LGBT Community Upset That HBO Didn’t Air Bishop V. Gene Robinson’s Invocation
LGBT Community Upset That HBO Didn’t Air Bishop V. Gene Robinson’s Invocation
Last week, progressives cheered the news that the Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson, bishop of the U.S. Episcopal Church in New Hampshire and the first openly gay priest ordained by a major Christian denomination, would be delivering the invocation at President-elect Obama’s opening ceremony.
Yesterday, however, viewers watching HBO — which had exclusive coverage of the opening ceremony — didn’t get to see Robinson’s invocation; the network never aired it. Pam Spaulding of Pam’s House Blend wrote:
Remember, this was the supposed salve on the wound to the LGBT community for the upcoming high-profile appearance of Rick Warren at the actual inauguration on Tuesday, which will be seen by millions and will float out there on YouTube in perpetuity. I had no illusions that Robinson’s appearance would reach the same level of exposure as Warren’s, but damn — no broadcast of it at all?
The site AfterElton.com contacted HBO yesterday, regarding the omission of Robinson from the network’s broadcast. HBO responded (via e-mail): “The producer of the concert has said that the Presidential Inaugural Committee made the decision to keep the invocation as part of the pre-show.” Michael Jensen of AfterElton wrote that it was unclear “as to whether or not that meant that HBO was contractually prevented from airing the pre-show.”
Sarah Pulliam of Christianity Today managed to shoot video of Robinson’s invocation. Watch it:
Robinson’s address yesterday was also marked by protesters from a group called “Brother Ruben and the Official Street Preachers” who shouted phrases such as, “Jesus doesn’t love homosexuals.”
Pam’s House Blend has a round-up of reaction from LGBT bloggers here.
We had always intended and planned for Rt. Rev. Robinson’s invocation to be included in the televised portion of yesterday’s program. We regret the error in executing this plan – but are gratified that hundreds of thousands of people who gathered on the mall heard his eloquent prayer for our nation that was a fitting start to our event.
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“Jesus doesn’t love homosexuals.”
Methinks they’re not quite clear on the whole “love thy neighbor” part of Christianity.
January 19th, 2009 at 12:25 pmI wish I had HBO so I could cancel it.
January 19th, 2009 at 12:26 pmLuis M Says:
Methinks they’re not quite clear on the whole “love thy neighbor” part of Christianity.
And by that, I’m referring to Brother Ruben and the Official Street Preachers.
January 19th, 2009 at 12:27 pmAre these Brother Ruben people affiliated somehow with Westboro Baptist Church, I wonder? Someday all these anti-gay protestors are going to be in the same place in history that the KKK is today.
January 19th, 2009 at 12:31 pmLGBT Community upset? Hell, I’m upset. Everyone should be upset. WTF is the inauguration committee doing? Why is Obama allowing this?
January 19th, 2009 at 12:31 pmI wonder what Daryll aka. Rapture Ready would think?
¶ AIO
January 19th, 2009 at 12:33 pmGene Robinson is a fine man.
January 19th, 2009 at 12:34 pmOnce again the Reich Wingnuts are spewing forth their brand of Christianity and only theirs because their Christianity is better than ours……..the Reich`s is filled with hate and fear mongering I didn`t know Jesus was like that at all and all this time we were learning about a false profit.
January 19th, 2009 at 12:39 pmalphainfinityomega Says:
I wonder what Daryll aka. Rapture Ready would think?
Darryl left a message on Jesus’ answering machine to let him know he took up Christianity.
Jesus still hasn’t returned the call.
January 19th, 2009 at 12:41 pmI think the biggest problem with the choice of Rick Warren for the national prayer is that it comes so soon after his high profile role in passing the bigoted Proposition 8 in California. Rick Warren fancies himself the next Billy Graham and Obama is furthering that ambition by giving him this national stage.
Proposition 8 was one of the greatest setbacks in the modern civil rights movement. It is sad that one of the architects of its defeat will be honored just a day after we honor the vision of Martin Luther King Jr.
January 19th, 2009 at 12:41 pm“Jesus doesn’t love homosexuals.”
The “We think we’re Christians and you’re not” Crowd just doesn’t get it.
The bigotry is strong with Brother Ruben.
January 19th, 2009 at 12:43 pmI mean “architects of its passing” of course.
On a side note it would be nice if Think Progress allowed these comments to be edited just after they are posted. Some sites allow edits for a couple minutes which makes it possible to correct typos like this.
January 19th, 2009 at 12:43 pmObama Im offically turning my back on you as you have shown to have turn your back on me and my community!! You are no great unitor of the people. Twice you have done us wrong as most of us backed you and all we got was a lame excuse that you had no idea what was going on. Go preach to someone else cause I for sure won’t be listening to it anymore.
January 19th, 2009 at 12:44 pmHmm… Robinson’s invocation was given, there was a problem with the sound system so even part of the crowd did not hear the invocation, they took a 10 minute break after the invocation, then Obama was introduced, and that is when HBO started the broadcast.
I am not so sure this is HBO’s fault, because the invocation was set for the “pre-show” by the inaugural committee, and there would have been 10 minutes of dead air between the invocation and when Obama was announced. If it is anyones “fault” it is whoever was making the arrangements on the committee, not HBO from what I see.
January 19th, 2009 at 12:44 pmmade the decision to keep the invocation as part of the pre-show.”
If they were at full liberty as a network to air whatever they chose, and not bound by contract, then HBO could have aired it anyway to send a message that the LGBT community is not a well to tap every four years. Keeping the invocation in the dark keeps the LGBT community in the dark.
January 19th, 2009 at 12:45 pmI wonder what Daryll aka. Rapture Ready would think?
Who cares. He can’t think for himself and I’ll wager that you already know what he would say.
January 19th, 2009 at 12:45 pmmercury6966, I guess a Bush-bot President would be better for you?
January 19th, 2009 at 12:47 pmLGBT Community Upset That HBO Didn’t Air Bishop V. Gene Robinson’s Invocation»
– - I imagine there are a great many frivolous reasons the LGBT community can find to be upset by. Pick your battles more wisely.
Everybody has to feel victimized or slighted in some way so they can yell about their poor lot in life. Geeze, get the hell over yourselves.
January 19th, 2009 at 12:47 pmI don’t envy President Obama’s tasks ahead in trying to be reasonable with every splinter group with a political agenda.
If he doesn’t respond, he doesn’t care.
If he does respond, he won’t be ‘doing enough’.
Cut him some slack folks; he isn’t even in office yet…
January 19th, 2009 at 12:48 pmBuckie Boy Says:
The “We think we’re Christians and you’re not” Crowd just doesn’t get it.
You know, sometimes I wish Christianity was true just so each of these pukes when they die could get told off by Jesus himself. That would be deliciously ironic.
January 19th, 2009 at 12:48 pmRobinson’s address yesterday was also marked by protesters
Gee, I wonder if there will be any protesters at Rick Warren’s address, with a functioning open mic and cameras whirring.
January 19th, 2009 at 12:52 pmAs Wayne noted, “the Presidential Inaugural Committee made the decision to keep the invocation as part of the pre-show.”
Everything is politically calculated. Sad…
January 19th, 2009 at 12:52 pmalphainfinityomega Says:
I wonder what Daryll aka. Rapture Ready would think?
I’m guessing we will find out, although he may have made a point of working today in protest of the holiday.
January 19th, 2009 at 12:54 pmRoket Says:
Gee, I wonder if there will be any protesters at Rick Warren’s address, with a functioning open mic and cameras whirring.
You just know if there are FAUX News is going to be complaining about them. Oh, what a tragedy that the homos could disrupt such a solemn ceremony, blah blah blah.
These guys are awesome, by which I mean exactly the opposite. I can’t imagine who could look at this site and think “yeah, I wanna be like that fat dude with the walrus moustache and sandwich board screaming at strangers all day.”
January 19th, 2009 at 12:55 pmWhile the Presidential Inaugural Committee half reached out to the LGBT community, Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel shouted out to turncoat Senator Joe Lieberman:
Mr. Emanuel, before making his brief speech, paused to recognize Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, who earned pariah status among many Democrats when he campaigned for Senator John McCain in the presidential race.
After all, this is 2009, there will be a new president on Tuesday, and at least for now, perhaps bygones can be bygones.
Heading for the door a little while later with his wife, Hadassah, he was asked: did he see Mr. Emanuel’s shout-out as an olive branch?
“Well,” he said, breaking into a smile. “Well. We’re old friends. I go back and forth with these guys.”
He tried again.
“Last year was what it was,” Mr. Lieberman said, his eyes darting toward the exit. “And now we’re moving on.”
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/life-of-the-party-must-reads-and-bygones/
January 19th, 2009 at 12:58 pmBadmoodman Says:
Everybody has to feel victimized or slighted in some way so they can yell about their poor lot in life. Geeze, get the hell over yourselves.
I respectfully disagree. The LGBT is fighting battles they didn’t choose. Between the California supreme court ruling and Proposition 8, gays and lesbians were enjoying perhaps their greatest relief. Marriages were booked solid. Hope was there for other states to follow. Now the bigoted messengers have reopened the wounds and Rick Warren (even the sight of him, because I know he won’t be speaking against gay marriage at the inauguration) receives a national stage to piss in those wounds. A woman is raped because of her sexuality and too traumatized to do resume anything.
January 19th, 2009 at 1:01 pmHBO: Screw Yoopsie!
January 19th, 2009 at 1:07 pmlivelongandprosper , Honestly at this point I feel it does’nt matter anymore cause they seems to be all the same.
January 19th, 2009 at 1:14 pmElBruce Says:
These guys are awesome, by which I mean exactly the opposite. I can’t imagine who could look at this site and think “yeah, I wanna be like that fat dude with the walrus moustache and sandwich board screaming at strangers all day.”
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Clearly, they don’t have a sense of humor… ’cause if they did, they’d be falling down from laughing at how ridiculous they look, huh?
All that’s missing is the oversized shoes, red rubber noses, and curly wigs…
January 19th, 2009 at 1:17 pmThis had nothing to do with HBO.
A summary is here:
http://www.tips-q.com/content/hbo-not-fault-re-robinson-please-stop-emails
I have a call into PIC through Senator Feinstein’s office. I will update the information when it is available.
January 19th, 2009 at 1:18 pmLooks like the new people sitting at the back of the bus are the gays.
January 19th, 2009 at 1:25 pmDavidHart
TP leaves open the possibility that HBO wasn’t at fault. At any rate, fu ck Diane Feinstein.
January 19th, 2009 at 1:26 pmElBruce Says:
I can’t imagine who could look at this site and think “yeah, I wanna be like that fat dude with the walrus moustache and sandwich board screaming at strangers all day.”
Went to your link to them, wow, the stupid shot off my flat screen and tipped my chair over.
Where in the world do these freaks come from?
Is there a Daryll Stupidity Factory operating somewhere?
January 19th, 2009 at 1:31 pmUh Robinson was scheduled at 2:20 which was both before HBO coverage was to start and before Obama entered the venue.
This was by design.
January 19th, 2009 at 1:31 pmRobinson’s inclusion in the event was never meant to salve the wounds of the gay and lesbian community. Many saw it as an attempt to balance the scales with Warren, but it just wasn’t true.
I am sad that Robinson’s words were excluded from HBO’s coverage. I don’t think that HBO decided to exclude Robinson, but perhaps someone on the inauguration committee did and decided to schedule Robinson’s appearance so that it wouldn’t be part of the HBO broadcast.
To be sure, though, Warren’s appearance will be shown without any trouble. He will have his day in the sun, but I hope to see hundreds of turned backs when Warren takes the stage.
January 19th, 2009 at 1:57 pmGet over it!
January 19th, 2009 at 1:57 pmI didn’t realize we could catch teh gay by watching the teevee.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:00 pmGreat website, David!
January 19th, 2009 at 2:01 pmIf it was any person on TP, you are a coward, and once I return to Washington, this will be investigated, and you will be prosecuted.
The police declined to file a report, heh?
January 19th, 2009 at 2:02 pmTo read his prayer go to:
http://www.episcopalcafe.com:80/lead/faith_and_politics/gene_robinsons_prayer_for_pres.html
Funny, Episcopal services often have a congregational response, “Lord, hear our prayer.”
It looks like much of the crowd and HBO viewers never heard what God did.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:03 pmRaptureReady Says:
Also, I am in Indiana, and I received a call from my neighbor that my “Support GOP” sign and my yard was trashed (McLean, VA). If it was any person on TP, you are a coward, and once I return to Washington, this will be investigated, and you will be prosecuted.
January 19th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
I confess. It was me, Daryll.
I flew all the way to DC, trashed your f ucking yard sign, and then flew home without watching the Inauguration. I broke a window, too!
January 19th, 2009 at 2:05 pmCaptureReady Says:
Keep dreaming. Most Americans believe that the homosexuality is wrong.
Your are NOT most Americans. You’re part of the 23% of Bible Boasting, holier than thou lunatics who keep supporting killing women & children in the name of Jesus Christ.
Your time is over. Move forward with us or get off the bus, Gus.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:06 pmRapture Ready speaks:
This party is just getting started. LOL
¶ AIO
January 19th, 2009 at 2:06 pmLike it or not, most people cannot tolerate large doses of change. If Obama is going to be successful in making significant changes in our society, including our collective relationship with the gay community, then he has some preliminary work to do in getting people to accept him, a Democrat and a black man with power. He has to build up political clout and credibility by tackling the common areas, such as the economy,to prove himself capable of leading this parade. Even some symbolic changes, which is all these speakers at the inauguration really are, have to meted out carefully. I think Obama intends to make some significant policy changes regarding the gay community over his presidency. It may not be as fast as all of us would like, perhaps including him as well, but he has to calculate what is doable. Now, I may be wrong and if he does not bring those changes to the table within his first year, then I will join the chorus of criticism. But not this soon.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:07 pmDarryl supports hate crimes against Gays and Lesbians.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:07 pmDaryll, maybe it was your other brother Darell; I heard that he was gay.
¶ AIO
January 19th, 2009 at 2:10 pmFortunately, people like Rapture Ready are increasingly irrelevant. The Christian right no longer controls the party in power. Within the GOP, many are trying to get rid of what conservative columnist Kathleen Parker labeled the “oogedy-boogedy wing of the Republican party.”
Sure, I am angered by this apparent snub but we have bigger goals such as ENDA and repeal of DOMA and DADT. While we represent about 5% of the electorate, most progressives have embraced our mission. I am also Jewish and that’s just 2.5% of the electorate.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:11 pmZooey Says:
I confess. It was me, Daryll.
I flew all the way to DC, trashed your f ucking yard sign, and then flew home without watching the Inauguration. I broke a window, too!
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Heh… I thought that looked like your work.
Did you spit in the birdbath too?
January 19th, 2009 at 2:12 pmHomosexuals, you have no rights, get saved.
Fortunately, they at least enjoy protections against hate crimes, but it remains to be seen how well the law is employed.
The rainbow you speak of, I bet the sight of one on that California woman’s car brought so much joy to the thugs who raped her.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:13 pmDaryll says (in a repeat performance): Per the Bible, he is a representative of satan and is doing a dangerous thing by being on the pulpit.
Chapter and verse, please. Otherwise (and probably anyways), it is your interpretation.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:13 pmThe Republic of Stupidity Says:
Heh… I thought that looked like your work.
Did you spit in the birdbath too?
January 19th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
I peed in it. ;)
January 19th, 2009 at 2:14 pmNo, I support morals and values.
What page(s) in the Jebus manual are those outlined?
January 19th, 2009 at 2:16 pmZooey Says:
I peed in it. ;)
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Unless there’s something about you the rest of us don’t know, that must have been a little tricky to execute…
January 19th, 2009 at 2:17 pmThe Republic of Stupidity Says:
Zooey Says:
I peed in it. ;)
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Unless there’s something about you the rest of us don’t know, that must have been a little tricky to execute…
January 19th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
I’m 5′10″, so a birdbath is no particular challenge. :D
January 19th, 2009 at 2:17 pmAnd Darryl, what made you believe the bible to be a Rambo script?
January 19th, 2009 at 2:17 pmDaryll says: No, I support morals and values.
Here’s a clue, Daryll. EVERYONE supports “morals and values”. It’s just that those nice sounding words do not mean the same thing to everyone. What you support, like everyone actually, is YOUR morals and values. And don’t try to retort by saying they are GOD’S morals and values. They may be Biblical, but that is still someone’s interpretation of what God’s morals and values are.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:17 pmRaptureReady babbles:
Blah blah blah… nobody cares where the hell I am but I will tell you anyway… blah blah blah … nobody cares my GOP sign was trashed but I will tell yo anyway … blah blah blah … it’s a big liberal conspiracy … blah blah blah…
So, your fictitious neighbor call you on your fictitious cell phone to tell you that your fictitious GOP sign was trashed on your fictitious lawn?
What did your very real mental health practitioner have to say about that?
January 19th, 2009 at 2:18 pmThe Republic of Stupidity Says:
Zooey Says:
I peed in it. ;)
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Unless there’s something about you the rest of us don’t know, that must have been a little tricky to execute…
She’s fair and balanced!
January 19th, 2009 at 2:19 pmRaptureReady Says:
This is serious. Zooey, I don’t believe that you committed this act. Most of the time, you are off the wall, but you are a good person. Seriously, if it was you, prepare to be arrested for trespassing.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Tell ‘em to come get me, Daryll. I CONFESS!!
January 19th, 2009 at 2:19 pmZooey Says:
I confess. It was me, Daryll.
I flew all the way to DC, trashed your f ucking yard sign, and then flew home without watching the Inauguration. I broke a window, too!
Zooey is a liar. I am the one who trashed your p.o.s. yard sign. I wiped my ass with it. She may have broken the damn window, but I stuck the hose inside it and turned the water on. I hope you enjoy your republican-style indoor swimming pool :)~
January 19th, 2009 at 2:19 pmZooey Says:
I’m 5?10?, so a birdbath is no particular challenge. :D
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Hmmm… especially if it was one of those low birdbaths…
January 19th, 2009 at 2:20 pmAs long as we’re speaking of “outrageous” happenings, I prefer to be outraged at Bush’s last minute commutation of borders agents who murdered an illegal Mexican immigrant drug smuggler.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:20 pmExit Stage Left Says:
I stuck the hose inside it and turned the water on. I hope you enjoy your republican-style indoor swimming pool :)~
January 19th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
Ohhhhh, genius!!
January 19th, 2009 at 2:20 pmThis is serious. Zooey, I don’t believe that you committed this act. Most of the time, you are off the wall, but you are a good person. Seriously, if it was you, prepare to be arrested for trespassing.
I’m going to throw you through the f ucking wall if you don’t ceasing spamming these threads, in the name of Posers 4:19.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:21 pmRaptureReady Says:
Why should they show his prayer? He is not a Bishop. You cannot be a shepard of the people while intentionally commiting sin. Per the Bible, he is a representative of satan and is doing a dangerous thing by being on the pulpit. Also, I am in Indiana, and I received a call from my neighbor that my “Support GOP” sign and my yard was trashed (McLean, VA). If it was any person on TP, you are a coward, and once I return to Washington, this will be investigated, and you will be prosecuted.
Daryll, you bonehead, no one here knows where you live.
And, please, please, provide the reference in the Bible that calls the Bishop (and he is a bishop, whether you approve or not) is a representative of Satan. Chapter & verse, please.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:21 pmMcWars Says:
I’m going to throw you through the f ucking wall if you don’t ceasing spamming these threads, in the name of Posers 4:19.
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Sorry, but the verses you’re looking for are actually in Silly Buffoons 3:27 thru 32.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:22 pmBadmoodman Says:
As long as we’re speaking of “outrageous” happenings, I prefer to be outraged at Bush’s last minute commutation of borders agents who murdered an illegal Mexican immigrant drug smuggler.
I think they only wounded him.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:23 pmAs for the topic of the thread (a non-invocation to a non-existing being), maybe it’s that I am not a religious person but this seems like too much ado about so precious little, IMHO.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:24 pmWhat are the sentencing guidelines under the Jebus manual, Darryl?
Will the defendant (Zoo) please rise?
January 19th, 2009 at 2:24 pmRaptureReady Says:
Why should they show his prayer? He is not a Bishop. You cannot be a shepard of the people while intentionally commiting sin. Per the Bible, he is a representative of satan and is doing a dangerous thing by being on the pulpit. Also, I am in Indiana, and I received a call from my neighbor that my “Support GOP” sign and my yard was trashed (McLean, VA). If it was any person on TP, you are a coward, and once I return to Washington, this will be investigated, and you will be prosecuted.
Yeah, Daryll, I did it, while still in Austin Texas. I trashed your yard with a satanic spell, tomorrow I will make a black cat take a dump on your pillow. Send the cops after me. I will turn them all to toads and them make them give you warts
Now with that said… why don’t you get a grip on reality, you f_cking nutbag….
January 19th, 2009 at 2:25 pmLady Z is a stand up kind of gal….She’s not the only one that trashed your miserable made up sign little D…I flew over and did the damage on a midnight run and it was fun…
January 19th, 2009 at 2:25 pmRaptureReady babbles in an encore performance:
Seriously, if it was you, prepare to be arrested for trespassing.
You twit… how would she know where you live, and how would you know where she does or who she is?
Shheesshh… somewhere in the US, there is a mental hospital missing a patient….
January 19th, 2009 at 2:25 pmGregor Samsa Says:
As for the topic of the thread (a non-invocation to a non-existing being), maybe it’s that I am not a religious person but this seems like too much ado about so precious little, IMHO.
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Indeed, Gregor… piddlin’ little…
January 19th, 2009 at 2:26 pmMcWars Says:
What are the sentencing guidelines under the Jebus manual, Darryl?
Will the defendant (Zoo) please rise?
January 19th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
I hope
I get stonedthey stone me.Bring it on…
January 19th, 2009 at 2:26 pmDaryll said:
Keep dreaming. Most Americans believe that the homosexuality is wrong.
Hmmmm, the latest Gallup poll I found on the matter indicates otherwise.
In this 2007 poll, when people were asked:
“Do you feel that homosexuality should be considered an acceptable alternative lifestyle or not?”
57% of the respondents said, “Yes”!
link
January 19th, 2009 at 2:26 pmYou heathens were not the ones who damaged Daryll’s sign. I prayed that God would take care of it and he obviously did.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:28 pmNo!! It was me!! I confessed!
January 19th, 2009 at 2:28 pmActually, I trashed that GOP sign.
I built a small model house, with a small yard and a model GOP sign, and used my voodoo powers to do the damage from the comfort of my own living room, all the while drinking my beer and eating fish and chips.
Isn’t voodoo the coolest thing? ;-)
January 19th, 2009 at 2:31 pmNOT FUNNY AT ALL! Vandalism is a serious crime. People like you anger me.
Who say’s it’s vandalism? Maybe it’s just the HOA bulldozing the place.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:31 pmCorinthians 6:9 ??
Daryll, the word “homosexual” was never used before the late 1890s, so unless Corinthians was written after that, then “homosexuality” as we know it was not originally one of the sexual immoralities. Rather, Corinthians was REINTERPRETED, as in changed. Are you OK with changing God’s word?
January 19th, 2009 at 2:32 pmRaptureReady Says:
NOT FUNNY AT ALL! Vandalism is a serious crime. People like you anger me.
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Well, what about the rest of us? If you’re going to hand out compliments, you better bring enough for all of us…
January 19th, 2009 at 2:32 pmDaryll said:
Keep dreaming. Most Americans believe that the homosexuality is wrong.
As the proud collector of 4 sets of divorce papers, I could probably make an argument against the “rightness” of heterosexuality and the sanctity of marriage.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:33 pmDaryll: Corinthians 6:9
Except that’s a poor translation from the Greek. It doesn’t say anything about teh gays at all, rainbow boy.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:33 pmRaptureReady Says
January 19th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
You cannot be a shepard of the people while intentionally commiting sin.
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OK, I just gotta know — why is it that only acts you consider sinful seem to be sexual ones? I have ready many of your posts and I have yet to see you condemn any non-sexual act as sin (stealing, bearing false witness, committing murder, coveting thy neighbor’s goods, judging others — you know, that sort of thing).
Why are you so preoccupied with other people’s sex lives? Did God narrow your mission down to just that? Did He put somebody else on the “bearing false witness” watch?
January 19th, 2009 at 2:34 pmWhat if Darryl got drunk and used the sign as a sex toy?
January 19th, 2009 at 2:34 pmRaptureReady Says:
NOT FUNNY AT ALL! Vandalism is a serious crime. People like you anger me.
I’ll make sure that black cat takes the dump on your pillow while your head is still on it and you are asleep. How about that, wouldn’t that be funny? **snort
Seriously dude, you need to see your psychiatrist very soon, the meds ain’t working
January 19th, 2009 at 2:34 pmDaryll, is respect for other people’s property ordered in the Bible? Isn’t “disrespect” the opposite of “coveting”, so that we are simply making sure we don’t covet your rotten sign?
January 19th, 2009 at 2:35 pmRaptureReady prattles:
NOT FUNNY AT ALL! Vandalism is a serious crime. People like you anger me.
Vandalism? Where I come from, that is called ‘taking out the trash’.
Take your anger and… well, fill in the blanks…
January 19th, 2009 at 2:35 pmGuess the Obamas forgot to get up and leave when the The Gay Men”s Chorus of Washington sang!
LINK
Some of “you” people are just as dense and extremist as the wacko right.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:36 pmLike your sign out weigh’s all the death’s the Grand Old pervert’s have comitted…Jeebos little D get a grip, up your med’s or go see a shrink…..BTW atleast 3 of us have admitted to your made up simple minded crime that may or may not exist in a town somewhere none of us know of or give a rat’s ass about..Time to make up something else..
January 19th, 2009 at 2:37 pmRaptureReady babbles:
Liberals are known for committing identity theft. Anybody could have used my name to locate my address.
And conservatives are known for being dense and having no usse for reality.
Pray tell, how would we find you in the address book? Under ‘R’ for ‘ready’, or ‘D’ for ‘dense’?
January 19th, 2009 at 2:38 pmRaptureReady Says:
Liberals are known for committing identity theft. Anybody could have used my name to locate my address.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
That’s how I found you Daryll. Better check your credit card records too…
January 19th, 2009 at 2:39 pmRaptureReady Says:
Also, I am in Indiana, and I received a call from my neighbor that my “Support GOP” sign and my yard was trashed (McLean, VA). If it was any person on TP, you are a coward, and once I return to Washington, this will be investigated, and you will be prosecuted.
I did it! Also, I’m Spartacus, and so is my wife.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:41 pmRaptureReady Says:
Liberals are known for committing identity theft.
You’ve committed the biggest identity theft of all. You pass yourself off as God.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:41 pmThank you, rhf.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:41 pmLiberals are known for committing identity theft. Anybody could have used my name to locate my address.
I don’t know any liberals big on identity theft. Liberals are the forceful advocates of securing the web and keeping personal information private. It’s in keeping with the protection of civil liberties, something you right-wingers are always trying to erode.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:41 pmRaptureReady Says:
Liberals are known for committing identity theft. Anybody could have used my name to locate my address.
Yeah, sure, it was one of us “liberals” and not one of your neighbors that thinks your fruits are missing their loops. More than likely the suspect will be one of your neighbors you called a blasphemer or something in one of your mental lapses into total insanity and stupidity.
But go ahead and tell the cops to look for “liberals” on a blog that did it, maybe they will give you a ride to see your shrink.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:42 pmhahaha.
Guess teh geyz have no friends at HBO.
FWIW, I’m not a member of the LGBT community, and I too am upset.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:43 pmrepublicans hate facts Says:
Ok Zooey – TODAY you are DEFINITELY FUNNY!! ;)
This differs from other days HOW? ;)
January 19th, 2009 at 2:43 pmRaptureReady Says:
Liberals are known for committing identity theft. Anybody could have used my name to locate my address.
“Daryll”? Someone with no idea of what town you live in (until now, apparently) could track you down by your first name? Are you really that stupid?
I love your comment about liberals and identity theft, if only because it is so crazy and stupid that it’s funny.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:44 pmRaptureReady Says:
For shooting a member of the Mexican cartel who used his vehicle as a weapon…
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Sorry, but there’s NO MENTION of that in any account of the incident I’ve read.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:45 pmRemember your car broke down the other day, Darryl?
I did that too.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:45 pmRupteredRectum – Liberals are known for committing identity theft.
Yeah, that’s mighty Rightarded of you…idiot.
How’s your “lying god” doing? Do you still hear him talking in your Head?
Is Phuckabee still going to be president-elect at the last second?
Don’t you have to go to your “Flogging out the Gay” Closet for the next 24 hours?
Your neighbors are letting you know that you are a piece of sh!t excuse for a human, that’s why they took your phucking sign, as$hole.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:46 pmRaptureReady Says:
This is serious.
It’s only serious to you, because it happened (if it even happened at all) to your property.
I don’t recall Job complaining as much as you did.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:46 pmPatrioticLiberalChristian Says:
Corinthians 6:9 ??
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Hmmm… is there any mention of fine leather in there?
January 19th, 2009 at 2:46 pmRemember the soup at your mental institution, Darryl? Remember it didn’t have enough salt the other day?
Yeah… I did that too…
January 19th, 2009 at 2:47 pmObviously, you do not know the beauty of spyware and adware (contaminated patch).
Your point?
January 19th, 2009 at 2:48 pmDaryll says: my “Support GOP” sign and my yard was trashed
Once “Support GOP” was written on that sign, it became trashed. As for your yard being trashed, we in the “God Hates Oppressors” community like to consider this “God Inspired Vengeful Enhancement” (GIVE for short).
January 19th, 2009 at 2:49 pmRaptureReady Says:
I believe that there are bloggers on TP that live within the Washington, D.C. metro area. If you didn’t do it, don’t become frantic.
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Heh… seeing as I live on the West Coast, I guess no one will suspect me…
‘Cept, I have me a TARDIS… heh…
January 19th, 2009 at 2:49 pmI think it was his neighbors, trashed his sign, to get back at him for being the “Neighborhood Nazi”. You know, every neighborhood has one, the guy who picks at any little thing that he doesn’t like. Turns people in to the city when their yard doesn’t get mowed, or their house needs paint, etc. The kind of general pain in the ass that he is on here.
The guy the Border agents shot was hit in the ass. He was fleeing apprehension when they shot him. He testified at their trial and he was given immunity for doing it.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:50 pmRaptureReady Says:
Obviously, you do not know the beauty of spyware and adware (contaminated patch).
LOL
Yeah, I am a certified internet security specialist and a unix system administrator with about 20 years experience, I wouldn’t know anything about spyware, viruses, trojans and catching hackers. No I wouldn’t know anything about it at all.
**eyes rolling**
January 19th, 2009 at 2:50 pmGregor Samsa Says:
Remember your car broke down the other day, Darryl?
I did that too.
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Yeah, but I’m the one who made the milk in the fridge go bad… heh…
January 19th, 2009 at 2:52 pmDaryll says: Obviously, you do not know the beauty of spyware and adware (contaminated patch).
Beauty?? Beauty!? BEAUTY!!!! And you say it is liberals who into identity theft.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:52 pmThe Republic of Stupidity Says:
RaptureReady Says:
I believe that there are bloggers on TP that live within the Washington, D.C. metro area. If you didn’t do it, don’t become frantic.
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Heh… seeing as I live on the West Coast, I guess no one will suspect me…
‘Cept, I have me a TARDIS… heh…
January 19th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Oh, so now you’re saying you got there BEFORE me? No fair!
January 19th, 2009 at 2:53 pmBadmoodman Says:
As long as we’re speaking of “outrageous” happenings, I prefer to be outraged at Bush’s last minute commutation of borders agents who murdered an illegal Mexican immigrant drug smuggler.
They didn’t do a good job then, considering he later testified against them.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:54 pmHouse of Roberts Says:
The guy the Border agents shot was hit in the ass. He was fleeing apprehension when they shot him. He testified at their trial and he was given immunity for doing it.
Sorry, House, didn’t see your comment until after I posted mine.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:55 pmZooey Says:
Oh, so now you’re saying you got there BEFORE me? No fair!
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Heh… Time… Time… Time is on my side… yes, it is! ? !
January 19th, 2009 at 2:58 pmWayne Says:
LOL
Yeah, I am a certified internet security specialist and a unix system administrator with about 20 years experience, I wouldn’t know anything about spyware, viruses, trojans and catching hackers. No I wouldn’t know anything about it at all.
**eyes rolling**
Wayne, you’re reading too much of this and not enough of this.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:58 pmI am so glad what ever ail’s little D isn’t catching….Blessings
January 19th, 2009 at 2:59 pmS’allright!
January 19th, 2009 at 2:59 pmRaptureReady, aren’t your sinning by claiming to be the one who determines who is sinning? What happened to the ‘Standing before God for judgement’ piece of this? Did God outsource His decisions to you (oh, pardon, that should be You). Are you now God’s blackwater team? If there is a God, you and better shape up because He will surely be pissed You are usurping His job.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:59 pmOh, and Darryl, the bad reception on your TV?
That’s right. I did it too.
January 19th, 2009 at 3:01 pmDaryll, do you know any of the ancient languages? Then how do you know the translators did not have any specific agenda when they were translating the script?
January 19th, 2009 at 3:02 pmRaptureReady Says
January 19th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
“Liberals are known for committing identity theft.”
– Um…we are? This is news to me. Would you mind providing some evidence that liberals commit identity theft? This was never mentioned in the official liberal handbook all liberals are issued. Do we HAVE to commit identity theft? Or is it an optional activity?
“Anybody could have used my name to locate my address.”
– Yeah, right. There are more Darylls in the world than you realize. It would be difficult to narrow it down to you. And I doubt “RaptureReady” is listed in superpages.com.
Look, I’m sorry your yard sign was trashed. I recommend you call the police if you suspect foul play was involved (it could have been a windstorm or animals, you know). And if the sign was insured (and the value exceeds your deductible), you’ll want to call your insurance company. And then get over it. This really isn’t worth obsessing over.
January 19th, 2009 at 3:04 pmucsbclassics53 Says:
Daryll, do you know any of the ancient languages?
Well, he does speak babble… does that count?
January 19th, 2009 at 3:04 pmSomehow I had a feeling this thread would activate raptureready. Apparently he has no other interests or opinions whatsoever than those regarding the hot, sweaty man-lovin’.
By the way Darryl, it wasn’t Zooey or Exit Stage Left who trashed your yard sign, it was me. I am Spartacus!
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Buckie Boy Says:
Is there a Daryll Stupidity Factory operating somewhere?
Yes, it’s called the inbred Appalachian baby-making-cult corridor, basically a strip across Oklahoma-Arkansas-Tenessee. It contains the only electoral districts that went more Republican in 2008 than 2004.
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RaptureReady Says:
Per the Bible, he is a representative of satan…
Chapter and verse, please. I’m also starting to wonder if your “bible” is the same book that everybody else means when they say “bible.” Did you write this thing yourself?
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RaptureReady Says:
Now it represents a perverted act.
Well there’s your problem right there. Being homosexual isn’t an act, it’s a fact of life for homosexuals. You really need to get the buttsecks off your mind to think clearly about the issue. That seems to be all you can think about, all day long.
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RaptureReady Says:
Seriously, if it was you, prepare to be arrested for trespassing.
Doo, have you even met the internet? Or do you believe that demons inside the teevee attached to your plastic typewriter are arguing with you?
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RaptureReady Says:
You cannot intentionally commit sin and be a Shepard. This guy is a sinner, and he is scum.
Interesting Freudian slip on the typo. Maybe the chapter you were looking for was in Matthew?
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RaptureReady Says:
For shooting a member of the Mexican cartel who used his vehicle as a weapon.
Maybe they could have made that case and proved it if they hadn’t tried to cover up their murder. Maybe not.
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RaptureReady Says:
Liberals are known for committing identity theft. Anybody could have used my name to locate my address.
Nope, capitalists are. And, you must have a pretty damn unique name.
January 19th, 2009 at 3:10 pmhit_escape Says:
LGBT Community upset? Hell, I’m upset. Everyone should be upset. WTF is the inauguration committee doing? Why is Obama allowing this?
And what makes you think that Obama had anything to do with this. Geezus, considering all that Obama has on his plate right now, I find it hard to believe that he was micromanaging the inauguration activities.
Why is it that the left is so quick to jump on Obama for everything he says or does. We really are our own worst enemy.
January 19th, 2009 at 3:11 pmRaptureRetard Says:
Also, I am in Indiana, and I received a call from my neighbor that my “Support GOP” sign and my yard was trashed (McLean, VA). If it was any person on TP, you are a coward, and once I return to Washington, this will be investigated, and you will be prosecuted.
Wait till he finds the deuce I dropped in his King James Buy-Bull. LOL. Keep backing the wrong horse Darryl. We’ll see ya in the funny pages, ya crazy closet case.
January 19th, 2009 at 3:15 pmucsbclassics53 Says:
Daryll, do you know any of the ancient languages? Then how do you know the translators did not have any specific agenda when they were translating the script?
Actually, I’d like to take the other side on this. The New International Version of the Bible, developed recently and increasingly in common usage, goes back to the oldest sources directly and uses modern knowledge of language translation. It’s pretty much universally accepted to be the best copy out there. And it differs very slightly from older translations, so there’s not a lot of evidence for intentional mistranslation.
Documentary historians typically judge the strength of their knowledge of a book’s original text by how many copy portions exist and how old those copy portions are. And the fact of the matter is, the Bible is heads-and-shoulders beyond any other book of a similar time period in terms of how many very old copies have been recovered. We can be far more sure that we’ve got the right text of the Bible than homer’s Iliad, anything written by Aristotle or Confucious, or the Indian Vedas.
So that line of attack will hit a dead end.
January 19th, 2009 at 3:19 pmI am Spartacus!
Really though, why do we not just ban the obvious insincere trolls? I can respect the back and forth of republicans when they’re interested in the debate, but some posters are just childish and too dullwitted to provide anything to think about.
January 19th, 2009 at 3:20 pmElBruce, that’s a great argument, but irrelevant. Darryl uses the King James Bible, one that I think EVERYONE knows was written with an agenda in mind.
January 19th, 2009 at 3:21 pmRaptureReady Says:
Keep dreaming. Most Americans believe that the homosexuality is wrong.
Sorry Darryl, but you are wrong.
January 19th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
If anything, most Americans are indifferent to homosexuality, since most Americans are incapable of the mental acrobatics required to explain how one is negatively affected by the presence of homosexual couples (THEY’LL DESTROY THE TRADITIONAL FAMILY BAAAAH HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA, etc.).
January 19th, 2009 at 3:25 pmDarryl:
Just because they say you’re paranoid doesn’t necessarily mean they are NOT out to get you!
January 19th, 2009 at 3:27 pmmercury6966 Says
January 19th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Obama Im offically turning my back on you as you have shown to have turn your back on me and my community!! You are no great unitor of the people. Twice you have done us wrong as most of us backed you and all we got was a lame excuse that you had no idea what was going on. Go preach to someone else cause I for sure won’t be listening to it anymore.
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I’m sorry you feel that way. I can empathize with you up to a point. It’s true that Proposition 8 was a setback that enraged civil rights advocates everywhere. It’s also true that the very idea of Rick Warren delivering the inaugural invocation is a slap in the face to the LGBT community still reeling from that loss (hopefully Warren will exercise enough taste to keep his bigotry out of the invocation). And it was a boneheaded idea on the part of the Inaugural Committee to make Robinson’s invocation part of the “pre-show” instead of the actual event.
But I’m not going to be “turning my back” on Obama merely because he hasn’t micromanaged the details of the committee sufficiently (I mean — this is WHY there’s a committee instead of making the President-Elect do everything personally). I will register my disappointment, as many have done. But I will save my real outrage for actions that TRULY hurt our LGBT citizens (or any other citizens) — such as proposing or supporting actual legislation that takes away civil rights.
Obama is still a better choice than McCain. You may think that they are “just the same” now, but that’s not true. LGBT issues aren’t the only ones we need to be concerned with. Obama is still better for the economy, better for health care, better for the working class, better for education, better for the environment, better for world peace — you know, better. And if you are going to “turn your back” and sulk about every single perceived slight on your pet issue, it’s gonna be a long four (or eight) years for you.
January 19th, 2009 at 3:30 pmGregor Samsa Says:
Oh, and Darryl, the bad reception on your TV?
That’s right. I did it too.
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And when you run out of hot water right in the middle of a shower?
Guess what… heh…
January 19th, 2009 at 3:33 pmThe Republic of Stupidity Says:
And when you run out of hot water right in the middle of a shower?
Guess what… heh…
I’m responsible for transmitting all those nonstop images of sinful, sweaty man-on-man buttsecks directly into your mind 24/7.
January 19th, 2009 at 3:36 pmThe text:
“O God of our many understandings, we pray that you will bless us with tears – tears for a world in which over a billion people exist on less than a dollar a day, where young women in many lands are beaten and raped for wanting an education, and thousands die daily from malnutrition, malaria, and AIDS.
Bless this nation with anger – anger at discrimination, at home and abroad, against refugees and immigrants, women, people of color, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people.
Bless us with discomfort at the easy, simplistic answers we’ve preferred to hear from our politicians, instead of the truth about ourselves and our world, which we need to face if we are going to rise to the challenges of the future.
Bless us with patience and the knowledge that none of what ails us will be fixed anytime soon, and the understanding that our new president is a human being, not a messiah.
Bless us with humility, open to understanding that our own needs as a nation must always be balanced with those of the world.
Bless us with freedom from mere tolerance, replacing it with a genuine respect and warm embrace of our differences.
Bless us with compassion and generosity, remembering that every religion’s God judges us by the way we care for the most vulnerable.
And God, we give you thanks for your child, Barack, as he assumes the office of President of the United States.
Give him wisdom beyond his years, inspire him with President Lincoln’s reconciling leadership style, President Kennedy’s ability to enlist our best efforts, and Dr. King’s dream of a nation for all people.
Give him a quiet heart, for our ship of state needs a steady, calm captain.
Give him stirring words; We will need to be inspired and motivated to make the personal and common sacrifices necessary to facing the challenges ahead.
Make him color-blind, reminding him of his own words that under his leadership, there will be neither red nor blue states, but the United States.
Help him remember his own oppression as a minority, drawing on that experience of discrimination, that he might seek to change the lives of those who are still its victims.
Give him strength to find family time and privacy, and help him remember that even though he is president, a father only gets one shot at his daughters’ childhoods.
And please, God, keep him safe. We know we ask too much of our presidents, and we’re asking far too much of this one. We implore you, O good and great God, to keep him safe. Hold him in the palm of your hand, that he might do the work we have called him to do, that he might find joy in this impossible calling, and that in the end, he might lead us as a nation to a place of integrity, prosperity, and peace. Amen.”
January 19th, 2009 at 3:38 pmI thought Daryl lived in a gated community!? I guess it was one of your neighbours. Do you have a neighbour named Homer by chance. Cause Hi-diddly-Ho you could be a real life Flandererers.
January 19th, 2009 at 3:42 pmHey Parodyll!
January 19th, 2009 at 3:46 pmMy wife and I are attending the gala event tomorrow at the State Theatre in Kalamazoo. Live broadcasts from D.C., musical guests, food, beverages…etc.
Now, northern Indiana is not that far from Kalamazoo. Why not join us? I’ll even pay the $10 cover charge and maybe buy you a drink or two (wine spritzer or Zima?). That should offset your personal loss.
What say you?
livelongandprosper Says:
I thought Daryl lived in a gated community!?
Nice catch! So either one of his neighbors did it, or Daryll lied to us about where he lived. Hmmmm.
January 19th, 2009 at 3:46 pmThanks gummitch. I recall Daryl bragging about living in a gated community. Guess it didn’t do him any good. LOL
January 19th, 2009 at 3:55 pmlivelongandprosper Says:
I thought Daryl lived in a gated community!?
Very nice catch. Further, in most communities there are sign regulations which require that political signs may only be up 30 days before an election until 2 days after. It may well have been the local zoning official who took down his sign.
January 19th, 2009 at 3:56 pmOops, multi posts. My bad.
January 19th, 2009 at 3:56 pmThanks gummitch. I recall Daryl going on about living in a gated community a long time ago. Guess it didn’t do him any good. LOL
January 19th, 2009 at 3:56 pmLLAP, you provided a “trinity posting” – appropriate enough for Daryll.
January 19th, 2009 at 3:58 pm.
Hey Daryyl,
When you get to hell, save me a seat next to you…
… I have a big fat juicy one to lay on you.
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January 19th, 2009 at 4:19 pmTranslators was the wrong word to write and yes, I’ll give you that Bruce that that line of attack is a dead end. I tend to believe that the writers intended to promote their own religious and spiritual views and that perhaps the writers are not as infallible as Daryll would like for them to be.
January 19th, 2009 at 4:23 pmMax-1 Says:
Hey Daryyl,
When you get to hell, save me a seat next to you…
… I have a big fat juicy one to lay on you.
January 19th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Now Daryll is all excited….
January 19th, 2009 at 4:29 pmStatement from Presidential Inaugural Committee Josh Earnest:
We had always intended and planned for Rt. Rev. Robinson’s invocation to be included in the televised portion of yesterday’s program. We regret the error in executing this plan – but are gratified that hundreds of thousands of people who gathered on the mall heard his eloquent prayer for our nation that was a fitting start to our event.
and… and… and…
And we promise that any further airing of the program will include the invocation.
that would work for me…
January 19th, 2009 at 4:37 pmGays and lesbians et al can be as upset as they want.
The bottom line is that their life will be better and more fair under Obama. Just the facts.
Just as many are making noise prematurely over actions not even taken by Obama on such things as torture. You can bet that it will all be going the other direction from the last 8 years…
January 19th, 2009 at 4:49 pm“Jesus doesn’t love homosexuals.”
This is exactly how I’ve interpreted “taking the Lord’s name in vein”, since I was a little kid—putting the words of your bigotry into the mouth of God to make yourself look like the champion of God’s opinion.
January 19th, 2009 at 5:08 pmUpdate Leah McElrath Renna reports: “A PIC source reports that some clips from the Lincoln Memorial event, including Bishop Robinson’s prayer, will be played on the Mall prior to the swearing in ceremony. In addition, there are reports that HBO will likely include the prayer in its re-broadcast of the event.”
randi now reporting this info… and that HBO WILL include the prayer in the rebroadcast… as it should be.
thanks.
January 19th, 2009 at 5:40 pmThe Republic of Stupidity Says:
And when you run out of hot water right in the middle of a shower?
You are too funny, tros… lol…
January 19th, 2009 at 6:31 pmSometimes coincidences and accidents are what they appear to be. Is it not possible that HBO and organizers just screwed up?
Regardless of intent, I am far more disturbed that such a big event was exclusively covered by a premium cable network. And I’m less than thrilled that religion still plays such a prominent role in the inauguration. Alas, we are not mature enough, as a society, to set aside myth and superstition.
January 19th, 2009 at 6:45 pmpete Says:
Sometimes coincidences and accidents are what they appear to be. Is it not possible that HBO and organizers just screwed up?
A lot of folks on the left have been kicking up a really big stink about Rick Warren. Now, I don’t expect Obama to reverse himself on that choice because of that, but I would think he’d have somebody call the Inaugural Committee and confirm that Robinson’s prayer was going to get sufficient media exposure.
It may not be a slap in the face, but it is a dropped ball.
January 19th, 2009 at 6:59 pmYo, hippie dude, lay down the bong and take a quick look at this here little linky-winky: Bush’s 2004 Swearing Cost.
Obama’s Inauguration Cost: estimated to be $160M.
Bush’s Inauguration Cost: $157M.
Youuuuu’re welcome!
January 19th, 2009 at 7:50 pmHippie_crusher Says:
Why don’t they just call themselves the FREAK community?
That term was already taken by the neocons.
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Hippie_crusher Says:
And where the f@ck on this JOKE of a website is the report about obambi’s little swearing in costing 200 MILLION dollars?
Nowhere. That’s because it’s a lie.
January 19th, 2009 at 7:50 pmPoor HC.
How’s the weather out there in the political wilderness?
January 19th, 2009 at 7:51 pmPS: You also inflated the already false value by an extra 15% since the last troll posted about it an hour ago. By the time you guys are done, you’ll be screaming that the inauguration cost over a trillion.
January 19th, 2009 at 7:52 pmSeriously. Looks like the actual cost using the past formula is $45M – that’s for the event itself + associated events (balls). But by adding in city-wide security, traffic congestion, and everything under the sun, the AP pulled $150M out of its ass. After a couple rounds through the blogosphere, the number hit $160M. Tracy__5 came in here and stated it at $170M. Now crusher has it at $200M.
Said it before, I’ll say it again. Wingnuts can’t do math.
January 19th, 2009 at 8:34 pmHippie_crusher Says:
January 19th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
Hippie’s got a hard on for teh gay, too.
January 19th, 2009 at 9:27 pmAlways intended, error in execution? Truth or after the fact justification? Glitches…
For a list of the President’s Inaugural Committee co-chairs go to:
http://www.pic2009.org/pressroom/entry/presidential_inaugural_launch/
January 19th, 2009 at 9:40 pmHippie_sucker Says
oh nevermind, no one cares.
January 19th, 2009 at 10:45 pmThis thread has been a wild ride. Ole Daryl brings new meaning to the saying hire the handicapped, they are fun to watch.
I will sort of take exception to the idea that there is anything like a good translation of the Bible. Constantine sort of negated that. When the day comes that all of the books and writings from 1AD on are included, I’ll think about maybe…you get the idea. And when somebody admits that Revelations has about as much sense to it as Nostradamus.
January 19th, 2009 at 11:20 pmHippieLicker you ignorant worthless punk. Trolls like you are less evolved that plankton. You are a stupid depraved piece of garbage. I pity anyone that even sees your disgusting countenance. We understand that your hate for pretty much everything OTHER is really a reflection of your hatred for your pathetic self. What a cowardly ignorant loaf you are. Go back to playing with the other challenged children and let the adults talk. Your despreate cry for help and attention are so pathetic and said they make me sick to my stomach.
January 20th, 2009 at 12:08 amRupturedRetard does nothing but spray his hate and stupidity as a form of psuedopiety. His lack of tolerance, his basic stupidity, his unfeeling attitude and hatred for others of God children makes him a pitiful creature indeed.
January 20th, 2009 at 12:10 amMany right wing evangelicals refer to HBO as “hell’s box office”.
Is this some sort of bizarre “post-partisan” crap on their part?
January 20th, 2009 at 1:28 am“Religious hate mongers”, well, now they’re just being redundant…
January 20th, 2009 at 7:43 amHoodathunk Says:
I will sort of take exception to the idea that there is anything like a good translation of the Bible. Constantine sort of negated that. When the day comes that all of the books and writings from 1AD on are included, I’ll think about maybe…you get the idea. And when somebody admits that Revelations has about as much sense to it as Nostradamus.
Oh, absolutely. Even if one’s faith grants that there’s some sort of divine possession that can take over prophets to inspire them to write their books of the Bible in some kind of “stenographer” mode, that still doesn’t cover the rest of the Pentateuch (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus…) which don’t follow from the Hebrew Prophetic tradition. But the main problem, as you point out, is the editorial decisions regarding which of the religious literature of Constantine’s time were to be considered canonical and which apocryphal. Given the political machinations documented as being involved in those decisions, you can hardly call them “inspired.”
Thatt’s not a problem if you take the Bible for what it is – the religious and philosophical thought of a people going back to the roots of the Western tradition. But if you take it as direct literal instructions from the Lord thy God Himself, then things can get somewhat… retarded. For a great illustration of the problem, check out Apocemon, a cartoon of the Book of Revelations – if you believe in biblical literalism, then you believe that this is exactly how things are going to go down. “Left Behind” it ain’t.
January 20th, 2009 at 3:03 pmWhoever we are
Wherever were from
We shoulda noticed by now
Our behavior is dumb
And if our chances
Expect to improve
Its gonna take a lot more
Than tryin to remove
The other race
Or the other whatever
From the face
Of the planet altogether
They call it the earth
Which is a dumb kinda name
But they named it right
cause we behave the same…
We are dumb all over
Dumb all over,
Yes we are
Dumb all over,
Near n far
Dumb all over,
Black n white
People, we is not wrapped tight
Nurds on the left
Nurds on the right
Religous fanatics
On the air every night
Sayin the bible
Tells the story
Makes the details
Sound real gory
bout what to do
If the geeks over there
Dont believe in the book
We got over here
You cant run a race
Without no feet
n pretty soon
There wont be no street
For dummies to jog on
Or doggies to dog on
Religous fanatics
Can make it be all gone
(I mean it wont blow up
n disappear
Itll just look ugly
For a thousand years…)
You cant run a country
By a book of religion
Not by a heap
Or a lump or a smidgeon
Of foolish rules
Of ancient date
Designed to make
You all feel great
While you fold, spindle
And mutilate
Those unbelievers
From a neighboring state
To arms! to arms!
Hooray! thats great
Two legs aint bad
Unless theres a crate
They ship the parts
To mama in
For souvenirs: two ears (get down!)
Not his, not hers, (but what the hey? )
The good book says:
(it gotta be that way!)
But their book says:
Revenge the crusades…
With whips n chains
n hand grenades…
Two arms? two arms?
Have another and another
Our God says:
There aint no other!
Our God says
Its all okay!
Our God says
This is the way!
It says in the book:
Burn n destroy…
n repent, n redeem
n revenge, n deploy
n rumble thee forth
To the land of the unbelieving scum on the other side
cause they dont go for whats in the book
n that makes em bad
So verily we must choppeth them up
And stompeth them down
Or rent a nice french bomb
To poof them out of existance
While leaving their real estate just where we need it
To use again
For temples in which to praise our god
(cause he can really take care of business!)
And when his humble tv servant
January 20th, 2009 at 3:56 pmWith humble white hair
And humble glasses
And a nice brown suit
And maybe a blond wife who takes phone calls
Tells us our God says
Its okay to do this stuff
Then we gotta do it,
cause if we dont do it,
We aint gwine up to hebbin!
(depending on which book youre using at the
Time…cant use theirs… it dont work
…its all lies…gotta use mine…)
Aint that right?
Thats what they say
Every night…
Every day…
Hey, we cant really be dumb
If were just following gods orders
Hey, lets get serious…
God knows what hes doin
He wrote this book here
An the book says:
He made us all to be just like him,
So…
If were dumb…
Then God is dumb…
(an maybe even a little ugly on the side)
Frank Zappa
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