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Darwin's Finch · 06-26-2002, 04:11 PM

Connie Chung's interview ranks right up there with Paula Zahn's ridiculous interview of John Edwards. My contempt for CNN grows daily.

Island3 · 06-26-2002, 04:11 PM

If anyone is up for a good old fashion flame-war I would suggest this <a href="http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=220340" target="_blank">FARK</a> thread. It's probably one of the best I have seen in months now. The occasional picture thrown in only adds to it.

The Dionysian · 06-26-2002, 04:11 PM

"Oh really?"

Then I'd have to say this is wrong but how can you compare what is happening as said in your link to the pledge with two words "under god" which kids don't even have to say?

freemonkey · 06-26-2002, 04:11 PM

OH crap! I just heard the traffic guy, in the helicopter, on the local news just sign off with "under god"!

I'm outraged!

sandlewood · 06-26-2002, 04:15 PM

<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Pledge-Reaction.html" target="_blank">Congress reaction to the ruling.</a>

I�m not sure if you can get directly to that article without being logged in to nytimes.com.

This gets pretty scary. Apparently our legislatures weren�t doing anything important today because they had the time to immediately drop what they were doing and starting raving about making a constitutional amendment.

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Lawmakers also said they would push for a constitutional amendment authorizing the words ``under God'' if the Supreme Court doesn't reverse the decision barring the pledge in public schools.

Talk about trivializing and abusing the Constitution.

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Senators, who were debating a defense bill, angrily stopped to unanimously pass a resolution denouncing the decision of a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.
The 99-0 vote, with Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., absent, came less than four hours after the court ruled that the use of the words ``under God'' violates the Constitution's clause barring establishment of religion.

What is the purpose of passing a resolution like this? What does it achieve except to say that they all don�t agree with the ruling? Who cares if they agree or not? Is the judicial branch accountable to the legislative branch? Or did I misunderstand something.

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Attorney General John Ashcroft said the Justice Department believes in the right of Americans to say the pledge. ``The decision is directly contrary to two centuries of American tradition,'' Ashcroft said.

I feel like I woke up in the wrong country or something. Is it me?

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``Our founding fathers must be spinning in their graves,'' said Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo. ``What is next? Will the courts now strip 'so help me God' from the pledge taken by new presidents? This is the worst kind of political correctness run amok.''

Must be different founding fathers from the ones I know.

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``Let us not wait for the Supreme Court to act on this,'' said Sen. John Warner, R-Va. ``Why don't we go ahead and formulate this amendment, put it together, have it in place, presumably with all 100 United States senators.''

It�s turning into a lynch mob.

One of the last sane · 06-26-2002, 04:16 PM

There's a Quick Vote poll at <a href="http://www.cnn.com," target="_blank">www.cnn.com,</a> but at the time of writing this, 76% of respondents disagree with the ruling. Get in there and cast your votes, fellow Infidels!

Hedwig · 06-26-2002, 04:16 PM

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Originally posted by freemonkey:
<strong>OH crap! I just heard the traffic guy, in the helicopter, on the local news just sign off with "under god"!

I'm outraged!</strong>

Son of a....

With the way people are acting you'd think that a bunch of atheists were taking to the streets of San Francisco and sacrificing Christians to satan.

enemigo · 06-26-2002, 04:19 PM

Well, Bill O'Reilly thinks that this ruling is an assault on his first amendment rights.

richard

Samhain · 06-26-2002, 04:28 PM

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Originally posted by enemigo:
<strong>Well, Bill O'Reilly thinks that this ruling is an assault on his first amendment rights.

richard</strong>

Heh, yea, you watched that load of shit as well? I'm going to send him an e-mail, not like it will do any good, but hey, what the hell, right? The media is, of course, launching propaghanda against this now, serving only to get the theists into a tizzy.

Orestes · 06-26-2002, 04:30 PM

While I support the courts decision on this, I get the feeling that it's gonna do alot more harm than good in the long run.

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06-26-2002, 04:11 PM	#211
Darwin's Finch Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Gardnerville, NV Posts: 666	Connie Chung's interview ranks right up there with Paula Zahn's ridiculous interview of John Edwards. My contempt for CNN grows daily.

06-26-2002, 04:11 PM	#212
Island3 Regular Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Midwest Posts: 250	If anyone is up for a good old fashion flame-war I would suggest this <a href="http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=220340" target="_blank">FARK</a> thread. It's probably one of the best I have seen in months now. The occasional picture thrown in only adds to it.

06-26-2002, 04:11 PM	#213
The Dionysian Regular Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: who knows Posts: 154	"Oh really?" Then I'd have to say this is wrong but how can you compare what is happening as said in your link to the pledge with two words "under god" which kids don't even have to say?

06-26-2002, 04:11 PM	#214
freemonkey Veteran Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: hell if I know Posts: 2,306	OH crap! I just heard the traffic guy, in the helicopter, on the local news just sign off with "under god"! I'm outraged!

06-26-2002, 04:16 PM	#216
One of the last sane Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: hereabouts Posts: 734	There's a Quick Vote poll at <a href="http://www.cnn.com," target="_blank">www.cnn.com,</a> but at the time of writing this, 76% of respondents disagree with the ruling. Get in there and cast your votes, fellow Infidels!

06-26-2002, 04:19 PM	#218
enemigo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: atlanta, ga Posts: 691	Well, Bill O'Reilly thinks that this ruling is an assault on his first amendment rights. richard

06-26-2002, 04:30 PM	#220
Orestes Regular Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: California Posts: 349	While I support the courts decision on this, I get the feeling that it's gonna do alot more harm than good in the long run.

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