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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 05:30 PM
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Member Of Congress Calls for Nuking Syria
http://207.44.245.159/article8194http://207.44.245.159/article8194.htm

By ADC

03/02/05 Washington, DC -- Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX) has advocated for attacking Syria with nuclear weapons. Rep. Johnson was quoted telling a recent church gathering, "Syria is the problem. Syria is where those weapons of mass destruction are, in my view. You know, I can fly an F-15, put two nukes on 'em and I'll make one pass. We won't have to worry about Syria anymore." The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) is outraged at Rep. Johnson's statement advocating for mass destruction and genocide and views this as a sad day in our country's tradition when an elected member of the United States Congress openly advocates for attacking another country with nuclear weapons.
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Kikosexy2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 05:32 PM
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1. How..
do war-monging boneheads like Johnson get elected?
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beanball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-05-05 12:52 AM
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12. Johnson
was elected by boneheads.
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ceile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 05:32 PM
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2. I REALLY hate being from TX sometimes
oy!
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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 05:32 PM
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3. based on what he admits is merely his opinion.
And in a church.
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 05:37 PM
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4. The son-of-a-bitch should be thrown out of office immediately
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 06:28 PM
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5. I wonder if this sick fuck really thinks that would end the problems.
Myself, I think that if we nuked Damascus, or Tehran or anything else in the middle east we'd have a billion muslims screaming jihad. America would not survive.
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 06:49 PM
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7. Gets worse every day with these morans
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okieinpain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 07:41 PM
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11. oh, the out cry would be so loud and big, that opec would have
to stop selling us oil.
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-06-05 05:00 PM
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14. Can you say "freezing of all American assets"
in, oh, let's say 2/3rds of all countries?
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kodi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 06:47 PM
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6. 7 years as a POW in Nam fucked up his brain
the man has serious issues he never dealt with
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 07:12 PM
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8. Shame on Sam Johnson
http://207.44.245.159/article8194.htm
By Byron LaMasters

When I'm back home in Dallas, U.S. Rep. Sam Johnson (R-Plano) is my congressman. A few years ago he said that "Democrats don't think like Americans". Yesterday, he joined to chorus of Republicans with the temerity to attack John Kerry's war record on the floor of the U.S. House:

The stinging exchanges took place in a series of one-minute speeches lawmakers can make on any topic. Rep. Sam Johnson (R-Tex.) began the attack by denouncing the Massachusetts senator on the 33rd anniversary of his testimony before a Senate panel in which he sharply criticized the conduct of some U.S. troops in Vietnam. Kerry, a decorated Navy officer in Vietnam, became a prominent antiwar spokesman after his discharge.

Johnson, who spent seven years as a North Vietnamese prisoner of war, said the young Kerry "blasted our nation, chastised our troops and hurt our morale. . . . What he did was nothing short of aiding and abetting the enemy." Comparing Kerry to former antiwar activist Jane Fonda, Johnson said: "He's called Hanoi John."

The presiding officer, Rep. Ray LaHood (R-Ill.), briefly cautioned members not to disparage senators by name, but other Republicans poured it on. Rep. John Kline (Minn.) said Kerry's service in the war "does not excuse his joining ranks with Jane Fonda and others in speaking ill of our troops or their service, then or now." Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (Calif.), whose plane was shot down over North Vietnam, said Kerry's 1971 remarks angered Cunningham and his comrades at the time. "We do not need a Jane Fonda as commander in chief," he said.

Democrats tore up their prepared Earth Day remarks to defend Kerry. Rep. John B. Larson (Conn.) said, "We ought to rise above this here on the House floor and across the debate in this nation." Rep. Jim McDermott (Wash.), a Navy psychiatrist during the war, alluded to Bush's record in the Texas Air National Guard then. People who served actively then, he said, have a right to speak out. "But if you were in the National Guard and you didn't show up, you were AWOL for a whole year, you've got real nerve to start an attack on John Kerry's character," McDermott said. "Some people were simply not available; they never showed up for their flight physical."
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BeFree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 07:31 PM
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9. What an idiot
This guy needs to feel the wrath of DU.

He needs to be flooded with emails, and the press needs to be aware of his representation and ask him some follow up questions.

Who has an email address for this cowboy?
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barb162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 07:36 PM
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10. speechless; reminds me of Gen. Buck Turgidson in Dr. Strangelove
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Joey Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-06-05 03:56 PM
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13. Johnson is a mad man
What is up with Texans? Are they all nuts? I guess the same question could be asked about republicans in general.
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