Westboro Church "Protesters" Heading To West Virginia Mine Disaster

Far be it for me to advocate violence, but somehow I think the Westboro idjits might have a few problems if they follow up on this...

MONTCOAL W.V. — Protesters from Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., headed to the Upper Big Branch mine Thursday morning to convey the message that the explosion there that left 25 miners dead was a result of e-mail messages allegedly sent from West Virginia threatening the Church and its publisher, according to a statement from the Church.

The church, which is led by Fred Phelps, has attracted attention in recent years by showing up at funerals for soldiers who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan. At those funerals they carry signs that say that God hates homosexuality and that the death of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan is God’s way of punishing the United States for its tolerance of it.

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The statement said the church had received threats about a trip to West Virginia and Virginia scheduled to begin Thursday.

“So God reached down and smacked one of those mines, killing 25 (and likely four more are dead),” it said. “Now you moan and wallow in self-pity, and pour over the details of the dead rebels’ lives, pretending they’re heroes.”

Bill O'Reilly to Pay Court Costs of Fallen Marine's Father

By GottaLaff



I'm relieved that the soldier's family doesn't have to come up with the money to pay those creeps, but I can't help but wonder what Bill-O the Clown is getting out of this (other than badly needed positive press):

Newsmax reports FNC's Bill O'Reilly will pay the legal fees for the father of a fallen U.S. Marine who sued members of the Westboro Baptist Church who picketed his son's funeral.

This is not the face of a do-gooder:

VIDEO- Mock and Awe: Westboro Baptist "Church" protesters outnumbered by snarkmasters

By GottaLaff

WBC Tries to Protest at Twitter from Ed Hunsinger on Vimeo.

Priceless. A must-read:

Westboro Baptist Church showed up to protest in front of Twitter’s San Francisco office on Thursday, but found themselves severely outnumbered by a crowd of absurdist pranksters...

photo by Rubin Starset

Dee-lish.

photos by Chad Armstrong

This is the same hate group that tried to harass the Obama girls' school.

H/t: GregOstravich, RyanNewYork

David Shuster's Twitter fight with anti-gay church that picketed Obama kids’ school

By GottaLaff

Earlier today I posted about David Shuster's disgust at a group of picketers from Westboro Baptist Church outside of the Obama girls' school. Tomorrow they plan on protesting again.

David Shuster said all the right things, so I guess the truth hurt these revolting bunch of vulgar maniacs' widdle feelings:

But Shuster's Tweet set off an argument between the MSNBC reporter and Phelps-Roper.

"Don't forget our Tuesday Sidwell picket," Phelps-Roper Tweeted at Shuster, in reference to the group's plans to picket the school again. "Put away your idols and obey God!"

"Go ahead," Shuster Tweeted back at Phelps-Roper. "Show the entire world the vile, crude, and disgusting protest you put on this [morning] at the Obama kids' school."

Thank you, David. They are targeting children with their hate. Un. Ac. Ceptable.

As Terkel notes, this isn't the first time that an activist group has used the Obama girls' school as a setting for political exposition. In September, the group Operation Rescue held a protest outside Sidwell Friends where they reportedly displayed pictures of fetuses.

"Showing pictures of fetuses to young children will surely convince Malia and Sasha to be anti-choice, and warm hearts everywhere," liberal Fox News commentator Alan Colmes quipped at the time.

Two of my favorite Twitter pals nailed it, David Shuster for directly calling out this despicable group of zealots, and Alan for his snarky truth-telling.

This so-called "church" is shameless. Maybe someone should start picketing them.

H/t: Novenator

David Shuster: Tea baggers protest outside of Obama girls' school

By GottaLaff

Every time I think the tea tantrumers have gone too far, they go even too farther. This is despicable and completely unacceptable:

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David said it all. This was beyond the pale. The Obama girls are just kids--with feelings-- for goodness sake, and they are also not the only students who would be negatively affected by such hateful behavior.

Love the fetus, disdain the children.

H/t: muttlikemeblog

UPDATE:

Turns out they're from the Westboro Baptist Church, a hate group that travels around the country holding anti-gay rallies:

H/t: GreeneMeansGo

VIDEO: Α Δ Φ vs. Westboro Baptist Church-- a gay old time

By GottaLaff

A wonderful, edible, shiver-up-the-leg neener-nanner moment:



And the winner IS: Α Δ Φ/!!