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2005-06-15 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by Anonymoose 2005-06-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Hmmm...Idaho. Lotsa lumberjacks. And long-haul truckdrivers. And bikers. Lots of whom are vets...

Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2005-06-15 00:44|| 2005-06-15 00:44|| Front Page Top

#2 how cum thisn duzent surprize me. thinken peples shuld picket evry sunday servise they hold

Posted by muck4doo 2005-06-15 01:09|| http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/]">[http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/] 2005-06-15 01:09|| Front Page Top

#3 As a not-very-devout Christian, I gotta ask:

Can we trade this guy to the salafists? Maybe get a decent shortstop out of the deal?

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-06-15 03:09|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2005-06-15 03:09|| Front Page Top

#4 Idaho's a bit rougher of a crowd than he's used to in Kansas. Let's hope that popcorn is in order here.

Posted by 2b 2005-06-15 03:55|| 2005-06-15 03:55|| Front Page Top

#5 A pluperfect asshole. Here's hoping he and his minions break some laws - and he gets to meet Bubba in stir.

Posted by .com 2005-06-15 04:23|| 2005-06-15 04:23|| Front Page Top

#6 Am I to understand that these intend to disrupt military funerals in those sections of America where there as many guns, or more, than people. THe Lefties and Deaniacs are losing more than ever because, among other things, when post-Clinton Lefties argue/proclaim that Leftism-Socialism results in successful and superior RIGHTISM, and while ranting that Rightists or Conservatives per se deserve to be vilified and imprisoned, etc. it helps to say or argue that you are a RIGHTIST, NOT TO MILITANTLY OR OBSCENELY RANT THAT YOU ARE STILL A LEFTIST OR SOCIALIST. NOT TO BE LINKED OR CONFUSED WITH THE OTHER RIGHTISTS. Goes to show Stupid is as Stupid does, and a Loon/Lunatic is as a Loon/Lunatic does, and a Traitor is as a Traitor does, etc.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2005-06-15 04:58|| 2005-06-15 04:58|| Front Page Top

#7 Point of order: Fred Phelps doesn't have a "congregation." His church is entirely composed, I believe, of his extended family.
I've seen a couple of his "protests" in person at graduations in Kansas. "God hates Fags" signs and the like. His congregation is a pretty meek bunch -- I bet they're visible, but they'll stay away from the gravesite. This is purely a tactic to get him in the newspapers.

Posted by Javiter Thiter7940 2005-06-15 06:39|| 2005-06-15 06:39|| Front Page Top

#8 >> "An all-American girl from a society of all-American heretics," he said.

> Heretics? He into autos-da-fe?

Autos-da-fe? Somebody say autos-da-fe?

Posted by Javiter Thiter7940 2005-06-15 06:47|| 2005-06-15 06:47|| Front Page Top

#9 Expect a problem. Our church was targeted by this guy over abortion. His MO is to create an incident that allows him to bring suit against an individual or organization and shake down the insurance company for a settlement, sort of a small time, fundamentalist Jesse Jackson.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-06-15 07:02|| 2005-06-15 07:02|| Front Page Top

#10 Who let Mendiola off his meds? He's spewing incoherently all over the place.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-06-15 07:35|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-06-15 07:35|| Front Page Top

#11 Regarding Phelps as a preacher, there is a saying from the Bible "My Sheep Know My Voice", that voice being the voice of Christ. (The Shepherd metaphor.)

Well, let's just say I don't recognize the voice of Phelps in any way.

Posted by eLarson 2005-06-15 07:43|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2005-06-15 07:43|| Front Page Top

#12 Next time somebody tries to blow up his church...do it right and make sure he's in it.

Posted by tu3031 2005-06-15 08:27|| 2005-06-15 08:27|| Front Page Top

#13 "Good morning, Mr. Phelps. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to be a total bugwit moonbat so as to show the depravity to which crazy people can aspire." Looks like he accepted the mission.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2005-06-15 08:59|| 2005-06-15 08:59|| Front Page Top

#14 I agree with Phil. He should be traded for a hostage in Iraq. That way they could behead him and it would be win-win-win: US gets rid of fundy moonbat, jihadis satisfy bloodlust, Phelps get press.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2005-06-15 09:30|| 2005-06-15 09:30|| Front Page Top

#15 My wife was a law student at KU back in the day. She said that the text for the Ethics in Law class (taught by a gay judge) was pretty much exclusively dedicated to the Phelps Klan. I'm not sure that there's one left that hasn't been disbarred.

Posted by BH 2005-06-15 09:55|| 2005-06-15 09:55|| Front Page Top

#16 Can we trade this guy to the salafists? Maybe get a decent shortstop out of the deal?

Nah. The Yanks already have 2 really good shortstops. We could use some more depth in the outfield and DEFINITELY more pitching talent, tho.

Posted by Joe Torre 2005-06-15 09:57|| 2005-06-15 09:57|| Front Page Top

#17 He was pulling this shit at Ronald Reagan's funeral too ...

Posted by Edward Yee">Edward Yee 2005-06-15 10:02|| http://edwardyee.fanworks.net]">[http://edwardyee.fanworks.net] 2005-06-15 10:02|| Front Page Top

#18 Ima thinkr the cops should take about ten minutes' break and let what happens, happen. Cracked skulls on these asshats might make an improvement....

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-06-15 10:10|| 2005-06-15 10:10|| Front Page Top

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