Speaking on the Senate floor on October 17, 2007, Senator David Vitter (R-Louisiana) withdrew a controversial $100,000 earmark that he previously added to the appropriations bill for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. The earmark was to the Louisiana Family Forum, a religious right group with a long history of promoting creationism and attacking evolution education in the state, including backing a “strengths and weaknesses” policy in Ouachita Parish.
More on the withdrawal (or our victory, however you choose to look at it) can be found here.
In light of this, I think it is time to stop our email/phone compaign on this issue.
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Where our dubloons? Laddie!
ARRRRRRamen
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Hoist the mainsail me hearties! We’ll broadside ‘em in the Senate! There’s real booty a hunner hunner sil’er dollars t’ be ‘ad! Arrrrrr!
Ahoy!
RAmen
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And gold for the Cap’n, t’ boot!
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“a religious right group with a long history of promoting creationism and attacking evolution education in the state”
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I’m sure another one will be along shortly :)
Must stop reading here and posting…guilt….must stop.. ;)
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So all that praying Vitter and his little group did didn’t pay off?
Well that’s one for the book, a pray not being answered! You think they’d get the hint by now: Even god doesn’t exist OR he doesn’t give a shit about his little band of followers.
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And with that I take bronze. Wooooooo!
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Extra grog for the lads and wenches down below! We may’ve won the battle but the war’s still a-ragin’ out there! Where’s ol’ Vtter gonna spend the jolly sum now? keep them canons ready swaaaabs!
ArrrrrAmen!
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I’d love to think that they might open their eyes, but after taking everything at the priest/pastor/whatever’s word for so long, this will probably be put down to a slight setback, sent by their imaginary friend to test their resolve.
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Excellent, well done to everyone who helped bring this change about.
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Well done common sense for once again prevailing in a world of madness.
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Well done guys
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Man, I was hoping that this would set the stage to get money for us!
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Yargh!
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It is a win for sanity though.
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Who are they?
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Think their a tribute act?
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Respected Mr. Vitter:
You are looser…Ha…we win! Shove those 100,000.00 in your ass! or you can send them to me.
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It appears that they are an australian company
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanity_%28music_store%29
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I wonder why OEW thought it was good for them? Maybe they get the money after Mr Vitter has shoved it up his arse and PacificPam has taken her cut.
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It just now came to me that we don’t have any polticians in our pockets to look after the Pastafarian agenda do we? Do we have an agenda even? (Besides grog, booty, and strippers?) We should really look into purchasing a politician or two who can sneak stuff into bills that will get our Prophet some grant money!!!
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@Thalassophobic Pie Rat – Sanity is a frame of mind for me at least.
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@Starbuckaneer – Ted Kennedy is our unofficial spokes person.
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Ah… appropriate.
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He likes grog.
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Awww Heck. I played Simpsons Hit & Run all day and I missed the medals by a mile!
I’m probably down around toothpaste or something.
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۞ Oct 22nd, 2007 at 12:43 pm
“I’m probably down around toothpaste or something.”
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Well with you being English, it definately wouldn’t be Ashes! :)
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I spent all day trying to fix my copy of hit and run. I didn’t even get toothpaste. I guess I got…plaque?
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@Len Guini.
LOL. I haven’t got a come back. I just liked the joke.
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Huzzah! I sent him an e-mail every day.
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@ Wonderkin
You framed your mind? Doesn’t that make work a little difficult? I figured you’d need it at least every third day or so!
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