Ministers Say They Blessed Seats (oil )Ahead of Alito Hearing (WSJ)

[IChing]

WASHINGTON -- Insisting that God "certainly needs to be involved" in the Supreme Court confirmation process, three Christian ministers today blessed the doors of the hearing room where Senate Judiciary Committee members will begin considering the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito on Monday.

Capitol Hill police barred them from entering the room to continue what they called a consecration service. But in a bit of one-upsmanship, the three announced that they had let themselves in a day earlier, touching holy oil to the seats where Judge Alito, the senators, witnesses, Senate staffers and the press will sit, and praying for each of the 13 committee members by name.

"We did adequately apply oil to all the seats," said the Rev. Rob Schenck, who identified himself as an evangelical Christian and as president of the National Clergy Council in Washington.

Rev. Schenck called the consecration service the kick-off in a series of prayer meetings that will continue throughout the confirmation hearing. >>>>>>snip

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I wonder if they used cannabis oil?

[enki23]

1. jesus motherfucking christ, i want out of this fucking asylum

send *me* to fucking mars. please?

oh, and by the way... since when do we trust radical clerics to spread around unknown oily substances in government chambers? turn the fuckers in to to DHS, the FBI, the CIA, the Secret Service, and the Salvation Fucking Army.

[fooj]

2. This is just butt-ass crazy.

Unbelievable.

Peace.

[MADem]

12. Yeah, and those oily butt stains will go over well on the Armani suits!!!

Who wants OIL, anointed or otherwise, on your thousand dollar friken suit or your high end Needless Markup dress??? If the guy actually did this, they'll all look like a bunch of OLESTRA junkies from the rear, suffering severe anal leakage!!!

[fooj]

14. Eeeeeeeeeeeeww!

:spray:

[AtomicKitten]

15. oily butt prints, check

[northzax]

3. how did they 'let themselves in' to a committee room?

I find that a little suspicious, don't you? Isn't that called 'breaking and entering?"

[CrazyOrangeCat]

4. Those three stooges . . .

. . . need to get a hobby.

:wtf: :freak: :dunce:

[AX10]

5. Rev. Schenck should be turned in to Homeland Security.

What the HELL was he doing in the chamber? Those rooms are to be secured at all times.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

6. I'm getting "Page Unavailable."

That was fast.

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[No Exit]

19. Should be "page unbelievable"!

[IChing]

7. Patrick Mahoney was a member of a suspect religious terrorist organization

Operation Rescue

Additional evidence suggests that actions by Terry and Operation Rescue may have provoked violence at abortion clinics. As the New York Times reported on July 20, 2001, "One of his most avid followers in Binghamton was James E. Kopp, now charged in the 1998 murder of a doctor who performed abortions in Buffalo ." Kopp was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. A November 6, 1998, Times report further detailed Terry's connection to Kopp: http://mediamatters.org/items/200503220001

So they let them in the Senate.

[asjr]

8. Well, so much for separation of Church and State! The

Senate should take this into consideration when questioning Mr. A.

[DELUSIONAL]

9. I wonder if people like this gave Anthrax

powder to the Dems and press??

Now the cleaning crew should sanitize the whole damn room.

[LizW]

10. Just who do they let wander in and spread unknown chemicals around?

I hope the anthrax killer isn't reading about this.

[IChing]

16. One of guys was a head honcho at Operation Rescue

Yeah, they let them sneak in a oil the seats, but not with cannabis oil

[No Exit]

17. Oh, SWELL... well, we know Operation Rescue can be trusted

... oh yeah... as long as there aren't any doctors who've done abortions in the room, the little congress-people will be safe... (Sen. Frist.. care to comment? Just askin'):sarcasm:

[Agnomen]

11. They should sacrifice a goat

or at least a chicken

[Sal Minella]

13. What a relief!

We all know G-d would not be present in that room at all during those hearings were it not for the selfless efforts of those holy men!

Maybe if they had been around to dab a little oil on the Diebold blackboxes, the freaking things would have worked better.....

[orleans]

18. Security sure is great there, isn't it?

that three wackos can go in and mess around like that?

shouldn't they be arrested for defacing public property?

or trespassing?