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    Default 12-16-2011, 07:14 PM
    By:Aubrey Whelan | 12/16/11 11:16 AM

    Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., embarked on a 24-hour hunger strike in solidarity with four Occupy DC protesters who have gone without food since Dec. 8 to advocate for D.C. voting rights.

    Ellison, the first Muslim to serve in the House, met with the hunger strikers Thursday and pledged to read their declaration – which calls for full voting rights for District residents as well as legislative and budget autonomy – on the floor of the House of Representatives to enter it into the congressional record.

    Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/...#ixzz1gk5A6KS1


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    Default 12-16-2011, 08:45 PM
    Wait a few more days and he will be wanting some pork chops!:D
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    Default 12-16-2011, 11:33 PM
    which calls for full voting rights for District residents
    Meaning that everyone who will no doubt vote Democrat like illegal aliens & convicts.
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    Default 12-16-2011, 11:40 PM
    What? He missed Ramadan????


    Piker! Put it down where andwhen it counts!!!


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    Default 12-17-2011, 04:26 AM
    24 hours huh? Glad to see he's making such a sacrifice.
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    Default 12-17-2011, 09:32 AM
    All it would take to end these hunger strikes is to simply not care. So what if they want to starve themselves. Take the food and feed the hungry.
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    Default 12-17-2011, 10:35 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by txradioguy View Post
    24 hours huh? Glad to see he's making such a sacrifice.
    Many of us have had medical exam fasts that lasted as long.
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    Default 12-17-2011, 11:03 AM
    P.O.S. probably gained weight too...
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    Default 12-17-2011, 03:06 PM
    24 hours, hah? BFD.
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    Default 12-19-2011, 05:43 PM
    People shouldn't be so hasty to judge this 24-hour hunger strike.


    After all, how do we know it's not 24 business hours? He could be hungry for quite some time....
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