>>>>>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/03/AR2007010300075.html
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>>>>What, in the name of all sanity, would be the point of having a Muslim who believes in the Koran and not the Bible, swear an oath on the Bible? Might as well have him swear on a cookbook.
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>>>A phone book would be more interesting - at least, the personae dramatis in it contains more interesting people :).
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>>To which my wife adds: and the voters' names are in there.
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>Hey, next time you will suggect checkbook.

Much better. Everybody believes in the checkbook.