TN lawmakers confuse mop sink for Muslim foot-washing sink

[proud2BlibKansan]

NASHVILLE — Sometimes a mop sink is just a mop sink.

Building managers and legislative staffers have sought to reassure some concerned Tennessee lawmakers that recent renovations at the state Capitol did not install special facilities for Muslims to wash their feet before praying.

“I confirmed with the facility administrator for the State Capitol Complex that the floor-level sink installed in the men’s restroom outside the House Chamber is for housekeeping use,” Legislative Administration Director Connie Ridley wrote in an email. “It is, in layman’s terms, a mop sink.”

The nearly $16 million renovation completed in December focused on upgrading electrical, mechanical and plumbing systems in the more than 150-year-old Capitol. Parts of the building also got new carpets, paint and security upgrades.

more . . . http://www.tennessean.com/viewart/20130325/NEWS02/303250057/TN-lawmakers-confuse-mop-sink-Muslim-foot-washing-sink

[DollarBillHines]

1. Words fail me

dumbasses

[irisblue]

4. dollarbill, you speak for me here.

such dumbasses...

[pinboy3niner]

2. Fears of two GOP lawmakers who sponsored an anti-sharia bill

Now they're afraid of terrorist mops?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. Does Tennessee have a staff of joke writers that provides material to their politicians?

Or, do the politicians write their own stuff aimed at making them look like total asses?

[4_TN_TITANS]

23. Why yes, yes we do!

Are they great or what?

[X_Digger]

5. Funny thing is..

.. at the Verizon office I used to work at, observant muslims actually did use the mop sink to wash their feet- but only after someone noticed a guy washing his feet in the urinal. Ick.

[Ilsa]

6. The pettiness of these people astounds me.

They got their noses out of joint over a supposed foot washing/mop washing sink? Don't they have anything more significant to worry about? Like billions of dollars being wasted on killing people on the other side of the planet?

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. Amen

Petty isn't a strong enough description, is it?

[Ilsa]

14. No, it's not, but it carries

a lot of meaning about where their priorities are.

[Fawke Em]

17. And it's not with me...

...a middle-class Tennessee citizen.

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. It's too bad procreating does not require intelligence.

[spanone]

8. we have the dumbest lawmakers in tenn you can imagine....think marsha blackburn on steroids

[benld74]

9. I hope they mistake the bidet for a water fountain!!

[ZRT2209]

10. Dear God, Save us from your followers

[Sissyk]

11. This is just fucking embarrassing

to all us normal Tennesseans. We have some stupid politicians.

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. Hey. We have some dumbshits in Kansas also.

[Sissyk]

15. lol!

Okay, I'll give you that! Hey, at least we know there is at least one sane person in each of the two states.

[KamaAina]

16. As long as they don't try to mop their floors with a Muslim's foot.

[proud2BlibKansan]

22. lol

[Zax2me]

18. Well. What is required?

You can't wash your feet in that?
Why not?
You need more, wash your damn feet before entering the Capitol.

On the other hand, there is an electrical panel like two feet away.
THAT is wrong.

[LittleBlue]

19. Oh dear

This country is embarrassing at times.

[kickysnana]

20. As my Mom's elderly Nashville cousin says while drawing herself up "Ignorant!" n/t

(Just like her Mom used to do)

How dull life would be without cousins.

[snooper2]

21. That's one nice fucking mop "sink"

can I take a nap in there