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Old 09-07-2010, 11:10 PM
 
Location: The High Seas
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Supposedly, this pastor in FL who wants to burn the Koran has a church with about 50 members. Now, why the hell is he getting airplay? He's a nobody. He's an idiot, and this is now international news. Some things are better left ignored, but I wonder if there's an ulterior motive here to cause an international incident just to create more news.
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Old 09-07-2010, 11:48 PM
 
Location: California
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I don't know. Any group of anyone can get National Attention these days. It's ridiculous.
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Old 09-07-2010, 11:58 PM
 
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I read the topic and I thought: Oh NO, not another marijuana thread!!!
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Old 09-08-2010, 05:56 AM
 
Location: NJ
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The hurricane passed and the news is slow.
You know how the news loves a threat of a storm!

The Koran burning pastor is not newsworthy. There is a lot of 'individualism' going on in the hinterlands that if given a public forum would cause a stir. TMI for sure.
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Old 09-08-2010, 06:12 AM
 
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1. It keeps the focus off the Ground Zero Mosque and the Dept. of State sending him around the Middle East and purchasing his books at taxpayer expense.

2. It keeps the focus off the economy, debt, and jobless rates.

3. It keeps the focus off the toxins and the effects on people living in the gulf as well as the lack of clean-up on the underwater plume.

4. It keeps the focus off the economy, debt, and jobless rates.

5. It re-enforces the self-loathing the WH wants Americans to have about their country and feeds those who repeat his talking points about "Islamophobia".

6. It keeps the focus off the economy, debt, and jobless rate.
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Old 09-08-2010, 06:36 AM
 
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It's weird. Our left-wing media seems to be trying to whip up some good, old-fashioned jingoism.

It's like fishing, you throw the bait out to see what hits...the media seems to be trying to provoke a strike. IMO most Americans aren't buying this end of summer silliness.
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Old 09-08-2010, 07:01 AM
 
Location: Kentucky Bluegrass
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Supposedly, this pastor in FL who wants to burn the Koran has a church with about 50 members. Now, why the hell is he getting airplay? He's a nobody. He's an idiot, and this is now international news. Some things are better left ignored, but I wonder if there's an ulterior motive here to cause an international incident just to create more news.

Because the media is strong liberal facisists...and they're buying this stuff, big time....and it's going to continue to escalate, until people are going to get killed...big time, they are already rioting and burning the American flags in Indonesia...

Paster Terry Jones, is an Extremist who is going to really start something much bigger then him....he's already got more followers, which means, more power and money for him, they're joining his church.

Many people mix up the word facist with Hitler...killing all the Jews, had nothing to do with the fact that he was for socialistic government....

Paster Terry Jones is a nut....he's no different from the Priests back in Biblical times who controlled the people using fear and motives....a personal agenda....and I cannot believe, the Christain community is not coming forth and condeming his act....next, they will start burning Bibles, he's going to start a civil war....period...here and in other countries, are men will be murdered...but apparently paster Jone's adgenda is more important then human life?
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