MEB, great job, thanks. I’ve been choking on godstuff since Sept. 11th and really needed to read your rant. It’s much appreciated.
Choking On Godstuff
Coming soon from a fine pornographer near you.
God: You’ll love my stuff!
pat
Preach it, brother!
Necros: Not a problem. Trust me when I say us Pagans would MUCH rather be overlooked by decent, average Christians (which most of you guys are) than noticed by nutballs like Parker.
[sub]or blamed for the whole damn thing, like Falwell tried to do…[/sub]
Ladies and gentlmen we are in the presence of greatness. Great work MEBuckner!! Gonna be difficult to top that one. I’m still laughing at the references:D 
::: joins standing ovation already in progress:::
Masterful work of art MEB!
I wish Miss Parker would see the above rant.
It’s funny, but I read this a couple of days ago and got even more depressed than usual. I actually was going to write a letter to the editor. I was suprised that USA Today would print anything that biased. I was going to cancel my Dallas Morning News subscription and get USA Today. Now I’m not so sure.
MEBuckner, why don’t you write a letter to USA Today. You have a much better talent for writing that I – plus you’re probably more sober than me 
I’d be happy to provide research assistance if you’d like (e.g., no atheists in foxholes, etc.).
Oh, I already wrote 'em a letter. Like I said in the O.P., I needed to vent first, as otherwise I’d have probably wound up writing them a letter to the editor that they’d have turned over to the FBI.
I’m also pretty sure that they are going to be receiving a lot of letters about that column–several national organizations of godless heathens have picked up on that one. Exactly what if anything will be printed, I don’t know. But they’re getting letters, count on it.
I’m gonna steal the OP.
Well, no I’m not, but I’m sure as hell gonna save it for all my dumbass relatives who’ve been sending me dumbass fundie glurge for the past few weeks…
You know, this reminds me that just the other day, somebody in my office handed out little flags to everybody. The bar-code sticker was still on mine. So I displayed it as it was, remarking to my neighbor, “Ah perfect! An American flag with its Mark of the Beast right on it!”
My neighbor didn’t get it. But now I can enjoy thinking how it would give Kathleen Burton conniption fits.
Whoops! I meant Kathleen Parker, of course. Where the heck did that come from?
And I was sitting here thinking, “Kathleen, or Dorothy?”
Sorry to get this in late, but just for the record, there is an Atheists in Foxholes Monument near, of all places, Talladega, Alabama.
This page tells its rather interesting story.
She’d probably just focus on the “naughty” words and ignore the substance of what he wrote. The word “fuck” alone would probably make her faint.
The poet? If that’s whom you meant, something tells me she would be loudly applauding MEB’s rant as well. 
We’ll make sure to have plenty of smelling salts handy.
MEBuckner,
I’d be interested in seeing the letter you actually sent, if you would be willing to post it.
That post almost rated a snarf all over the computer screen. Especially the part with “Hello, my name is Timmy, and I’ve been in a Persistent Vegetative State ever since I was born and I live on Mars and I don’t have any mother or father, just wolves,”
Erek
See, I didn’t refer to goat felching a single time. Aren’t y’all proud?
MEB
Outstanding! 9.8 on my scale!
(Never mind DDG; she’s too prone to judge a rant by its profanity. ;))
I would just like to add one comment, from a Christian perspective: Too damned many (and “damned” is the precise word choice here, not profanity) excuses for humanity have used the recent tragic events to promote their own religious/political power plays. Ms. Parker seems to be the latest to climb on the bandwagon. The greatest fear I have is that someday some of these bizarro demagogues will somehow succeed in making us a “Christian nation” by their standards – and thus take away the freedom of religion which we enjoy from all people – including those of us who believe in what Jesus of Nazareth had to say.
Libertarian called them “religion politicians.” Don’t mistake them for believers, except in themselves. :mad:
Wow. I just read your post and I have to say - I bow to your greatness. That rant outrated mine by soo much!
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