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| Fred Phelps' Westboro Church Goes To Mississippi And Gets Skunked |
| 2011-04-21 |
| On Saturday USMC Staff Sgt. Jason Rogers, who was killed in action in Afghanistan April 7, was buried in Brandon, Mississippi. That, by itself, is a sadly unremarkable -- though certainly noteworthy and solemn -- occasion for us to mark. And in fact when Sgt. Rogers' body returned to Brandon it was greeted by hundreds, or perhaps even thousands, of well-wishers who gathered at the roadside to honor the fallen American hero. What is most notable about Sgt. Rogers' funeral in Brandon, however, is what didn't happen. You see, the troglodytes from Westboro Baptist Church had threatened to spew their poison at Sgt. Rogers' funeral. But the Westboro mob wasn't on the scene, and Sgt. Rogers was laid to rest without incident -- thank God. Why weren't there protestors? Planning ahead by the locals, as it turns out. A couple of days before, one of them (Westboro protestors) ran his mouth at a Brandon gas station and got his arse waxed. Police were called and the beaten man could not give much of a description of who beat him. When they canvassed the station and spoke to the large crowd that had gathered around, no one seemed to remember anything about what had happened. Rankin County handled this thing perfectly. There were many things that were put into place that most will never know about and at great expense to the county. Most of the morons never made it out of their hotel parking lot. It seems that certain Rankin county pickup trucks were parked directly behind any car that had Kansas plates in the hotel parking lot and the drivers mysteriously disappeared until after the funeral was over. Police were called but their wrecker service was running behind and it was going to be a few hours before they could tow the trucks so the Kansas plated cars could get out. A few made it to the funeral but were ushered away to be questioned about a crime they might have possibly been involved in. Turns out, after a few hours of questioning, that they were not involved and they were allowed to go on about their business. Haw! Three cheers for Mississippi! |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #6 Nice. Rest your soul Sgt. Rogers, it appears you, your family, friends, and neighbors are top notch. May have been involved in a crime? How about stalking? Sounds like a legit arrest and question to me, especially if it can be suggested that they are picking out certain individuals instead of at random. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2011-04-21 16:36 |
| #5 Heh@hannibal. This should be put in the team leaders book as SOP. |
| Posted by: newc 2011-04-21 11:29 |
| #4 I'm surprised they went. They had advertised they were coming to the funeral of the 7 kids who died in a fire in Perry County, PA, where what's for dinner tonight is venison. But I suspect they decided not to show up after learning what kind of reception they would get. I sorta doubt they would have reached their hotel, let alone have their cars blocked if they'd come. And they thought Mississippi would be nicer? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2011-04-21 09:35 |
| #3 Remember what happened to Ken McElroy |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-04-21 08:07 |
| #2 Police were called and the beaten man could not give much of a description of who beat him. When they canvassed the station and spoke to the large crowd that had gathered around, no one seemed to remember anything about what had happened. It's called the 'consent of the governed'. When government fails to act, the people withdraw its consent. When federal judges can order demonstrators to stay 100 yards away from a Plan Parenthood Clinic and then turn around and say they can do nothing about the Westboro Church, those who own and operate the government lose the consent of those they claim to 'represent'. There are too many cases on the books of one group getting preference that is then denied others and they expect the common folk not to notice the hypocrisy. That when 'consent' is exercised as the rituals of the government are no longer respected. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-04-21 07:52 |
| #1 Do I have to say it? |
| Posted by: gorb 2011-04-21 00:47 |