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2007-03-05 Fifth Column

Sheltering Deserters Doesn't Even Sell In Massachusetts

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-03-05 15:55|| || Front Page|| [11 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Man if I had the money i would buy it and open up a Christian Military Acedamy. But then I am a dreamer.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2007-03-05 16:06|| 2007-03-05 16:06|| Front Page Top

"For its entire existence," Randa said, the abbey "has been operating on a wing and a prayer."

Maybe they should have been praying to somebody besides the God of Smug & Stupid Lefty Causes. Just sayin'.

Part of the abbey's $350,000 debt was incurred by the erection of a $160,000 statue in a section dedicated to animal rights. The statue commemorates Emily, a heifer rescued by Randa and his wife in 1995 after escaping from a slaughterhouse.

These clowns are just too stupid to live.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2007-03-05 16:33|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2007-03-05 16:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Sarge, call it the Crusader Academy.

Posted by Rambler">Rambler 2007-03-05 16:34|| 2007-03-05 16:34|| Front Page Top

#4 I would build the Dining Hall next to the animal rights statue.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2007-03-05 16:39|| 2007-03-05 16:39|| Front Page Top

#5 And have an Arby's franchise within!

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-03-05 17:01|| 2007-03-05 17:01|| Front Page Top

#6 CyberSarge: better yet: "Onward Christian Soldiers"...

Posted by mojo">mojo 2007-03-05 17:39|| 2007-03-05 17:39|| Front Page Top

#7 A statue of a golden calf. Sounds familiar.

How about turning it into an Amish pig farm. One request, replace the calf with a statue of Muhammad.

Posted by Icerigger 2007-03-05 18:29|| 2007-03-05 18:29|| Front Page Top

#8 The Peace Abbey was founded in 1988 in the affluent community of Sherborn, about 20 miles west of Boston, following a visit by Mother Teresa to a nearby special needs school run by Randa. It features a statue of Mohandas Gandhi and has been visited by Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelou, Buddhist nuns, and thousands of others over the years. Yoko Ono once donated $40,000.

As many times as I've driven by it I never bothered to find out what the place was - I just always assumed some sort of ecumenical Christian retreat center. I didn't realize it was such a hotbed of moonbattiness. Pfeh! I vote for a Wal*Mart in its place.

Posted by xbalanke 2007-03-05 20:05|| 2007-03-05 20:05|| Front Page Top

#9 I vote for a shooting range.

Posted by Secret Master 2007-03-05 20:53|| 2007-03-05 20:53|| Front Page Top

#10 Okay, I'll bite, iff the 160K was built thru donations or mostly thru donations, save for maintenance how is it a debt? Wouldn't same also be maintained via donations, + TAX-FREE? Iff Yoko can donate 40K, can't she donate 00's or 1-5-10K for upkeep - the statue taint that old!?

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-03-05 23:34|| 2007-03-05 23:34|| Front Page Top

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