Whereas Congress recognizes the historical tradition of ethical values and principles which are the basis of civilized society and upon which our great Nation was founded;
Whereas these ethical values and principles have been the bedrock of society from the dawn of civilization, when they were known as the Seven Noahide Laws;
Whereas without these ethical values and principles the edifice of civilization stands in serious peril of returning to chaos;
Whereas society is profoundly concerned with the recent weakening of these principles that has resulted in crises that beleaguer and threaten the fabric of civilized society;
Whereas the justified preoccupation with these crises must not let the citizens of this Nation lose sight of their responsibility to transmit these historical ethical values from our distinguished past to the generations of the future;
etc...
Short answer: Thankfully, not yet. Long answer: I- <THWACK> {pummeled by +1 Large Fish of Shushing}
Dare I ask what brought this up?
I've been 'educated'.
I've been 'educated'.
Its the newest form of 'rickrolling'. You trick people into learning something.
I've been 'educated'.Its the newest form of 'rickrolling'. You trick people into learning something.
I've been 'Edu-Rolled'.
Oh, nothing really. Just noticed it while browsing the ol' interwebz one day and thought it was a bit odd...
You obviously haven't read a lot of Joint Resolutions. Doing a quick search of the Library of Congress, I found this.
106th Congress
S.R. 349- To designate September 7, 2000, as `National Safe Television for All Ages Day'.
109th Congress
H.R. 94- Recognizing the contributions of the Christmas tree industry to the United States economy and urging the Secretary of Agriculture to establish programs to raise awareness of the importance of the Christmas tree industry.
It's true, I don't read a lot of Joint Resolutions. I wonder how the programs to raise of the importance of the Christmas tree industry are faring.Oh, nothing really. Just noticed it while browsing the ol' interwebz one day and thought it was a bit odd...You obviously haven't read a lot of Joint Resolutions. Doing a quick search of the Library of Congress, I found this.
106th Congress
S.R. 349- To designate September 7, 2000, as `National Safe Television for All Ages Day'.109th Congress
H.R. 94- Recognizing the contributions of the Christmas tree industry to the United States economy and urging the Secretary of Agriculture to establish programs to raise awareness of the importance of the Christmas tree industry.
I think it's been renamed Holiday Tree Industry. *sigh*
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Looking into a certain congressman's voting record, I found a disturbing number of worthless resolutions. Do we really need a typed document supporting victims of Alzheimer's or expressing regret about the losses of the families on 9/11? The 9/11 resolution even says "Once again" in its text.
How about congres works on problems and wastes no time telling us things we already know. The two issues above are important, and inspire passion in people without a joint resolution, not seen by anyone. Those casues are in America's hearts, and the efforts of actual people and volunteers are a thousand times more important, effective, visible, etc. Waste of time and money.
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"...our distinguished past to the generations of the future..."
Obviously they bought the whole roll of toilet paper...what distinguished past? Its as sordid and deceitful as the future.
How sordid I hear you ask? Sordid enough that a history book for the USA amounts to this: War and the Republic
Where is the List of Farms burned down by George Washington because they wouldnt support his little terrorist army?
Here's a good one.
110th CONGRESS
2nd Session
H. RES. 1436
Congratulating the Waipio Little League baseball team for winning the 2008 Little League World Championship.
Where is the List of Farms burned down by George Washington because they wouldnt support his little terrorist army?
Or how much of the Founding Fathers' wealth was based on slave labor. But the omissions are balanced by out and out lies like how Robert Lee was some kind of abolitionist.
Where is the List of Farms burned down by George Washington because they wouldnt support his little terrorist army?Or how much of the Founding Fathers' wealth was based on slave labor. But the omissions are balanced by out and out lies like how Robert Lee was some kind of abolitionist.
True. We could also say the same thing about Abraham Lincoln. Even though he was an abolitionist, he was by our modern standards a racist. Look at FDR. He created a "camp" to put innocent Japanese civilians in. Many "heroes" in the past would be considered child predators in our time by the fact that many married young teenage girls. Do these actions take anything from the greatness of these people? No. It's not fair to judge these people by 21st century morality.