Family Association, and brought condemnation from U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms. It also heated up the debate over whether the federal government should fund such artwork. Serrano had received in 1988 a $15,000 grant from Awards in the Visual Arts, partially funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. |
| Posted by: sea cruise 2005-05-25 17:34 |
| #24 Just called my Congressman's office. Until I read to him what it contained, the person in the office said "I'm sure he would probably support something like that." Then he went through and saw who was sponsoring it, heard my objection and I could hear the lightbulb light over his head. "Oh no... no, I don't think he would support that." |
| Posted by: eLarson 2005-05-25 15:45 |
| #23 Thank you, SteveS. I stand vindicated! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-05-25 13:49 |
| #22 Wrong thread, tu? An Xmas turkey mystery involving the current target of our scorn. For background, try googling for: john conyers turkeys |
| Posted by: SteveS 2005-05-25 13:44 |
| #21 Did the pols in the 1930s and '40s give Mein Kampf the same level of deference? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-05-25 13:42 |
| #20 Damn that overlap with the John-Johns (Kerry and Conyers)! |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-05-25 13:25 |
| #19 Wrong thread, tu? |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-05-25 13:24 |
| #18 The turkeys, John! WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FRIGGIN TURKEYS!!! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-05-25 12:10 |
| #17 Resolution Regarding Relgious Intolerance Relgious, eh? Like someone said, spell check is fine, but what we really need is an idiot check. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2005-05-25 12:06 |
| #16 Will the House censure the House the next time it votes to fund a PissChrist exhibit? The house did not vote to fund Pisschrist. The house funded the national endowment for the arts. I dont recall, but I dont think the NEA directly subsidized Pisschrist either, but subsidized the museum which showed it. afaict this res. would NOT prevent an NEA subsidized museum from showing an artwork that involved desecreting the koran. The text is too vague to do so. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2005-05-25 11:50 |
| #15 this is a vague, feel good resolution. To the extent it says anything specific, I think that is already covered in existing law. No good, no harm. Though it MIGHT be useful in the propaganda war. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2005-05-25 11:46 |
| #14 This sounds like a mood of the Congress type of thing - no criminal penalties (which would be unconstitutional in this situation) are proposed for the kinds of things described in the resolution. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2005-05-25 11:36 |
| #13 Will the House censure the House the next time it votes to fund a PissChrist exhibit? |
| Posted by: thibaud (aka lex) 2005-05-25 11:28 |
| #12 Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of relgion,... Conyers is communist scum. When the Russian shot down KAL 07, the House voted 428:1 to condemn them. Guess who the "1" was? |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-05-25 11:19 |
| #11 It's House Resolution 288, people. I just called my congressman's office and asked that, since this resolution will probably be passed like all the other resolutions are, it first be amended to specifically name the Bible and the Torah (along with the Koran). (I also told the lady in the office that it was important to include the Torah, considering who Conyers is sucking up to with the resolution.) Have at it, Rantburgers! |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-05-25 11:17 |
| #10 attach an amendment that also condemns any action against apostates of any religion, especially Islam |
| Posted by: mhw 2005-05-25 11:15 |
| #9 The Koran is not a holy book at all, and any government agency that tries to tell me it is can f*ck off. |
| Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2005-05-25 11:12 |
| #8 How about Conyers supporting the Golden Resolution: Do unto muslims as they do unto you. |
| Posted by: ed 2005-05-25 10:37 |
| #7 Wow, an excellent example of pandering of the worst kind. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-05-25 10:17 |
| #6 Maybe we can trade them for Yellow Knife? |
| Posted by: Fred 2005-05-25 10:14 |
| #5 Let's give it the district to Canada. |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-05-25 10:11 |
| #4 From his website about his district: "...a melting pot of culture and ancestry. It includes ...Dearborn, known for the headquarters of Ford Motor Company and Henry Ford's Greenfield Village and America's largest Arab-American population... Politically, the district is heavily Democratic; the city of Detroit even more so, 94% for Al Gore and 5% for George W. Bush in 2000." |
| Posted by: Tom 2005-05-25 10:09 |
| #3 Conyers will never be voted out of office. I believe the old national speed limit was set as the average IQ of his district. |
| Posted by: Fred 2005-05-25 09:54 |
| #2 (5) But anyone who thinks the Ten Commandments should be allowed within ten miles of a court house or any public building will be flogged. |
| Posted by: Steve 2005-05-25 09:46 |
| #1 Oh brother.... Somebody vote this m00k out of office. |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-05-25 09:46 |