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Angel Eyes

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Congresscritters are "fasting"
« on: April 07, 2011, 07:24:26 PM »
. . . in protest of budget cuts:

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0411/Members_of_Congress_hunger_strike_over_budget.html

Skipping meals for one day is dieting, not fasting.  Cheap political theatre 101.
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Re: Congresscritters are "fasting"
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2011, 07:36:45 PM »
Sonny Hoyer could stand a diet.
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Cheap political theatre 101.

Yea.  [barf]  I really think some of these jackwagons want this country to go into financial collapse.....


Gotta stop watching Glenn Beck.... [tinfoil]
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Re: Congresscritters are "fasting"
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2011, 11:04:41 PM »
Quote from: TommyGunn on April 07, 2011, 07:36:45 PM
Gotta stop watching Glenn Beck.... [tinfoil]

That can be arranged. Actually, it has been arranged.  :lol:
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Re: Congresscritters are "fasting"
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2011, 06:09:33 AM »
Quote from: Angel Eyes on April 07, 2011, 07:24:26 PM
. . . in protest of budget cuts:

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0411/Members_of_Congress_hunger_strike_over_budget.html

Skipping meals for one day is dieting, not fasting.  Cheap political theatre 101.


Please inform all the world religions that have one-day fasts about this.

But yes, cheap theater.
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Re: Congresscritters are "fasting"
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2011, 06:18:08 AM »
i think its a heck of an idea  we need to lock em up  no food till they work it out.
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Re: Congresscritters are "fasting"
« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2011, 06:33:07 PM »
Too bad none of them will starve to death as a result.
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