Nashville Blogger Bill Hobs has resigned or lost his job at Belmont University over blogging.

Glenn Reynolds via Instapundit : BILL HOBBS HAS LOST HIS JOB FOR BLOGGING: The Knoxville News-Sentinel's Michael Silence calls it "sickening" and "pathetic." He's right

Updated : Glenn Reynolds is on the case with this update: Glen makes a good point too

one crucial difference between bloggers and journalists: Get a columnist or reporter fired, and you might actually silence him/her. Get bloggers fired from their day jobs, and you've given them more time -- and more reason -- to go after you and yours

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Political correctness is changing the rules of 'free' speech daily. No longer are cartoonists able to freely draw the world as they see it and now 'illegal alien' is deemed offensive.

From AnnCoulter.com:

On CNN's "Lou Dobbs Tonight" on Monday, Dobbs was interviewing Nativo Lopez, president of the Mexican-American Political Association about his demand for "full immediate, unconditional legalization for all persons currently in the United States."

Dobbs posed this innocuous question about Lopez's planned boycott, "You're talking about a boycott of all illegal aliens in this country?"

Lopez exploded: "Well, first off, I refute your terminology. You don't say 'kike,' 'patty,' 'WOP,' OK. You don't say "nigger"! ... You're using language that's offensive to me and offensive to my people! ... You pollute the air every day, Dobbs. ... That language is offensive, it's derogatory, it's denigrating, and don't use that terminology to me again, referring to my people!"

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Peace Activist Norman Kember has given an interview to BBC. Kember is one classy peace activist. Norman was on eof the four CPT hostages. Kember also speaks well of Tom Fox who was murdered by the terrorists who held them.

Via BBC :Peace campaigner Norman Kember has given an emotional account of his ordeal as a hostage in Iraq.

Mr Kember, 74, of Pinner in north west London, was held in Baghdad for four months before his rescue on 23 March.

American peace worker Tom Fox, 54, was killed weeks before the rescue. When asked about his fellow hostage, Mr Kember said he was a "remarkable man".

His voice breaking with emotion, he spoke of the moment his rescuers arrived.

"We had this sort of futon thing on the floor, and we were lying there, and suddenly we heard noise outside and then somebody calling out and then the breaking of glass and then up the stairs came these SAS gents," he said.

"It's unbelievable because it was so sudden and first of all, because they were British, they wanted to know if 'Mr Kember' was there, and I said, 'Yes' and then they said, because I was the person at that stage chained to the door, 'This is a bolt-cutter job,' so they went down and cut the padlock and released me."

Mr Kember said he "continues to thank" his rescuers.

"They were brave. I disagree with their profession, but it is ironic isn't it - you go as a peace activist and you are rescued by the SAS, which is perhaps the most violent of all the British forces.

"Anyway I am grateful to them. I met one of them by chance on the way out of Baghdad and he was quite happy to chat to me and I was happy to chat to him."

Norman Kember Acrchive here.

The Jawa Report's Hostage Archive Here.

Don't forget hostage Jeffrey Ake and many others are still missing.

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In fact 41 Taliban butts were terminated. They had gathered in preparation for an attack. Coalition forces took advantage of the fact they were all on one place made the first move. They of course tried to run but not before we got 41 of em. Now thatÂ’s a swift kick in the hindquarters if I ever saw one.

AP via Yahoo News : "Acting on intelligence reports that Taliban have gathered in Sangisar to plan an attack in Kandahar, we launched this operation Friday and the fighting continued from morning to evening," he said.

Khalid said security forces were pursuing Taliban fighters who fled to a nearby village. He said security forces had seen the bodies of 41 rebels but had only retrieved 11.

AH-64 Apache helicopters provided by coalition forces fired rockets to support Afghan forces on the ground, said U.S. military spokesman Lt. Mike Cody. He declined to comment on casualty figures.

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Not only that but he also points out that Iraq had imported 17 larger “hydrogen generators” with a much higher capacity. Being a red neck I see people but one thing to scavenge parts for another thing all the time. After Clinton’s article and now this it’s fairly clear that whatever Iraq was doing they weren’t too keen on sharing information. I have a few quotes (one from each section) below but I suggest you go read the entire post as it’s very detailed.

SEIXON : Thought I would pass along the news that Iraq imported over a dozen hydrogen generators right up until the Iraq war that had twice the production rate of the supposed hydrogen carriages.

The ISG bought into the hydrogen production story mostly due to documents provided by the Director General of the Al Kindi State Company. On 4 June 2003, a week after the CIA and DIA published their report claiming the trailers to be BW facilities, he sent a dossier of 12 documents to the American Authority in Mosul. One listed the 10 people who had worked on the trailers and other supporting documents that seemed to show a contract from the Republican Guard to produce the vehicles.

With these facts, which have most likely never been revealed until now, it would seem that Dr. David Kay may have been more right than wrong in suggesting the notion of hydrogen production to have been a rather silly one.....(continued in extended entry)

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The Washington Post profiles one of the folks who bring us those shrieking lefty emo blogs:

She smokes a cigarette. Should it be about Bush, whom she considers "malevolent," a "sociopath" and "the Antichrist"? She smokes another cigarette. Should it be about Vice President Cheney, whom she thinks of as "Satan," or about Karl Rove, "the devil"? Should it be about the "evil" Republican Party, or the "weaselly, capitulating, self-aggrandizing, self-serving" Democrats, or the Catholic Church, for which she says "I have a special place in my heart . . . a burning, sizzling, putrescent place where the guilty suffer the tortures of the damned"?

Also unfortunately, writer David Finkel can't resist shading the truth (this is, after all, the Washington Post):

Not that long ago, it was the right that was angry and the left that was, at least comparatively, polite. But after years of being the targets of inflammatory rhetoric, not only from fringe groups but also from such mainstream conservative politicians as Newt Gingrich, the left has gone on the attack.

Also posted at The Dread Pundit Bluto and Vince Aut Morire.

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Stupid "the man" is always keeping me down. Can you believe these fascists around here want me to "work"? Anyway, I'll be back a week from Monday.

A reminder to any Chicagoland area bloggers that I'll be in the area. It looks like a few of us are going to get together next week if you're game.

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1 Too bad Rusty, had you been here a week earlier, we could have heckled Hildabags at the Economic Club of Chicago. dirka dirka...

Posted by: mrclark at April 14, 2006 05:28 PM (IMrft)

2 Rumsfeld: " There are I don't know 3, 4, 5, 6,000 generals .... " Shouldn't the Secretary of Defense have a better idea how many generals there are? That's cause enough to step down!

Posted by: Hailus at April 14, 2006 07:47 PM (FCC6c)

3 And I've been Secretary of Defense for I don't know 2, 3, 4, 5 years?

Posted by: Hailus at April 14, 2006 08:39 PM (FCC6c)

4 Not to worry though, I have the backing of the President for whatever that's worrht!?!?

Posted by: Hailus at April 14, 2006 08:41 PM (FCC6c)

5 Heh heh.... looks like we have another escapee folks. Another Bush hater. Welcome to mypetjawa troll.

Posted by: mrclark at April 14, 2006 09:07 PM (IMrft)

6 Oh! mrclark, you must be among the remaining 37% blind followers?

Posted by: Hailus at April 14, 2006 09:17 PM (FCC6c)

7 Rusty, I'm in the Wis/Illinois stateline area - about 90 minutes from Chicago - but if I can work it out, I'd like to join you all. I'll be around until early Thursday, 4/20. I have to go to California for a funeral then.

Posted by: tee bee at April 15, 2006 10:34 AM (q1JHF)

8 One little two little three little generals four little five little six little generals screw you I'm Secretary Of Defense.Yeah! (sing it with me)

Posted by: Howie at April 15, 2006 11:22 AM (D3+20)

9 And the Prez says: " You're doing a great job Brownie, er I mean Rumsfeld "

Posted by: Hailus at April 15, 2006 12:08 PM (FCC6c)

10 Chorus: 1, little 2, little 3, little I don't know ... whoop's must be one of those unknown knowables! Er, or was that a known unknowable? Heck! Doesn't matter, I'm still in charge! And I have the highly touted and coveted Bush stamp of approval! And I worked hard for it! Just like Brownie!

Posted by: Last word Larry at April 15, 2006 05:41 PM (FCC6c)

11 hhmmmmm brownies.

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12 no comment

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Vonski has obtained and published a new Jihadi Video. LMAO- A must see!.

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IÂ’m speechless. At the risk of making people feel unsafe I recommend people read the Dune series if you wonder what human culture could devolve into if Islamic ideals alone shape our future.

Allied Defense Fund :COLUMBUS, Ohio — Officials at the Ohio State University are investigating an OSU Mansfield librarian for “sexual harassment” after he recommended four conservative books for a freshman reading program. ADF has demanded that OSU cease its frivolous investigation, yet the university is pressing forward, claiming that it takes the charges “seriously.”

“Universities are one of the most hostile places for Christians and conservatives in America,” said ADF Senior Legal Counsel David French, who heads ADF’s Center for Academic Freedom. “It is shameful that OSU would investigate a Christian librarian for simply recommending books that are at odds with the prevailing politics of the university.”

Given the fact that these charges come from adult f*&!ing women claiming to feel "unsafe" based on book recommendations, I retract all skepticism. This is unbelievable.

Related : Liberal Professor Destroys Pro Life Display Via Michelle Malkin.

Northern Kentucky University professor Sally Jacobsen tears the "Cemetery of Innocents" sign on Wednesday evening.

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More of the Same from Iran.

Yahoo News resident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Israel a "permanent threat" to the Middle East that will "soon" be liberated. He also appeared to again question whether the Holocaust really happened.

"Like it or not, the Zionist regime is heading toward annihilation," Ahmadinejad said at the opening of a conference in support of the Palestinians. "The Zionist regime is a rotten, dried tree that will be eliminated by one storm."

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Ok so if he really left I need a new name for him. Since he will be trying to hook up with other terror groups now that he is unemployed I like Muscab (short for mucous scab).

Washington Times : Al Qaeda in Iraq and its presumed leader, Abu Musab Zarqawi, have conceded strategic defeat and are on their way out of the country, a top U.S. military official contended yesterday.

The group's failure to disrupt national elections and a constitutional referendum last year "was a tactical admission by Zarqawi that their strategy had failed," said Lt. Gen. John R. Vines, who commands the XVIII Airborne Corps.

"They no longer view Iraq as fertile ground to establish a caliphate and as a place to conduct international terrorism," he said in an address at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

Gen. Vines' statement came as news broke that coalition and Iraqi forces had killed an associate of Osama bin Laden's during an early morning raid near Abu Ghraib about two weeks ago.

Rafid Ibrahim Fattah aka Abu Umar al Kurdi served as a liaison between terrorist networks and was linked to Taliban members in Afghanistan, Pakistani-based extremists and other senior al Qaeda leaders

Gen. Vines said the foreign terrorists had made a strategic mistake when they tried to intimidate and deny Iraqis a way to vote.

"I believe Zarqawi discredited himself with the Iraqi people because of his willingness to slaughter Iraqi people," he said.

Hat Tip: Carlos.

Chad Evans Smells a rat on this one.

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I say, I say trailer trash that is. What is an uneducated hillbilly like me doing linking a Yale grad? Is that not unusual, for the classes to mix like that? Well not when you have as much class as Clinton does. Plus IÂ’m a reading addict and he provides just the fix for that.

Clinton W Taylor Via The Spectator : Flash back to February 5, 2003, when Secretary of State Colin Powell addressed the U.N. General Assembly about Iraq's WMD program. He played audio of an intercepted phone call between an Iraqi Brigadier General and a Colonel, dated November 26, 2002, and showed slides of their transcribed conversation:

COL: About this committee that is coming...
GEN: Yeah, yeah...
COL: ...with Mohamed El Baradei [Director, International Atomic Energy Agency]
GEN: Yeah, yeah.
COL: Yeah.
GEN: Yeah?
COL: We have this modified vehicle.
GEN: Yeah.
COL: What do we say if one of them sees it?
GEN: You didn't get a modified...You don't have a modified...
COL: By God, I have one.
GEN: Which? From the workshop...?
COL: From the al-Kindi Company
GEN: What?
COL: From al-Kindi.
GEN: Yeah, yeah. I'll come to you in the morning. I have some comments. I'm worried you all have something left.
COL: We evacuated everything. We don't have anything left.
GEN: I will come to you tomorrow.
COL: Okay.

That sure got the General's attention, didn't it? There was something about the mention of a "modified vehicle" from the "al-Kindi Company" that made him want to visit this colonel's site, wherever it was, "in the morning." That would be November 27, the first day that IAEA and UNSCOM inspections resumed. And on the very first day of the inspections, this general was rushing out to tend to this particular vehicle.

Probably because of those darned hydrogen generators. Yeah? Yeah.

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Reading this CNN story you get the idea that anyone who runs around stabbing Coptic Christians is just nuts.

CNN : A police official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press, characterized the men as "insane" and said they were carrying tranquilizing medication.

One worshipper, Nushi Atta Girgis, 78, was killed, according to the semiofficial Middle East News Agency.

Father Augustinos, who heads a different Mar Girgis Church, said the attacks occurred just after Mass began at 9 a.m. (0700 GMT).

"They could be Islamic activists. They consider this as jihad," he said of the attackers, who broke through regularly stationed security barriers and police to enter the churches.

Times Online UK :"The attacker stormed the church armed with a knife and shouted Â’There is no God but AllahÂ’ and Â’Allah is the greatestÂ’ before stabbing the worshippers," one of the Marie Girgis church employees told an AFP reporter at the scene.

"We closed the doors of the church as soon as he started attacking the worshippers and we fought back with sticks but he tried to flee through one of the churchÂ’s underground passages."

Father Augustinos, who heads a different Mari Girgis Church, said the attacks occurred just after Mass began at 9am (0700 GMT). "They could be Islamic activists. They consider this as jihad," he said of the attackers, who broke through regularly stationed security barriers and police to enter the churches.

The attack comes on what is Good Friday to many of the worldÂ’s Christians. However, EgyptÂ’s Coptic Christians and other followers of the Greek Orthodox church commemorate the holiday a week later.

But Abdullah Osman, an official with the ruling National Democratic Party, questioned the sanity of the attackers.

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Could it be possible that the same personality traits that lead you to become a facist dictator can be easily detected by visual observation? Several Jawa Report regulars think so. Click the link for more finger pointing fascists.

Hat Tip : Improbulus Maximus and Oyster.

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Saw a news story this week where they interviewed children and asked them the meaning of Good Friday and Easter. The kid's didn't do very well. I'm not sure why, embarrasment, ignorance or both I suppose. Not the kids fault is it?

Bible Gateway book of John : 23Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.

24They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.

25Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.

26When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!

27Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.

28After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.

29Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.

30When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

31The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

32Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.

33But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:

34But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.

35And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.

36For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.

37And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.

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DonÂ’t make me go back and find where IÂ’m getting this from, because I think it was a lot of places, but it may have been nowhere. ItÂ’s possible I am setting fire to a straw man completely of my own imagination here. But maybe this is worth saying anyway:

During the cartoon jihad, and now again with the South Park/Cowardly Central chickenout, thereÂ’s been a lot of discussion of the need to exercise our rights. One of the justifications for printing the offensive material is that if we donÂ’t exercise these particular free speech rights, weÂ’ll lose them.

Let me speak freely here: thatÂ’s crap. IÂ’ll grant, of course, that South Park or the Danish Cartoonists have the right to print and say what they like about whatever or whoever they like, even if it is offensive, without retaliation from private or public actors. But the tenor of the discussion as I am hearing it implies not only a right, but an obligation to insult things, in order to preserve the right to do so.

I have two problems with that. The first is that it confuses rights with customs. Customs donÂ’t necessarily give rise to rights. In fact, customs and traditions can infringe on rights (see, e.g. religion v. free speech, or slavery v. self-ownership). We donÂ’t enumerate our rights and make them a law because everyone agrees on them or because itÂ’s a widespread custom. We codify and delineate rights because they are potentially controversial, awkward, or inconvenient. The fundamental ones, like those in the Bill of Rights, donÂ’t go away just because customs change. The right to bear arms, although often regulated (and often illegally), endures even in places where guns arenÂ’t popular. And even when rights are violated regularly, it doesnÂ’t mean they no longer exist. (One exception to this is international law, which depends heavily on the practice of nations. Another is trademark law, which must be enforced and challenged against adverse use for the right to be recognized.)

But in everything else, rights and customs are independent of each other. Therefore itÂ’s not necessary to preserve a right to insult by establishing a custom of insulting people. It might make it more widely accepted (which IÂ’m not sure we want), but the right to insult Scientology or Islam or Presbyterianism wonÂ’t vanish just because it isnÂ’t done for a few years. Like an unused muscle, it may be a little sore when you exercise it again, but it is always a right.

On the other hand, insulting things just for the sake of insulting them is pernicious. ItÂ’s uncivil. ItÂ’s not a good small-r republican virtue. ItÂ’s my obligation to exercise my rights responsibly, sensibly, and respectfully, and I donÂ’t see any reason to insult or ridicule other peopleÂ’s deeply held beliefs for no other reason than that they are deeply held.

(Yes, there’s a “but” coming up. Don’t worry.)

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The story of the censored South Park episode has hit the mainstream media, after, of course, being exposed on blogs first (See Howie's post below). Wednesday's episode was supposed to contain a scene of the Muslim prophet Mohammed, in reference to the famous Danish Mohammed cartoons that caused Islamic zealots to indulge in rioting, arson, and murder throughout the Islamic world.

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In another display of the Jihadi mindset, Zacarias said he expects he will be send back to Britain by the US before his term is up. Well, yes, you will be sent back. In a pine box! Now that will make my day.

CNN : Confessed al Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui said it made his day to hear accounts of Americans' suffering from the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Moussaoui also said on cross-examination that he is convinced President Bush will free him before the end of his term and that he will return to London.
Prosecutor Rob Spencer tried several times to get Moussaoui to say he didn't really believe that, but Moussaoui was insistent.

"I haven't doubted it for one single second," said Moussaoui, adding that the vision came to him in a dream just like his dream of flying a plane into the White House.

:Offering a lengthy explanation of why he hates Americans, Moussaoui criticized the United States' support for Israel. He said Muslims have been at war with Christians and Jews for centuries. Israel, he said, is "just a missing star in the American flag."

Moussaoui told jurors that Islam requires Muslims to be the world's superpower as he flipped through a copy of the Koran searching for verses to support his assertions. One he cited requires non-Muslim nations to pay a tribute to Muslim countries.

"We have to be the superpower. You have to be subdued. We have to be above you," Moussaoui said. "Because Americans, you are the superpower, you want to eradicate us."

VOA News : Rosemary Dillard's husband Eddie was aboard the plane that smashed into the Pentagon on September 11. She has been watching Moussaoui in court.

"Witnesses would be up there pouring out their hearts and he is sitting there smirking," she said. "I mean, to have no concept of a what a life is worth, I just can't imagine a person being that way."

NEWSONE : Moussaoui said he had "no regret, no remorse" about the 9/11 attacks. Asked by prosecutor Rob Spencer if he would like to see it happen again, Moussaoui responded: "Every day until we get you."

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Michelle Malkin has the story. She includes a clip of the censorship as well as this link for feedback to Comedy Central. And Michelle has open comments on this post so go go and express your dismay.

Ok let me get this strait, Muhammad handing Peter a helmet = offensive enough to censor.

Jesus and Friends Crapping on George W Bush = not that bad.

Is the world a F*^&ed up place or what?

Others Volokh Conspiracy and In the Bullpen.

Add this Image from Republicanjen. Hat Tip: Dr. Rusty Shackleford.

I'm sooooo pissed off too!!

Related : The Jawa Report South Park Muhammed Cartoon Episode.

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1 Radical islam, not "Bush", is the greatest threat to our civil liberties today.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at April 13, 2006 12:13 PM (8e/V4)

2 They're gamblers man...they're playing the percentages Offending Christians =OK Zero percent chance they'll hunt you down and chop your head off. Offending Musliims =Not OK. 50/50 percent chance they'll hunt you down and chop your head off.

Posted by: mrclark at April 13, 2006 12:34 PM (S76hi)

3 It's a sorry day in America when even Comedy Central censors it's own programs... We should all thank them for giving in to Islamofacism!

Posted by: Drew at April 13, 2006 12:45 PM (5S/C1)

4 Comedy Central should be f'ed in the a for this. Im seriously!

Posted by: Good Lt at April 13, 2006 01:04 PM (jWYAe)

5 Comedy Central was more concerned about their income than sparking violent protests. CAIR most likely made it known to the network that they had their boycott threat form letters printed and ready to send to their sponsors.

Posted by: Graeme at April 13, 2006 01:30 PM (ZlBDp)

6 CAIR most likely made it known to the network that they had their boycott threat form letters printed and ready to send to their sponsors. Perhaps so, but in that case the best they could have done for business would be to write a snarky letter back reading "I don't 'CAIR' what you think. Get it? 'CAIR!' Get it? 'CAIR!' Get it?" Nope, I think it was the fatwahphobia.

Posted by: Xrlq at April 13, 2006 02:02 PM (IqF37)

7 Boycott? How about they just leave if they don't like it?

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at April 13, 2006 02:31 PM (0yYS2)

8 BOYCOTT COEMEDY CENTRAL

Posted by: sandpiper at April 13, 2006 02:46 PM (XnXsx)

9 how are we supposed to boycott comedy cnetral when South Park is only on comedy central!?

Posted by: anon at April 13, 2006 03:44 PM (9/8CT)

10 Today, I re-posted the Momeathead Cartoons entirely out of spite. I feel much better now.

Posted by: richj at April 13, 2006 04:31 PM (Qrjpn)

11 I predicted this last week. Do you really think the liberal assholes at Comedy Central really want to piss off their new found friends the Islamofascists? And these Muslims here in the US would do nothing. Nada, not a damn thing. But they are being encouraged by displays like this to see that violence and threats of violence gets results. I also predict this will encourage the bastards to ramp up the rhetoric.

Posted by: jesusland joe at April 13, 2006 04:35 PM (rUyw4)

12 Thanks for the link love, Rusty Comedy Central totally pisses me off.

Posted by: RepJ at April 13, 2006 05:13 PM (Ffvoi)

13 I'm lovin' all this! As I said before, terror & violence does work with some people. Those that bend over can hummmmener hummmener all they want - they have effectively telegraphed how whoosy and gutless they really are. Laugh at 'em.

Posted by: hondo at April 13, 2006 08:59 PM (4mgfY)

14 I suppose they did it out of "respect" for islam.

Posted by: dcb at April 13, 2006 09:28 PM (8e/V4)

15 Seems reasonable to me.

Posted by: Richie at April 13, 2006 09:33 PM (E7ptS)

16 After viewing the video and thinking with all the hype- is this a huge advertising ploy to just get more hyped interest? who's being duped? makes me wonder which maybe exactly what- who wants?

Posted by: wu at April 13, 2006 09:41 PM (4SKHI)

17 I think some of you are missing the point. Matt and Trey knew CC would censor the Mohammed part, but would air, without reservation, the "Jesus and friends crapping" part. It was a direct dig at CC. Think about it... Cartoons of Mo cause Muslims to riot all over the world, and many people die. Jesus and friends crap all over Bush etc... no riots, no deaths... nothing.

Posted by: Ariya at April 13, 2006 11:00 PM (yHb0A)

18 >>>Seems reasonable to me. If it were true. But it was out of fear, not respect.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at April 14, 2006 08:08 AM (8e/V4)

19 >>>It was a direct dig at CC. I see your point. But christians still don't like their faith being dragged through the shit so atheists can make digs at each other. Show some "respect."

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at April 14, 2006 08:11 AM (8e/V4)

20 I think Christians have a right to be offended by depictions of Christ defecating on the president. And it is important to remember that they have made no threats of violence against any person or institution that has offended them. A Christian boycott of Viacom, Comedy Central or South Park would be in the best traditions of American democracy. By contrast, the threats and violent acts of some Muslims are outrageous, and must be condemned. However, Carlos, if you really want to see disrespect, look at atheists. More Americans say they would not vote for an atheist for political office, regardless of his positions, than any ethnic group, gender, or sexual orientation. Christians get state recognition of a key holiday. More than 70 parents have lost custody of their children in America simply because the judge thought they would be better off with their Christian parent. Imagine, for a moment, if 70 christians had lost their children because they were christian? I could go on--the point is, the broader society is far more "disrespectful" of atheists, who are a distrusted, disliked minority, than this fictional "war on christians" who make up the vast majority of Americans. There is disrespect directed at some fundamentalists, and yeah, as Medved's book points out, many Hollywood liberals are not fond of Christianity, but in the larger scheme of things, atheists get the worse deal.

Posted by: jd at April 16, 2006 06:50 AM (uT71O)

21 I think the cartoon was offensive and I dont blame Christians for their disgust. A much more realistic cartoon would have shown Bush crapping on Jesus and the flag...

Posted by: charlie at April 16, 2006 07:17 AM (6oaPd)

22 You got that right Charlie! Although I doubt South Park is on many Christians list of late-night entertainment.

Posted by: Last word Larry at April 17, 2006 02:29 PM (FCC6c)

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