Westboro Baptist Church Helps Manhattan Synagogue

ReligionJune 2009 • Views: 3,170

The infamous Westboro Baptist Church is on the road, harassing Jews in Manhattan, but a West Village synagogue turned the tables on these freaks very nicely: Manhattan synagogue makes $10G off of Westboro Baptist Church protest.

A Manhattan synagogue turned a visit from hate-spewing demonstrators into a lucrative fund-raiser Sunday.

Leaders of Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, a West Village synagogue that caters to gays and lesbians, didn’t want to ignore a planned visit by members of the rabidly anti-gay and anti-Semitic Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church.

Instead, they asked supporters to pledge a dollar or more for every minute that six protesters stood near their synagogue hurling epithets and holding signs that read “God Hates Fags” and “Jews Stole the Land.”

The final haul after 50 minutes: $10,000.

“Their very presence will actually raise money for the mission of this community,” said Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum of the synagogue, which now holds services in rented space. “The synagogue wants a building so we’re hoping this will help us get a building.”

The Kansas church, known for picketing soldiers’ funerals to say their deaths are God’s punishment for Americans’ tolerance of gays, has ramped up its demonstrations against Jews, who they say are sinners.

The group visited several New York synagogues and Jewish institutions over the weekend and planned to hit a Central Park celebration marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of Tel Aviv.

(Hat tip: Lawhawk.)

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207 comments

justabill Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:33:32pm

Good for them.

big steve Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:33:45pm

Is there an address so I can kick in as well.

Bloodnok Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:33:52pm

Genius. I hope this idea catches on.

wrenchwench Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:33:53pm

Revenge may be a dish best served cold, but a nice plate of turnabout is best when hot.

Racer X Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:33:57pm

How do you say pwned in yiddish?

Sharmuta Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:33:59pm

Instead, they asked supporters to pledge a dollar or more for every minute that six protesters stood near their synagogue hurling epithets and holding signs that read “God Hates Fags” and “Jews Stole the Land.”
The final haul after 50 minutes: $10,000.

That's brilliant. Take that, Westboro haters.

[deleted] Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:34:04pm

ArmyWife Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:34:09pm

Oh this is just perfect! Reverse psychology extrodinaire!

freetoken Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:34:12pm

Brilliant way to make a silk purse out of a sows ear.

danrudy Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:34:41pm

good for them....(The synagogue that is)...

researchok Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:35:00pm

Poetic justice.

Aye Pod Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:35:07pm

Genius!

big steve Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:36:59pm

Reminds me of counting all the F-Bombs in "Scarface"......

[deleted] Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:37:43pm

researchok Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:38:38pm

re: #14 buzzsawmonkey

Still, it would be nice if somebody Torah new one for Fred Phelps.

LOLOL

ArmyWife Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:39:30pm

Dear Westboro Baptist Geniuses,

That didn't turn out quite according to plan, now did it?

Gleefully yours,

DEZes Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:39:31pm

Phelp's just had the beam yanked outta his eye and shoved up his....
heh.

Aye Pod Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:39:47pm

These people have Eric Cartman on a bad day for a God.

famousmortimer78 Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:40:10pm

Awesome! 1st annual hate-a-thon rocked! Let's hope next year Westboro brings some gatorade (or hatorade) so they can last more than an hour...

Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:40:18pm

Life hands you some lemons, squeeze them and make lemonade.

Life hands you some cuckoo birds, have a roast...

You get the idea.

BlueCanuck Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:41:25pm

Westboro Baptist Church == FAIL!

wrenchwench Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:42:45pm

re: #14 buzzsawmonkey

Still, it would be nice if somebody Torah new one for Fred Phelps.

Aggadah tell ya, Halakhah that comment very much.

JustABill Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:43:17pm

re: #21 BlueCanuck

Westboro Baptist Church == FAIL!

Are you a programmer by chance?

realwest Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:44:00pm

Drive by post - I just LOVE THIS STORY! Way to go
Congregation Beth Simchat Torah!

ArmyWife Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:47:18pm

re: #20 EmmmieG

When life hands you lemons, shove them in your bra!

Or my personal favorite - when life hands you lemons, throw them back at life while scream DON'T YOU DARE! Life won't make THAT mistake again!

Mr Spiffy Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:48:26pm

What do expect from people who turned a desert into an oasis?
When life gives you lemons...

infidelboy Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:49:12pm

Aren't members of that church all first cousins?

DEZes Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:49:30pm

re: #25 ArmyWife

When life hands you lemons, shove them in your bra!

People will think your real cold. ;)

Big Steve Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:49:33pm

When my oldest son was in Iraq (he is back now) I used to often think that if lost his life and the Westboro followers showed up at his funeral shouting about his death being God's revenge for homosexuality, that I would totally lose it....that I would literally go insane....and I am not talking figuratively but actually clinically insane. I am completely an easy going person but that behavior would have put me over the edge.

HelloDare Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:50:48pm

Lets give a $1 to the Iranian protesters for every minute Obama doesn't say something substantive.

psyop Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:51:11pm

Phelps and his "church" make me physically ill.

I have been to countries where this kind of hate is prevalent and continually reinforced by a range of authority figures. That is bad enough, and forgivable for the young ones who are continually indoctrinated. They have, in effect, little chance to escape a societal hated that been bred into them.

To have that deep kind of hate when you are surrounded by people and, indeed, an entire society that eschews that kind of hatred, takes a special kind of real evil that has little to do with any religions teachings.

[deleted] Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:51:17pm

Digital Display Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:51:31pm

re: #29 Big Steve

I have a good friend in Rolling Thunder.. It would never happen here....
Thank God he came home safe and sound...

irongrampa Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:51:34pm

re: #30 HelloDare

My bank account would hate you.

ArmyWife Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:52:44pm

re: #29 Big Steve

I'd be right there with you, friend. I was at Walter Reed when freaks were protesting there - they had 5'2 of unleashed fury for awhile - I had to put myself in time out, actually. Someone was going to go down if I didn't, I wasn't convinced it was me!

jhrhv Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:52:59pm

I love it when a plan comes together.

/A TEAM!

ArmyWife Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:53:20pm

re: #32 buzzsawmonkey

it allows you a certain zest for life, ya know?

lawhawk Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:53:39pm

Thanks for the HT Charles.

Westboro didn't quite know what they got themselves into when they pulled their usual antics. Beth Simchat Torah definitely made the best of this situation, and helped themselves in a big way.

Simchat Torah is one of the two largest congregations in the US catering to the gay and lesbian community (the other being in SF).

ArmyWife Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:54:05pm

speaking of kooks, what the heck is up with Mark Sanford?

JCM Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:54:16pm

re: #37 ArmyWife

it allows you a certain zest for life, ya know?

Oh, just a little tart aren't we?

;-P

[deleted] Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:54:19pm

Big Steve Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:55:50pm

re: #38 lawhawk

Thanks for the HT Charles.

Westboro didn't quite know what they got themselves into when they pulled their usual antics. Beth Simchat Torah definitely made the best of this situation, and helped themselves in a big way.

Simchat Torah is one of the two largest congregations in the US catering to the gay and lesbian community (the other being in SF).

Hawk....seriously....did you see an address anywhere where others could donate?

Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:56:26pm

Lemon me just say, I think it is sublime what the Juice did in this case.

(It's a bit of a squeeze to get it all in, y'know?)

psyop Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:56:46pm

re: #29 Big Steve

When my oldest son was in Iraq (he is back now) I used to often think that if lost his life and the Westboro followers showed up at his funeral shouting about his death being God's revenge for homosexuality, that I would totally lose it....that I would literally go insane....and I am not talking figuratively but actually clinically insane. I am completely an easy going person but that behavior would have put me over the edge.

Had that happened, and had I had the honor (as I have with other vets) of being on his funeral detail and showing him respect as only another veteran can, and can promise you two things:

1. I would have carried out his ceremony with absolute respect and unconditional attention to detail, not allowing anything on the periphery to derail my duty.

2. After it was over, I would have told any family members I could talk to that I will forever honor their loved one's service, and would forever have contempt for the group that disrupted his honor.

Killgore Trout Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:57:08pm

re: #39 ArmyWife

He's writing a book or something. Took some time away. Maybe he'll secede.

wiffersnapper Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:57:17pm

I love seeing WBC get pwned. It really makes my day. Good for the Manhatten Jews!

A Kiwi Infidel Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:58:01pm

Any church that does not support the Jews right to their Land as their Nation and its right to exist in peace, the Land given to them By God for all time, that does not support the Jews right to keep all Jerusalem, the City of david, as their their capital, does not support the removal of the abomination that currently sits atop the temple mount, that does not support the Jewish people's right to rebuild their Temple, IS NOT A CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

JCM Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:58:05pm

re: #43 EmmmieG

Lemon me just say, I think it is sublime what the Juice did in this case.

(It's a bit of a squeeze to get it all in, y'know?)

You beat that to a pulp, hope you didn't stain yourself.

ArmyWife Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:58:45pm

re: #45 Killgore Trout

Makes sense. Just as his wife's "Yep he's gone. Don't know where. Oh well" response.

ArmyWife Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:59:02pm

re: #48 JCM

she just took a moment to meringue us.

Big Steve Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:59:04pm

re: #44 psyop

Had that happened, and had I had the honor (as I have with other vets) of being on his funeral detail and showing him respect as only another veteran can, and can promise you two things:

1. I would have carried out his ceremony with absolute respect and unconditional attention to detail, not allowing anything on the periphery to derail my duty.

2. After it was over, I would have told any family members I could talk to that I will forever honor their loved one's service, and would forever have contempt for the group that disrupted his honor.

Thanks because luckily it didn't come to that but your third point would have been to carefully wrap me in the straitjacket, wipe the drool from my face, and head me off to funny farm.

Cannadian Club Akbar Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:59:45pm

Ha Ha!
/ Nelson Munch

A Kiwi Infidel Mon, Jun 22, 2009 4:59:53pm

re: #30 HelloDare

Lets give a $1 to the Iranian protesters for every minute Obama doesn't say something substantive.

OT here is an interesting piece from Jewish World View by Caroline Glick that touches on certain pregnant silences

DEZes Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:00:05pm

re: #48 JCM

You beat that to a pulp, hope you didn't stain yourself.

Will you render aide?

Aye Pod Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:00:20pm

re: #31 psyop

I kind of agree. But I have to ask - is there a community of Buddhists anywhere that goes around behaving like this? "Siddhārtha Gautama hates Faggots! Jews and rump rangers will be reincarnated as ebola viruses!"

Deseeded Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:00:50pm

What a great idea! I love reading things like this. I hope this type of action takes off everywhere these creeps decide to go!

JCM Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:01:08pm

re: #47 A Kiwi Infidel

Any church that does not support the Jews right to their Land as their Nation and its right to exist in peace, the Land given to them By God for all time, that does not support the Jews right to keep all Jerusalem, the City of david, as their their capital, does not support the removal of the abomination that currently sits atop the temple mount, that does not support the Jewish people's right to rebuild their Temple, IS NOT A CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

Quick check.....
But the fruit of the Spirit is
love, - FAIL
joy, - FAIL
peace, - FAIL
patience, - FAIL
kindness, - FAIL
goodness, - FAIL
faithfulness, - FAIL

Syrah Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:01:34pm

Do these Westboro freaks believe that their tactics and actions are successful?

A Kiwi Infidel Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:01:45pm

re: #43 EmmmieG

Lemon me just say, I think it is sublime what the Juice did in this case.

(It's a bit of a squeeze to get it all in, y'know?)

Why does Led Zeppelin suddenly spring to mind?

JustABill Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:02:07pm

Anyone know how close to a public road they (Westboro Baptist Church) holds their services? Every Sunday, there should be protesters with loudspeakers on their sidewalk. Turnabout is fair play.

ArmyWife Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:02:37pm

I've been on this line more time than I can count. My prayers are with the families who lost loved ones, and for recovery of those injured.

[Link: www.wtop.com...]

A Kiwi Infidel Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:02:48pm

re: #57 JCM

as well as -
Humility - FAIL
and Self Control - FAIL

on all counts

SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:03:10pm

re: #42 Big Steve

Hawk....seriously....did you see an address anywhere where others could donate?

Google shows the address as:

57 Bethune St
New York, NY 10014-1791

I'm sure if you put a check in the mail with a note, it would be gratefully accepted.

JCM Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:03:14pm

re: #60 JustABill

Anyone know how close to a public road they (Westboro Baptist Church) holds their services? Every Sunday, there should be protesters with loudspeakers on their sidewalk. Turnabout is fair play.

I think sponsoring a gay pride parade on a Sunday in front of their meeting place would be a good plan.

Digital Display Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:04:15pm

re: #59 A Kiwi Infidel

Why does Led Zeppelin suddenly spring to mind?

gold star! nice reference

SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:04:38pm

re: #58 Syrah

Do these Westboro freaks believe that their tactics and actions are successful?

In the sense that their goal is to get noticed, I suppose they are.

Wendya Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:04:39pm

I'd love to send that family and their supporters on a one way trip to North Korea.

A Kiwi Infidel Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:04:59pm

Lunch-time, walkies with wife.

BBIAW

Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:05:18pm

In Topeka, Kansas, right now, there are people who are lonely, hungry, sad, and needing to hear that someone love them. (I was going to add cold, but I'll put that in in January.)

And where are the shepherds of the flock? Why, doing what Christ did during his time on earth--disrupting the funerals of brave men and women.
Right?

//sorry this is so bitter, but it ticks me off

callahan23 Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:05:42pm

re: #51 Big Steve

Thanks because luckily it didn't come to that but your third point would have been to carefully wrap me in the straitjacket, wipe the drool from my face, and head me off to funny farm.

Have a look at what the 'Patriot Guard Riders' do about the WBC. Very honorable as I understood. They fence the loons away with their huge flags so that the people mourning won't be too upset.

One-off post for today I need to sleeeep.
Sorry my dear (Lizard} friends I love you - mostly.

DEZes Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:06:41pm

re: #70 callahan23

Have a look at what the 'Patriot Guard Riders' do about the WBC. Very honorable as I understood. They fence the loons away with their huge flags so that the people mourning won't be too upset.

One-off post for today I need to sleeeep.
Sorry my dear (Lizard} friends I love you - mostly.

Sleep well Callahan.

jorline Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:06:55pm

re: #67 Wendya

I'd love to send that family and their supporters on a one way trip to North Korea.

Send the family with Perez Hilton...they deserve each other.

lawhawk Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:07:29pm

re: #42 Big Steve

If you're so inclined, the website is here.

Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:07:50pm

Totally OT

Does anyone else have to have a truce called so she can walk down her own hallway? Was it really necessary for me to have this many boys? I really wanted at least one more girl.

Kreuzueber Halbmond Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:08:04pm

They forgot, John the Baptist was a Jew.

jorline Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:08:07pm

Hola mis amigos.

Syrah Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:08:26pm

re: #66 SanFranciscoZionist

In the sense that their goal is to get noticed, I suppose they are.

I can't think of any other reason they are doing this other than to make a narcissistic show of their "faith." These protest are nothing more than "holier-than-thou" demonstrations.

I suppose they have there reward, contemptible though it may be.

mattm Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:08:30pm

F****ing brilliant!

[deleted] Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:08:36pm

Ojoe Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:09:23pm

All good people are seamlessly connected at the deepest level.

The truth has of its nature, unity, and any outfit that pushes division is missing the point completely.

My hat is off to Congregation Beth Simchat Torah,

and may the folks at Westboro Baptist Church see their errors.

JCM Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:09:24pm

re: #75 Kreuzueber Halbmond

They forgot, John the Baptist was a Jew.

So was a carpenter's son he baptized.

albusteve Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:09:28pm

ain't America great!

psyop Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:09:34pm

re: #51 Big Steve

Thanks because luckily it didn't come to that but your third point would have been to carefully wrap me in the straitjacket, wipe the drool from my face, and head me off to funny farm.

I hope with all my heart you never have to experience that. Also, thank your son (and you too! families of soldiers get somewhat short shrift at times, in my opinion, for their own sacrifices and hardships) for his service.

Trust me, most veterans will never seek praise, but always appreciate the sentiment.

freetoken Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:09:53pm

re: #47 A Kiwi Infidel

You have a very strange definition of "Christian Church." Does it bother you at all that none of the historic Church councils even gave a second thought to what you have decided is the determiner of "Christian Church"?

A Kiwi Infidel Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:10:07pm

re: #74 EmmmieG

Totally OT

Does anyone else have to have a truce called so she can walk down her own hallway? Was it really necessary for me to have this many boys? I really wanted at least one more girl.

Wife not far away, but as quick as I can.

You stand them at a window and tell them that out there is world that is ugly and wants to hurt them and that this home should be their place of safety and refuge, especially from each other, oops gotta go.........

Ojoe Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:10:14pm

re: #74 EmmmieG

Can you get them in Boy Scouts?

A scout is courteous, and so forth.

Digital Display Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:10:49pm

re: #69 EmmmieG

In Topeka, Kansas, right now, there are people who are lonely, hungry, sad, and needing to hear that someone love them. (I was going to add cold, but I'll put that in in January.)

And where are the shepherds of the flock? Why, doing what Christ did during his time on earth--disrupting the funerals of brave men and women.
Right?

//sorry this is so bitter, but it ticks me off

Emmmie. All the things done in the name of God since day one...Sad and pathetic....All in God's name.If they aren't strapping on bombs in pizza joints and locking you in the Iron Maden or spitting on the graves of our finest hero's....All in God's name...Because of that knowledge is why I always try to stay positive....Cause quite frankly it's shit river out there...

[deleted] Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:10:50pm

Wendya Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:11:36pm

re: #72 jorline

Send the family with Perez Hilton...they deserve each other.

Wouldn't punching Perez Hilton be considered a public service?

Kragar Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:12:43pm

I'm betting the WBC are busy cursing the Jews and debating whether showing up anywhere else will just mean more money for them.

Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:12:47pm

re: #85 A Kiwi Infidel

Wife not far away, but as quick as I can.

You stand them at a window and tell them that out there is world that is ugly and wants to hurt them and that this home should be their place of safety and refuge, especially from each other, oops gotta go.........

Oh, they aren't mad at each other. They just like to barricade their doors and shoot nerf darts at each other, probably for the same reason they must periodically wrestle each other to the floor.

psyop Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:12:57pm

re: #55 Jimmah

I kind of agree. But I have to ask - is there a community of Buddhists anywhere that goes around behaving like this? "Siddhārtha Gautama hates Faggots! Jews and rump rangers will be reincarnated as ebola viruses!"

I sincerely doubt there is organized hatred among any Buddhist sects.

Keep in mind, however, that many Viet Cong were Buddhist. A religion that teaches peace does not necessarily guarantee peace amongst its adherents.

DEZes Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:13:41pm

re: #89 Wendya

Wouldn't punching Perez Hilton be considered a public service?

What about punching Phelp's?

[deleted] Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:14:12pm

albusteve Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:14:48pm

re: #93 DEZes

What about punching Phelp's?

I think he would like that...mini martyr

screaming_eagle Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:14:56pm

re: #91 EmmmieG

Oh, they aren't mad at each other. They just like to barricade their doors and shoot nerf darts at each other, probably for the same reason they must periodically wrestle each other to the floor.

Pleeaasse. Nerf Darts. That's nothing. Wait until they have a fist fight with a glass storm door between them.

DEZes Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:15:21pm

re: #95 albusteve

I think he would like that...mini martyr

Have Iron fist do it.

Syrah Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:15:56pm

re: #93 DEZes

What about punching Phelp's?

He would enjoy it too much.

He likes the attention.

I wish there was a way to ignore him without the silence to his antics being seen as acceptance.

Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:16:05pm

re: #96 screaming_eagle

Pleeaasse. Nerf Darts. That's nothing. Wait until they have a fist fight with a glass storm door between them.

They are FORBIDDEN to stand in front of the glass door and taunt the other brother. We have discovered, you see, that the door is not entirely water-tight, and the hose is right there.

100

Kragar Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:16:08pm

re: #95 albusteve

I think he would like that...mini martyr

He made sure his kids are mostly lawyers. Part of their strategy is pissing off people enough so they get assaulted, then they turn around and slap a lawsuit on the attacker. They've done it a bunch of times.

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[deleted] Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:16:25pm

102

Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:16:28pm

re: #98 Syrah

He would enjoy it too much.

He likes the attention.

I wish there was a way to ignore him without the silence to his antics being seen as acceptance.

Have you seen "12 Angry Men"?

103

SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:16:36pm

re: #93 DEZes

What about punching Phelp's?

I have spoken with a gay San Francisco police officer, who got (with several other cops) the delightful job of protecting Phelps at one San Francisco Pride Parade. He had to protect the man, but he didn't have to be pleasant about it.

104

jorline Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:16:43pm

Movie weekend is rolling into Monday.

Defiance tonight...last night was Gran Torino, Clint Eastwood still has IT!

105

albusteve Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:17:17pm

re: #97 DEZes

Have Iron fist do it.

lights out!.....

surgery
rehab
etc

106

Syrah Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:17:54pm

re: #102 EmmmieG

Have you seen "12 Angry Men"?

No.

I will keep an eye out for it.

Why does that one come to mind?

107

DEZes Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:18:36pm

re: #103 SanFranciscoZionist

I have spoken with a gay San Francisco police officer, who got (with several other cops) the delightful job of protecting Phelps at one San Francisco Pride Parade. He had to protect the man, but he didn't have to be pleasant about it.

Great, taxpayer money wasted on the jerk.

108

albusteve Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:18:45pm

re: #100 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

He made sure his kids are mostly lawyers. Part of their strategy is pissing off people enough so they get assaulted, then they turn around and slap a lawsuit on the attacker. They've done it a bunch of times.

my second wife was sorta like that

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ArmyWife Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:19:37pm

re: #91 EmmmieG

but with boys it's fun - with girls you have to call a truce, too, only their fights involved borrowing shoes and shirts without permission and lots of sarcasm and meanness. I'll take the nerf darts, thank you!

110

screaming_eagle Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:19:38pm

re: #99 EmmmieG

Both my boys had to get stitches over that. In the ER when the hospital starting asking their questions I knew, oh crap here comes the Child welfare investigation. Until my boys got into a arguement over which one started it and whoes fault it was they got cut right in front of the nurse.

111

jorline Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:20:17pm

re: #89 Wendya

Wouldn't punching Perez Hilton be considered a public service?

I'd sic my dog on him in a flash. Perez Hilton is a drams queen.

112

Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:20:17pm

Why did they have to coopt the name Baptist?

I know no Baptist (and I know many, many Baptists) who support these evil doers.

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ArmyWife Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:20:50pm

re: #105 albusteve

I'm with ya in spirit, you know that!

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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:21:23pm

re: #106 Syrah

No.

I will keep an eye out for it.

Why does that one come to mind?

There's a bigot in the movie. I won't ruin it for you by telling you what happens.

115

jorline Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:21:51pm

re: #111 jorline

I'd sic my dog on him in a flash. Perez Hilton is a drams queen.

lmao...pimf drama queen

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Digital Display Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:22:02pm

re: #104 jorline

Movie weekend is rolling into Monday.

Defiance tonight...last night was Gran Torino, Clint Eastwood still has IT!

Uh ho..I gave Gran Torino a terrible review..took all the flack but that's just me... I thought his acting in Million Dollar Baby was absolutely Brilliant....
I was let down....
And if all it takes to be a great actor is to growl at the camera half of the time...Then so be it..And the gang members? They were hilarious..but not in a good way....
Sorry Jorline
/don't ding me bro! *wink*

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[deleted] Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:22:11pm

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Syrah Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:22:12pm

re: #114 EmmmieG

Alright.

I will see if I can find it.

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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:22:23pm

re: #109 ArmyWife

but with boys it's fun - with girls you have to call a truce, too, only their fights involved borrowing shoes and shirts without permission and lots of sarcasm and meanness. I'll take the nerf darts, thank you!

I. had. four. sisters.

(This is why the nerf darts are new to me.)

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:22:31pm

re: #101 buzzsawmonkey

A Gay doctor laughed at his case of "Small Cox"?

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DEZes Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:22:48pm

re: #117 Iron Fist

Open hand is much better than fist :-)

Palm smash?

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SpaceJesus Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:22:48pm

one of the few times michael moore has done something great

Youtube Video

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Bloodnok Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:22:50pm

re: #106 Syrah

No.

I will keep an eye out for it.

Why does that one come to mind?

It is one of the best movies I have ever seen.

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[deleted] Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:23:53pm

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lawhawk Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:24:13pm

Meanwhile, the Administration is engaging in serious spin cycle to try and assert that it is not timid and pulling punches on criticizing the Ahmadinejad regime. Pretzel logic ensues.

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[deleted] Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:24:28pm

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albusteve Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:24:48pm

re: #123 Bloodnok

It is one of the best movies I have ever seen.

Josey Wales....for westerns

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Sheila Broflovski Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:24:59pm

re: #112 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Why did they have to coopt the name Baptist?

I know no Baptist (and I know many, many Baptists) who support these evil doers.

They are not Baptists, they are Craptists.

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[deleted] Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:25:03pm

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Aye Pod Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:25:41pm

re: #92 psyop

I sincerely doubt there is organized hatred among any Buddhist sects.

Keep in mind, however, that many Viet Cong were Buddhist. A religion that teaches peace does not necessarily guarantee peace amongst its adherents.

Buddhists can be violent, sure, but they certainly don't seem to have the same quality of small minded bigot we get in other religions.

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ArmyWife Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:25:43pm

re: #119 EmmmieG
I have two girls. The issues my friends deal with their boys pale in comparison to the eyeball roll of doom.

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Bloodnok Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:26:07pm

re: #127 albusteve

Josey Wales....for westerns

You know, I've never seen any of the Eastwood westerns -or Dirty Harry films for that matter. No reason for it, either. I need to see them.

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albusteve Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:26:07pm

am I confused?

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BlueCanuck Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:26:18pm

re: #86 Ojoe

Can you get them in Boy Scouts?

A scout is courteous, and so forth.

But with brothers all bets are off.

/unless someone else is trying to muscle in.

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Shr_Nfr Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:26:34pm

Personally, I am going to bring out a special edition Obama doormat and sell it to dictators across the world. I figure if i donate the proceeds to this synagogue, they will be in funds forever.

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albusteve Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:26:58pm

re: #132 Bloodnok

You know, I've never seen any of the Eastwood westerns -or Dirty Harry films for that matter. No reason for it, either. I need to see them.

I don't believe you...I mean I do but wtf?

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[deleted] Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:27:51pm

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ArmyWife Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:27:54pm

re: #125 lawhawk

all I can do is bang my head against the counter.

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legalpad Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:28:19pm

re: #29 Big Steve

When my oldest son was in Iraq (he is back now) I used to often think that if lost his life and the Westboro followers showed up at his funeral shouting about his death being God's revenge for homosexuality, that I would totally lose it....that I would literally go insane....and I am not talking figuratively but actually clinically insane. I am completely an easy going person but that behavior would have put me over the edge.

Yep. Me too.

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[deleted] Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:28:26pm

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Digital Display Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:28:42pm

re: #129 buzzsawmonkey

Nowadays, of course, it couldn't happen. Henry Fonda would never get the duplicate knife into the courthouse past the metal detectors.

My favorite movies of old time stuff....
I could watch African Queen anytime..And Casablanca...
John Wayne and Henry Fonda played in the greatest Morality films of all time...
I love movies

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:28:43pm

There is no room in true Christianity for hate.

Most religions are the same...no room for hate.

Men insert the hate, the bias, the bad.

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jorline Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:28:47pm

re: #116 HoosierHoops

Uh ho..I gave Gran Torino a terrible review..took all the flack but that's just me... I thought his acting in Million Dollar Baby was absolutely Brilliant....
I was let down....
And if all it takes to be a great actor is to growl at the camera half of the time...Then so be it..And the gang members? They were hilarious..but not in a good way....
Sorry Jorline
/don't ding me bro! *wink*

I loved the movie...couldn't think of anyone who could play it better.
The "Archie Bunker-ess" and growling was great. First time I've laughed that hard in a while.

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ArmyWife Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:29:05pm

re: #133 albusteve

About some things, yes. But in many things, particularly when you are in agreement with me, your logic is above reproach. ;)

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Bloodnok Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:29:37pm

re: #136 albusteve

I don't believe you...I mean I do but wtf?

Growing up I was into old comedies and never really went for westerns. I think I would appreciate them now.

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DEZes Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:29:40pm

re: #137 Iron Fist

Much, much worse. Ever heard of small circle jujitsu? Pain, and pain, and pain again. I love the stuff. Wally Jay can kick my ass using his little finger. And that isn't getting into pressure point fighting. I'm not that good, but I know people who can just mop the floor with me using that.

And I am pretty good, if I do say so myself :-)

My brother teaches those things in his school, you two would love each other.

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legalpad Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:30:10pm

re: #132 Bloodnok

You know, I've never seen any of the Eastwood westerns -or Dirty Harry films for that matter. No reason for it, either. I need to see them.

The Unforgiven is good.

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Aye Pod Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:30:35pm

Slideshow of images from tehranbureau and farmarz's photostream on the Iran protests. Music: Asian Dub Foundation - Hope

Youtube Video

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albusteve Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:31:17pm

re: #144 ArmyWife

About some things, yes. But in many things, particularly when you are in agreement with me, your logic is above reproach. ;)

sometimes I don't follow close enough...then make a stupoid post

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:32:00pm

re: #147 legalpad

The Unforgiven is good.

El Capitan is heavy.

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[deleted] Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:32:35pm

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albusteve Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:33:37pm

three Eastwood westerns...different eras
the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Outlaw Josy Wales
Unforgiven...each a classic

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DEZes Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:34:14pm

re: #149 albusteve

sometimes I don't follow close enough...then make a stupoid post

Have we not all been guilty off that?

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Spare O'Lake Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:34:22pm

re: #140 buzzsawmonkey

What's amazing about the "Dirty Harry" films is that they were condemned, when they came out, as terribly violent. They are tame by today's standards.

What really frosted the critics, of course, is that they had a moral center which was resoundingly anti-PC.

I knew Callahan was old-fashioned, and so I guess I should not be surprised he had strong feeling against computers.

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:34:27pm

re: #151 buzzsawmonkey

While I am certainly not French, the National Anthem Scene in Casablanca is the most patriotism stirring moment in any movie I have ever seen.

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DEZes Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:34:58pm

re: #150 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

El Capitan is heavy.

Must be a fat vegetarian. ;)

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albusteve Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:35:18pm

re: #153 DEZes

Have we not all been guilty off that?

I'm quite vain about it tho...

NOT!

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DEZes Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:35:36pm

re: #157 albusteve

I'm quite vain about it tho...

NOT!

HEH.

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[deleted] Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:35:36pm

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Digital Display Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:36:09pm

re: #143 jorline

I loved the movie...couldn't think of anyone who could play it better.
The "Archie Bunker-ess" and growling was great. First time I've laughed that hard in a while.

I'm glad you enjoyed it.There were some funny lines..But no soul in his character for most of the movie..I think people liked him because he was Clint but not the great character that Clint needed to use his acting chops doing..
What if Jack Nickelson or Al Pacino played that part? The depth would have been delicious..
Boy did RealWest give me crap..It was pretty funny

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[deleted] Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:37:06pm

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Digital Display Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:37:19pm

re: #151 buzzsawmonkey

Ding him again Sam

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albusteve Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:37:41pm

re: #160 HoosierHoops

I'm glad you enjoyed it.There were some funny lines..But no soul in his character for most of the movie..I think people liked him because he was Clint but not the great character that Clint needed to use his acting chops doing..
What if Jack Nickelson or Al Pacino played that part? The depth would have been delicious..
Boy did RealWest give me crap..It was pretty funny

Pacino is way over rated...he plays one role sorta good

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:37:56pm

re: #159 buzzsawmonkey

Then it was a fantastic hommage!

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Spare O'Lake Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:38:44pm

re: #163 albusteve

Pacino is way over rated...he plays one role sorta good

But boy can he yell.

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DEZes Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:39:26pm

re: #160 HoosierHoops

I'm glad you enjoyed it.There were some funny lines..But no soul in his character for most of the movie..I think people liked him because he was Clint but not the great character that Clint needed to use his acting chops doing..
What if Jack Nickelson or Al Pacino played that part? The depth would have been delicious..
Boy did RealWest give me crap..It was pretty funny

The movie lost me too Hoops, I love Eastwood, but that film was too......
Ah hell, I wanted dead punks.

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Digital Display Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:39:53pm

re: #163 albusteve

Pacino is way over rated...he plays one role sorta good

The scent of a woman...
Genius.....

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albusteve Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:40:06pm

re: #165 Spare O'Lake

But boy can he yell.

FUCK!
FUCK!

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Oldasdirt Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:40:31pm

re: #152 albusteve

three Eastwood westerns...different eras
the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Outlaw Josy Wales
Unforgiven...each a classic

Outlaw Josy Wales,was my favorite of all time,,with Tombstone close second.
Howdy folks.

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babes Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:40:40pm

Congregation Beth Simchat Torah has a web site. Just search on Congregation Beth Simchat Torah and there is contact information at the bottom of the page.

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reine.de.tout Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:40:56pm

re: #109 ArmyWife

but with boys it's fun - with girls you have to call a truce, too, only their fights involved borrowing shoes and shirts without permission and lots of sarcasm and meanness. I'll take the nerf darts, thank you!

And drama.
And girls are indeed meaner than boys.

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jorline Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:42:06pm

re: #160 HoosierHoops

I'm glad you enjoyed it.There were some funny lines..But no soul in his character for most of the movie..I think people liked him because he was Clint but not the great character that Clint needed to use his acting chops doing..
What if Jack Nickelson or Al Pacino played that part? The depth would have been delicious..
Boy did RealWest give me crap..It was pretty funny

I love Nickolson, but that Eastwood's voice fit the character well...just something about the way Clint said "ripper-head". He truly was a curmudgeon.

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[deleted] Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:42:08pm

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albusteve Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:42:36pm

re: #167 HoosierHoops

The scent of a woman...
Genius.....

your'e not listening to me

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DEZes Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:43:18pm

re: #169 Oldasdirt

Outlaw Josy Wales,was my favorite of all time,,with Tombstone close second.
Howdy folks.

Tombstone rocked!

Your a daisy if ya do.

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Oldasdirt Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:43:36pm

re: #167 HoosierHoops

The scent of a woman...
Genius.....

Yes,,a blind man driveing a GT40,,too cool!

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pingjockey Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:44:32pm

Mwahaha! There's a special place in Hell for folks like the Phelps Klan.

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DEZes Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:44:35pm

re: #171 reine.de.tout

And drama.
And girls are indeed meaner than boys.

But the poem says sugar and spice and everything nice.

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albusteve Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:45:12pm

re: #177 pingjockey

Mwahaha! There's a special place in Hell for folks like the Phelps Klan.

the Inner Sanctum

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Oldasdirt Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:45:15pm

re: #175 DEZes

Tombstone rocked!

Your a daisy if ya do.

Wheres Wyatt,,down by the creek,walking on water.LOL

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LGoPs Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:45:24pm

re: #166 DEZes

The movie lost me too Hoops, I love Eastwood, but that film was too......
Ah hell, I wanted dead punks.

Same here. The whole point of movies about gang thugs is the catharsis of seeing them experience the same terror they inflict on others, IMO. Eastwood 'taking them out' by having them kill him and then go to the hoosegow was kind of anti-climactic for me.

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Digital Display Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:46:22pm

re: #176 Oldasdirt

Yes,,a blind man driveing a GT40,,too cool!

There aren't too many scenes in any movie more powerful than when Charlie stops the Col. From killing himself...Who ever wrote those lines should be in the Hall of Fame....

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jorline Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:46:33pm

re: #167 HoosierHoops

The scent of a woman...
Genius.....

Totally agree..."The Speech"

Youtube Video

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DEZes Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:47:00pm

re: #180 Oldasdirt

Wheres Wyatt,,down by the creek,walking on water.LOL

I have two guns sir, one for each of ya.

Just a great movie.

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Oldasdirt Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:47:10pm

re: #182 HoosierHoops

There aren't too many scenes in any movie more powerful than when Charlie stops the Col. From killing himself...Who ever wrote those lines should be in the Hall of Fame....

Yes,very much so.

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DEZes Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:48:19pm

re: #181 LGoPs

Same here. The whole point of movies about gang thugs is the catharsis of seeing them experience the same terror they inflict on others, IMO. Eastwood 'taking them out' by having them kill him and then go to the hoosegow was kind of anti-climactic for me.

Calls for a sequel, cause the punks will be out in 5 to 7.

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[deleted] Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:48:35pm

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LGoPs Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:49:51pm

My favorite movie line is in Escape from New York where they say "Snake Pliskin? I heard you wuz dead"......
I try to use that line every chance I get.......usually when I see someone I haven't seen in years.

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albusteve Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:49:54pm

re: #187 Iron Fist

I've seen the toughest guy I know, and that isn't myself, get knocked around by the like of Rick Moneymaker and Rich Mooney. I've trained with some of the very best.

I trained with Jack Daniels I'll have you know

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Digital Display Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:50:39pm

re: #181 LGoPs

Same here. The whole point of movies about gang thugs is the catharsis of seeing them experience the same terror they inflict on others, IMO. Eastwood 'taking them out' by having them kill him and then go to the hoosegow was kind of anti-climactic for me.

His depection of gangs was so a study in self parody....If you gonna really do this type of movie...Please hire the writer of Hustle and Flow or 50 cent's producers..Cause I was laughing at how goofy they were....
I had shut up or else I'm end up on the bottom 10.. I really like Clint....

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LGoPs Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:51:03pm

re: #189 albusteve

I trained with Jack Daniels I'll have you know

My friend Jim Beam would kick his ass........

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A Kiwi Infidel Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:53:01pm

re: #84 freetoken

You have a very strange definition of "Christian Church." Does it bother you at all that none of the historic Church councils even gave a second thought to what you have decided is the determiner of "Christian Church"?

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DEZes Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:54:36pm

re: #187 Iron Fist

I've seen the toughest guy I know, and that isn't myself, get knocked around by the like of Rick Moneymaker and Rich Mooney. I've trained with some of the very best.

I have no doubt you have trained with the best, My brother is the bad ass in my family, I never was much on hand to hand.
My brother needed to take classes as a youngster, he loved to fight, was and still is very good at it, but if he had not met his teacher at a young age, he would be in prison.
The training taught him respect and restraint, he is 49 now, owns his own school and is happy to pass what he has learned to the next generation.
I am proud of him and how he turned out.

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DEZes Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:56:02pm

re: #191 LGoPs

My friend Jim Beam would kick his ass........

But Makers would hit the Mark.

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[deleted] Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:56:28pm

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[deleted] Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:57:36pm

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Oldasdirt Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:58:15pm

re: #183 jorline

Thanks for that,,what a sceen.

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A Kiwi Infidel Mon, Jun 22, 2009 6:00:30pm

re: #84 freetoken

You have a very strange definition of "Christian Church." Does it bother you at all that none of the historic Church councils even gave a second thought to what you have decided is the determiner of "Christian Church"?

Well, actually, yes, given that the Bible, and in particular Romans Chapter 11, is clear that Gentile followers of Jesus Christ must not boast against the "natural branches" of the vine that is Israel.

It should make anyone, who is in a "church" that has written off ( and written out, for that matter) Israel, seriously consider the doctrine being taught therein, and compare it to the written Word of God.
Just sayin..

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freetoken Mon, Jun 22, 2009 6:07:24pm

re: #198 A Kiwi Infidel

Your definition of "CHRISTIAN CHURCH" (as you wrote it), if I "compare it to the written Word of God"... just fails.

/just sayin'

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Digital Display Mon, Jun 22, 2009 6:19:19pm

Going upstairs to the Science thread.....Wonder who ends up on the grill?

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nyc redneck Mon, Jun 22, 2009 6:38:34pm

hey westboro baptist church yahoos, you don;t go to the west village in NYC and act like bigoted scum and protest the presence of jewish gay people in their own community and expect to accomplish anything except get pwned.
dumb bastards.
LOL

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A Kiwi Infidel Mon, Jun 22, 2009 6:59:52pm

re: #199 freetoken

Your definition of "CHRISTIAN CHURCH" (as you wrote it), if I "compare it to the written Word of God"... just fails.

/just sayin'

The Christian Church will be defined by how ell it obeys the teaching of Jesus Christ Himself. What I stated was that by their actions and doctrine with regard Israel and the Jewish people, Westboro are in rebellion against Christ's teachings. That makes them NOT a Christian Church.

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A Kiwi Infidel Mon, Jun 22, 2009 7:00:58pm

re: #202 A Kiwi Infidel

The Christian Church will be defined by how well it obeys the teaching of Jesus Christ Himself. What I stated was that by their actions and doctrine with regard Israel and the Jewish people, Westboro are in rebellion against Christ's teachings. That makes them NOT a Christian Church.

PIMF

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Kefirah Mon, Jun 22, 2009 9:37:29pm

don't worry, westboro baptist. moses started out as a basket case, too.

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sffilk Tue, Jun 23, 2009 5:42:40am

re: #6 Sharmuta

That's brilliant. Take that, Westboro haters.

Now you know the bigots from Kansas will spin that to their advantage.

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Land Shark Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:19:33am

What a great story! As a Christian, I'm embarrassed by those douche bags from the Westboro Baptist Church so it's a delight to see the synagogue turn the hatred from those idiots into cash they can use. It would be awesome if every time those knuckledraggers showed up somewhere to do their thing their targets would profit. I bet those frauds would head back to Kansas and give up their hateful shit. Then maybe not, they are complete idiots after all. Well, I can dream, can I?

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Ezekiel2517 Tue, Jun 23, 2009 12:49:06pm

This sick organization hates Christianity more than it hates homosexuals and jews, otherwise it would not publicly vomit forth such disgusting views while impersonating a church. Their true mission is to defame christians and organized religion, in my opinion.

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