Congressional resolutions: threat or menace?

[Will Linden]

   I have learned of yet another threat to our inclusive society


>Dec 12, 2007 - Bill Action
><http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=hj110-15>Scheduled for 
>Debate: H.J.Res. 15: Recognizing the contributions of the Christmas tree 
>industry to the United States...
>This bill has been added to a schedule of legislation to be considered for 
>debate, or has been recommended by a committee to be considered.
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><http://www.govtrack.us/congress/subjects.xpd?type=crs&term=Religion>Religion)

    This was passed on Monday. It went by voice vote, so those THEOCRATS 
who want to FORCE everyone to buy live-cut trees (it praises them right in 
the "Whereas", so we know what THEY are really after) did not even have to 
put their names on record.
     If we raise the alarm, it may wake up those people who waste their 
priorities worrying about triviality like the Protect America Act, so we 
can make sure that the Senate buries this outrage as it did last year.

   Meanwhile, Get Religion notes:
   "Of the nine representatives, all Democrats, who voted against the 
Christmas resolution, seven supported both the Ramadan and Diwali measures. 
Those seven were Reps. Gary Ackerman and Yvette Clarke, both of New York; 
Diana DeGette of Colorado; Jim McDermott of Washington; Bobby Scott of 
Virginia; and Pete Stark and Lynn Woolsey, both of California. Rep. Alcee 
Hastings of Florida did not vote on the Diwali resolution, and Rep. Barbara 
Lee failed to record a vote on the Ramadan measure."
    Of course, this could not possibly mean anything, since PC does not 
exist and there is no anti-Christian animus anywhere.