The atheist sign stolen from the Capitol rotunda this morning turned up a few hours later at country music station KMPS.
According to the Seattle Times, a KMPS employee said the sign was turned in at 10a by someone who didn't say where they'd gotten it. The person only said to give the sign to KMPS host Ichabod Caine.
(The longtime shit-kicking morning host, and Soldier of God said State troopers came by to pick up the sign and he was giving it back — although he won’t take back his on-air criticisms of Gregoire and the sign. Can Christine survive this???)
Freedom From Religion Foundation co-president Dan Barker, told the Times, "It was unfriendly, it was illegal and it actually underscored our point that religion hardens hearts and enslaves minds so that people are unwilling to be gracious and tolerate another point of view."
And now, Reverend Ken Hutcherson and his posse is heading to Olympia to put up his own sign mocking the atheists.
Hutcherson, of Kirkland's Antioch Bible Church calls himself "Dr. Blackman," and is a far-right, homophobic, evangelical media slut who never fails to show up
wherever there's a secular shitstorm... can his cohort the rabid Rabbi Daniel Lapin be far behind?
Expect not oil, but gasoline on the waters with an angry Hutcherson presser and wrathful press releases raining down from high atop Mt. Antioch -- he's angling for an O'Reilly show appearance, and he'll get one.
Let the circus begin!
This began a few years ago when the state lost a lawsuit by evangelicals when it refused to let them mount an Xmas display in the Capitol.
Organized atheists (some of the least humorous humans on earth) threw up a provocative sign which suited the O'Reilly format precisely: a provocative legal reality with religious implications attached to an elected official who must enforce it. Bingo!
Governor Gregoire and her Republican Attorney General, Rob McKenna, are following the law. Anything short of "fighting words" must be allowed in the Rotunda according to that far-left screedo, the First Amendment.
We commend thems for their clear-headed bravery in this emotional manufactroversy by tabloid teevee.
Stealing the sign is in the grand old tradition of the ultra-right secularists: if law doesn't go your way, vandalize it, shoot it, burn it, bomb it, mob it. Fire-up your cross! It's in the tradition of lynchings; abortion worker shootings, and church, mosque, synogogue, and abortion clinic bombings, etc.
One of our Christian fans sent this message of love:
Is what we'd really love to see.
Those Godless fools have a twisted desire
To subject us to their blasphemy!
Everybody knows that saying "Happy Holidays"
Denies the greatness of His birth.
Their evil plot is to stifle our praise
And spread their lies o'er all the earth.
But we know Christ is on His way!
Iraq is melting down, He'll be here any day!
And every Christian soul is gonna rise
To be with Jesus in His palace in the skies!
And so we sing this cautionary tale
To Libs who claim their views are true:
We cannot be stopped, it's you who will fail - MERRY CHRISTMAS! SCREW YOU!
Meanwhile, in one of O'Reilly's mutually autoerotic roundtables Thursday with Laura Ingraham (KVI m-f, 3-6p) about "the situation" in Washington state, they concluded, naturellement , that it was another
example that the liberals were trying to intimidate Christians, and "make them shut up."
Billo and Ingraham, both "real" Catholics, apparently questioned whether the governor is really a Roman Catholic. "The anti-religion sign is a disgrace, and if Gregoire doesn't know that, she is not fit for office, he said."
Keep your kids out of the way of this happy holiday scene, there will be Christian demonstrations today and on Sunday.
There's already been 3 slain since Black Friday opened the floodgates of Operation Enduring Shopping. How many more will die with Rev Ken?
Posted by: Coiler | December 05, 2008 at 12:30 PM
media slut ... shitstorm ... far-right ... lynchings ... shootings ... bombings ... autoerotic
Did someone wake-up on the wrong side of the futon again? Uh-oh, spaghetti-o!
Posted by: The Beast Rabban (formerly Gay Gary) | December 05, 2008 at 12:34 PM
There's already been 3 slain since HUFF PUFF GRRRRR HARUMPH
Turn that frown upside down, Mr. Grumpy Pants!
Posted by: The Beast Rabban (formerly Gay Gary) | December 05, 2008 at 12:39 PM
You seem to imply there is something wrong if a babykilling abortion mill is burned or bomb. Which do you prefer, a pile of bricks or a pile of dead babies? Innocent unborn babies deserve to be protected just as born children deserve to be protected. You would have no problem protecting born children if they were about to be murdered.
SAY THIS PRAYER: Dear Jesus, I am a sinner and am headed to eternal hell because of my sins. I believe you died on the cross to take away my sins and to take me to heaven. Jesus, I ask you now to come into my heart and take away my sins and give me eternal life.
Posted by: Rev Donald Spitz | December 05, 2008 at 12:52 PM
Whatever happened to 'turning the other cheek'?
Posted by: Mungo | December 05, 2008 at 01:15 PM
re: SAY THIS PRAYER. No!
Posted by: Santos Claus | December 05, 2008 at 01:21 PM
Feel the Christian love. Those atheists sound cheerful in comparison. I'm a Unitarian, we don't bomb anything except at putting out decent potlucks. The Christians are much better at that.
Posted by: sue b. | December 05, 2008 at 01:25 PM
Queen Christine needed a lesson, and Bill O'Reilly gave her one. She is finished, obliterated. You cannot team up with the devil and expect to win ultimately. Thank the Lord for Bill O'Reilly.
Posted by: Fang | December 05, 2008 at 02:01 PM
You need a lesson, it is not her law she and the republican AG are defending. You guys can be led into anything.
Posted by: Coiler | December 05, 2008 at 02:44 PM
Ya know, I gotta admit, being the outsider grumpy old fart that I am, that some of this is downright funny. Imagine the hilarious movie script one could write. Who wouldn't say it was too far fetched to be realistic.
Someone needs to do it. Only, how could we make it end in such a way that would make everyone involved look silly?
Perhaps one of you with Photo-Shop could find the nude pics of Dr Laura and blend one in with a shirtless Billo...........
Again, I'm rambling......
Okay, I'll be gone
Posted by: Ryder | December 05, 2008 at 02:56 PM
"in the grand old tradition of the ultra-right secularists: if law doesn't go your way, vandalize it, shoot it, burn it, bomb it, mob it."
-sckuze me?
Oh yeah,the far right is well known for vandalizing, burning & bombing. I think think of several instances, say the WTO riots, ELF, the Olympia Port protesters, Weathermen Underground, Local Libs trashing Repub campaign signs,etc, etc.
I think you got your wires crossed B'Lam,maybe you need a napppy?
Posted by: Brian | December 05, 2008 at 03:37 PM
The only thing funnier than the outrage of the right in this is the outrage of the left over the outrage of the right.
You're all outrageous.
Posted by: The Beast Rabban (formerly Gay Gary) | December 05, 2008 at 03:48 PM
Bla'M
I am not sure if you or O'Rielly is putting the most in to this story. But what the heck, it has been a slow news week and we have looked forward to this story since last year. Who would have guessed that it would be a home grown battle. Local guvner, a coupla old lady's and some shit head out of state athiest and the chief FNC culture warrior.
It is funny that a 72 and a 75 year old pair of granny's stole the damn sign. Who passed it of to the radio station is a secret, I guess.
Posted by: chucks | December 05, 2008 at 04:04 PM
GG
Stop pestering me.
Posted by: Coiler | December 05, 2008 at 05:29 PM
Stop setting yourself up for pestering. The power is yours!
Posted by: The Beast Rabban (formerly Gay Gary) | December 05, 2008 at 05:56 PM
That link is too funny GG.
Hey Coils after all the crap you give people I don't believe you have grounds to carp too much about GG.
No one likes a pussy Coiler...
Posted by: PugetSound | December 05, 2008 at 06:44 PM
Actually, Christian Supremacist Ken just did his worst. Think he might have seen the Atheist bet, and raised it:
"Hey, I believe in Jesus Christ and if you don't that's OK because you're going to fry like a Jimmy Dean Pork Sausage on Judgement Day,"
Ken Hutcherson
Interesting that Brandenburg v. Ohio set a precedent that protected the Atheists, Ken Hutcherson, and Clarence Brandenburg - a man that may well have wanted to hang both from a tree and fry them like a Jimmy Dean Pork Sausage
Happy Holidays everyone!
Posted by: mercifurious | December 06, 2008 at 09:01 PM
Before you yuk it up too much, Puts, Coiler and I were at dinner at the time of that post. So, you need to thank whoever that person is for entertaining you.
Carry on.
Posted by: sparky | December 06, 2008 at 10:02 PM
At this point Sparky, I need a scorecard to keep track. You ain't the only one having people post under your name...
Posted by: PugetSound | December 07, 2008 at 07:19 AM
On that we agree 100%, Puts.
Hey merci, you are oh so right. The thing I find disgusting is the free publicity the Rev. and Orally get out of this.
Posted by: sparky | December 07, 2008 at 09:16 AM
we'll probably also agree on the scary prank call between india and pakistan i linked to last night.
if you ever are interested in a good book check out 'the good fight' by peter bienhart (editor of the new republic)
it is a good historical background on post ww2 liberalism. it's very very good.
Posted by: PugetSound | December 07, 2008 at 10:23 AM
Rev (sic) Spitz uses his website to try to make heroes out of murdering terrorists like Hill, Rudolph, Kopp, and Salvi. He says that he was ordained by the International Gospel Crusade, a religious denomination that apparently only exists in his imagination, which gives you an indication of his lack of a grasp on reality.
Posted by: A Parent | December 09, 2008 at 12:04 PM