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Posted at 1:37pm on Apr. 24, 2008 Speaker Pelosi, would you kindly *stop* reinforcing that stereotype against Catholics?

It's personally embarrassing.

By Moe Lane

Look, I'm sure that it's a favorite quote and everything, but it's not in the Bible.

Biblical Scholars Challenge Pelosi's 'Scripture' Quote
By Pete Winn
CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer
April 23, 2008

(CNSNews.com) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is fond of quoting a particular passage of Scripture. The quote, however, does not appear in the Bible and is "fictional," according to biblical scholars.

In her April 22 Earth Day news release, Pelosi said, "The Bible tells us in the Old Testament, 'To minister to the needs of God's creation is an act of worship. To ignore those needs is to dishonor the God who made us.' On this Earth Day, and every day, let us pledge to our children, and our children's children, that they will have clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, and the opportunity to experience the wonders of nature."

Cybercast News Service repeatedly queried the speaker's office for two days to determine where the alleged Bible quote is found. Thus far, no one has responded.

And this isn't the first time that you've used it - nor is this the first time that you've been called on it, either. Unless you have the chapter and verse from Isaiah that this is supposedly from?

Look, it's really simple. Like it or not, we Roman Catholics have a certain reputation for not being Bible scholars, or even being fully Bible literate. It's highly unfair, of course - but you are not helping matters any by repeatedly getting this wrong. Seriously, you're only reinforcing the stereotype, and making the rest of us look bad.

So stop, already. Go talk about Tibet or something, instead.

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Posted at 11:25pm on Oct. 24, 2007 The Drudge Report finishes the job of sending TNR down by the mast

Who will go down with the ship??

By Jeff Emanuel

[Update:] Hot Air has been following the drama of today's document release, including what looked like it would be a claim that the documents Drudge posted were fake. I've got some notes on that here, as well.

The Drudge Report today drove what should be the final stake in the heart of the seemingly un-killable Scott Thomas Beauchamp affair this week, publishing on its website official documents from the U.S. Army investigation of the formerly pseudonymous “Baghdad Diarist’s” claims of reprehensible behavior on the part of himself and his fellow soldiers while living and working in Iraq. Also published was the transcript of a September 6 conference call between Beauchamp and TNR’s editorial staff.

The investigation, over now for nearly three months, began on Thursday, July 26 – the same day that Beauchamp “outed” himself on The New Republic’s (TNR) website, giving his full name and unit affiliation, and stating that he stood by his stories 100%. “It's been maddening, to say the least,” he wrote, “to see the plausibility of events that I witnessed questioned by people who have never served in Iraq. ...[M]y character, my experiences, and those of my comrades in arms have been called into question, and I believe that it is important to stand by my writing under my real name.”

Read on for more info, analysis, and links to the documents.

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