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New one for drook, that didnt take long
http://features.csmo...-justice-roberts/
Get this. There’s a law professor out there who says Obama should take the oath over again just to be sure.

Boston University’s Jack Beermann told Carolyn Lochhead at the San Francisco Chronicle that although it is unlikely to be challenged in court, just to play it safe perhaps President Obama should do it again.

“It would take him 30 seconds, he can do it in private, it’s not a big deal, and he ought to do it just to be safe,” Berman said. “It’s an open question whether he’s president until he takes the proper oath.”

Just when you thought the clamor over his birth certificate was over…
New *Hell*, no!
Leave this out here as wingnut bait. They'll swarm around the episode, squirting venom that might otherwise be discharged to harmful effect.

I note, incidentally, that the founder of WingNutDaily, your favorite morning treat, has shown his ass anew on this solemn occasion.

http://wnd.com/index...view&pageId=86469

cordially,

New thats a gaper all right
New Apparently it's a meme that's trying to get traction.
http://www.redstate....ama-is-a-failure/

They've got a Kool-Aid factory going, there. :-(

(via Sullivan)

Cheers,
Scott.
New teh funnay
take the psuedo fact pointing out sounds like the democrats in 2000. Ready from the swearing in to down bush. Too bad they couldnt get it done in 2004 by selecting someone electable.
New Yes.. pity the Demo Rats were soo wrong, in 2000, about the
full panoply of accomplishments to come.

Teh Phoney, indeed.

You on the rag?
New wtf is wrong with you?
in 2k the demos were attacking on day one before 911. Without that instance which slid this country into a shithole with the decider at the helm we would have had the placeholder instead of the decider an gone merrily on our way.
New Fortunately, the effect of prayer is nil.
Let the assholes vent and stew and rot in their disillusionment with events.

Or, having been forsaken by their Lord, perhaps they should consider the value of having prayed for McCain's victory.
Alex
New Re: Fortunately, the effect of prayer is nil.
no, not necessarily but remember G_d has a sneaky sense of humor has proven that to me many times.
New a capricious God
...the kind who spares one trailer while sending the tornado lethally into the one adjacent where they're praying just as devoutly...well, you can call Him humorous or you can just not call (on) Him at all, and conduct your affairs as though He doesn't exist. I recommend the latter course, which has the advantage of permitting you to use the "o" in "God."

c_rdially,
New T_____ (rhymes with toupee)
New one can always use the o in God
some prefer not to
New Its blasphemy to use his name period...
at least according to some texts and translations.

That is why some people won't use the "o" in G0D...
New Ah, *that* will really fool him.
"See me, i'm using G-d's name, only not really. He'll never notice."
New That's a title anyway, not a name...
New No, since God ISN'T his real name
It's a pronoun.

So do you know his real name, at least the name they were trying to suppress at the time?
New Moot point.
http://www.cnn.com/2...a.oath/index.html

President Obama has retaken the oath of office after a mix-up during the inaugural ceremony, the White House says.
-Mike

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
New He didn't use a Bible this time.
Just more fuel for the wingnuts, that's all I'm sayin'.
Regards,
-scott
Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
New That pocket Koran, perhaps?
Or maybe a Torah?

http://www.nytimes.c...ml?pagewanted=all

The family that produced Barack and Michelle Obama is black and white and Asian, Christian, Muslim and Jewish. They speak English; Indonesian; French; Cantonese; German; Hebrew; African languages including Swahili, Luo and Igbo; and even a few phrases of Gullah, the Creole dialect of the South Carolina Lowcountry. Very few are wealthy, and some — like Sarah Obama, the stepgrandmother who only recently got electricity and running water in her metal-roofed shack — are quite poor.


I knew his family was very diverse, but not quite that diverse!

I liked Obama's comment afterward: http://www.talkingpo...n_the_do-over.php

Obama stood and walked over to make small talk with pool as roberts donned his black robe.

"Are you ready to take the oath?" Roberts asked.

"I am, and we're going to do it very slowly," obama replied.

Oath took 25 seconds.

After a flawless recitation, roberts smiled and said, "congratulations, again."

Obama said, "thank you, sir."

Smattering of applause.

"All right." Obama said. "The bad news for the pool is there's 12 more balls."


(The last is reference to the 10 inaugural balls held last night that ran on longer than planned.)

Cheers,
Scott.
New Yep: Faux's on it
http://www.salon.com...2/beck/index.html


On cue, Beck criticizes lack of Bible at swearing-in

Earlier Thursday, I wrote about some conservatives fretting over the lack of a Bible at Barack Obama's second swearing-in as president. As I noted at the time, the meme hadn't quite gone viral, though there was still plenty of time for that to happen. Well, new Fox News host Glenn Beck took that ball and ran with it on his show Thursday afternoon.

In fact, Beck took it one step further, claiming, "I've checked -- we have never had a president sworn into office without a Bible... Does this bother, or just make anybody go, 'Wow, that's a first?'"

Research is apparently not Beck's forte, as ThinkProgress points out. There have been at least four presidents who didn't use a Bible at their swearing-in. Additionally, Slate's Noreen Malone notes, "There are no known inauguration Bibles for presidents John Adams through John Tyler; in fact, there's no concrete evidence that those early presidents used a Bible at all for the oath."



Bitch.. bitch.. bloviate..
New Glenn Beck can...
Kiss my BIG FAT WHITE RACIST ASS.











*edit: missed an important term.
Expand Edited by folkert Jan. 23, 2009, 10:21:28 AM EST
New well 2 out of 3 aint bad
New oops... edited
New What about those past do-overs?
Obama's the third President to do-over the oath.

I bet none of them used a bible. The bible is just theater, it has no official standing.

Personally, swearing on a bible offends my faith. It makes an idol out of what ought to be a tool of faith. Why is it that I, a Catholic (you know, with the statues and the saints and Mary and all that stuff the Protestants call idolatry) who notes that there is no scriptural basis for monotheism, am the only person I know of who is bothered by blatant violations of the First Commandment? It only bothers me when the violation is by someone who claims to follow the Commandments. But when a bible ('a' and lower case intentional. It is not "the word of God" it is a bunch of paper and ink that could be decoded into "the word of God", but probably won't be, particularly when it is a historic artifact that is too precious to actually read.) is used as a strange god, that pretty solidly establishes that the code being violated is the one in use. Flag idolatry tends to be worse, but isn't self-referentially unethical. Just immoral and almost always accidentally unethical.

I need to lay off reading Ambrose Bierce for a while.

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Definitions: "Unethical" means violating a specific code of ethics. "Immoral" means violating the sense of right and wrong without necessarily a reference to any particular code.
New ??
"who notes that there is no scriptural basis for monotheism"
there is rather a bunch starting with you shall have no thers
altho noted that when the hellenistic pantheon heard about it they all died laughing
thanx,
bill
New Nit
Using the translation listed on Wikipedia: "I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; you shall have no other gods before me."

Doesn't say there are no other gods, just that you shall have no others in higher esteem.
--

Drew
New Another Nit...
Does that mean you can't have other gods at the *same* esteem?

Say... Something like "God" == "Allah"

Huh? What is your take on that?
New allah is the same being
with an extra prophet, god didnt change, nature of worship did. They did start with an interesting premise, that there is a full stop, this way until the messiah, messiach, 13th mullah etc shows up, other folks leave room for more direction
New Re: allah is the same being
Not according to those that worship him.
New read their literature sheesh!
they have this book called the koran that explains all that
New And be even more of an Infidel?
You aren't supposed to read it unless you are "of the faith"

Please correct me if I am wrong. I don't want to offend a God I can speak or learn about without committing to him.
New dont pick up any of Anton la Vey books then
lets use a christian saying to describe muslims shall we
dont judge christ by the christians
works the same way for the muslims
no being can tell you what to do or not do, its a free will thingy
New Abraham's wrestling opponent
Who has nothing to do with the chant

There is only One God
The Sun God
Ra
Ra
Ra

New You are my Sun God, my only Sun God . . .
. . you make me happy when skys are gray . . .
New monotheism
mono (one singular) theism (worship of a higher being)
its not for everyone unless you have a real estate contract to enforce
New The end of monotheism . . .
http://www.clovegard...g/monotheism.html
New :-)
New OMG! no KFC needed... just go looky.
New Extra ... er, Wuxtry! Wuxtry!
Today God announced:

the cloning of His original™ Hell: one per cloned-God.
Says God: "Anything you can do I can do Bitter."
     one for drook, that didnt take long - (boxley) - (38)
         *Hell*, no! - (rcareaga) - (14)
             thats a gaper all right -NT - (boxley)
             Apparently it's a meme that's trying to get traction. - (Another Scott) - (3)
                 teh funnay - (boxley) - (2)
                     Yes.. pity the Demo Rats were soo wrong, in 2000, about the - (Ashton) - (1)
                         wtf is wrong with you? - (boxley)
             Fortunately, the effect of prayer is nil. - (a6l6e6x) - (8)
                 Re: Fortunately, the effect of prayer is nil. - (boxley) - (7)
                     a capricious God - (rcareaga) - (6)
                         T_____ (rhymes with toupee) -NT - (Ashton)
                         one can always use the o in God - (boxley) - (4)
                             Its blasphemy to use his name period... - (folkert) - (3)
                                 Ah, *that* will really fool him. - (pwhysall)
                                 That's a title anyway, not a name... -NT - (scoenye)
                                 No, since God ISN'T his real name - (crazy)
         Moot point. - (mvitale) - (22)
             He didn't use a Bible this time. - (malraux) - (21)
                 That pocket Koran, perhaps? - (Another Scott)
                 Yep: Faux's on it - (Ashton) - (19)
                     Glenn Beck can... - (folkert) - (2)
                         well 2 out of 3 aint bad -NT - (boxley) - (1)
                             oops... edited -NT - (folkert)
                     What about those past do-overs? - (mhuber) - (15)
                         ?? - (boxley) - (14)
                             Nit - (drook) - (13)
                                 Another Nit... - (folkert) - (7)
                                     allah is the same being - (boxley) - (6)
                                         Re: allah is the same being - (folkert) - (3)
                                             read their literature sheesh! - (boxley) - (2)
                                                 And be even more of an Infidel? - (folkert) - (1)
                                                     dont pick up any of Anton la Vey books then - (boxley)
                                         Abraham's wrestling opponent - (mhuber) - (1)
                                             You are my Sun God, my only Sun God . . . - (Andrew Grygus)
                                 monotheism - (boxley) - (4)
                                     The end of monotheism . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (3)
                                         :-) -NT - (Another Scott)
                                         OMG! no KFC needed... just go looky. -NT - (folkert)
                                         Extra ... er, Wuxtry! Wuxtry! - (Ashton)

Ni!
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