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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 12:43 PM
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Store owner has "Onward Christian Soldier Bush" on display
Edited on Fri Nov-26-04 01:25 PM by Bluebear


Visitors to Color Me Christian bookstore at Front and Main streets (Niles, Michigan) can see a life-size cardboard cutout of Bush attired in the full "armor of God," wearing "the helmet of salvation," the "breast plate of righteousness," and "the belt of truth" while carrying "the shield of faith" and "the sword of the spirit." "I want the president to know that we're praying for him," owner Dana Hankins said. "I believe he wears the armor of God. He's a Christian, godly man.

"I want the president to know we're praying for him. Not only because we love him, but because he's the president. Any Christian should appreciate this whether they like him or not."

http://www.heraldpalladium.com/articles/2004/05/03/news/news2.txt
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Is it me or are things getting too surreal?
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 12:46 PM
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1. Let's buy her a golden calf statue
Long as she's worshipping idols, might as well get authentic about it.
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 02:33 PM
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34. Love the "spirit" sword! gotta get one o' those!
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 12:46 PM
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2. Any full-sized cardboard cutout figure dressed in armor
Is an invitation to go up to it and rip it to shreds. Just tell the owner that you were testing his defenses.
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 08:24 PM
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56. Could draw small testicles on it and maybe scissors
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tk2kewl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 12:46 PM
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3. And this display is not intended to mock?
She mocks herself
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progdonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 12:47 PM
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4. "visit is a sign"
...that Bush wanted to meet the crackpot lady who dressed him up in armor and thought that a visit by Bush is one by God.

I really do hate these people.
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Mr_Spock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 12:52 PM
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12. Doesn't mocking him - even if it wasn't meant that way really funny?
I'm thinking the best way to deal with this Christo-Fascism is to fully dress for the ball!! Just do crazy worshiping rituals until people realize how incredibly stupid they are. Let's be Jesus freaks all over agin! lol
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 12:48 PM
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5. Remind me not to go anywhere near Niles.
These kind of people, with their glazed looks, remind me of Jim Jones followers.

I have a feeling folks like me wouldn't be welcome in her store.....
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 12:49 PM
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9. Innocently ask where the Wiccan/Pagan section is - nt
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 12:57 PM
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19. Oh, I was thinking
of speaking a few words in Aramaic, and explaining the words of Jesus in His own language to the lady....or talking about the passages in the Qur'an that mention the prophet Jesus.
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pbartch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 01:51 PM
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33. I'm a "Christian" and I'd never purchase in her store.
Not unless she had a display showing Senator Kerry in the same outfit.
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prodigal_green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 06:11 PM
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43. Jim Jones followers
where, dear god, is that Kool-Aid I ordered!!!
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barbaraann Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 12:48 PM
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6. Parody
Christians at War
(tune: Onward, Christian Soldiers!) (bt' Jo/fir PS Mc'drick) (9th edition, 19/3)

Onward, Christian soldiers! Duty's way is plain:
Slay your Christian neighbors, or by them be slain.
Pulpiteers are spouting effervescent swill,
God above is calling you to rob and rape and kill,
All your acts are sanctified by the Lamb on high;
If you love the Holy Ghost, go murder, pray and die.

Onward, Christian soldiers! Rip and tear and smite!
Let the gentle Jesus bless your dynamite.
Splinter skulls with shrapnel, fertilize the sod;
Folks who do not speak your tongue deserve the curse of God.
Smash the doors of every home, pretty maidens seize;
Use force your might and sacred right to treat them as you please.

Onward, Christian soldiers! Eat and drink your fill;
Rob with bloody fingers. Christ okays the bill.
Steal the Usurer's savings. take the grain and meat;
For though the children starve, the Saviour's bums must eat.
Burn the peasants' cottages, orphans leave bereft:
In Jehovah's holy name, wreak ruin right and left.

Onward. Christian soldiers! Drench the land with gore;
Mercy is a weakness all the gods abhor.
Bayonet the babies. jab the mothers too;
Hoist the cross of Calvary to hallow all you do.
File your bullets' noses flat. poison every well;
God decrees your enemies must all go plumb to hell.

Onward, Christian soldiers! Blighting all you meet;
Trample human freedom under pious feet.
Praise the Lord whose dollar sign dupes his favored race!
Make the foreign trash respect your bullion brand of grace.
Trust its mock 5alvation, serve as tyrants' tools:
history will say of you: ''That pack of G.. d... fools."

http://www.revolutionsolution.com/songs.html


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Buzz Clik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 12:48 PM
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7. I thought it was a joke.
It is a joke, but unintentional.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 07:26 PM
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52. It's a "joke" like having bush on a
billboard near Orlando, Florida with .."Our Leader" in big letters.
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The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 12:48 PM
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8. As a christian myself (faults and all)
I find this rather offensive. It takes away from the ideals of the armor of god and draw attention to a person instead. A more generic display would have been ok, but this is just sad.
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For PaisAn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 12:49 PM
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10. That display is vile
n/t
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Career Prole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 12:50 PM
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11. Sure looks like that belt buckle says "queen"
That said...it's not you, Bluebear. That sh*t is downright spooky.
I wish I hadn't seen it.
:wtf:
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ornotna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 02:40 PM
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36. I think it says "truth"
What a f@cking joke.
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Career Prole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 02:59 PM
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40. She certainly oughtn't use "Truth" to keep his drawers up!
Edited on Fri Nov-26-04 03:00 PM by Career Prole
Unless she wants St. George droppin' trou in her bible boutique and mortifying all the Preznitarian ladies.
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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 12:52 PM
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13. Dubya's favorite activity is "Dress-Up" ... and she knows it
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canadianbeaver Donating Member (929 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 12:52 PM
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14. Is it at all possible to let these people know that they follow ....
a false prophit?!!!!

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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 12:53 PM
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15. Though shall not put others before me
Edited on Fri Nov-26-04 12:54 PM by nadinbrzezinski
is now optional? THey are rewriting the big ten in front of us

Oh and ... don't shop at that store goes without saying
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 12:54 PM
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16. Which god does she speak of? And, amusingly, God is about to make her cry
when God won't save America from its financial catastrophe that Reagan and the neo-cons created.

She is a nut.
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 12:56 PM
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17. Just reinforces my long-held belief that the Republican party has
been using the fundamentalist megachurches as brainwashing centers.
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Rumba Donating Member (277 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 12:56 PM
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18. With friends like these...


Who needs the daily show? They're parodying themselves.

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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 12:58 PM
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20. .........he looks pretty damn goofy, IMHO.............................n/t
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 01:00 PM
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21. Holy fuck!
I notice none of that armor is labeled "Truth." How fitting.

Could she make the idiot look any dorkier? That plume on the helmet looks like a ponytail on top of a pinhead.
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Sideways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 01:50 PM
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31. No SWMBO Truth Is On The Belt Buckle
Dying a painful death by crotch rot odor.
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 06:07 PM
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42. Then shouldn't it be burning a gaping hole through his guts?
You know, sometimes I wish there was a Rapture coming, because it would be worth the Tribulation just to live a little while without these mad hatters around.
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Sideways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 06:12 PM
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44. You And Me Both Sister
Fucking Jeebus take your asshat freaks NOW.
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JohnnyRingo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 01:00 PM
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22. Is that Niles Ohio?
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 01:20 PM
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28. Please Don't let it be Niles, Illinois!
is there a link to this?

RL
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 01:22 PM
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29. And the winner is.......Michigan. "Color Me Christian" (!) is the store
Edited on Fri Nov-26-04 01:24 PM by Bluebear
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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 01:29 PM
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30. That's quite close to Mari333's home
Mari warned us about this area.

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MichiganVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 01:01 PM
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23. We should thank her, he looks like the ass he is
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tom_paine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 01:03 PM
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24. The Witch-Burners are stirring
Thoiugh I am still hopeful that enough of the Old Republic of America is left to make true horrors sporadic at least until the last generations of Free Americans grow old and die off.

Perhaps I am too optimistic, for LIHOP/MIHOP #2 is coming, probably before September, and economic catastrophe is probably not far behind. It will come even without LIHOP/MIHOP #2.
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CarbonDate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 02:51 PM
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38. Ooh, that reminds me....
...when I get back to the states, I need to purchase one of those assault rifles that recently became legal again. For home defense. I want to be ready if I ever wake up in the middle of the night with a burning cross in my front yard.... :(
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Bush_Eats_Beef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 01:06 PM
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25. I really, really, really wanted to believe this woman was joking
Methinks it's time for Dana Hankins to put down the crack pipe.

:evilgrin: :tinfoilhat: :evilgrin:
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AngryOldDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 01:12 PM
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26. How did she get Bush's trick-or-treat costume?
:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:
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JennC Donating Member (115 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 01:18 PM
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27. About the closest he has ever gotten to combat.
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almostfamous74 Donating Member (25 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 01:51 PM
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32. Hi all
but...but...he is a great american hero...OUR LEADER! i already have enough of a problem with organized religion in today's society and the media whores who drone on and on about how we need to "support our president in a time of war". this is just another example of ignorant people blindly following the teachings of a 2000 year old book. * is no warrior...a drunk, yes, but certainly no warrior of faith.

as a side not, i have been visiting this site for many months, wanted to register right after the election but didn't get a chance to. i just wanted to say, i think you all are providing a great dissenting voice during a time of crisis in this country and look forward to hopefully contributing somewhat to this growing voice. he may have been elected, but i don't have to recognize him.

~m
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Career Prole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 02:55 PM
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39. Welcome to DU, almostfamous74!!
Sincerely,
mostlyforgotten55 :hi:
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 02:39 PM
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35. That cardboard cutout of * is armored better than our troops
Some of this sycophantic nonsense is really starting to scare the hell out of me.
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d_b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 02:50 PM
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37. These people are SCARY
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Buns_of_Fire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 03:14 PM
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41. The Helmet of Salvation...
The Breast Plate of Righteousness...
The Belt of Truth...
The Shield of Faith...
The Sword of the Spirit...
The Brain of a Monkey...
The Codpiece of Consciousness...
and
The Mouth of Mush.
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Hubert Flottz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 06:14 PM
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45. Jesus never went AWOL!
But Shrub did!
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TrustingDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 06:21 PM
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46. lord tunderin' jesus, are some people Really that stupid?
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demgrrrll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 06:27 PM
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47. Well color me amazed that anyone is that damn gullible. Each new day
with this maladministration brings a new insult.
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TrustingDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 06:28 PM
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48. she's gotta be like 3 foot nothing....
compared to the crusader in elevators...
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 06:29 PM
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49. Got a nice galvanized tub of Kool-Aid here for you, lady.
Go on, drink up! :beer:
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xerox Donating Member (143 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 06:47 PM
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50. oohhh
that is bad!
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 07:24 PM
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51. How Fucking Stupid can you get?
I say dana hankins gets the prize for sheer stupidity and gets it advertised in the newspaper, too.

What a tool for the devil! bush is a false profit/prophet..

And I wouldn't even want to see someone who was doing good work..exalted this way..and bush sure is hell.. Is Not doing good work.

This woman needs to have some sense mainlined to her brain.
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 07:34 PM
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53. What you said!
That is by far the most pathetic thing I ever seen! How can people be so insanely, mind numbingly, stupid?
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shain from kane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 07:41 PM
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54. What color is a Christian?
American Taliban
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Gnaeus Donating Member (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 07:59 PM
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55. The Headline is what creeps me out.
" President's visit is a sign that 'the favor of God' is on Niles, says Dana Hankins " One hopes that she is heavily medicated and does really believe that Bush is a sign from God.
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Rose Siding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 08:30 PM
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57. Can I get that in a Happy Meal?
That would be classy
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Stephanjnj Donating Member (86 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 08:45 PM
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58. Woody Woodpecker impersonating Crusader Rabbit!
Edited on Fri Nov-26-04 08:46 PM by Stephanjnj
Or is it the other way around?
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OutsourceBush Donating Member (860 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 09:10 PM
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59. Jesus Bush
We love our anti-christ!
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rhyfeddu Donating Member (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 09:46 PM
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60. Makes people dressing up as Klingons look damn normal, doesn't it?
Edited on Fri Nov-26-04 09:47 PM by rhyfeddu
And I say that as a devout Trekker (worshiping Spock makes more sense than genuflecting to the Chimp...and its based in as much reality...)

:crazy:
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Silverhair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 09:57 PM
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61. So?
1. That is her freedom.

2. It is your freedom to not shop there.

3. It is other's freedom to shop there.
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