The Barbary Wars

[Dave70968]

what was the name of the "jack wad" senator who supposedly was swore in using the koran? You being pretty vague.

Seadog incorrectly refers to Keith Ellison as a Senator (he's a Representative), and Snopes reports it slightly differently:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/ellison.asp

While the general basis of the controversy is real, editorials like the one appearing in TownHall.com erred in maintaining that Ellison would be sworn into Congress by taking an oath with his hand upon the Quran. Actually, no Bibles or other religious texts are used during the swearing-in ceremony for the House of Representatives--incoming House members simply stand in front of the speaker's podium en masse, raise their right hands, and recite an oath in which they swear to uphold the Constitution. Bibles are generally either carried by new House members during the ceremony or don't make an appearance until the newly-sworn Congressmen pose with them during a post-swearing-in photo opportunity with the Speaker of the House

He did later pose for pictures with a Quran owned by no less than Thomas Jefferson.

 

[Lurker66]

Yep, just didnt want to hijack the thread.

 

[MLRyan]

History is written by the winners. All history is subjective.

 

[Lurker66]

True enough, i still like reading about wars other than world wars. Like Been, the Boer war and wars in South America intrigue me. I love reading about the French wars.

 

[ronny]

You can't teach everything and every year there is more history to teach. Most young people today are too wrapped up in their toys to teach themselves anything. It'll all come to an end someday.

 

[MLRyan]

I like reading about the Crusades and all the areas around Vietnam that we should have really been in.