Mississippi lawmakers debate pro-Israel resolution

[cali]

State senators Friday spent nearly as much time debating a pro-Israel resolution, which has no force of law, as they did discussing how more than $2 billion worth of taxpayers’ money would be spent a day earlier.

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“Why on earth have we gotten in the middle of this?” state Sen. Hob Bryan, D-Amory asked. “Is this why the people of Mississippi sent us here?”

Bryan triggered the lengthy debate when he questioned details of Senate Concurrent Resolution 562, which commends “the nation of Israel for its cordial and mutually beneficial relationship with the United States and with the state of Mississippi.”

Senators approved the resolution 28-7, with the remaining 17 members either declining to vote or not in the chamber.

The resolution noted that Israel occupies territory it received under “the oldest recorded deed, as recorded in the Old Testament.”

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[Scootaloo]

1. Lining up to fellate the donkey, I guess.

Did you know that the tallest mountain in the world is in Israel, and that it has the best rock 'n' roll and hip-hop?

[cali]

2. these folks are not only stupid but bat shit crazy and

I don't see why they'd "fellate the donkey". It seems to be motivated by right wing evangelism.

[LuvNewcastle]

3. The goal of teabaggers is to take up the legislature's

time with frivolous things so that they don't have time to deal with real matters. Government grinds to a halt and becomes so dysfunctional that corporations have to step in and run things. It's a thoroughly fascist agenda. The teabaggers took over the legislature and nearly all the state offices here in the last election. If you think Mississippi was bad before, wait until you see the new and improved Mississippi.