‘An Insult to Catholics’: Empire State Building Refuses to Honor Cardinal Dolan’s Appointment
- Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:08am by
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Pope Benedict XVI giving Cardinal Timothy Dolan his biretta hat during his elevation inside St. Peter's Basilica (AP)
Earlier this month, Timothy Dolan, the Archbishop of New York, was granted an esteemed honor when he was named a Catholic Cardinal. Considering this noteworthy accomplishment, one would assume that his home city would be jumping at the opportunity to honor him. But, while many New Yorkers were certainly excited and invigorated over the news, The Empire State Building — a structure that is know for honoring big event and occurrences — has declined to support the faith leader.
The New York Daily News reports:
The Empire State Building refused to honor Timothy Cardinal Dolan — setting off a torrent of outrage against the iconic structure that has honored everything from athletes to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
In 2009, the building even honored the 60th anniversary of China’s communist takeover of China. But this week, they showed no love for Dolan — a global ambassador for New York City.
Considering the intriguing choices made regarding who and what gets honored, for many this inaction causes a severe bout of head-scratching. After all, the building was turned green and blue on Monday to commemorate Corporate Philanthropy Day — something most New Yorkers likely have little knowledge about. And on Tuesday, the same colors will remain to mark National Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
In the past, in addition to praising China’s communist regime and the Ninja Turtles, as stated, the building has lit up for blue M&Ms and singer Mariah Carey.
Considering these examples, many New Yorkers see the refusal to give Cardinal Dolan the same honor as a slap in the face to the Catholic faith. Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, has been a vocal voice on the matter.
“It’s an insult to Catholics and to the vast majority of New Yorkers who love Cardinal Dolan,” Donohue said.
But it seems there is some light (literally) at the end of the tunnel.
After Empire State Building owner Anthony Malkin denied Rep. Michael Grimm’s (R-S.I.) official request to honor Dolan, the Port Authority decided to step in and offer its own commemoration. On Friday, 1 World Trade Center was lit up red (this is also known as the Freedom Tower — the lead replacement building at the WTC site) and will remain that color until the end of this week.
This isn’t the first time Malkin has found himself at the center of controversy. In 2010, he refused to allow the building to honor Mother Teresa — an action that came with much angst from Catholics and others who revered the world’s most known nun.
“The Empire State Building celebrates many cultures and causes in the world community with iconic lightings, and has a tradition of light ings for the religious holidays of Easter, Eid al Fitr [end of Ramadan], Hanukkah, and Christmas,” Malkin said in a statement at the time. ”[The building] has a specific policy against any other lighting for religious figures or requests by religions and religious organizations.”
In the past, though, Cardinal John O’Connor, who died in 2000, was honored with red and white. Pope John Paul II, too, was given consideration in 2005 when the tower went symbolically dark. These instances seem to add question to Malkin’s past statements on the matter.
(H/T: NYDN)
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Comments (137)
CONSERVAKILLA
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:29amwho cares about this stupid bishop anyways!
The_Jerk
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:14amThat line could be used in regards to anyone.
Report Post »IvanK
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:53amOK Blaze… Why OH WHY am I getting adds in Spanish? I click on the video and get a 30 second add clip IN SPANISH???????? WTF Blaze???????????? Are you kidding me????????
Report Post »Susycat
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:59amYou sound like an angry 2nd grader. Try educating yourself and perhaps people will take your opinions seriously.
Report Post »BetterInformed
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:59amCardinal Dolan
A Catholic Priest, Cardinal, and executive of the Catholic church responsible for a large number of churches, universities, orphanages and homeless shelters.
conservakilla
A nameless coward, commenting from mom‘s basement on someone else’s blog An individual who chose a “getto blaster” as an icon.
Now who’s the insignificant loser here?
Report Post »TOMSERVO
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 12:42pmExactly: Who cares about this man? Not I folks, and not you until you read this Blaze article which filled you with rage against the libs.
Report Post »MYHEROISRON
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 2:00pmWasn’t the Empire State Building illuminated in red to commemorate some communist event not too long ago?
Report Post »THE__JERK
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 3:12pmHave I told you lately how much I love Jews and Israel?
Report Post »LouC57
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 4:38pmI was thinking, “Who cares about the Empire State Building anyway.”
The better point is, Dolan is Cardinal, he’s a good and happy man from what I know of him (which isn’t much). If he’s truly, deeply, Christ driven, this isn’t going to hurt his feelings one bit.
Report Post »drago
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 4:57pm@conservakilla aka encinom.
Report Post »Your times coming little fella, difference is, it wont be WoW, and you wont be doing the killin.So back to the basement with you and your video games, and endless supply of cheezy poofs…..
ConservativeCanucklehead
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 5:38pmA lot of Christians who come here to suckle at Glenn’s teat. That’s who cares about this horrific, unimaginable, inexcusable ‘slight’ of the Cardinal. These folks are determined to over-hype and exaggerate anything that can deemed an affront to their faith or the free exercise thereof. They don’t realize however that this course of conduct only serves to diminish the genuine attacks that are made against their particular faith, and faiths in general. They also don’t seem to realize that their determination to take great offence at every turn is startlingly similar to extremist Muslims.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 5:50pmWho cares about the Empire State building. If the Catholics were truely about service to Christ Jesus, they wouldn’t care about a structure. The Roman Catholic Church will easily dismiss a person as not being born when the family isn’t an active participant in the cult.
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 2:13amNo worries, I’m sure they will light up the building for something more important, such as Hitlers birthday.
Report Post »themidwesterner
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 10:30amAbout a billion Catholics, that’s who. And considering this guy is standing up to the Obama regime on freedom of religion, you should too.
Report Post »SaraD
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 2:03amThey shouldn’t we are not a catholic country.
Report Post »iampraying4u
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:28amthe catholic church is the best man made religion in the world
Report Post »by faith
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:37amYou ment to say God/Man made religion
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:43amYour entitled to your opinion.
Report Post »Chamber
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:47amYep, the church started by Our Lord Jesus Christ himself, which other men then seperated from to form their own religious entities.
Report Post »MadMadder
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:16am@CHAMBER LOL, Jesus did not start Christianity… he is the reason it started, but he didn’t start it.
Report Post »conservativejon
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 12:07pm@MadMadder
Report Post »Jesus gave peter the job of building HIS church. “You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.” christianty is based on the testament of Jesus Christ. so yea he did start the church
PaxInVeritate
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 12:22pm@MADMADDER
Report Post »He did start it for He is the Prime Mover. Cause and effect. The etymology of “Christian” comes from His title Christ (Anointed) which the Jews used to describe who and what His Apostles and Disciples proclaimed and religiously adhered to. That is, they are the followers of Jesus the Christ, which caused much consternation amongst their Jewish community who did not believe Jesus to be The Son of God.
70S_KIDS_FIGHTING_SOCIALISM
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 12:41pmMake sure you don’t use any hospitals or universities started by Christians. Good luck with that you hypocrite moron.
Report Post »TEA PARTY UNTOUCHABLES!!!!!!!!!!!
SouthSideLib
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 1:11pmthey’re all man made
Report Post »TOMSERVO
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 1:19pmEspecially if you are fond of pedophelia!
Report Post »PaxInVeritate
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 2:09pmTOMSERVO… it’s time for you to go back into the theater with Joel and Crow to be re-educated. The Catholic Church is not nor ever will be ”fond of pedophelia [sic]!” It has done more than the NEA to weed out and prevent future occurrences. That stated, security in every sense of the word is an illusion in this world. No one can ever know how broken human beings in any strata of society will act in the future. That is why God asks for His believers to fast and pray for His Sacred Servants to live in His Holiness.
Report Post »TOMSERVO
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 4:57pm@PaxInVeritate
I can’t in good conscience ever support an organization that does things like this:
“Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua ordered aides to shred a 1994 memo that identified 35 Archdiocese of Philadelphia priests suspected of sexually abusing children, according to a new court filing.”
Link: http://articles.philly.com/2012-02-25/news/31098596_1_church-lawyers-abuse-complaints-priests
The Catholic Church did every nasty, sneaky, despicable thing they could to protect the horrible child molesters among them. They are STILL attempting damage control to keep the full extent of the truth from getting out. A respectable organization would have done a complete internal audit and would have removed any and all child rapists in their midst rather than to cover it all up. Sickening.
Report Post »by faith
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 6:23pmTomservo
Report Post »I’m quite sure non of this will matter to you. You will continue to spout off ignorantly.
Less than 1% of the Cathloic clergy have been accused of sexual abuse, that is a better record than ANY other religious organization or public school system.
Does the fact that other instututions have a much worse record excuse the Catholic Church, No. It does not. But you paint with a broad brush. Be very careful how you judge others. “forgive us our tresspasses as we forgive”
Please inform us of the church without sinners of which you belong
TOMSERVO
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 6:40pm@By Faith
I appreciate your response, but you are just wrong. Since you had no source, let me direct you to one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_sex_abuse_cases#Statistics_on_offenders_and_victims
:The 4,392 priests who were accused amount to approximately 4% of the 109,694 priests in active ministry during that time. Of these 4,392, approximately:
56 percent had one reported allegation against them; 27 percent had two or three allegations against them; nearly 14 percent had four to nine allegations against them; 3 percent (149 priests) had 10 or more allegations against them. These 149 priests were responsible for almost 3,000 victims, or 27 percent of the allegations.[15]
Report Post »The allegations were substantiated for 1,872 priests and unsubstantiated for 824 priests. They were thought to be credible for 1,671 priests and not credible for 345 priests. 298 priests and deacons who had been completely exonerated are not included in the study.”
TOMSERVO
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 6:42pmLOL, from the same source:
“According to Donald Cozzens, “by the end of the mid 1990s, it was estimated that [...] more than half a billion dollars had been paid in jury awards, settlements and legal fees.” This figure grew to about one billion dollars by 2002.[46] Roman Catholics spent $615 million on sex abuse cases in 2007.[47]”
Hope you guys are filling up that collection plate! You know that money’s going to a good cause.
Report Post »by faith
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 2:47pmYour source is Wikipedia? That’s reliable.
From the US Census Bureau.
There are approximately 46,000 Catholic priests in the United States and 300 cases filed to date
46,000/300 = .652%
Yet you accuse all Priest of pedophilia and all Catholics of hiding them.
Are there sinners in the Catholic Church? Yes.
Less than 1%, that is a better record than ANY other religious organization or public school system.
Again, you paint with a broad brush.
Be very careful how you judge others. “forgive us our tresspasses as we forgive”
Please inform us of the church without sinners of which you belong
Report Post »REPUB1
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:28am@Gonzo
“many New Yorkers see the refusal to give Cardinal Dolan the same honor as a slap in the face to the Catholic faith.”
No New Yorkers, it’s a slap in the face of all Christians.
who said that all catholics are Christians??? new york is a Slime pit anyway BIG DEAL
Report Post »Chamber
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:49amWe were the first christians, whatever faults we now have dosen’t change that.
Report Post »Chamber
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:52amWe were the first Christians and always will be, no matter what faults we currently have.
Report Post »Jackie Rogers, Jr.
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 1:35pmAllright all you Johnny come lately Christians. Chamber is putting you on notice!
Report Post »HowTruthHurts
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 5:23pmCatholics are NOT Christians. They pray to Marry and others. This is a form of paganism and idolatry. Christ said “I am THE way, THE truth, and THE light”. Notice the singularity. In Christ’s eyes, you may as well be praying to Zeus, Mohammed, or Satan.
Report Post »freedom4ever
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:27amthey did it before with mother teresa’s birthday! doesn’t surprise me at all – not with all the libs out there.
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:37amStop calling them, “they.” The ‘they’s’ are Jewish. How apparent does it have to be before the light goes on? Bloomberg, Malkin, Weiner, Schummer, Spitzer, Koch, The New York Times… .
The New York metropolitan area is home to the largest Jewish population in the world outside Israel. hey support liberal policies.
Report Post »http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_New_York_City#Jewish
tzion
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:21am@Jerk
Report Post »Many Jews do support liberal policies and, as it seems, so do many other people. Remember, not all Jews are liberal and many liberals aren’t Jews.
The_Jerk
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 12:21pmTZion, I agree. Barry Goldwater comes to mind. Problem is, Jews did bring us commune, communism. Fact is, Jews do have a very asymmetric power, influence in forming our culture: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-stein19-2008dec19,0,4676183.column
And our political environment: http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/971128/aipac.shtml
These are facts.
Report Post »freedom4ever
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 12:35pm@THE_JERK I just want to make it clear I wasn’t talking about the Jews but the LIBERALS! For your information they come in all different sizes, colors, shapes, religions and nationalities!
Report Post »Baikonur
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 1:01pm@The_Jerk
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:37am
‘Stop calling them, “they.” The ‘they’s’ are Jewish.’
**************
This anti-semite stand out on the Blaze, along with his fellows Techengineer and Pigpen because he demonizes Jews, whom Glenn has instructed you to tolerate for now because Israel plays a role in your ridiculous blood-thirsty Apocalyptic delusions.
But the regular Blazers, with their hatred of liberals, Muslims, gay people, poor people, black people, women, all things European, are no less hateful and ignorant than this Jerk.
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 2:10pmBaikonur, there are facts and there are name calling labelers. You’re the latter. They they, anti-Christians in New York and the ACLU, are predominantly Jews.
Report Post »Baikonur
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 4:01pm@The_Jerk
Report Post »Posted on February 28, 2012 at 2:10pm
‘Baikonur, there are blah, blah, blah, stupid racist garbage, blah, blah, blah’
**********
Go to your klan meeting already and take the other racist, anti-semitic mutants with you.
copakeman
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:26amit’s ok to recognize red china, a country that has killed many American military personel, but not an American New Yorker, who has been elevated to a post that a has slightly over a hundred members and is 1 step from being Gods represenative on earth (the Pope). All of Christianity is under attack in the United States, this is just another example. Did some tax (IRS) organization thereaten the buildings owners ?
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:22amI believe the Empire State bldg is owned by the city… so ultimately it would be BLOOMBERG’s decision… you know that guy that doesn’t want “dirty” church money for his schools…
Report Post »REPUB1
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:21amNinja Turtles have a lot more going for them, than a make believe religion church as the catholics . any body out there will give me three!!!!!! (ninja Turtles high five) if ya didnt know, private owner can do what EVER he or they want to with their property..
Report Post »TOMSERVO
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 5:34pmAmen to this! Errr..I mean, COWABUNGA!
Report Post »Cavallo
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:09amAnthony Malkin is a slimey bigot.
Report Post »tzion
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:22am@Jerk
Report Post »Do you have a point?
hauschild
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:54amAnother classic. And, the secularists then wonder why kids are being gunned down by other kids in schools across this ever-deepening abyss.
It’s pretty much all over but the crying.
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:01amThe slimey new Senator from Connecticut; Dick Blumenthal owns the Empire State building. His base would be angry over the lighting for a religous person
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:16amNew York, New York!
In 1999, Andres Serrano submerged the crucifix of Christ in a vat of urine and made a picture. He proudly displayed his debased work titled “Piss Christ” in New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art. The New York Times wrote in support of Serrano’s free speech rights.
In 1999, Chris Ofili proudly showed his vile creation in the Brooklyn Museum of Art. His piece, “The Holy Virgin Mary,” depicted a black woman in elephant dung surrounded by cut-outs of genital organs and buttocks taken from porn magazines. The depraved work was defended by Norman Siegel, director of the New York Civil Liberties Union.
In 1999, the New York Performance Works displayed their talents as they disgustingly presented the Virgin Mary as a prostitute in their loathsome, ‘Tis a Pity She’s a Whore.’
In 2001, the Brooklyn Museum of Art exhibited “Yo Mama’s Last Supper,” where eleven black men and one white man surrounded the naked Renee Cox posing as Jesus in a despicable mocking of Leonardo da Vinci’s painting, The Last Supper.
Jerusalem west, as it is called, harbors the real enemies of Christianity. Blumenthal is but one example.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:54amReally people need to ask themselves: is God going to punish people for destroying the planet or for destroying the earth? Huh, what, and they will say “What’s the difference?” Well the planet is what you live on and walk around on, and it orbits the sun. And the earth is the plane of existence you live on, and awareness, and it’s also the Kingdom “Of” Heaven. And of course when people destroy the earth (the Kingdom of Heaven) then it is reflected on the planet by men. So therefore it is that God punishes men for destroying the Kingdom of Heaven.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:59amYou’ve destroyed the steps leading up to the alter, and therefore there is no more steps for you to come up upon each with your nakedness being discovered. That’s could be a problem. Because if you can’t come up, then it means that the Lord has to come down.
Report Post »Make My Day
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:12amWhat planet are you from. Nuts, GOD will do his will.
Report Post »B-Neil
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:45amEveryday new york City is turning into a bigger and bigger Fart. new york is basically a massive cluster f–k. Talk about the root of all evil. We must not forget california the a-s up State. CARRY ON McDUFF
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:43amIt’s amazing how powerful PC has become.
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:43amI’ll bet the TSA is on high alert for radical Catholic terrorists intent on hijacking an airliner or two to slam into the Empire State Building. There WILL be profiling!
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:39am“In 2009, the building even honored the 60th anniversary of China’s communist takeover of China.”
That tell’s you all you need to know.
Report Post »oldguy49
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:48amyep…..private owner , he can honor whatever he wants……i have a us flag and a christian flag but no commie flag so i also honor what i want……………..
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:10am@OLDGUY49 Still doesn’t make it right. Communists should not own property in this country, especially an American icon. The Communists have taken every aspect of our lives and eventually will take away your right to fly your own flags. Mark my words.
First they came for the Catholics, but I was not a Catholic, so I did not speak out…
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:39amSo the owners of the Empire State building will honor Communist China, and not a new leader among the Catholics? No suprise at all.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:44amDolan has not done any other than get a new hat and robe. He deserves no honor, nor those the Catholic Church today have any.
SpankDaMonkey
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:37am.
Report Post »And you act so surprised……….
Itsjusttim
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:35amAll these things happening seem to remind me of No’e. Now No’e he entered an agreement with the Lord, and he went into his Ark [because of the flood] and because of the coming flood. And No‘e took with him beasts unclean by the two’s and beasts clean by the sevens, and they went in two by two. Of course there isn’t a one of you who knows what that means. And because of denial and arrogance to explain it would be a complete waste of time.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:29amKing Kong should have finished the job.
Report Post »Baikonur
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:26amHey, it’s privately owned and the owner can decide when to light it up.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:40amConsidering the tower has been used to honor everything from Turtles to other religious figures, I do wonder if the current political situation with the Catholic Church & Obamacare is playing a part in his decision. But at the end of the day Malkin does own the building and he can do what he wants with it.
Report Post »piper60
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:41amIt may be privately owned, but it is a landmark and a public icon for New York City.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:57amYes and we can vocally disagree with him and point out the hypocrisy.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:09am@piper
Correct but that still doesn‘t mean the owner can’t do what he wants with his building. Is he making a bad decision? Probably. Will the blowback be severe? Probably. But it is his decision to make.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:12amGonzo
Report Post »I agree with you. But I also support his freedom to make his choice.
Gonzo
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:29amNobody is arguing his right to do what he wants Mom…just disagreeing with his decision. Big difference.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:29amGonzo, my thoughts were directed toward the comments (here and on other chat forums) implying that his decision was wrong just because the tower was a New York landmark etc My fault for not getting that across. Sometimes when you put them in writing, thoughts don’t sound the way you meant them to.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:25amSomebody needs to build a larger fleet of B-25s and fly around NYC
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:25am“many New Yorkers see the refusal to give Cardinal Dolan the same honor as a slap in the face to the Catholic faith.”
Report Post »No New Yorkers, it’s a slap in the face of all Christians.
BurntHills
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:25amlike Bloomberg, Malkin is a communist and in that rabid animal obama’s pocket, period. maybe obama”s muslim buttbuddies will take down the ESB next. so no sympathy from us if it’s ashes their next time around.
Report Post »Mitchm999
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:26amYeah, this is obviously obama’s fault. If he were a fascist republican, he would have flown to NY himself and made them light that building up.
Report Post »The Jewish Avenger
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:13amGeorge Orwell wrote in 1944 that “the word ‘Fascism’ is almost entirely meaningless … almost any English person would accept ‘bully’ as a synonym for ‘Fascist’. “Richard Griffiths argued in 2005 that ”fascism“ is the ”most misused, and over-used word, of our times”.“Fascist” is sometimes applied to post-war organizations and ways of thinking that academics more commonly term “neo-fascist”
In short: Obama is more of a fascist but I know, you cant see that. But I can see your confusion:
Fascist:
3.) a person who is dictatorial or has extreme right-wing views.
OK I KNOW you agree with that statement, personally I think it was a disgruntled write in and 3rd definitions are the rarity nor the norm but I’ll give you this one for now. Lets continue…
1.) a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
Well, whats Fascism?
1.) a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.
Now, TELL ME WHO THIS IS????
Hint: It rhymes with YoMomma.
Report Post »mallardkiller
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 12:52am@ Avenger.
Thank You for schooling Mitch. This has been one of my biggest pet peeves.
Report Post »Wakeup Maggie
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:24amObviously some pathetic lib
Report Post »Silversmith
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:21amChristians everywhere really should read the writing on the wall. The progressive cult in America right now is coming for ALL your freedoms – demonizing your religion is just a tool.
Your votes have never counted so much.
Silversmith
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:33amYou don’t have to read it on the wall, you can read it in our legislation now.
Report Post »littlefish
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:20amThis is a deliberate attempt to assist Obama in destroying real religion in favor of his favorite cult . . . .
The progressives are behind all of this . . .and of course our communist regime.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:20amIt’s no biggie, and the Empire Building belongs to Baal anyways.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:26amAnd it’s important to let the things of Baal exist because that way the righteous can look upon it, and say “Hey, that belongs to Baal, and I see the light.” Because if they don’t exist and someone makes your choices for you, then it is less likely for them to see the light.
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