It was hard to imagine that the Phelps clan could sink any lower. Then it announced plans to protest the funerals of the Amish schoolgirls who were murdered this week. The group ended up agreeing not to protest in exchange for an hour of radio time Thursday on Mike Gallagher’s syndicated talk show. That deal may be akin to negotiating with terrorists, but it’s probably worth it to keep the Phelpses as far way from the funerals as possible.
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#@&%**@%!!!!
I hear it’s open season in PA.
Well said, Tracy. I believe you curse for all of us.
I fail to see the connection in Phelps wanting to picket the Amish people? This is one religion that I actually admire. They really live what they preach – no like our Conservative Religious Right hypocrits.
Lucee,When you make blanket accusations on entire groups of people, you only show yourself to be as ignorant as the Phelpses.
food for thought.
Y’know, Phelps is reveling in being the most hated man in America. The more we hate him the better he likes it.What we need to do is simply fail to acknowledge his existence. Don’t write about him, don’t photograph him or his followers, don’t discuss his statements or actions, don’t have any commerce with him. Let him be a forgotten footnote in an obscure history book; in the words of George Orwell, let him become an “unperson.”
Will,
Take your own advice the next time you feel a blanket denunciation of ‘liberal progressives’ or ‘jews’ coming on.
As the the Phelpses, it’s hard to think of anything more perverse than this decision.
Jed,
I have said all along to just ignore the Phelps circus! but no, you bleating leftists jump up and down like monkeys and talk about limiting free speech and suggesting re-education camps for their kinder. The cure is always worse than the disease with you bolsheviks!
Viva La Raza Blanco!!
CF,
Oh yeah! You’re one to talk Mr. “Party of Pedophiles!!!”
Ian,Where have I ever said that about Phelps? Links please!
Props to Gallagher.
Boycott that particular Gallagher show and its advertisers. Deny Phuqued-Up Phred the attention he craves, and he and his progeny will crawl back under their slimy rocks.
How about fifty lashes for Fred and his crew? The news media as well as all Americans should shun these people.
Apparently Pharisee Phred has changed his mind. It would have been quite a contrast to have seen his hate-mongers next to the love-filled Amish. I’m sure the Amish would have quietly and humbly prayed for him.
Okay, Jed.I’m not writing about him as we speak. HA
Ben you’re probably right, but everyone would rather see him get his ugly ass kicked by a bunch of bearded disciples.
At least the Phelps will be kept away from those grieving families. I don’t know that they would have appreciated the Patriot Guard at their funerals, either, though I know the Guard would have gone to protect the mourners from the sounds and sights of the Phelps, but I’d think anything’s better than that hateful group of “baptists.”
The Phelpses chances of ending up in “Heaven” is as likely as Osama ending up with a bunch of “virgins”
YOU TRY TO TUNE THIS IDIOT OUT.BUT YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN JUST GO SO FAR. AS A RESIDENT OF KANSASI FEEL THAT HE IS JUST MAKING ALL OF US LOOK LIKE PREJUDICE MORANS.AND THIS IS SUPPOSE TO BE A MAN OFGOD, HEAVEN HELP US
Yea the phelps are bad news. whats crazy is she as in Abagail Phelps works at the Kansas Juvenile Correctional Complexi remember when Abagail was very obese but now she looks like a linebacker
Hopefully Pharisee Phred and Heretic Osama will share the same cage.
I NEVER WANTED TO BE A MORAN!!What’s a moran?Is that like the opposite of a geen-yus?
Hate to say it but we all go to heaven. Phelps will be there. We shall learn the absolute truth when out souls ascend, until then we have to choose how we will suffer fools.
Jael,As offensive as Phelps would be, I’m afraid the Patriot Guard, as much as I support them, would have been just as offensive to the Amish.
Ya’ know what? I just realized that he looks a lot like Freddie from Nightmare On Elm Street.
AMISH SCHOOL RECOVERY FUND
Let’s demonstrate what Kansans are really about:
The Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) and Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) are in contact with Amish community leaders and are offering support through a joint response. Contributions to the Amish School Recovery Fund will help the affected community with medical care, transportation, supportive care and other needs.
Tax-deductible donations can be made by calling MCC at (717) 859-1151, or MDS at (717) 859-2210. To donate online, go to mds.mennonite.net or mcc.org. To donate by mail, send checks to MCC or MDS at the following addresses with the words “Amish School Recovery Fund” in the memo line.
Mennonite Disaster Service1018 Main StreetAkron , PA 17501
Mennonite Central Committee21 S. 12th St.P.O. Box 500Akron , PA 17501
For more information, contact Scott Sundberg, director of communications for MDS, at (717) 859-2210, (717) 917-8827 or ssundberg@mds.mennonite.net, or contact Larry Guengerich, media/education coordinator for MCC, at (717) 333-2826 or lrg@mcc.org.
As being a Patriot Guard myself I would not hesitate to call on my brothers and sisters of the guard to be there for the families. If at all posible I would be there.Someone like Phelp’s needs therapy to find out insane they really are.
Fred and his group are just one more example of why religious extremists and zealots should not be condoned. His definitive “teachings” are no better than the ramblings of Charles Manson with his “family”. Amazingly enough, Fred is surrounded with his “family”, too.
Jim G, thanks for your absolution.I shall rest well in the knowledge of my impending salvation.
Tracy,A Moran is a congressman,ie. one step lower than moron.
Julius–Amen.The Mennonites rebuilt much of our town after a tornado in 2000.ON THEIR DIME & THEIR TIME,TRUE DISCIPLES OF CHRIST.
Jimmy G,If Phelps goes to heaven, I’ll choose hell any day!
Lonesome, jael – I think Jed is probably right. As much as I admire your work I don’t think the Amish community would be the right place. Instead what I would look to see would be a line of men with their backs to the Pharisee. That and their praying for the miscreants’ souls.
PJ – thanks.
Jed, thanks.I drive through Moran on the way to lawrence.Used to go the the MKT rod and gun club there ocassionaly.
SORRY. I GUESS I AM ONE OF THEMORONS. MORAN IS A TOWN IN SEKANSAS
Charles it’s cool.Only morans point out typos.D’oh!!
TRACY – and a whole lot of other towns over the years.
http://news.netscape.com/viewstory/2006/10/04/amish-say-they-forgive-school-shooter/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2FWNT%2Fstory%3Fid%3D2523941%26page%3D1%26CMP%3DOTC-RSSFeeds0312
Amish Say They ‘Forgive’ School Shooter
NICKEL MINES, Pa., Oct. 3, 2006 — We arrived in this community of Nickel Mines, Pa., curious about how the Amish, who live differently than most Americans do, might react to what was an unthinkable act of violence.
It didn’t take long for us to learn that the Amish families most affected by this tragedy have responded in a way that might seem foreign to most of us: They talk about Monday’s school shooting only in terms of forgiveness.
Did anyone actually read Shirley Phelps-Roper’s quote on Foxnews.com???? If people didn’t think the Phelpses were off their rockers before…. Seriously. And I agree that the best method would be to simply form a wall with our backs turned to the Phelps and Ignore them. In fact, I propose that when one of them finally dies (if they do, isn’t the devil immortal???) that’s what we should do at their funeral….
When Fred and his thugs picketed my church, we took cookies, coffee and water out to them. It was a hot day. Must have worked, they haven’t been back. Cover ‘em with kindness. It startles them.
The Phelps have no purpose on this planet except to serve as a bad example. Their actions in the past are truly deplorable, but this attempt to protest the funerals of innocent children proves they have no agenda — none of those children have anything to do with their previously proclaimed justification. Pray for those children. Pray for their families.Pray for that close knit community. Ignore Phony Phred Phelps and his incestuous white-trash brood.
The amish really don’t get too worked up about death and dying. Lots like Mennonites, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons..living is just a temporary stop to a more permanent, more loving place anyway. They’re not going to let this affect them in the way it has affected everyone else.
I am sure the Amish are not only praying for the murderers family but also Fred and his family that they would be delivered from their hatred. We need to be like the Amish and pray for them and especially their children. Prayer works, if all of America is praying for their salvation something is bound to happen.
Patriot Guard only goes where we are invited. I doubt the Amish would invite us. Besides, we are not in existence to counter Phelps, but to honor and respect the fallen warriors.
I have been to many funerals where that cult was not in attendance, but we are still there. To honor and respect the fallen as well as his/her family.
That cult of hate might have prompted our formation, but they are not the reason we continue to do what we do. As such, Patriot Guard is not a protest or counter protest group.
I would join the Patriot Guard, but the problem is my pseudo-Harley (read: Kawasaki) is about as loud as my Saturn. I think I’d be labeled as “gay,” and then the Phelpses would picket ME. lol
I understand they protest b/c the soldiers they protest against has some type of “sins” in their family or family history. I guess they don’t believe in forgiveness. But I don’t see what Amish people could have done to be so sinful. Ummm… maybe nothing? I guess they’re just jealous.
I am willing to pitch in a little funding to send the Phelps family over to Iraq.That would be interesting to see how that turns out.
Wise,You kidding? The Iraqis would deport him in a heartbeat!
http://hadourphill.blogspot.com/
“Hate to say it but we all go to heaven. Phelps will be there. We shall learn the absolute truth when out souls ascend, until then we have to choose how we will suffer fools.”
Hate to say it, but we DON’T all go to heaven. There is also a hell, and anyone that thinks we all go to heaven, may be in for a big shock if they dont get straight with God BEFORE they die, because once you’re dead, its too late. I also think Satan is using the Phelps cult to make people think thats the way all Christians are.
I Coudn’t have said it better myself, peace. Matter of fact there will be more people in Hell than in Heaven and I am positive none of the Phelps will be there unless they repent and turn from their evil ways. Satan is using them to do his work, if anyone believes in their message they will go to the same place the Phelps will end up. I am from Topeka and I am ashamed when I see them acting in this manner. Up here we have to see them on the street corners everyday. If we can go after terrorist for coming up against our country why can’t the government do something about these people? I don’t understand and I am sickened by it all.
Postal..
You are welcome in Patriot Guard! We don’t all ride Harleys. Matter of fact, there are many supporters and members who don’t have a motorcycle at all. Not everyone flies a large flag from their bike, either.
Check the websites, patriotguard.org and you will see that the only requirements are a desire to honor/respect fallen warriors.
Few if any would doubt that Fred Phelps is mentally ill.
Specifically, he is suffering with an Oedipus Complex, which is an all-consuming self-hatred based on sexual guilt.
Freud said that if you just listen, they’ll tell you what’s wrong with them. So, I assumed it was homosexuality, as his “God hates Fags sign” indicates, and protesting military funerals was asking a soldier’s family member to kill him, therefore atoning for his sexual guilt and making that family member become a dead soldier for God { “God loves dead soldiers” }.
But when Fred offered to picket those Amish girl’s funerals, he upped the anti.
Fred Phelps is signaling that he is specifically a homosexual pedophile, which most likely killed the children he molested.
It will be interesting to listen to his rant on the radio, as he will “give it up” { being a murdering pedophile } somewhere in that rant.
Psychology is not a science, so this is just my analysis or opinion.
AMISH SCHOOL RECOVERY FUND II
Another avenue to offer assistante and extend compassion.
Memorial contributions can be sent to the Nickel Mine School Victims Fund, c/o Hometown Heritage Bank, P.O. Box 337, Strasburg, PA 17579
I really truly hope that someone puts bullets in their heads. What a worthless bunch of religious nut jobs. If it aint the Muslims, or the JW’s, Its the Phelps klan. All nut cases.
I think you are closer to the truth than many know Ed.
JR
I can’t listen to his rant here in Texas, so might you tape it, and maybe we can figure-out a way to get it to me.
A tape would be better than just a transcript, as I can catch the inflection of his tone, and if there are some good detectives in KCPD, I can help them to question him and find-out where the bodies are buried.
He’s trying to give it up, he just needs to be questioned properly. He can’t be bullied, but the right line of questioning will bring it all out.
Ed,
Here in Wichita, we do not get the Mike Galagher show on radio as far as I know. It may be that I might get it on the radio channels through cable. I will look into it and see if it will be available around here. Will advise.
Thank God we have Political Mom with her trailer trash views here.
im1096too–
Dude, that’s a death threat. It’s probably illegal.
I’m all for free speech, except for that–you can’t threaten people.
If this place had some oversight, they’d pull that post.
I understand your frustration, and I think the Phelps’ are way, way outta line, but you can’t say you want somebody dead, no matter how much they irritate you.
Say it about a government official and you’ll find out what I mean . . . as in handcuffs and interrogation.
CapnAmerica, I’d be relieved if you were dead. Is that is threat, or just hope?
Nah, you wouldn’t.
You’d miss me jerking your chain.
What a MORON……
im,Somebody shoots that sumbitch, and next thing you know, people are building monuments to him and naming their kids Fred. That’s the last thing any of us want! What he deserves is to die in utter obscurity. That we can give him.
Agreed. And with that in mind, here’s what I say about him:
Who??
“Withers was already an unperson. He did not exist; he had never existed.
http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1984/4/
AMERICA HELD HOSTAGE:DAY 2083……..
Actually, all Phelps seeks is media exposure, nothing else. If he received absolutely no attention at all, he would HAVE to fade away, as his purpose in life would be denied. Bartering a funeral protest for an hour of talk radio? Rather revealing, in my opinion.
Apparently, you can listen to the Mike Gallagher radio talk show through this website. I can’t listen to their sick twisted lies…but if anyone else would like to here it is.
http://www.mikeonline.com
God Bless you all!!
Screw Capt. America. Maybe someone one should do it to you and Phelps.Hows that.
Capt. Jerkoff, that wasn’t a threat.There is a big difference in the following word…Could, Would, Should and Will. Stay in school and you to can carry on an intelligent conversation.
Name the time and place.
B Blyth and numbers with some random letter troll?
Are you there? Is anybody there?
Oh, wait, let me speak YOUR language:
bwack buc buc bWAAK bWAAK
That’s chickenshit.
You should understand that . . .
Hey Captain, does your old lady still ***** like she used to?Have a nice day.
Yes, but she told me you could never get it up.
Time and place, asshole, time and place.
I’m waiting.
May I suggest everyone send at least one package of grape Kool-Aid to the Westmore psychiatric center.
Maybe they will take the hint.
TROLL ALERT, if it wasn’t 100%obvious.
CapnAmerica is registered to typepad. Mr. “Everyone must die” is someone else. And “B Blyth” is also interesting, as someone with a Bill Blyth address sent a nasty email to Julie many months ago.
I’ll contact the admin.
I’d suggest you don’t let your “fans” get to you, Cap. It only encourages them, and I don’t think anyone else here–left,right, whatever–gives a shit what they think.
As a cautionary reminder to all, if something is posted that doesn’t seem like the person in question–it probably ain’t.
P.S. Let’s not go too far down the ‘cloak-and-dagger’ road either. This is only a blog.
Well, that was fast. Thank you, Eagle admin.
Thanks for whatever it is you did, Rage.
It was on and off before I even saw it.
I think we need mods that can pull posts.
I nominate JR.
If it’s too over the top, it just isn’t there any more.
Let me be the first one to say that some of my posts should have pulled in the past.
Would have saved me a lot of grief . . .
bubba blythe–IT AIN’T FUNNY.