It all began when the legislature decided to upgrade its 150 year old building by making improvement to the plumbing system. Among those improvements were updated bathrooms, that included installing sinks for maintenance workers to fill their buckets used for cleaning the facilities.
But where normal America sees a maintenance sink, Tennessee America sees a Muslim.
You see, a few Republican lawmakers in the state legislature were convinced that the new sinks in the bathrooms were actually secret Muslim foot baths, used by devout Muslims to clean their face, feet and hands before praying. Not surprisingly, the two lawmakers, Sen. Bill Ketron, R-Murfreesboro and Rep. Judd Matheny, proposed a law two years back to jail anyone who follows Shariah law (which, you know, is a big problem in Tennessee, being such a diverse welcoming place):
A proposed Tennessee law would make following the Islamic code known as Shariah law a felony, punishable by 15 years in jail.
State Sen. Bill Ketron, R-Murfreesboro, and state Rep. Judd Matheny, R-Tullahoma, introduced the same bill in the Senate and House last week. It calls Shariah law a danger to homeland security and gives the attorney general authority to investigate complaints and decide who’s practicing it….
Oh Republicans, where would we get our daily dose of derisive laughter if ya'll didn't exist?
Yep first they stop to wash their feet in the mop sink, and next thing you know they are strapping bombs to the janitor cart and wheeling it out into the lobby. ("Allahu Akbar! You Tennessee heathens!)
My guess is that Tennessee has been so jealous of all the attention that Florida gets for craziness that they felt they had to do SOMETHING in order to stay competitive.
This incident was so ripe for mocking that Stephen Colbert simply could not resist.
Hey, Gryph, I'm sure you saw where Pope Francis washed the feet of a (gasp) Muslim woman prisoner on Maundy Thursday.
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My guess is that Tennessee has been so jealous of all the attention that Florida gets for craziness that they felt they had to do SOMETHING in order to stay competitive.
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I was thinking Texas.
Texas works too.
DeleteAnd, unfortunately for me, so does Alaska.
I was going to say that we(TN)are trying to keep up with Texas. With the rethugs taking over, we have become a joke.
DeleteA heads up to ya'll Konservative lawmakers- I live in Hawaii and it's a hotbed of shariaizm: all the dark skins here were wear Muslim shoes! It's spreading like wildfire, even the surfers have them on! Don't go there!
ReplyDeleteThe Republicans are sending campaign staffs to boot camp to teach them how to put out the fire after one of their candidates comes out in support of rape.
ReplyDeleteBuried in a Washington Post story about Republican plans to retake the Senate in 2014 was this little gem, “The NRSC is planning at least eight boot camps for staff in states with competitive races. Kevin McLaughlin, a veteran operative hired to work with campaign staff around the country, will run the communications schools with an eye toward preventing mishaps. He will also be in charge of a kind of campaign fire department, charged with quickly putting out blazes once mistakes are made.”
There are so many things wrong with this.
Republicans Try to Handle Future Gaffes By Sending Staffers To Rape Boot Camp
http://www.politicususa.com/republicans-handle-future-gaffes-sending-staffers-rape-boot-camp.html
How hard is it not to use a racial slur or tell a tribal council on domestic violence that you're going to wring their necks and throw them against wall?
DeletePope Francis loves toes. I saw where that guy was laying on his tummy while in costume in front of all the other costumed guys. It's a lifestyle choice.
ReplyDeleteOn his tummy? I heard the last one saw more ceilings than Michelangelo!
DeleteThat's so funny! I've been seeing those maintenance sinks, usually in janitors' closets, for at least fifty years. Hell, when I was in the military I may have even used one of them.
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I've seen these things for a long time. As far back as when the jihadi's used to be invited for photo ops at the White House! We call 'em mop sinks. Not egzackly shore why that's what we call 'em.
DeleteSome of these so called mop sinks I've seen have spouts that swivel. What's up with that? Do they swivel so they can be swung over the mop bucket- or teh more sinister possibility- so they can be pointed toward Mecca? ZOMG
I am so ashamed to be living in this red state.. Believe me, if I could move away from Tennessee, I would in a heart-beat. My husband was born and raised here, has a 'mama' still living here and he won't leave her. He promised his father on his father's deathbed that he would take care of his mama. And he has, admirably. But I hate living in Tennessee!
ReplyDeleteIt's low in education, wages, health care, but it's high in obesity and poverty...and thoroughly 'red' through and through.
But we can eat road kill here! The Tennessee State Legislature passed a bill that allows people to eat their road kill. They spent months working on that legislation. That's what I deal with living in a Southern red state! Oh, and you can bring your gun to work now...
Wow. Sorry to hear you hate living there. I was actually thinking it might be a good place to move to from Massachusetts but my husband is a die hard yankee. LOL
DeleteGuns at work? The stupid, it burns!!!!
Isn't the whole Rethuglican agenda based on Sharia law????
DeleteThe guns at work law did not pass without a lot of caveats, like they must stay in the trunk. The largest employer in the state, after government, is FedEx and no way will guns ever be allowed there. I believe if a company/organization has a policy with no guns, the law does not supercede that. I live in the Smoky Mountains and there are few places that I have been that are more peaceful or beautiful. Just depends on what you like. We had a Democrat governor and legislature 3 years ago. We will have it again, we just have to let this nonsense cycle through.
DeleteI guess they think "Bidets" are "water fountains". When one thinks like a hammer, all they see are nails.
ReplyDeleteThe stupid, you can't make this shit up!
um, i work in a college in Oman. we don't have Muslim foot baths--- everyone just contorts themselves in yoga-esque ways and uses the sinks!
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