House of Reps. member Giffords shot in Arizona today

@Cycloptichorn,

I just want to, from a language POV, Cy, point out that your post contains a number of prescriptive "grammar mistakes". I'll leave it to Finn to point them out and provide the necessary correction.

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@JTT,

JTT wrote:

I just want to, from a language POV, Cy, point out that your post contains a number of prescriptive "grammar mistakes". I'll leave it to Finn to point them out and provide the necessary correction.

Gosh, feel free to quit reading my posts out of boredom then Laughing

Cycloptichorn

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In other news, the good folks at the Westboro (Kansas) Baptist Church intend to stage a protest at Satuday's funeral for the 9-year old who was killed.
"Thank God for the shooter."
"God sent the shooter to deal with idolatrous America."
The church routinely protests at services for soldiers who have been killed in Iraq or Afghanistan.
AZ is scrambling to pass a law to keep them from getting closer than 100 yards from the church. The parents of a soldier killed in Iraq recently won a judgment against Westboro but that is under appeal. Ohio passed a law banning assembly for the purpose of conducting a protest. It, too, is working its way through the courts.
Meanwhile, motorcyclists in Tucson plan to keep the protesters from being anywhere near the church. The Hell's Angels have done that before in connection with the funerals of soldiers.

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@Cycloptichorn,

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Gosh, feel free to quit reading my posts out of boredom then

I think that some thought rather than a knee jerk response might have served you better.

I think you missed my point. It was a wee bit of sarcasm; you and Finn remarking about other people's grammar and spelling in their writing is really quite a hilarious notion.

You ought to have recognized it as sarcasm by my suggestion that Finn could rectify, let alone identify those "errors".

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@realjohnboy,

That group of sick bastards really tests my commitment to the first amendment .

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@JTT,

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I think you missed my point. It was a wee bit of sarcasm; you and Finn remarking about other people's grammar and spelling in their writing is really quite a hilarious notion.

I didn't miss the point; but I can't tell you to do anything different. I'm certainly not telling Finn or anyone else to do anything different. Just indicating that I get bored when grammar or spelling mistakes are excessive, and lose interest, and stop reading.

If you feel differently than that, great. If you feel the same as I do, and want to stop reading my posts due to grammatical errors - also great! It's a win-win for me, really.

Cycloptichorn

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@Finn dAbuzz,

Finn dAbuzz wrote:

That group of sick bastards really tests my commitment to the first amendment .

We agree on one thing at least.

Cycloptichorn

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@Finn dAbuzz,

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That group of sick bastards really tests my commitment to the first amendment .

A2Ks Sarah Palin. Get out there quick and deny deny deny!

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@realjohnboy,

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The Hell's Angels have done that before in connection with the funerals of soldiers.

Gulp!!!

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@Finn dAbuzz,

they do write some catchy songs though

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@firefly,

firefly wrote:

This is what circulated on the streets of Dallas 1-2 days before JFK's arrival in November, 1963.

So, if it hadn't been Oswald, would someone else have tried to get rid of the "Traitor" that day?

And aren't we seeing and hearing similar things coming from the far right about Obama?

Just reviewing what has been written here, and this one caught my eye as one that needs some correction, if it hasn't been already. As a matter of historical record, Lee Harvey Oswald was a communist himself, wasn't he, or at least claimed to be or a wannabe? Didn't he have connections to Cuba? And I seem to recall he had some connection or communication with Russia?
Just thought that needed to be pointed out or corrected.

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@Cycloptichorn,

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If you feel the same as I do, and want to stop reading my posts due to grammatical errors

You did miss the point. I didn't say there were any grammatical errors in that particular posting of yours.

But I do understand how, when you get caught in a bind, just how important it is for you to try to cover your butt.

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@spendius,

the patriot guard...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Guard_Riders

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@okie,

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Just reviewing what has been written here, and this one caught my eye as one that needs some correction.

Not at all surprising just how much your keen eye missed, Okie.

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@Finn dAbuzz,

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That group of sick bastards really tests my commitment to the first amendment .

Absolutely. And, I'd love to see the Baptist Church leadership come out and say these folks do not represent the views of their organization. The silence of other Christians, while this group carries their banner in such a manner, makes me wonder.

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@Rockhead,

Thanks, RH, for the link. It is a very, very brief article if anyone is interested.

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@IRFRANK,

IRFRANK wrote:

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That group of sick bastards really tests my commitment to the first amendment .

Absolutely. And, I'd love to see the Baptist Church leadership come out and say these folks do not represent the views of their organization. The silence of other Christians, while this group carries their banner in such a manner, makes me wonder.

I don't know that they haven't, but I'll research it a bit.

If they haven't they are no better than the Muslims who don't condemn Islamists.

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@IRFRANK,

It does me too. It must be either fear or contempt.

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@IRFRANK,

IRFRANK wrote:

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That group of sick bastards really tests my commitment to the first amendment .
Absolutely. And, I'd love to see the Baptist Church leadership come out and say these folks do not represent the views of their organization. The silence of other Christians, while this group carries their banner in such a manner, makes me wonder.

We can have free speech without disrupting or inserting into someone elses funeral services, etc. They have a right to free speech, but that does not include any right whatsoever to disrupt ceremonies or assemblies of others that are paying their last respects and honoring their loved ones that have fallen.

Those people from that church in Kansas must be a bunch of kooks masquerading as a church. If that church belongs to any larger organization of churches, that organization should throw them out of it, end their membership, and disavow any connection with them, that would be my opinion.

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@IRFRANK,

of course the media could just ignore them, they're not a world wide church, they're about 2 dozen nutjobs

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