Is Tennesee Capitol Sink For Muslim Feet Washing?

[Syt]

No.

Stolen from Facebook.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ODD_MOP_SINK_CONFUSION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-03-25-17-33-31

IS TENN. CAPITOL SINK FOR MUSLIM FEET WASHING? NO

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Sometimes a mop sink is just a mop sink.

In Tennessee, legislative staffers and building managers have sought to reassure a few concerned lawmakers that recent state Capitol renovations didn't install special facilities for Muslims to wash their feet before praying. State officials say a new sink is instead meant to make it easier for custodial staff to fill buckets and clean mops.

Senate Clerk Russell Humphrey said he had been approached by two lawmakers to inquire about a new basin, which replaced a utility sink that had been mounted higher on the wall.

State Sen. Bill Ketron said he had asked about the change after being approached about it by a fellow Republican, Rep. Judd Matheny. Ketron said the answer dispelled any potential concerns, while Matheny said he couldn't recall raising questions.

[The Larch]

Tennesee lawmakers must be really busy if they worry about this kind of things. 

[Valmy]

Well that was pretty random by Rep Matheny...allegedly anyway since he seems to have forgotten ever voicing concerns about this.

[Razgovory]

Tennesee lawmakers must be really busy if they worry about this kind of things. 

Law makers in Tennessee are always on the look out for potential Muslim infiltration.

[The Larch]

Tennesee lawmakers must be really busy if they worry about this kind of things. 

Law makers in Tennessee are always on the look out for potential Muslim infiltration.

Of their precious bodily fluids, I guess.

[fhdz]

I'd be more concerned drunk politicians would use it as a urinal.

[dps]

I guess the real problem is that washing is such a foreign concept in Tennessee that they ascribe it to Moslems.

[Syt]

I bet the course of events was:

Matheny: "Seen them there new sinks? What's them so low for? Muslims washing their feet before prayer? LOLOL"
Ketron: "No idea, bubba. I'll better check. LOLOL"

Ketron, to building maintenance: "Btw, what's with them low sinks?"
BM: "It's for cleaning mops, filling buckets, that sort of thing."

Ketron: "The sinks? It's for the cleaning staff."
Matheny: "What sinks again?"

[Malthus]

Heh, I'm reminded of this ad:

http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2010/11/09/is-your-washroom-breeding-bolsheviks/

Muslims: the bathroom bolsheviks of the new millenium. 

[Admiral Yi]

Matheny?  Ketron??

[Razgovory]

Matheny?  Ketron??

Those are the names in the OP.

[lustindarkness]

I'd be more concerned drunk politicians would use it as a urinal.

That was what I thought when I saw the pic, and I'm not even drunk. 

[dps]

Note to self:  Never hire Lusti as a janitor--he can't be trusted around a mop sink.

[derspiess]

Heh, I'm reminded of this ad:

http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2010/11/09/is-your-washroom-breeding-bolsheviks/

Muslims: the bathroom bolsheviks of the new millenium. 

There's still apparently mileage in Red Scare tactics.  Even a local union got into the act here in Cincinnati recently, connecting the proposed Workplace Freedom Act with "what is done in communist countries"  http://protectohiosmiddleclass.org/

[Admiral Yi]

Those are the names in the OP.

Damn.  Those are some fucked up names.