A Republican congressman recently sent a copy of the Holy Bible to every member of Congress "to help guide you in your decision-making," according to a letter obtained by TPM.
Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-MS) enclosed the Bible in his letter dated July 29 and sent to all House and Senate offices. The letter, written on an official letterhead in his capacity as assistant majority whip, was confirmed by Capitol Hill aides whose offices received it.
"On a daily basis, we contemplate policy decisions that impact America's future. Our staffs provide us with policy memos, statistics, and recommendations that help us make informed decisions. However, I find that the best advice comes through meditating on God's Word," Palazzo wrote.
So the BEST advice on how to deal with cyber crime, immigration problems, and nuclear arms proliferation is in a book written over 3000 years ago?
I mean if you needed advice about sacrificing your daughters to an angry mob in order to protect some angels, or to ignore the advice of a talking snake, I could see it. But exactly how does anything in the Bible help us to deal with the real world problems faced by members of Congress in 2014?
Do they only contain the Old Testament?
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Sincerely,
The Christian
Who paid for this? Has this man read the Bible? If so where did he look for his answers?
ReplyDeleteHow about if they just spent some time producing completed work to benefit their constituents?
Will Cruz need to get copies of "Green Eggs and Ham" to all the senators?
Does the Bible tell how to feed the little starving children, keep the little girls from being genitally mutilated, how to have live parents to raise you? Does it?
I wondered who paid for this, too. Why do these holier than thou people run for office, instead of becoming preachers? Prolly the $$$. His state is one of the biggest spongers off taxpayers too. Red state, with high rate of welfare recipients, unwed teen mothers, and SSI recipients. What the bibles cost would have helped in some other area.
DeleteExactly, 3:29 PM, perhaps someone should send HIM The Sermon On The Mount! LORD, I detest these people.
DeleteWill Paul Ryan send copies of "Atlas Shrugged" to all?
DeleteMy first thought was "who paid for his bid for attention" because that's all that it is.
DeleteEvery single Republican representative is chewing out some poor minion on his or her staff for not thinking up this pious publicity stunt first.
ReplyDeleteWell, every office needs a good paperweight/doorstop.
ReplyDeleteor TP
DeleteHmm. Tea Party/Toilet Paper. About the same place in society.
Palazzo is an ignorant and disillusioned idiot. We need to vote people like him out of office so this country can begin to move forward again.
ReplyDeleteSame general theory as the open carry ammosexuals. Demand attention then howl the victim hymn.
ReplyDeleteThis guy is probably just as challenged penis-wise as the gun humpers.
I can't get past beaver cleaver's hair...
ReplyDeletebeaver cleaver Is that what Sarah called the guys she took to her sisters dorm room?
DeleteJesus H. Christ! These southern Republicans and Teabaggers need to be told that religion is NOT part of our government! Don't vote for them and get the ones out of office that constantly push this baloney!
ReplyDeleteI am sick to death of these fucking so called Christianists.
ReplyDeleteEnough with this religious crap.
Yay,now they can see God's take on compassion for the Immigrant children,ending all wars,and taking care of the poor,sick,and needy..
ReplyDeleteI bet he ripped those pages out .
Palazzo wants to deport people born in the US if they were born when their parents were here illegally. The 14th Amendment to the US Constitution would have to be changed.
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ReplyDeletehttp://www.rollcall.com/issues/57_55/heard_hill_steven_palazzo_hill_staffers_gone_wild-
Heard on the Hill: Steven Palazzo’s Hill Staffers Gone Wild
Get the error "Page not found"
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http://www.rollcall.com/issues/57_55/heard_hill_steven_palazzo_hill_staffers_gone_wild-210108-1.html
DeleteOld story, but very telling about how those "good christians" run their Congressional office. Like a frat house.
And why is he standing next to a Confederate flag?
ReplyDeleteWe ALL know why.
DeleteFor him it's probably the American flag. I wonder if he ever stands in front of the American flag. These guys are simply beyond amazing in their audacity, in their flagrant abuse of power, and in their "thumb-their-nose" attitude toward the country and the Constitution. And there is no one in the GOP who is brave enough to take them on. We must not let the GOP triumph in November!
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It seems to me that using official stationery and, I'm sure, government franking privileges for this little enterprise must be illegal. There is the minor item called the Constitution with which every member of Congress should be familiar. For their work in Congress, the Constitution trumps the Bible.
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LOL like they've never been to a motel with Gideon bibles.
ReplyDeleteOnly to screw hookers provided by lobbyists. That's the only way this fat fuck can get laid in Washington.
DeleteWell, isn't he a special pile of doughy blobbity.
ReplyDeleteDoughy, yes. But not all special. Just a steaming pile of dog shit, that's all.
DeleteA collection of Aesops fables would produce better results.
ReplyDelete>>And why is he standing next to a Confederate flag?<
ReplyDeleteIn Mississippi the state flag IS the Confederate flag!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Mississippi
"The flag of the State of Mississippi was adopted by the U.S. state of Mississippi in 1894, replacing the flag that had been adopted in 1861.
It is the sole remaining U.S. state flag which bears the Confederate battle flag's saltire, after Georgia adopted a new flag in 2001."
At least we'll finally be able to deal with the old-men-gathering-wood-on-the-sabbath issue. Stone the bastards!!
ReplyDeleteSurely there are rules about proselytizing on the government dime. I want him to reimburse the tax payers. As a whip he has to know the rules, right? Or maybe he thinks he'll get away with it. What would have happened if Eric "the Weasel" Cantor had sent around some Torahs?
ReplyDeleteThe letter, written on an official letterhead in his capacity as assistant majority whip ...
"What would have happened if Eric "the Weasel" Cantor had sent around some Torahs?"
DeleteEven better...if Rep. Keith Ellison sent out copies of the Quran.
Can you just imagine the number of heads exploding throughout Congress?
Who paid for this? That's what I want to know too...
DeleteHe used Official House stationary - that means we paid for it not him - did he also use government funds to post them? Package them? Is he expecting this gesture to be a tax write-off or did he use taxpayer funds up front to buy the bibles?
-Oz
Some helpful Bible quotes for them to study:
ReplyDeleteThou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. (Exodus 22:21)
And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.(Lev. 19:33-34)
For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:] He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. (Deut. 10:17-19)
Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place. (Jer. 22:3)
The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.] And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD. (Ezek. 22:29-31)
And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. (Ezekiel 47:22)
And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart. (Zech. 7:10)
Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. (Proverbs 31:8-9)
And, of course, there's Matthew 25:31-46, which is far too long to quote.
I think it would do them good to study those verses, don't you?
Those scriptures are the ones that don't count...dontcha know!
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How can we have freedom when bibles are being jammed down our throats?
ReplyDeleteSounds like his name should be Gideon.
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Did Representative Palazzo read his bible and meditate on God's word before he voted no on Hurricane Sandy relief?
ReplyDelete~ Radley