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House Speaker Pelosi tours Jerusalem holy sites
(Tax dollars for religious pilgrimages?)
ASSOCIATED PRESS ^
| 5:32 a.m. March 31, 2007
| By Diaa Hadid
Posted on 03/31/2007 3:56:06 PM PDT by DBCJR
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi toured Jerusalem holy sites Saturday alongside a congressional delegation that included the first Muslim elected to Congress.
The tour was part of the congressional delegation's first full day in Jerusalem, the first stop on their fact-finding trip to the Middle East. The group arrived here Friday.
Flanked by security guards, Pelosi, D-Calif., and the delegation toured the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, where Christians believe Jesus' body was buried, in Jerusalem's Old City. They also visited the Western Wall, the holiest site in Judaism, where Jews have gathered for centuries to pray.
Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison said his presence as a Muslim on the trip sent a message to Israelis and Palestinians that people can come together.
Reconciliation is possible, he said.
Ellison, a Minnesota congressman, said he hoped to visit the compound above the Western Wall known as the Temple Mount to Jews and the Noble Sanctuary to Muslims. The compound, the site of the biblical temples as well as the third-holiest site in Islam, is one of the main points of friction between Israel and the Palestinians in the Middle East conflict. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at signonsandiego.com ...
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bugeyespiglousy; democrats; demorats; junket; pelosi; separation; traitors
Is this an appropriate use of tax dollars? Seems kind of religious, doesn't it? Does the "separation of church and state" only apply to Republicans? Have you noticed how many Democrats have been in pulpits lately? How do these you chastise Republicans get by with this stuff?
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posted on
03/31/2007 3:56:08 PM PDT
by
DBCJR
To: DBCJR
The Dems Don't Hate Jews Just the Israeli Government campaign begins.
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posted on
03/31/2007 3:58:56 PM PDT
by
Darkwolf377
(Anti-socialist Bostonian, Anti-Illegal Immigration Bush supporter, Pro-Life Atheist)
To: DBCJR
We all know politicians are liars and only care about themselves.
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posted on
03/31/2007 4:04:25 PM PDT
by
freekitty
To: DBCJR
Why this witch didn't burst into flames is beyond me.
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posted on
03/31/2007 4:04:35 PM PDT
by
Killborn
(Age of servitude. A government of the traitors, by the liars, for the sheep.)
To: Darkwolf377
"The Dems Don't Hate Jews Just the Israeli Government campaign begins."
Ye Dou lost me. What is "The Dems Don't Hate Jews" comment about?
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posted on
03/31/2007 4:10:46 PM PDT
by
DBCJR
(What would you expect?)
To: DBCJR
I think he's talking about the left wing habit of saying, "We're not antisemitic, we just hate Israel."
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posted on
03/31/2007 4:14:20 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: DBCJR
I'm sick to my stomach, thanks to nancy p. lousy and friends.
I HATE that I'm paying for this outrage.
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posted on
03/31/2007 4:19:47 PM PDT
by
mombonn
(God is looking for spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.)
To: Killborn
Why this witch didn't burst into flames is beyond me.Funny thing, when I read the headline I imagined her taking the lid off of the Ark of the Covenant.......
To: DBCJR
When the hell is the news media going to take these traitors to task? To interfere in foreign policy is just beyond the pale! What would these pukes be shouting if we did it to a DimWhit pres?
How do we convince the media to be American again? It sure looks to me like they are for the defeat of our country. There must be something we can do!
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posted on
03/31/2007 4:23:54 PM PDT
by
Allosaurs_r_us
(I can't use the cell phone in the car. I have to keep my hands free for making obscene gestures)
To: DBCJR
Most Pathetic Congress Ever Award
To: DBCJR
Wonder if she has to carry 2 passports to visit both Israel and other ME countries like I did.
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posted on
03/31/2007 4:28:17 PM PDT
by
Buck W.
(If you push something hard enough, it will fall over.)
To: Allosaurs_r_us
When the hell is the news media going to take these traitors to task? To interfere in foreign policy is just beyond the pale! What would these pukes be shouting if we did it to a DimWhit pres? How do we convince the media to be American again? It sure looks to me like they are for the defeat of our country. There must be something we can do!
Take the traitors to task? ou can't take to task what you happen to be and agree with. Tlike having NAZI's try themselves for war crimes. You want to really beat them? The only way is to defund them. You boycott their sponsors and label them as traitorous accomplises, they will drop advertizeing. The only way it would work is if all conservatives cancel newspapers, magazines and track all advertizers in the liberal media and boycott them! Don't think it will work? Ask Air America about what happens when revenue is not generated.
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posted on
03/31/2007 4:42:43 PM PDT
by
Bommer
(Global Warming: The only warming phenomena that occurs in the Summer and ends in the Winter!)
To: somemoreequalthanothers
She would just be near it and the Arc will hiss defensively.
Hitlery will send it running and whimpering.
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posted on
03/31/2007 5:36:21 PM PDT
by
Killborn
(Age of servitude. A government of the traitors, by the liars, for the sheep.)
To: DBCJR
To: DBCJR
Ellison, a Minnesota congressman, said he hoped to visit the compound above the Western Wall known as the Temple Mount to Jews and the Noble Sanctuary to Muslims. The compound, the site of the biblical temples as well as the third-holiest site in Islam, is one of the main points of friction between Israel and the Palestinians in the Middle East conflict. ...
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He will be allowed to vist the Western Wall, but NO JEW can go to the Temple Mount, the Muslims will not allow it.
To: Bommer
Unfortunately most Americans are so uninformed they pay little attention to advertisers even when they disagree with the opinion of the show they are watching.
After all, take Jay Leno for example, there are so many advertisers it would be extremely difficult to boycott them all. You would damn near have to change your whole lifestyle. While it sounds good on paper, it is just not feasible in real life. How do you ask the middle class to stop patronizing Wal-Mart? It aint gonna happen!
However if enough of us complained to the advertiser it might sway their opinion on who they advertise with. What we really need is a boycott of the major networks. I doubt that is feasible, given that there are still a great number of Americans that still rely on over the air broadcasting. Not everyone has satellite, DSL, or cable.
Perhaps we need a protest against them like we did with the "Gathering of Eagles". It will definitely take a concerted effort on our part in order to make the MSM liable for their obvious bias!
To tell you the truth, I don't know how these people sleep at night. It is impossible for them not to know how they are trying to influence the American thought. It goes against everything that journalism held dear for the first couple of hundred years of the history of this country. They used to be honest and forthright, they certainly have lost their way.
Ben Franklin would hook them up to his kite!
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posted on
03/31/2007 8:14:43 PM PDT
by
Allosaurs_r_us
(I can't use the cell phone in the car. I have to keep my hands free for making obscene gestures)
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