newsbusters.org - 1/6/2009
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The Denver Post seems to have decided that "the Lord" should not be allowed in its paper. In a January 5 report about Illinois Senator wannabe Roland Burris, the unwelcome Burris is quoted by the AP as saying "the Lord" had "ordained" that he get his Senate seat. At 3AM the Post had the full ...
news.yahoo.com - 1/6/2009
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news.yahoo.com —
AP - Senate Democrats struggled to avert a
showdown steeped in race and corruption Monday as a...
defiant Roland Burris declared, "I'm a United States senator" despite boiling controversy over his appointment to President-elect Barack Obama's seat in ...
(more)
Burris declares he's a senator despite controversy
(AP)
reuters.com - 1/6/2009
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reuters.com —
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
yielded to Republican threats and agreed on Monday not...
to immediately seat fellow Democrat Al Franken, whose razor-close victory in Minnesota faces legal challenges. Senate Republicans had ...
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Senate Democrats put off plans to seat Franken
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Things Heard: e48v2
Stones Cry Out —
Boing, or more accurately “sproing.”
Trombone.
Smaller cheaper accelerator?
Hmmm.
God and Mr Burris … and the press.
Will that affect US gas prices?
Faith, and analogy to computer languages.
Yah right, the War on Terror really put a dent in progress on speech recognition … or not.
Jesus and the ring of Gygax (?), i.e., was he invisible to the non-pious?
Ornithiferous verse.
Five ...
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Roland Burris headed to the Capitol on Tuesday, where he was expected to be denied entry to the Senate chambers as he tried to claim the seat once held by President-elect Barack Obama.
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