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Archae

(46,335 posts)
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 02:21 PM Apr 2016

Pat Boone is throwing another tantrum...

Go where they outlaw "blasphemy," Boone.
Like Pakistan.

Pat Boone: The Government Should Outlaw Blasphemy And Punish Saturday Night Live If It Blasphemes Again

Submitted by Brian Tashman on Friday, 4/22/2016 2:05 pm

Conservative musician and activist Pat Boone has been on the warpath against Saturday Night Live ever since the program aired a sketch parodying the right-wing’s persecution complex, criticizing the show’s cast members as Satanic and bound for hell. In an interview last night with Alan Colmes, Boone said that “there should be regulations that prohibit blasphemy” and that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should punish networks that air such blasphemous programming. When Colmes asked if he would “like the FCC to declare that a show like Saturday Night Live or any other show can’t do that kind of humor,” Boone agreed: “You cannot do blasphemy, yes.” Boone, insisting that “at least 90 percent of the American public” wants this kind of censorship, specifically said that SNL or any program that calls “God by some profane name” would be in violation of such a blasphemy restriction, and that those who commit the offense should lose their license.

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Pat Boone is throwing another tantrum... (Original Post) Archae Apr 2016 OP
Why is he still alive? Arugula Latte Apr 2016 #1
I honestly thought he died years ago. charlyvi Apr 2016 #3
Me too, but he is still alive and promising "Sister Hillary" Hortensis Apr 2016 #27
"The good die young"? LiberalArkie Apr 2016 #7
Well, only the young die good... k8conant Apr 2016 #31
He bailed on Flint, Michigan? Brother Buzz Apr 2016 #11
Irrelevance. Adsos Letter Apr 2016 #2
Ithought he was dead hollysmom Apr 2016 #4
Fuck off Pat. SamKnause Apr 2016 #5
Pat, change your channel to Pat Robertson. lpbk2713 Apr 2016 #6
Ready for this? pangaia Apr 2016 #8
Awesome underpants Apr 2016 #30
My brush with Pat Boone (Debbie too)... MinM Apr 2016 #40
Cool story.. pangaia Apr 2016 #47
How were things with you and Debbie? Jim Beard Apr 2016 #44
None of your business.. LOL pangaia Apr 2016 #45
Theocrat Pat With His Dick in a Box! HughBeaumont Apr 2016 #9
Something happened to ol' Pat around the time he was filming stopbush Apr 2016 #10
Radon? blm Apr 2016 #15
Hey Pat, Fuck your god. OriginalGeek Apr 2016 #12
One day he'll die. Iggo Apr 2016 #13
Hmmm. I find fox noise blasphemous, so let's ban it!!! madinmaryland Apr 2016 #14
Yet Prince , Haggard, and Bowie are dead. Turin_C3PO Apr 2016 #16
They really are. The assholes live on the the good die. It's a weird world we live in. n/t RKP5637 Apr 2016 #28
Pat gets points for consistency. no_hypocrisy Apr 2016 #17
The fact that Pat Boone is upset makes me smile Gothmog Apr 2016 #18
Right there with you on that 2naSalit Apr 2016 #33
Aw, somebody get his white bucks dirty? NV Whino Apr 2016 #19
Its always the fundies trying to tell everyone Blue Dalek Apr 2016 #20
Blasphemer! NurseJackie Apr 2016 #21
despicable fraudster also peddles gold to scared seniors. Coventina Apr 2016 #22
No one's making him watch SNL. llmart Apr 2016 #23
Look closely. sofa king Apr 2016 #24
Pat, why do you hate the First Amendment? peabody Apr 2016 #25
Yo, Pat... Mike Nelson Apr 2016 #26
Pat Boone, The Kid in White Bucks frogmarch Apr 2016 #29
Boone did so many copies of "black music..." Archae Apr 2016 #32
Little Richard actually gave him credit for opening his music up to a wider audience Major Nikon Apr 2016 #34
You mean this Pat Boone...? Bigmack Apr 2016 #35
It's okay to be Pat. pressbox69 Apr 2016 #36
Pat should move to Saudi Arabia or Iran. I think Ilsa Apr 2016 #37
Here's some words for you, Pat. hobbit709 Apr 2016 #38
Pat do what your ancestor did whistler162 Apr 2016 #39
Pat: God (I like to call him Fred) is pissed, and he wants you to fuck off, goddamnit. DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2016 #41
"Men have rarely, if ever, dreamed up a god superior to themselves" hobbit709 Apr 2016 #42
What happened to his "April Love"? Jim Beard Apr 2016 #43
I had a short conversation with him a couple years ago Omaha Steve Apr 2016 #46
Saturday Night Live needs to double down, pronto! nt ladyVet Apr 2016 #48

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
27. Me too, but he is still alive and promising "Sister Hillary"
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 09:22 PM
Apr 2016

God's retribution on his blog. Yup. He has one, but don't bother -- it's the typical egoist me, me, me, with a secondary religious theme, a tiny bit of politics, all projecting the image he wants. Being able to calm down and edit before uploading has it all over live TV.

hollysmom

(5,946 posts)
4. Ithought he was dead
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 02:28 PM
Apr 2016

from all those right wing taking drugs and alcohol and basically cheating on his wife every chance he got - family values = screw your family.

lpbk2713

(42,759 posts)
6. Pat, change your channel to Pat Robertson.
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 02:30 PM
Apr 2016


Your blood pressure will thank you for it.

And don't presume what others should choose for their entertainment.






"I do believe those prunes are working now."

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
8. Ready for this?
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 02:32 PM
Apr 2016

I grew up in Teaneck, NJ.
In the late 1950s - early 1960s, I worked a few summers for a landscaping company to help pay for college. We worked 7 am - 6 pm - 6 days a week.

Six NIGHTS a week I played a jazz gig- 10-2 at the Seaway Idlewild Hotel near what was then Idlewild Airport- now JFK..

I mowed Pat Boone's lawn !!!

MinM

(2,650 posts)
40. My brush with Pat Boone (Debbie too)...
Sat Apr 23, 2016, 11:58 AM
Apr 2016

1975 our football team (Jackson Parkside) just played Ann Arbor Pioneer. So after road games they take us out to eat as usual. We ate at the Bill Knapp's in Ann Arbor and as 'luck' would have it the whole Pat Boone klan had stopped there too with their tour bus.

So long story short one of our assistant coaches asked him to speak to our team. He finally relented and told us a story iirc of overcoming obstacles to achieve our goals. Roger Staubach was the object (or would he be the subject?) of this morality play as I recall.

By the way this would have been in the twilight of Pat's career (going on some 50 years now). However it was just prior to Debbie Boone hitting it big with that godawful [font color=darkred]You Light Up My Life[/font].

http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/local/2014/10/29/memories-bill-knapps-restaurants-live/18131689/

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
47. Cool story..
Sat Apr 23, 2016, 03:49 PM
Apr 2016

We also mowed the grounds for.. ____ POPE, the guy who back then owned THE NATIONAL INQUIRER.

Oh, and I briefly dated Rachael Fast, daughter of Howard Fast.

As well as the daughter of Ruggiero Ricci, the internationally famous concert violinist...








pangaia

(24,324 posts)
45. None of your business.. LOL
Sat Apr 23, 2016, 03:44 PM
Apr 2016

Actually I never even heard of her until the post above.

I just pushed the mower back and forth.
It was a "Sensation" Mower.. Old style small small power mower...but the cool thing was, when you reached then end of the lawn, you just flipped the handle over and went back the other way..

God, the things I remember..

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
9. Theocrat Pat With His Dick in a Box!
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 02:33 PM
Apr 2016

Blaspheme not, lest ye be blasphemed . . . or something . . .

Racist, sexist, anti-LGBTQI, supports war, fights the Cold War and a Birther to boot. What's NOT to like?

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
12. Hey Pat, Fuck your god.
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 02:47 PM
Apr 2016

I can so do blasphemy but the funny thing is that I hardly ever want or need to until some assholy prick says I can't.

Why you so worried about a victim-less crime when people do obscene shit to real people every day in your phony god's name?

no_hypocrisy

(46,119 posts)
17. Pat gets points for consistency.
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 03:11 PM
Apr 2016

In 1973, he made it public that he didn't let any of his four daughters wear (gasp!) make-up of any kind.

I was glad he wasn't MY father . . . . .

2naSalit

(86,646 posts)
33. Right there with you on that
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 10:56 PM
Apr 2016

He defined a look for swarthy used car salesmen for a generation and then some.

Blue Dalek

(178 posts)
20. Its always the fundies trying to tell everyone
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 04:11 PM
Apr 2016

how to live their lives. Get off the cross, build a bridge out of the wood and get over it, Pat! Oh and...fuck you.

llmart

(15,540 posts)
23. No one's making him watch SNL.
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 08:13 PM
Apr 2016

Hey, Pat. Turn off the boob tube and get out your bible if you don't like what's on and leave the rest of us alone.

I highly doubt 90% of the people want SNL gone because it's been on now for how many years??? Someone must be watching it and liking it.

He's an ass.

frogmarch

(12,154 posts)
29. Pat Boone, The Kid in White Bucks
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 09:29 PM
Apr 2016

I cringe to recall that when I was in the 5th grade, I thought Pat Boone was keen. I wore my white buck shoes with pride, powdering them every day with baby powder to keep them looking clean.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)
34. Little Richard actually gave him credit for opening his music up to a wider audience
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 11:19 PM
Apr 2016

So while Boone was making bank on whitewashing others' talent, he was also unintentionally opening up a lot of doors for them.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
37. Pat should move to Saudi Arabia or Iran. I think
Sat Apr 23, 2016, 07:28 AM
Apr 2016

they have the blasphemy laws he's jonesying for.

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)
38. Here's some words for you, Pat.
Sat Apr 23, 2016, 08:00 AM
Apr 2016

"Of all the strange "crimes" that human beings have legislated out of nothing, blasphemy is the most
amazing—with obscenity and indecent exposure fighting it out for second and third place."

 

DisgustipatedinCA

(12,530 posts)
41. Pat: God (I like to call him Fred) is pissed, and he wants you to fuck off, goddamnit.
Sat Apr 23, 2016, 12:02 PM
Apr 2016

There...I did my best to blaspheme Pat's fake version of a god. I'm mostly agnostic, but on the days I can imagine a higher power, that higher power is nowhere near as weak and petty as Pat Boone's useless god.

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