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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (314008)	12/5/2006 4:01:00 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572605

This is an interesting topic. My opinion is that politicians should take their oaths of office with zero religious symbolism. foxnews.com WASHINGTON — A Muslim-American advocacy group has called on radio talk show host Dennis Prager to be removed from the governing board of the federally funded U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum after Prager last week blasted a representative-elect for planning to use the Koran at his swearing-in next month. Prager, who is Jewish, slammed Minnesota Democrat Keith Ellison, the first Muslim to be elected to the U.S. Congress, after Ellison announced he plans to have his oath of office photo taken with the Koran instead of the Christian Bible, which is traditional. "Insofar as a member of Congress taking an oath to serve America and uphold its values is concerned, America is interested in only one book, the Bible," he wrote in a column titled, "America, Not Keith Ellison, Decides What Book a Congressman Takes His Oath On." hmmmmm... Prager said the Bible is the most important book in American history and that's why it should be used.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (314008)	12/5/2006 10:55:22 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572605

"The point was that we'll cope. We always have and we always will." Of course we will. People "coped" during the Great Depression, the dust bowl and the black plague. But what's better, saying "shit happens" and just letting it happen and coping, or making an effort to PREVENT the calamity?

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (314008)	12/8/2006 3:58:51 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1572605

Of course, that was an overly simplistic answer, but I guess he figured I needed one at my age. The point was that we'll cope. We always have and we always will. I am not sure "coping" is the best way to go. Coping allows for all kinds of unpleasant things: interfering into the affairs of oil rich nations; living hand to mouth so you can pay your gas and heating bills each month; having trade and budget deficits due to high oil prices etc. Coping is what we are doing right now and I happen to believe there is a better alternative.