Bad Deeds for 11-21-06

Six Muslim scholars Removed from a US Airways flight after reciting daily prayers
A passenger raised concerns about the imams — three of whom said their normal evening prayers in the airport terminal before boarding the Phoenix-bound plane, according to one — through a note passed to a flight attendant, according to Andrea Rader, a spokeswoman for US Airways.

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News Corp. (FOX News Parent) Accused of Hush Money Offer
The O.J. Simpson book saga took another twist Tuesday when O.J.’s former sister-in-law, Denise Brown, accused the media company behind the project of trying to buy her family’s silence for “millions of dollars.”

U. S. Government Ends Hunger by Renaming It
The federal government has decided to drop the word “hunger” from its vocabulary, according to a new report released by the USDA. The USDA will now use the term “very low food security” to describe people who used to be considered “food insecure with hunger.” Statistically speaking, hunger will no longer exist in America.

Outgoing Republican Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Says Don’t Worry About Global Warming Because ‘God’s Still Up There’
In an interview on Fox News, outgoing Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works James Inhofe (R-OK) argued that the current wave of unprecedented warming is due to “natural changes.” “God’s still up there,” Inhofe said, and to the extent there is warming going on, it is “due to the sun.” Watch the video:

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Jim