Bad Deeds for 1-3-07

More About Republican Congressman Virgil Goode’s Anti-Muslim Remarks – Republican congressman Virgil Goode recently claimed that incoming Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison’s decision to be sworn in with a Koran amounted to an assault on American values, and called Ellison’s election a consequence of unchecked immigration. But here is Ellison’s answer to Goode’s bad deeds. Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, will take the oath of office using what was once Thomas Jefferson’s personal copy of the Koran. And concerning Goode’s remark about immigration, Ellison’s family has been in America for more than 250 years.

FBI Agents Witnessed Guantanamo Detainee Abuse – Documents released yesterday by the FBI cite more than two dozen instances in which agents reported possible mistreatment at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, including mock baptizing, dangerously hot and unventilated cells, and one detainee whose head was wrapped in duct tape for chanting the Quran. Some military officials and contractors told FBI agents that techniques in use had been approved at the highest levels of the Defense Department.

John McCain calls the New York Times ‘a Communist paper’

Conservative Radio Host Announces “Assassination” Schedule For Members Of Congress – A radio talk-show entertainer whose earlier statements that he “may” have to assassinate members of Congress if the wrong people were elected Nov. 7 now has set a timetable for those killings. In a statement on his website, Hal Turner noted that a newspaper has reported that a bill granting amnesty to illegal aliens is expected to be enacted in January, when the Democratic Party takes control of the U.S. Senate and House. “ANY MEMBER OF CONGRESS WHO INTRODUCES, CO-SPONSORS OR VOTES IN FAVOR OF ANY SUCH AMNESTY WILL BE DECLARED A DOMESTIC ENEMY AND WILL BE CONSIDERED A LEGITIMATE TARGET FOR ASSASSINATION,” Turner posted on his website.

Ancient ice shelf breaks free from Canadian Arctic – A giant ice shelf the size of 11,000 football fields has snapped free from Canada’s Arctic. The collapse was so powerful that earthquake monitors 250 kilometers (155 miles) away picked up tremors from it. The Ayles Ice Shelf, roughly 66 square kilometers (41 square miles) in area, was one of six major ice shelves remaining in Canada’s Arctic.

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Jim