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Old 01-25-2002, 02:58 PM   #21
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(screams in pain)

No! No! Not the dreaded "ooby, ooby!"
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Old 01-29-2002, 01:11 PM   #22
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<strong>This reminds me of how during the Cold War, some local councils in the UK declared themselves to be nuclear-free zones. This didn't change the fact that they were slap-bang in the middle of a nuclear-armed country. Did they suppose that an incoming Soviet missile would say to itself, "Oops, I'm aimed at Coketown and they're nuclear-free. I'd better quickly change direction!"?</strong>
My village, Oak Park, IL, is a nuclear weapons-free zone. We have signs up on the borders of the village.
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<a href="http://braden.infi.net/content/bradenton/2002/01/24/local/0124satanban_3CW.htm" target="_blank">Definitely!</a>
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Risher, a devout Christian, put a copy on her office wall and then placed others at the town entrances. She has contacted Liberty Counsel, a nationwide religion-based organization that offers legal help, for possible assistance.
Ha! I can't believe even <a href="http://www.lc.org" target="_blank">Mat Staver</a> would take on this piece of shit. We shall see.
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Old 01-29-2002, 04:10 PM   #24
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lol - Get a load of the headline Faux news gave this story:

<a href="http://foxnews.com/story/0,2933,43909,00.html" target="_blank">ACLU Goes to Bat for Satan Against Florida Town's Edict Banning Evil One</a>
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Old 01-30-2002, 04:29 AM   #25
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I don't trust Fox/Faux News. They always find a way to make it look like the fundies are right.

[ January 30, 2002: Message edited by: 4th Generation Atheist ]</p>
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Old 01-30-2002, 09:11 AM   #26
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<strong>lol - Get a load of the headline Faux news gave this story:

<a href="http://foxnews.com/story/0,2933,43909,00.html" target="_blank">ACLU Goes to Bat for Satan Against Florida Town's Edict Banning Evil One</a></strong>
That wasn't the only one. This appeared in the Politically Correct Patrol section a couple of days ago: <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,44096,00.html" target="_blank">N.Y. Bans 'God Bless You,' but Fla. Can't Ban Satan</a>

You are going to be seeing this a lot more. <a href="http://www.drudgereport.com/mattfnc.htm" target="_blank">Fox and CNN are duking it out for the #1 spot</a> and as with politicians, if you have nothing real to offer, the old "I'm more devout than my opponent" play always grabs a few gullibles. CNN made sure to note that a <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/01/29/wtc.burn.victim/index.html" target="_blank">WTC victim credits God for survival</a> today on the front page. You will see plenty of this in the days to come.
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Old 01-30-2002, 11:21 AM   #27
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N.Y. Bans 'God Bless You,' but Fla. Can't Ban Satan
That's just stupid. It is alleged that both actions violate the same constitutional principle. One isn't "good" and the other "bad," unless of course you believe that Sean Hannity is a "reporter."

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I'm sure you're right. It's sad to see the influence of Faux News on the rest of the press. It's almost as pathetic as seeing the pResident carrying a copy of Bernard Goldberg's <a href="http://www.emonline.com/shales/010702shales.html" target="_blank">Bias</a> to Camp David for the weekend. He's dumb enough to get suckered by every lie in it.
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<strong>It's almost as pathetic as seeing the pResident carrying a copy of Bernard Goldberg's <a href="http://www.emonline.com/shales/010702shales.html" target="_blank">Bias</a> to Camp David for the weekend. He's dumb enough to get suckered by every lie in it.</strong>
Ah, excellent point that I had forgotten to bring up around here. I scan hundreds of news stories a day and find about ten or so a day from the U.S. that can be used as evidence that religion is Not A Good Thing. Right after that broke: zero. I would imagine the media were watching what they printed worried about the government thinking they were "liberally biased." I saw many more happy-sacchariny feelgood god stories.

Luckily that all blew over in two days and it was business as usual.
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Follow up: <a href="http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=12642" target="_blank">A Visit to the Town that Banned Satan </a>
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Some interviewers had even suggested other mayors should take a similar stand, and Risher agrees. "Our currency says "In God we trust'; and our nation was founded on biblical principles," said Risher. "I think we should encourage other legislators to take the nation back for God. I'm asking God for a worldwide revival to bring people together -- to stand as one against the evil that causes all these bad things in the world, to love one another and to raise our kids in a Godly atmosphere."
Despair. Some people will never get it.
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