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Right-Wing Group Launches ‘Anti-Islamic’ Bus Ads in Major Cities

*May 25 - 00:05*

In May, the American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA) and the Cordoba Initiative proposed plans to build a community center two blocks away from Ground Zero in New York City that would include “a mosque, performance art center, gym, swimming pool and other public spaces.” Since then, radical conservatives across the country have expressed open hostility to the construction of Muslim places of worship. Speaking about the Muslim center in New York City, right-wing radio host Michael Berry stated, “If you do build a mosque, I hope somebody blows it up.”

Self-described “anti-jihadist” and conservative blogger Pamela Geller — the executive director of Stop Islamization of America (SIOA) — has joined the chorus of right-wing paranoia. Earlier this month on MSNBC, Geller suggested the Islamic center is a “triumphal mosque” on “conquered lands.” Now her organization has recently launched a series of bus ads reading, “Fatwa on your head? Is your family or community threatening you? Leaving Islam? Got questions? Get answers!” in major cities, including San Francisco, Miami, and New York:

RefugeFromIslam.com, the website promoted on Geller’s ads, contends that Muslim Americans who “long to be free” of their religion are in danger of being killed, and offers protection, including “safe houses,” for those who want out. Muslim rights groups and religious leaders say there is no penalty for leaving Islam and that the Koran condemns killing as a sin.

While Geller claims that the bus campaign’s goal is “to help ex-Muslims who are in trouble,” several religious rights organizations have criticized Geller for inciting fear about a religion that is already misunderstood. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil rights organization that has voiced concerns over several of these bus ads, especially because it seems to imply the false claim that Muslims who choose to leave Islam are in danger. Furthermore, SIOA’s hateful rhetoric has reached as far as the FBI and Virginia’s Tidewater Joint Terrorism Task Force, which invited the group’s co-founder and founder of right-wing blog Jihad Watch, Robert Spencer, to offer training to state and federal law enforcement officers.

The U.S. government has refused the group’s request for a trademark designation for its name, stating, “The applied-for mark refers to Muslims in a disparaging manner because by definition it implies that conversion or conformity to Islam is something that needs to be stopped or caused to cease.”

- Nina Bhattacharya



166 Responses to “Right-Wing Group Launches ‘Anti-Islamic’ Bus Ads in Major Cities”



  1. zxbe says:

    Of course Manhattan is built upon conquered lands to begin with… but I don’t see Ms. Geller complaining about that.


  2. Tired Of It All says:

    If it’s all about hate and fear, then a “Right-Wing Group” will be involved. It’s invariable.


  3. Tired Of It All says:

    Lingus-Clee says:

    I think this would make a great plank for statewide GOP Party Platforms!

    It IS a plank for statewide GOP Party Platforms:
    “HATE AND FEAR! It’s the modern GOP!”


  4. Tired Of Fighting (Sick Of All Things Republican) says:

    “Give me your ignorant, frightened, and ill-mannered”.

    This country’s new motto. And its a crying shame.

    RIP
    SGT Stephen R. Sherman
    C CO 1-5 IN (STRYKER)
    KIA 3 Feb 2005
    Mosul, Iraq


  5. Will Clarke says:

    Yes, leave your crazy cult to come join our crazy cult! We’re slightly less crazy!

    Not an easy sell.


  6. Buckie Boy (New Improved Troll Ignore) says:

    My brother-inlaw is a Muslim, a CPA, is that a Terrorist?

    And one of the friendliest and all around nicest person you would ever meet.

    He has been threatened over and over again by ReichWingers, the FBI is at his office about once a month from phone threats.

    He just thinks conservatives are sad and ignorant.

    Why is married my racist, reichwinger sister I will never know.


  7. Badmoodman says:

    Right-Wing Group Launches ‘Anti-Islamic’ Bus Ads in Major Cities….
    Troll: I think this would make a great plank for statewide GOP Party Platforms!

    – - What it’ll do is make a GREAT target for graffiti artists.


  8. gummitch (We Are All Patsy, sponsored by the Church of Mystic Patsy) says:

    Why is married my racist, reichwinger sister I will never know.

    Is she hot?


  9. evangenital says:

    The repiggies had better get working on digging up a lot of white evangelicals, and fast.

    They seem to have developed an uncanny knack for infuriating many who had once voted for them.

    This is what happens when a political party is taken over by religious crazies.


  10. eyeswideopen1 says:

    This story is so retarded. Most of the people spouting off about this probably don’t even know that there already is a mosque about 800 feet away from this proposed on. And they are both a couple blocks away from Ground zero. It’s not like they are planting it dead center with a guant FU America sign on it!


  11. livelongandprosper says:

    Islam and Christianity – same “God”
    Muslims and Christians – pick and choose from documents written hundreds of years ago to “prove their point”

    Same shit, different smell.


  12. evangenital says:

    True libertarians would welcome Muslim voters, and would strive to mainstream them into the American experience.

    The evangelical crazies posing as libertarians have this “my weewee is bigger than your weewee” attitude in regard to religions other than their own cult.


  13. Hoodathunk(sponsored by Free Speech for Fish) says:

    Sad. These fundies just don’t get marketing. That ad should read “We hate and fear people who are different and we have the guns to prove it.”


  14. Tired Of It All says:

    Lingus-Clee says:

    We’re not tired.

    No, you’re retarded.


  15. evangenital says:

    A true libertarian would kick the holy rollers in the teeth.

    One cannot be a holy roller and a libertarian.

    It is impossible.


  16. Frugalchariot says:

    Lingus-Clee says:

    No Tired Of It All, you’re wrong about that.

    Take a look at this trailer for the smash hit movie, Don’t Tread On Me.

    We’re not tired.
    ——————————

    Hey, newbie troll, you’re starting to remind me of another troll. Care to guess which one?


  17. Hoodathunk(sponsored by Free Speech for Fish) says:

    What? They can’t say “I’m a free American, making my own choices (as long as God says its cool) ?


  18. Tired Of It All says:

    Lingus-Clee says:

    #18 Well you people are the ones who keep saying how tired you are all the time, not us.

    Wait…you really ARE retarded?

    Thought so.


  19. fixbone says:

    What part of the 1st amendment do these people not understand?

    They are an insult to all REAL americans


  20. Hoodathunk(sponsored by Free Speech for Fish) says:

    We understand how a sock puppet can get tired and confused when flipping through names. Yesterday, Martha got so tired she couldn’t even spell her own name. But don’t worry, little buddy, TP pays the same whether you get it right or not. As long as you are irritating.


  21. Hoodathunk(sponsored by Free Speech for Fish) says:

    oh come one, moto, can’t you do better than that? No one bit on that crap before so you bring it back with your new clone?


  22. barfly says:

    Lingus-Clee says:

    I think this would make a great plank for statewide GOP Party Platforms!

    Yeah, it’ll show hispanics how inclusive the republican party is.

    Heh.


  23. Hoodathunk(sponsored by Free Speech for Fish) says:

    TP, if you are going to use agitator drones to gin up hits, could you at least be a little more subtle about it? People are going to talk.


  24. har5125 says:

    The Arab country of Bahrain an Islamic State is one of the closest allies the U.S. has in the Middle East. If all Muslims are terrorists then does that mean our government has been terrorists supporters for twenty years since we signed a Defense Cooperation Agreement in October 1991 with Bahrain? On that was when Bush41 was President.


  25. Badger says:

    And Crowned thy Good

    With Brotherhood

    From Sea to Shining Sea…

    Yeah…that’s the ticket


  26. Frugalchariot says:

    Hoodathunk(sponsored by Free Speech for Fish) says:

    We understand how a sock puppet can get tired and confused when flipping through names. Yesterday, Martha got so tired she couldn’t even spell her own name.
    ————————————————————–

    I missed that. Did it come out as Lingus-Clee, by any chance?


  27. evangenital says:

    Little repiggie/teabaggers prefer exclusivity, seeing themselves as privileged beings.


  28. Hoodathunk(sponsored by Free Speech for Fish) says:

    no, frugal, lingus clee is moto taking a break. He can’t be perfect all the time.


  29. Pilotshark Sponsored by Boeing`s Toxic cult troll Clean up Team says:

    @31

    VD

    LOL>>at you

    No one speaks for me but me.

    cause i cut and paste whats emailed to me.


  30. har5125 says:

    Land of the Free and Home of the Brave,

    Shorter version courtesy of the Stop Islamization of America (SIOA):

    As long as you only practice the religions we tell you that you can.


  31. evangenital says:

    Is Cunning Lingus masturbating?


  32. Frugalchariot says:

    Lingus-Clee says:

    I am Lingus-Clee.

    No one speaks for me but me.
    ——————————————————

    I want to see a copy of your birth certificate — the long form!


  33. Hoodathunk(sponsored by Free Speech for Fish) says:

    evangenital, I’d guess it is scrambling to find a new sock puppet. There are only so many in the stable to choose from.


  34. har5125 says:

    fixbone says:

    What part of the 1st amendment do these people not understand?

    All of it because they skip it and go straight to the 2nd amendment.


  35. Hoodathunk(sponsored by Free Speech for Fish) says:

    Ah. It settled on the morOnlooker. Rangel distraction.


  36. Pilotshark Sponsored by Boeing`s Toxic cult troll Clean up Team says:

    Lingus-Clee

    couple questions.

    1 are you in texas?
    2 was that you who cut its finger off?
    3 can you use more then two fingers while cut and pasting?
    4 do you use same finger to pick your nose or scratch your ass?


  37. Frugalchariot says:

    Hoodathunk(sponsored by Free Speech for Fish) says:

    no, frugal, lingus clee is moto taking a break. He can’t be perfect all the time.
    ————————————————————-

    Hmmh. I thought I “heard” Pee5. I suppose moto could be a true bipolar, though, so anything’s possible.


  38. Hoodathunk(sponsored by Free Speech for Fish) says:

    and it called in back up. More squirrels.

    What’s the matter TP, can’t keep your drones straight?


  39. USCKitty: To the trolls, if You say something stupid, it will be noted. says:

    sir.b.vonludwig says:
    the barbaric abdul rauf is a proponent of sharia law…which denies freedom of speech, and legal equality to all people – women have no rights.
    i say they can build there when they allow the building of synagogues in their middle east capitals.
    the only people more barbaric than these fundamentalists are the hack drones such as yourselves who support the building of this disrespectful and hateful mosque.

    yeah well we are in America…you know? Last time I checked there was no establishment of religion in this country…if they want to build a mosque, then it is their right to do so…

    The only thing you have right is that fundamentalists are the ones who will kill us all in the end…fundamentalists of ALL religions…

    and if you want to see barbarism, why not take a look at your posts, or onlooker’s tramp post, or jwest’s rape apologist posts, or conservative guy’s let’s kill TEH GAYS post?


  40. Bozo The Neoclown says:

    “Speaking about the Muslim center in New York City, right-wing radio host Michael Berry stated, “If you do build a mosque, I hope somebody blows it up.””

    and if this happens this clown should be frog-walked through mid-town manhattan for incitement


  41. Bozo The Neoclown says:

    “BREAKING – Another severed finger was sent to the Laredo, Texas Police Department.”

    was it jan brewers??

    too bad


  42. Hoodathunk(sponsored by Free Speech for Fish) says:

    ooo and the moto drone. Things must be heating up.


  43. Bozo The Neoclown says:

    old hooker is questioning someone’s credibility?

    BBBBBWWWWHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHH


  44. Hoodathunk(sponsored by Free Speech for Fish) says:

    Guys, does TP have you working in neighboring cubicles? Just so you know when to step in and fling a few new rodents?


  45. Hoodathunk(sponsored by Free Speech for Fish) says:

    You give it away when you come dancing in whenever a solo nematoad gets in trouble. Nice technique but after all these months, its easy to spot.


  46. Frugalchariot says:

    BREAKING – Another severed finger was sent to the Laredo, Texas Police Department.

    Link missing.


  47. Badger says:

    i say they can build there when they allow the building of synagogues in their middle east capitals.

    Iran does. The Ayatollah issued a Fatwah preventing ANYONE from Persecuting the Jews . Iran has the largest population of Jews in the Middle East outside of Israel.
    There are centuries old Synagogs in Iran.

    Go figure.


  48. har5125 says:

    NOT BREAKING: Moto posts another story with no link!


  49. USCKitty: To the trolls, if You say something stupid, it will be noted. says:

    sir.b.vonludwig says:
    well i guess, if we let them build a mosque there they’ll stop trying to blow up planes.

    OH Bull, more appeasement talk? No one is trying to appease here…except you freaks who would love to sacrifice what America means because of your fear…Muslim fundamentalists were supposedly responsible…there’s a difference between mainstream Muslims and fundamentalist Muslims much like there is a difference between mainstream Christians and the fundie Christians…

    So when you trolls decried Obama’s bad touch, good touch education for kindergarteners, shall I say you were appeasing child molesters with your opposition?


  50. USCKitty: To the trolls, if You say something stupid, it will be noted. says:

    Badger says:
    i say they can build there when they allow the building of synagogues in their middle east capitals.

    Iran does. The Ayatollah issued a Fatwah preventing ANYONE from Persecuting the Jews . Iran has the largest population of Jews in the Middle East outside of Israel.
    There are centuries old Synagogs in Iran.

    Go figure.

    So Sir Empty Suit doesn’t know what he’s talking about…that’s a surprise!


  51. Hoodathunk(sponsored by Free Speech for Fish) says:

    Whooeeee. morOnlooker, sirb and moto all jest diggin in. Is Martha in the bathroom or what?


  52. Zooey (I am Patsy) says:

    A google search of “Laredo severed finger” produces Dimbart.


  53. Bozo The Neoclown says:

    why do the teabagging filth hate freedom of religion?

    turdwig?
    old hooker?


  54. RUCerious ~Truck U Folls!~ says:

    Guess I should start a site:

    Refuge from Catholic priests, ChildRaping Polygamists and other assorted fundieXianNutjobs.


  55. Hoodathunk(sponsored by Free Speech for Fish) says:

    Faiz, its nice you keep giving us these neat toys. We will smack them accordingly, give you your hits and just basically have fun for you.


  56. Bozo The Neoclown says:

    ironically, it’s the same teabagging filth who piss and moan about christians being persecuted who are…wait…persecuting others.


  57. RUCerious ~Truck U Folls!~ says:

    Tiffany, you’ll always be welcome on my site…just sayin…married to Darlyy and all…


  58. Bozo The Neoclown says:

    “Lingus-Clee says:
    Liberals run Google.”

    try this:
    dumbassle. it’s a search engine run by cancervatards.


  59. Hoodathunk(sponsored by Free Speech for Fish) says:

    Did you two come up with that together over the partition?


  60. USCKitty: To the trolls, if You say something stupid, it will be noted. says:

    Onlooker says:
    What’s the matter TP, can’t keep your drones straight?

    How delusional and out of touch does a progressive have to be to make a comment like this? Medication issue?

    OSTLL says:
    Why does that tramp have a little shit-eatin grin on her face?

    How delusional and out of touch does a wingnut troll have to be to make a comment like this? Medication issue?


  61. Mr.Duke says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  62. har5125 says:

    Liberals run Google.

    Conservatives run talk radio that’s why talk radio is so full of BS like LimbAUGH, Beck, Hannity, Ingram, Levin, Savage Weiner, etc….


  63. Frugalchariot says:

    Pee5Lingus-Clee says:

    Here’s your link!
    —————————————————————-

    That’s no link. That’s wingnut bullshit.


  64. Hoodathunk(sponsored by Free Speech for Fish) says:

    Gird your loins, TP posters, the trolls are out in force. All 4 of them. Try to keep track as they switch names because it can be a bit confusing at times.


  65. pcmcg says:

    While the bus ads might be in bad taste,
    the persecution and and attacks on members
    leaving Islam is not a made-up scare tactic
    by the GOP.

    Unfortunately, there have been
    real-life consequences for many that have left
    or attempted to leave and live there lives free of
    Islam. An outspoken commentator on this topic is
    Nonie Darwish.

    In this case, it is entirely fair to directly
    criticize Islam and/or the culture of
    Islamic states. Christian fundamentalism is
    also deplorable, but the threat of physical
    violence is nowhere near the level of Islam.

    It is not right to blame the religion of Islam
    for these acts of violence committed in its name,
    but the fact of the matter is that you will find
    many Islamics who agree with the use of violence
    and murder as acceptable part of their culture,
    than you will with any other religion or
    institution.


  66. Bozo The Neoclown says:

    why do the tea bagging filth hate the first amendment right of “freedom of assembly”?

    old hooker?
    turdwig?


  67. Hoodathunk(sponsored by Free Speech for Fish) says:

    Back to back, TP brethren. Just like the nematoads in their cubicles. Ignore the names, just like they do.


  68. Frugalchariot says:

    Puke says

    So much for freedom of religion.
    —————————————————————–

    Freedom FROM religion is the only worthy aspect.


  69. Loonie says:

    Get some atheism ads on the buses. Let’s see how those go down with these sanctimonious blowhards.


  70. Frugalchariot says:

    Pee5Lingus-Clee says:

    Wait till they start cutting farts.
    ————————————————————–

    Fixed it for you, PeeClee. There is no charge.


  71. bizarrobrain (brought to you by The Citadel of Satanic Kitten Worship and Tidy Cat) says:

    Loonie says:
    Get some atheism ads on the buses. Let’s see how those go down with these sanctimonious blowhards.

    Something like, “There is no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.” <–Changed a little…from this ad from the UK.




  72. bizarrobrain (brought to you by The Citadel of Satanic Kitten Worship and Tidy Cat) says:

    Mr.Duke,
    Are you suggesting that we act like intolerant extremists to defeat intolerant extremists from another culture? What the hell have you been huffing?


  73. Bozo The Neoclown says:

    it’s the “free market forces” in action teabagging filth.
    cash in your tin can from your busch beer and see if you can raise enough change to buy the proposed site.
    if not, stfu, losers.


  74. Bozo The Neoclown says:

    “Mr.Duke,
    Are you suggesting that we act like intolerant extremists to defeat intolerant extremists from another culture? What the hell have you been huffing?”

    slimy sarah palin’s granny panties?


  75. bizarrobrain (brought to you by The Citadel of Satanic Kitten Worship and Tidy Cat) says:

    Bozo The Neoclown says:
    “Mr.Duke,
    Are you suggesting that we act like intolerant extremists to defeat intolerant extremists from another culture? What the hell have you been huffing?”

    slimy sarah palin’s granny panties?

    Haha…ew.


  76. bizarrobrain (brought to you by The Citadel of Satanic Kitten Worship and Tidy Cat) says:

    Lingus-Clee says:
    pcmcg, I don’t have much sympathy of atheists.

    And I don’t have much sympathy for intolerant fundamentalists. My anxiety has gone down significantly since dropping religion. I no longer worry about hell, or about where non-believers will go when they die, or why the church seems to hate gays for no reason. I am free and you’re a slave to a fairy tale.


  77. Mr.Duke says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  78. barfly says:

    Lingus-Clee says:

    Well I’m a religious kind of guy in a funny sort of way.

    Hair shirts, and scourging the devil out with a nail-tipped whip?


  79. Frugalchariot says:

    Pee-Clee says:

    Well I’m a religious kind of guy in a funny sort of way.
    —————————————————————–

    And for the last several weeks, you been a religious kind of chick in a funny sort of way. Aintcha, Pee.


  80. barfly says:

    Lingus-Clee says:

    pcmcg, I don’t have much sympathy of atheists.

    How Christian of you!


  81. muy rosada says:

    Here, here Bizarro!
    No god know peace!


  82. ElBruce says:

    Mr.Duke says:

    Now, if some, heck any, group of Islamic leaders would denounce this nonsense, they would improve the situation. But, they never renounce this stuff. Ever.

    Except that what you said is the exact opposite of the facts over here in reality:

    http://www.google.com/search?q=muslims+denounce+bin+laden

    You may apologize now for trying to intentionally misinform people.


  83. bizarrobrain (brought to you by The Citadel of Satanic Kitten Worship and Tidy Cat) says:

    Mr.Duke,
    So? The convert or die BS is pretty standard shit for the Abrahamic religions, this includes Christianity, Islam and Judaism. And again, only bastards like OBL take these extreme positions and he’s not representative of the entire faith, in the same way that the Northern Ireland Troubles aren’t representative of Christianity and the same goes for Jewish extremist groups like Kahane Chai.


  84. barfly says:

    You may apologize now for trying to intentionally misinform people.

    Don’t downplay his ignorance!

    Of course he didn’t know the truth, judging by the misinformed posts…


  85. Frugalchariot says:

    Bin Laden has said he wants to kill all non-believers.

    You have 3 choices.
    1. Convert to Islam
    2. Pay a tax
    3. Die

    Now, if some, heck any, group of Islamic leaders would denounce this nonsense, they would improve the situation. But, they never renounce this stuff. Ever.

    And I should give a shit what bin Laden thinks? He doesn’t represent or define Islam any more than Anal Roberts and his brother Oral represented or defined Buddhism. Get a life, idiot. Stick your irrational hatred where the sun don’t shine.


  86. barfly says:

    Lingus-Clee says:

    TP doesn’t want YOU to know this but they HATE singing women and dogs. What does that tell you?

    Wanna compare that with Christian dogma? They hate pennicillin, and blood transfusions.


  87. bizarrobrain (brought to you by The Citadel of Satanic Kitten Worship and Tidy Cat) says:

    muy rosada says:
    Here, here Bizarro!
    No god know peace!

    :D
    Yup. Humans always try to make the facts support their beliefs, but being strictly religious makes it easy to be intellectually lazy, and it’s easier to protect your poorly formed, inconsistent ideas when you call them your religion than when you say “Well, I’ve just never thought about it.” Homosexuality and tolerance of other faiths for example. Regardless, I’m much happier as an atheist than I was as a Christian.


  88. Mr.Duke says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  89. RUCerious ~Truck U Folls!~ says:

    Bin Laden’s a spoiled rich kid turned pseudo Messiah. Why did Bush let him get away at ToraBora??


  90. Hoodathunk(sponsored by Free Speech for Fish) says:

    So it comes down to, what do you want to see. Can anyone say they have seen too many times when moto showed up on a thread when it didn’t go into its divine routine? Can anyone say they have never wonder why it is sock puppets change when responses get heated? Has no one ever wondered why the pocket full of trolls we have have remained the same for at least the last year, changing screen names but always the same crap?

    Odds are, we are being used. Trollish nematoads under multiple names and all with a single purpose. Generate comments. More hits. Now, if you don’t mind that, that is cool. If you somehow feel smacking trolls is important, go for it. But ask yourself, why are they always the same with their crap? Why are your arguments always about the same crap?

    Ignoring trolls didn’t work because there are some who feel they have to respond. Respectable but please wonder if someone is counting on that response. Since no response has ever effected a troll, well, think about it.


  91. bizarrobrain (brought to you by The Citadel of Satanic Kitten Worship and Tidy Cat) says:

    Mr.Duke says:
    I apologize. … does this mean I don’t have to convert, pay a tax or die? and we can all “just get along?”

    Uh, I doubt it.

    And this is the attitude that keeps religious people fighting amongst each other. “Can’t we all just get along?” “NO!” “Have you tried?” “No and we’re not going to attempt to make peace!”


  92. Frugalchariot says:

    Mr.Duke says:

    I apologize. … does this mean I don’t have to convert, pay a tax or die? and we can all “just get along?”

    Uh, I doubt it.
    —————————————————————

    Oh, well, of course yes they ARE coming for YOU. SOMEBODY has to, after all. Might as well be the bogeyman under your bed.


  93. RUCerious ~Truck U Folls!~ says:

    pcmg=mgparrish, dontchaknow.


  94. barfly says:

    does this mean I don’t have to convert, pay a tax or die?

    What is it with conservatives hating to pay taxes? They get enough benefits from the tax code, yet they hate all taxes.

    Do they think this stuff comes for free?

    Talk about living in Fantasyland…


  95. Hoodathunk(sponsored by Free Speech for Fish) says:

    Hey Lingus-Clee, couldn’t keep up the moto meme? You can only handle singing dogs and women? Ah, new kid.


  96. Mr.Duke says:

    Since Islam is okay and I don’t have to convert, pay a tax or die. I wonder why our leader, Obama, is getting the military deeper into Afghanistan? Now, if Bush was doing it, lefties would be cryin’ the blues calling him a warmonger in the back pocket of the for profit corporations. … But, Obama gets a pass, right? That is different, of course. … very interesting.


  97. Bozo The Neoclown says:

    mr puke,

    have you raised a down payment on the proposed center’s site?

    BBBBBWWWWWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHH
    broke-assed-loser


  98. Hoodathunk(sponsored by Free Speech for Fish) says:

    But Dukie, your buddy started it and it is a war so how come you aren’t all for it? Stick to the meme.


  99. barfly says:

    But, Obama gets a pass, right? That is different, of course. … very interesting.

    You can’t saw one leg off a chair, and expect it to work properly, unless you’re a conservative.


  100. Frugalchariot says:

    Well, my free time is up, back to editing manuscripts. I may or may not return to TP anytime soon. There’s really nothing to do here anymore other than smack nematodes and try to avoid the dual shitstreams in the process.

    Fascinating how it is that a Progressive website can sink to the level of the outhouse basement, but TP has managed, somehow.


  101. pete says:

    Any group, religious or otherwise, that can afford an advertising campaign should pay taxes.


  102. Mr.Duke says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  103. Biot says:

    If a mosque can’t be built, at least build a center for Islamic tolerance. We can’t keep thinking of Muslims as jihadists with RPGs that want to make every woman wear a burqa.


  104. realpatriot says:

    Feel like renting space on the side of a polluting bus that say’s
    “The Conservative movement warping Christianity..?”
    or “Keep big government out of my life!
    Call 1-800-Teri Schivo”……


  105. pete says:

    Of course, even the stupid trolls aren’t as frighteningly stupid as most of the folks at Rapture Ready.

    http://www.fstdt.net/QuoteComment.aspx?QID=74745


  106. Bozo The Neoclown says:

    mr puke,
    i knowthis concept eludes repugnantscums but it’s called setting priorities. too bad the only priorities cancervatards have is lowering the tax rate for the upper 1% and driving up defecits.


  107. Mr.Duke says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  108. Bozo The Neoclown says:

    ” I keep voting for libertarian presidential candidates”

    keep up it, pukey. it’s one less vote for repugnantscums! yipppeeeeeeeeeee


  109. Mr.Duke says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  110. Bozo The Neoclown says:

    “We have no revenue problem in this country.”

    really, pukey? then explain how the bush tax cuts cost the tax payers one trillion dollars?


  111. cd (temp spokesman for satan) says:

    On one hand there have been cases of people who have tried to leave the faith only to be killed by so called Muslims.

    On the other hand the anti-Christian bus ads were a dick move.

    I’m not sure what side to take.


  112. Mr.Duke says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  113. Bozo The Neoclown says:

    mr puke was the headcheerleader in charge for the other cheerleader, 43. all of a sudden ol pukey’s a libratarian…


  114. Hoodathunk(sponsored by Free Speech for Fish) says:

    Dukie, the whole bold libertarian schtick is lame. Didn’t they tell you that?


  115. Bozo The Neoclown says:

    “Hope and Change. … yeah, admit it, you fell for that one hook, line and sinker. …”

    a lot better than “I don’t know which newspapers i read and i can see russia from my house.”


  116. Mr.Duke says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  117. Mr.Duke says:

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  118. RUCerious ~Truck U Folls!~ says:

    Glad to hear you’re a Kucinich supporter, Mortimer!


  119. Bozo The Neoclown says:

    hey pukey,

    who started them and ran them off the books for years?
    what’s the matter, now you don’t want to pay for your war of choice, deadbeat?


  120. Mr.Duke says:

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  121. Mr.Duke says:

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  122. Bozo The Neoclown says:

    really, pukey,
    name the pore-emptive, illegal war a democrat got us into. show all of your work, shitdferbrains.


  123. Mr.Duke says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  124. muy rosada says:

    Try something new for a change: Vote Socialist!


  125. RUCerious ~Truck U Folls!~ says:

    Louis send his regards from the yacht in Aruba, Mortimer!


  126. Mr.Duke says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  127. Bozo The Neoclown says:

    vietnam wasn’t pre-emptive, tard.


  128. Mr.Duke says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  129. Mr.Duke says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  130. Bozo The Neoclown says:

    “Yeah, loser’s, slackers and non-achievers love socialism. …”spread the wealth””

    pukey’s so fcuked up in the head he prefers “spread the cost of damages” which is what’s going to happen on the gulf coast. right, pukey?


  131. Hoodathunk(sponsored by Free Speech for Fish) says:

    I say, “everyone home”.

    Commie traitor. Oh wait, that was 2 years ago.


  132. Bozo The Neoclown says:

    pukey,
    the vietnam conflict was going on long before the united states got involved.
    stooge.


  133. Mr.Duke says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  134. Hoodathunk(sponsored by Free Speech for Fish) says:

    Viet Nam? Just how did that work out for the save the world from evil crowd?


  135. realpatriot says:

    Mr. Duke and Neoclown..you guys need to go get a hotel room….
    Through all the bravado, i think you really, really, like each other…


  136. Mr.Duke says:

    This comment has been voted down. Click to read.


  137. Hoodathunk(sponsored by Free Speech for Fish) says:

    TP, can you please give us a nematoad who has a hint of a brain?


  138. Bozo The Neoclown says:

    hey pukey,
    an honest question for you. just between friends
    were you a draft dodging scumbag during viet nam like your heros fat ass limpballs and ted nugent and mormon mitch romeny?

    five bucks said you were…


  139. angels81 says:

    I’ll bet Mr. Pukes guy is Ron Paul, right? So tell me Mr. Puke, what party does Ron Paul belong to? The libertarian party? Nope, need I go farther?


  140. Biot says:

    Can we please leave the hate at the door?


  141. Bozo The Neoclown says:

    i bet mr puke sent money to ron paul. hey pukey, guess what? your donation was given to his whackjob son to run his campaign.


  142. ElBruce says:

    Mr.Duke says:

    I wonder why our leader, Obama, is getting the military deeper into Afghanistan? Now, if Bush was doing it, lefties would be cryin’ the blues calling him a warmonger in the back pocket of the for profit corporations. … But, Obama gets a pass, right? That is different, of course. … very interesting.

    Afghanistan is not Iraq.

    Al Qaeda, sheltered by the Taliban, launched an attack against the United States from Afghanistan in 2001. Perhaps you heard of it? Meh, you’ve probably forgotten since 9/11 is no longer useful to you as a political club to beat people with.

    There was no reason to go to war with Iraq. There was every reason to go to war with Afghanistan. In fact, nearly every country the world over supported our invasion of Afghanistan. The fact that it was then left to simmer in failure during the entire remainder of Bush’s term while he focused on Iraq leaves us in the position of having to do what he should have done way back then: put enough boots on the ground to get actually the job done.

    We spent the entirety of Bush’s term trying to explain to you that Iraq is not Afghanistan. This is something you seem incapable of understanding even when I shove your ugly face into a map and rub it around until there’s ink all over your hideous visage. Now we have to keep spending all this time explaining to you that Afghanistan is not Iraq? You’re just too f**king stupid to even have an opinion about politics, much less open your drooling yap to share it with your betters here.


  143. missmolly (sponsored by Troll-B-Gon®, now with MORE PermaRid™!) says:

    My, my, my — the trolls are in rare form today.

    First, I read that bigotry against American Muslims is justified because THE MALDIVES (!!!), a country with less than half a million people, doesn’t permit religious freedom. Which, naturally, supports their argument that Muslims here in the United States are imprisoned by their religion. All Muslims here are subject to what goes on in an itty bitty republic literally half way around the world — one with no special military, economic, or political power.

    Second, they are trying to pin the Vietnam War on the DEMOCRATS (!!!), because Lyndon Johnson, who escalated it, was a Democrat.

    Ah yes — I remember all the Republicans who marched in opposition to that war. Oh wait — they didn’t? Republicans were more likely to yell “commie-lover” at those who did?

    OK then, I remember how Barry Goldwater (Johnson’s 1964 opponent) campaigned on a promise to withdraw all U.S. troops from Vietnam. What — he didn’t? In fact, he proposed aggressive measures that even appalled Johnson?

    OK, how about this — the Democratic Party in this country was so in love with the way LBJ handled the Vietnam War that his nomination for another term was a foregone conclusion and he won another term in November by a landslide. Oh really? — he dropped out of the primary and chose not to run again because the Vietnam War had cost him the support of Democrats everywhere?

    If we have to have trolls here, can we at least get a better grade of them? These don’t even TRY to learn history.


  144. Eugene Debs sponsored by the Church of the presumptuous assumption says:

    Mr PUNK

    It is astonishing how pathetic you are. Really your stupidity is classic. You buy into the most juvenile philosophy. So shallow and ignorant that only the most ignorant and most selfish morons imaginable could take it seriously. No responsibility for you. No resposibility for the society that ALLOWS you to be a PARASITE living off of the sweat of other BETTER human beings. No resposibility for the other citizens whose sacrifice ALLOWS you to be the parasitic piece of shit you are. I pity any soulless, ignorant, weasel like you. You will always be far too stupid to understand what is really important in life so you just DELUDE yourself that you are better than the vast majority of people who are in fact REAL human beings while you are barely the shadow of a shell of a human. You disgust any decent human being


  145. Eugene Debs sponsored by the Church of the presumptuous assumption says:

    The bigotry of some people is just mind boggling. Some of the most God loving, decent people I know are Muslims. Decent, kind, tolerant people. This is the problem with teaching stupid people to hate.


  146. ElBruce says:

    missmolly (sponsored by Troll-B-Gon®, now with MORE PermaRid™!) says:

    These don’t even TRY to learn history.

    Nowm now… Wingnuts are every bit as good at history as they are at math, earth sciences, economics,biology, political science, social science, and critical thinking.

    :\


  147. Eugene Debs sponsored by the Church of the presumptuous assumption says:

    ElBruce

    I am not sure if that is the meanest thing I have ever seen you post or the truest. I am also pretty sure they are not mutually exclusive


  148. Reynaldodhdjd says:

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  149. cd (temp spokesman for satan) says:

    On one hand there have been multiple cases of people who have tried to leave Islam only to be killed by so called Muslims.

    On the other hand the anti-Christian bus ads a few years ago were a dick move.

    I’m not sure what side to take.


  150. STANLEY0730 says:

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  151. MapleStreet says:

    If basic human dignity doesn’t work with you, perhaps you’ll consider that as a matter of national security, we’re gonna have to deal with the Muslim world.

    An attack on Muslims is an attack on homeland security.


  152. cd (temp spokesman for satan) says:

    “An attack on Muslims is an attack on homeland security.”

    Sounds to me like you want to be nice to Muslims because you’re afraid of them.


  153. cd (temp spokesman for satan) says:

    If I’m wrong on my last post please let me know.


  154. PolicyNorth says:

    Well, I doubt their intentions are honourable, but mhhh.

    All they really did is just trash can their right to whine when the local Mosque puts up a “interested in Islam?” sign next to it.


  155. ElBruce says:

    Eugene Debs sponsored by the Church of the presumptuous assumption says:

    I am not sure if that is the meanest thing I have ever seen you post or the truest. I am also pretty sure they are not mutually exclusive

    One time I pretended to give my keyboard over to a troll’s mom while I raped her, so…


  156. tarazan says:

    As much as these extremists claim that Muslims are trying to take over,they are the ones who are trying to convert others,and the bus signs is proof of that.
    Of all these years I lived in America,and I am over 60 years of age, no Muslim ever came to my door to talk to me about Islam, no Mulsim organization called me for anything..nobody ever tried to invite me for anything,or leave a flyer on my door or in my mail box.
    But many times different Christian organizations came to my door,many churches called me…I don’t mind..but why these people are trying to make Muslims look like they are taking over with this stupid sell of Sharia law claim?.
    This is nothing but harassment,and these people think they are somehow in their own minds superior to Muslims.
    These Muslims pay taxes,and are citizen of this great country, and they should be left alone.
    We have huge problems in this country to deal with, but sadly Republican politicians are making this mosque story the center of their political race campaigns.


  157. bob h says:

    I’ve been waiting for the day when Muslims place a fatwa on some of these clowns.


  158. Rodeskawler says:

    Not only do I think we should never have sharia law here. I also think we should not have a theocracy of any type, be that fake Christians or otherwise.


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