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Grumpy · 10-08-2002, 02:35 PM

Freyr is fine, but a more classical wang-deity would be the Greek <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Priapus.html" target="_blank">Priapus</a>.

XYZ PDQ, dude!

lisarea · 10-08-2002, 04:58 PM

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Originally posted by DarkBronzePlant:


There are plenty of Kokopeli (sp?) paraphanalia all over around here. I'm sure somewhere there's a hat with him on it. (If you're unfamiliar, he's the fertility god who used to detach his penis and send it floating downstream to impregnate the women doing their laundry. He looks kinda like Sideshow Bob, and is almost always playing a pipe or flute of some sort.)
[ October 08, 2002: Message edited by: DarkBronzePlant ]

Oh, yeah. I know Kokopelli. I rarely see a non-emasculated version, though. I'm often tempted to fix them.

And thanks for all the manly god pix, everyone! I'm considering printing them all out and mounting them onto one all-inclusive hat like the spikes on a crown.

crazyfingers · 10-08-2002, 06:25 PM

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Originally posted by Toto:
Those members voting against the bill were Reps. Barney Frank, D-Mass., Michael Honda, D-Calif., Jim McDermott, D-Wash., Bobby Scott, D-Va. and Pete Stark, D-Calif.

Barney Frank, my Rep. He gets my ongoing vote.

I sent him a quick email thanking him for doing the right thing.

[ October 08, 2002: Message edited by: crazyfingers ]

Toto · 10-09-2002, 12:19 AM

Well, if you wore a Kokopeli hat, at least the "under God " phrase would make sense.

Pierre Bezukhov · 10-09-2002, 07:41 AM

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Toto:
Well, if you wore a Kokopeli hat, at least the "under God " phrase would make sense.

ROTFLMAO!!!! <img src="graemlins/notworthy.gif" border="0" alt="[Not Worthy]" />

RufusAtticus · 10-09-2002, 08:32 AM

Didn't Newdow say that the House passing such resolutions and in effect butting into his lawsuit, gives him grounds to sue them?

butswana · 10-09-2002, 08:53 AM

I do believe he did, Rufus. He seemed a little happy about it too.

galiel · 10-09-2002, 09:05 AM

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Originally posted by Toto:
But notice:

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The bill is a non-binding resolution that will have no legal bearing on the lawsuit.

Now I feel foolish. I didn't realize this is just the reconciled version of the same hollow grandstanding they did back in July, or whenever the 9th Circuit decision came down. Nothing to get too worked up about, and not really a matter of constitutionality, since it is essentially just another "(non)sense of Congress" resolution.

The critical thing is

a) For all of us to send thank-yous to the 5 brave dissidents and even the 4 "present" voters, regardless of their district, and

b) for each of us to send our *own* Representatives a "what the hell, I vote and I'll remember how disappointed I am come November" message, so they don't think they get away with this scot-free. A phone call to their office and a handwritten, signed letter mailed to their office is important; very few constituents bother doing that, so each one counts a lot more than you would think. The more politicians start thinking about nontheists as voters who care what positions they support, the more they will care about us.

We should do it right now, so they get the message before the elections.

Toto · 10-10-2002, 04:53 PM

It's an ill wind that blows no good.

<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/10/politics/10CONG.html" target="_blank">With Time Now Short, Many Bills Fade</a>

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With Congress consumed by Iraq and striving to bring its session to a close, much of the legislative agendas of both parties, including security proposals prompted by the Sept. 11 attacks, is falling by the wayside.

The press of time is claiming causes dear to Democrats, like new health care and worker protection initiatives, while Republicans are seeing their push for increased energy production, religion-based social programs and added tax cuts also drop off the legislative schedule.

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10-08-2002, 02:35 PM	#21
Grumpy Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Alaska, USA Posts: 1,535	Freyr is fine, but a more classical wang-deity would be the Greek <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Priapus.html" target="_blank">Priapus</a>. XYZ PDQ, dude!

10-09-2002, 12:19 AM	#24
Toto Contributor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Los Angeles area Posts: 40,549	Well, if you wore a Kokopeli hat, at least the "under God " phrase would make sense.

10-09-2002, 08:32 AM	#26
RufusAtticus Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: NCSU Posts: 5,853	Didn't Newdow say that the House passing such resolutions and in effect butting into his lawsuit, gives him grounds to sue them?

10-09-2002, 08:53 AM	#27
butswana Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 1,804	I do believe he did, Rufus. He seemed a little happy about it too.

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