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ccharles000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 10:52 PM
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Focus on the Family falls on hard times...can anyone spare a dime, er, $6 million?
Bring out the tiny violin...Joe at Amplify received a letter from a desperate Focus On Your Family begging for cash:

"Right now we're facing a serious budget shortfall that threatens our ability to reach out to parents, families and married couples who count on our help. Income is down nearly $6 million from what we expected and planned for this year."

Oh my, why isn't God looking out for the organization founded by Daddy D to save America from the evils of ho-mo-sexuality, fornication and reproductive rights?! Damn, are they not praying enough? Oh that's right, they are so busy peeping into everyone's business that they forgot to drop on their knees to ask for protection of "the God-ordained covenant between one man and one woman."

The other problem is the FOTF's donor base is now probably on the dole and eating Alpo because of the shitty shape Holy Dear Leader left the economy in when he took off in the helicopter to fly back to Texas and away from the mess he made.

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/12440/focus-on-the-family-falls-on-hard-timescan-anyone-spare-a-dime-er-6-million
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 10:54 PM
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1. Is the orchestra ready?


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tsuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 04:30 AM
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30. Are you playing "Cry Me A River?" I think I can hear it. nt
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 10:56 PM
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2. apparently the Lord is not providing
:rofl:
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Wilms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 10:56 PM
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3. There IS a God!
:woohoo:

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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 10:58 PM
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4. Tough ass you bastards!!!!!
Edited on Mon Aug-10-09 11:00 PM by The_Casual_Observer
The shit ass bastards that brought us bush.
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givemebackmycountry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 10:59 PM
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5. Ain't that the truth!
See ya Bible thumpers!
Thanks for the millions, I mean billions!
Suckers!
Smell ya later!

eh, eh, eh, eh, eh....... smirk.

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seeviewonder Donating Member (291 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 11:01 PM
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6. Hopefully if anyone actually gives money to these motherfuckers we can tax the shit out of it.
Seriously! We win twice if we do that!
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Journeyman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 11:04 PM
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7. You'd think God could help -- he's gotta be a whiz at the Futures Market . . .
generate a little seed cash on the Ponies at the Track, turn it into big time dollars on the Roulette wheel in Atlantic City, invest it for the long haul in the Market. . .

It seems it'd be so easy for a bunch of shills who claim to hook for "The Most Powerful Being in the Universe." Unless, of course, "The MPBU" is just plain tired of their shit.
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dschis Donating Member (350 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 12:29 AM
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21. Just desserts
They're just another bunch of Pharisees. I would feel sorry for them if they didn't get into politics amongst other things. Maybe, they'll learn what it is to be real Christians.
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susanna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 01:25 AM
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25. Well said. n/t
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madamesilverspurs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 11:09 PM
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8. Oh, those poor dear pe
...nope, can't do it. Can't make me. I can't contain it, it's bubbling up, you might want to stand back . . .

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(gasp)


I accidentally wound up in their parking lot last year, got lost on my way to the Colorado Democratic Convention. Freaked me out so bad when I looked up and saw their sign that I peeled rubber exiting their property. Would probably have gotten a ticket had I been driving at the time. . .
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Autumn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 12:11 AM
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19. Every time I drive by there I am
pissed off for at least an hour. I think the whole place gives off bad vibes.
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TlalocW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 11:13 PM
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9. Gee... what could be happening
Oh, wait... George Bush's crappy economy made all their supporters lose their jobs, and I bet a lot of them have LOST HEALTHCARE and don't have the extra money to send them anything!

TlalocW
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Jennicut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 11:17 PM
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10. Pick your selves up by your bootstraps, tough it out
Like the rest of us have had to do because of Bush's economy.
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sofa king Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 11:18 PM
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11. We're too busy focusing on our hungry, uninsured, unemployed families.
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rhett o rick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 11:27 PM
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12. Are they small enough to drown in a bath tub? nm
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Hawkeye-X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 11:28 PM
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13. FotF should be handed a large bill demanding that they pay $100m or lose
their friggin' signs welcoming them to the Focus on the Family from I-25.

Briargate exit, I believe.

Hawkeye-X
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Autumn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 12:15 AM
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20. Yeah Briargate exit,
my Daughter calls them the fuckus family group.
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DearAbby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 11:32 PM
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14. Hold on,
I will try to squeeze out a tear here...







it's coming...




it's coming...
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 11:34 PM
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15. Does someone need a
WAAAAAAAAH-mbulence?
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tavalon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 11:43 PM
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16. I cannot wait to hear about what his Rudeness will have to say.
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dmr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 11:49 PM
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17. Down 6 mil? Damn, that's a lotta money! They better get a job
Down 6 million!! Holy Cow! Wonder how much they actually collected.

I mean, were they expecting 8 mil and only got 2? or did they expect 20 mil and only got 14? I'm hoping they were expecting 6 mil.
:rofl:

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jmondine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 11:51 PM
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18. I guess it's expensive to pay all that hush money to their pregnant mistresses
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 12:33 AM
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22. What? Thr rubes that laid the golden eggs not laying anymore?
Should have thought about the consequences of letting those bandits steal the 2000 election.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 12:52 AM
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23. Maybe they could hold a bake sale.
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47of74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 01:20 AM
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24. My response to their begging for donations would be...
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Libertas1776 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 01:34 AM
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26. Fuck the Family!
Edited on Tue Aug-11-09 01:37 AM by Libertas1776
Focus on the Family?! I am so tired of seeing all these upper class, white bread, white collar, conservative christian a-holes proselytizing from their high and mighty pedestals about their superior knowledge on what family is, while condemning the evils of "homersexual queermos and their abortin' fetus lovin' feminazi traditional marriage destroying compadres" since ya know, God tells them directly after all, all while their many prominent talking heads are secretly violating the sanctity of their heterosexual marriages with male prostitutes in a truck stop restroom.

One of these days, I am gonna form my own little organization called "Fuck the Family." That's right "Fuck the Family" or at least these nut bars Leave it to Beaver, Father Knows Best, completely made up bullshit lifestyle version of family. And as for their falling on hard times and needing donations...well, DEAL WITH IT BROKE MUTHAFUCKAS!!!
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tomm2thumbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 01:44 AM
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27. 'Focus on the Money'
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ConsAreLiars Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 02:15 AM
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28. What??? Arre they saying praying for more money and crap doesn't work???
Edited on Tue Aug-11-09 02:16 AM by ConsAreLiars
Well, goddamn them, they are clearly not true believers. All true believers in the power of prayer should join me and telling them to "GO TO HELL YOU HEATHEN UNBELIEVERS!!!" And "No soup for you!"

(edit because of tiny typos)
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 04:24 AM
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29. I guess Dobson quit in February cuz he'd already parted all the fools from all their money
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DCKit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 09:46 AM
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31. I'll let y'all know when the beast is dead - the second they stop sending me email.
For a group that considers themselves to be our intellectual equals, they sure have a hard time removing people from their mailing list.
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 09:54 AM
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32. I'm sure they'll accept a big check from RevMoon...just like Falwell did. Just as Tim LaHaye did.
Just as Richard Viguerie did. Just as Bushes did. Just as..............
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Kalyke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 09:58 AM
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33. Maybe if they had been focusing on families and their needs:
affordable and complete health care (insurance), good-paying jobs and the ability to become better educated, then their followers may have been able to afford to give them some scratch.

But, as it is... not so much.

That's what you get for promoting a faux Christian oligopoly of mega-corporate masters.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 10:01 AM
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34. And Gawd said unto James of Dobson
This is the 'Purpose Driven Bankruptcy'. :rofl:
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 10:09 AM
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35. Families are actually having to focus on themselves...
...rather than on bogus in-name-only hate groups.
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