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Re: And I thought I was cynical (none / 1)

Heh. But it soes speak to the beliefs of a minority of Americans.

In any event, as a bill it was certainly no loonier than the bipartisan bill, passed overwhelmingly in both houses of congress last December, celebrating Christmas and the Christian heritage of the United States, although, <snark> because this silly bill spoke to the beliefs of a majority of Americans, I guess that makes it ok. </snark>

Fai de bèn a Bertrand, te lou rendra en cagant

by redstar on Tue Jan 29th, 2008 at 03:13:41 PM EST
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Re: And I thought I was cynical (none / 0)

You'll get no argument from me on that. Then there was the Armenian Genocide resolution, pushed by the surprisingly powerful Armenian lobby. Which was quite an amazing accomplishment, since I'm pretty sure America's Armenian population basically consists of the members of System of a Down.

So who knows? Maybe McKinney can get Pelosi on-board for this waste of time.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Tue Jan 29th, 2008 at 03:35:19 PM EST
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Not a chance in hell she could. (4.00 / 2)

And that should tell you all you need to know about how the politics of minority views are played out by "Democratic" "leaders".

Fai de bèn a Bertrand, te lou rendra en cagant

by redstar on Tue Jan 29th, 2008 at 03:38:42 PM EST
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Re: Not a chance in hell she could. (none / 1)

Yes, that's true, although you don't need to convince me of the big-picture issue there, as I think my various rants for the past few months demonstrate. And it ain't just a problem with the leadership.

Really, I was just looking for an excuse to take a stab at Pelosi.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Tue Jan 29th, 2008 at 03:47:37 PM EST
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Re: Not a chance in hell she could. (4.00 / 3)

I forget I'm preaching to the choir sometimes. Y'know, the choir's so small...

Fai de bèn a Bertrand, te lou rendra en cagant

by redstar on Tue Jan 29th, 2008 at 03:49:48 PM EST
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Re: Not a chance in hell she could. (none / 1)

Yes, unfortunately so.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Tue Jan 29th, 2008 at 03:52:37 PM EST
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Re: And I thought I was cynical (4.00 / 2)

Just as a point of fact, there are more than four Armenians in the US. There are quite a few of them in the greater Los Angeles area, actually, particularly in areas like Burbank and Glendale. A friend of mine went to a high school where the two dominant ethnic groups were Korean and Armenian, everyone else being a minority.

by Zwackus on Tue Jan 29th, 2008 at 06:59:40 PM EST
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they've got large communities (4.00 / 2)

in both los angeles and the san joaquin valley, around fresno.

by wu ming on Wed Jan 30th, 2008 at 04:28:16 AM EST
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Armenians in california??? (none / 0)

You mean literary lions like William Saroyan, and minor government figures like Governor Dukemejian?

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Wed Jan 30th, 2008 at 04:59:49 AM EST
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