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Tuesday, March 17, 2009 09:50 PM

@ Ms taken

Here part of the article from the Louisville courier journal newspaper about the incident I described, and a few I didn't know about.

If this is how they act on their best behavior, on Sunday, in front of god and their families, just think how they behave when they think they are not being observed.

Louisville Courier-Journal:

"A Louisville man has filed a lawsuit against Southeast Christian Church, the Louisville Metro Police Department and an off-duty officer who was working security for the church last year, claiming the officer used excessive force while removing the man from church property.

It is the second lawsuit in the past six months filed against Southeast alleging assault by off-duty officers working security for the church.

In August, a Louisville couple filed a lawsuit against Southeast and two corrections officers who direct traffic for the church, claiming the officers “assaulted and battered” the pair during a stop after a church service. That case is pending in federal court.

The latest lawsuit, filed by Martin Buckminster, claims he had an appointment to see a marriage counselor at Southeast on Feb. 12, 2007, when an off-duty Louisville Metro Police officer was alerted and asked him to leave the church and “never set foot” on the property again.

Buckminster, who filed the lawsuit in Jefferson Circuit Court, claims the officer grabbed him and led him to the parking lot. When Buckminster asked to see the officer’s identification, the officer cursed him and slammed Buckminster against a patrol car, striking him with his knee, according to the suit.

The lawsuit claims the Louisville Metro Police Department did not properly train the officer."

Just think, this "christian" needs training to know not to beat the hell out of an innocent man for no reason.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 01:17 PM

Its about freak'n time

The repugs want to send us into a depression just so they can say Obama was unable to fix the mess they made.

Negotiating with them is not a move to the center, it is a move to the loony bin.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009 04:01 PM

The majority of Catholics are in favor of stem cell research.

These are right wing cranks trying to say they speak for Catholics. They sure as hell don't speak for me or anyone, I mean ANYONE, of the dozens of fellow Catholics I know.

I attended catholic schools all my life and can assure you that the average catholic in the US couldn’t care less what the Pope did or thought. The pope is a weird medieval carryover from an ugly and tragic period of the Catholic church’s history that stays around because people feel good if there are some ancient traditions still going on.

…kinda like when people kept on watching Johnny Carson even though they knew the tonight show had become completely lame for his last 20 years on the air.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009 04:11 PM

This reminds me of an episode of Kathy Griffin's show.

She said "Jesus can suck it" as part of joke at an awards ceremony and what do ya know, the “Catholic League” was going after her and the network and wanted her off the air.

Turns out the "Catholic League" is some loser with a computer and an email list in his mother's basement somewhere in Iowa.

These freaks trying to say they speak for everyone else can just suck it.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009 01:55 PM

It used to be funny,

but now it's getting a little twisted, weird and potentially violent.

Its time for the secret service to pay a visit to these creeps and read them the riot act. The are trying to create an atmosphere where some idiot will try to kill the president.

Thursday, April 2, 2009 04:09 PM

Holy Crap!

Hope he stays away from my hometown.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009 01:14 PM
Original article: Hail to the chief

I love these right wing trollbots

and their never ending load of self-delusional bull. And it is self-delusion, no one else believes you creeps. I'll encapsulate the troll's BS just to save everyone the time:

Troll Comments Variety #1.)

"It's fake, it can't be that the average GI's love Obama. Its the devil making them errr.. confused and stuff."

Troll Comments Variety #2.)

"I was in the army once a long time ago and I didn't like Carter. I had to peel a potato once and Carter didn't jump in and do it for me. Now I molest toddlers at the local grocery store, listen to Rush and vote republican… so I’m a real American."

Tuesday, April 7, 2009 06:56 PM

Salon's painful misstep...

Another Paglia hot steam'n pile instead of quality content.

Monday, April 13, 2009 03:54 PM

Watch it Stinky

Babbling about (and cleaning and sleeping in her barn) is the sole responsibility of elephantboy.

You don't want to piss off elephantboy... you wouldn’t like elephantboy when he's pissed.

Stinkyboy.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009 11:36 AM
Original article: Obama turns econ professor

Stinky, get off your parents computer...

And for god's sake if your going to be a troll try at least to be a half decent one instead of tinfoil wearing whack job with an apparent IQ of Cocker Spaniel.

(My apologies to Cocker Spaniels)

Tuesday, April 14, 2009 03:30 PM

Calgodot,

Look into the mirror. What you see staring back at you is the "fringe"

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 11:43 AM

The real winner is faux news.

They heavily promote this stupid idea by Dick Armey and only a dozen or so fruitcakes show... but still the media spends a week talking about it.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 12:34 PM

Numbers?, How many?

The only "news" in this faux news stunt is to report how little the actual turnout of rightwing nutjobs there actually are.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 12:40 PM

Hey stinky,

Its only necessary to push the "publish" button once. Repeated posts of your drivel does nothing to help it make any logical sense.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 01:10 PM
Original article: D.C. tea party broken up

They all shuffled off...

... to their mother's basements where they again wrapped their heads in tin foil and yearned for the day whey they could freely kill people they don't like… (that would be pretty much everyone btw)

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 02:07 PM

Numbers?

Crowd estimates? Minus the reporters and onlookers.

Without that context you are just running a commercial for faux news.

Are there 300,000 of the angry nut jobs…. That would be news.

Are there 10,000 of them…. That would worth a mention.

Are there 3000 of them, that would be funny…

Are there 300 of them… that would make one wonder it you work for faux news for reporting on their publicity stunt.

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