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‘God Sent Another Shooter’: Westboro Members Send ‘Horrific’ Tweets in Wake of Deadly Sikh Temple Attack

Westboro Baptist Church is no stranger to controversy. The group, which is known for picketing military funerals and for its anti-gay sentiment, is increasingly turning to social media to spread its radical messaging. In the wake of Sunday’s Sikh temple shooting, Fred Phelps Jr. and Margie Phelps, two of the church‘s members and children of Westboro’s founder, Fred Phelps, sent tweets that were widely seen as offensive.

(Related: ‘Flipping Off God’: Westboro Attacks ‘Old and Stale’ Atheist Richard Dawkins & Accuses Him of ‘Perversion’)

Not long after the tragedy unfolded, Margie’s Twitter feed read, “God sent another shooter?” Later, she went on to write, “God doesn’t hear prayers of wicked,” in response to a tweet in which someone encouraged fellow Americans to be praying for the temple shooting’s victims. The Huffington Post called the first tweet ”horrific.”

Westboro Baptist Church Responds to Sikh Temple ShootingWestboro Baptist Church Responds to Sikh Temple ShootingHer brother, Fred, also chimed in with some less-than-compassionate messaging. He wrote, “Beautiful work of an angry God who told Wisconsin to keep their filthy hands off his people (WBC)!,” among other similar messages.

Westboro Baptist Church Responds to Sikh Temple Shooting

These, of course, weren’t the only Westboro members to make their voices heard on social media. Fred’s Twitter stream featured re-tweeted (shared) messages from others within the church, too, who seemed to be praising the deadly shooting as a show of God’s alleged wrath.

Here are some of the other tweets that were sent:

Westboro Baptist Church Responds to Sikh Temple Shooting

Once again, Westboro is entering itself into national discussion and claiming that God purposefully allowed such a tragic crime to unfold. While it’s not surprising to hear these responses (especially based on a long track-record of similar statements), the church’s increasing use of social media is noteworthy.

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  • YtownSports
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 10:47am

    Westboro gives a bad name to whatever it professes to represent. Organized religion is flawed at best, but Westboro is exhibiting its worst traits.

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    • oneshiner
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 12:09pm

      @MIDWESTHIPPIE, Please do NOT mistake these Westboro people for Christians, they are NOT Christian. It confuses people because they call themselves Baptist. They are NOT.
      So, please stop calling them Baptist. If anything they are completely anti-God.

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 12:27pm

      I can think of a place where God can send another shooter………….CULT.

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    • encinom
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 12:50pm

      First the bigot President of CFA and now Westboro, its great to see the truth about Conservative Christian love.

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    • CultureWarriors
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 1:05pm

      Westboro Baptist is a Democrat hate group. Why isn’t the media asking Al Gore why he supported Fred Phelps (Westboro’s leader) in his run as the Democrat candidate for Governor of Kansas? I say they represent Democrats in the typical Democrat fashion. Democrats are people who think it is OK to kill an unborn child so why would this surprise anyone?

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    • brother_ed
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 1:20pm

      As a Latter Day Saint, I feel for the peace loving, humble, faithful Baptists who are lumped in with this group simply because they put the word ‘Baptist’ at the end of their name.

      We run into the same problem with the RLDS church (not to mention Harry Reid).

      To any who are seeking a religion: Do not fail to consider the Baptist denomination based on these people’s actions. John Wesley was a good man; a man inspired of God. The members are hard working and God fearing people who try their best to live the commandments of God.

      I am not judging the WBC, I‘m just saying don’t lump all Baptists in the same category.

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    • Flagwaver
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 1:26pm

      Encinom, you’re an idiot.

      Jesus told his apostles to love everyone equally. However, this Cult seems to think Jesus meant that everyone should be hated if they believe differently… that is Islam, not Christianity.

      As for Chick-Fil-A, since when does not agreeing with gay marriage equate to hating gays? One of my gay friends hates gay marriage, saying it is just too political… does that mean he hates himself?

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    • The_Cabrito_Goat
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 1:32pm

      These people are cowards. Whenever you try to debate them, or bring up the true Christian tradition of interpretation accepted by all other institutions, they flee like a vampire to a cross.

      “For they are false prophets, deceitful workers, posing as Christ’s apostles.” 2 Corinthians 11:13

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    • Taquoshi
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 2:39pm

      Let’s have a little truth in advertising. This is not a church, it is not Baptist and should not be connected to the name Westboro. It is Phelps & Company, pure and simple. Don’t give them any more than absolutely necessary. Oh, yeah, and don’t worry. God is keeping score.

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    • JRook
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 3:00pm

      This is exactly the type of reports we should expect from the blaze on this shooting. As they will clearly steer clear of the background and motives of the shooter. After all you want to feed the angry mob not piss them off.

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    • encinom
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 3:15pm

      Lets be honest there is little difference in the under lying message of Mr. Cathy of CFA and Westboro. Cathy just has better pr as he funds groups that seek to deny equal rights to all Americans and more commonsense and knows not to protest at military funerals. Same message, that its alright to restrict the rights on a class of citizens, different tactics. Read the comments on the Blaze by your fellow Christians, not more than hate filled rants with bible quotes sprinkled in to justify the hate, little difference from Westboro. Westboro is the ugly true face of American Conservative Christians.

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    • Dr Vel
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 3:15pm

      “God doesn’t hear prayers of wicked” Exactly you psychotic morons. Except your the ones He does not hear, not the innocent people you protest. You represent no legitimate church and you damn sure do not represent the Lord.

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    • SLEAZYHIPPOs ILLEGITIMATE OFFSPRING
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 6:02pm

      I find ENCINOMs comments interesting. He/she claims that the conservative christians of America are hate filled bigots, yet when we examine the reality of things it is the militant homosexuals that have slandered and intimidated any group that dares to disagree with their lifestyle. I have first hand witnessed the disdain that ENCINOM has for the Christian position and feels completely justified to criticize and demean this group in a stereotypical fashion. Then when I read what he/she posts, ‘not more than hate filled rants with bible quotes sprinkled in to justify the hate.‘ I’m left wondering if they see the irony in their comment at all. Thank you…..

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    • chfields62
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 7:52pm

      encinom again you show your unlimited stupidity. An unnatural lifestyle does not give you any rights, therefore there are no “rights” being violated. Unlike you and your ilks attempts to deny people the “right” of free speech. No matter how loud you yell or how much you push it in peoples faces, the facts can’t be denied. “Gay” is a strictly human condition and goes against all the laws of nature. This is not an opinion, it is FACT! Of course Liberals will never let anything as insignificant as the truth stop their hateful spewing. They talk about tolerance while being the most intolerant, wait a minute……that sounds like……wait for it…….thats right……Muslim Extremists…hmmmmmmmm

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    • Sheriff Goober
      Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:57am

      encinom

      You know that boycotts don’t work
      How do you think CFA made millions of dollars just in one day nationwide.

      I wouldn’t eat there, as I don’t like chicken period.

      I think Westboro has you in their sites LMFAO

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    • Sheriff Goober
      Posted on August 7, 2012 at 4:00am

      brother_ed

      I don‘t think Dingy Dirty Harry Reid is RLDS I’m sure he’s LDS
      RLDS is located in Independence MO

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  • BlasberryStrat
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 10:43am

    “Guns don’t kill people….Westboro kills people”

    Nuff said.

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    • midwesthippie
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 10:59am

      …some fine christians…

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    • rosegrower
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 11:47am

      What do you expect from a bunch of people who supported Al Gore for president and believe in global warming?? Rational thought??

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    • blackyb
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 11:50am

      Trust me, these people are not Christians. If some unbalanced person came into their midst creating havoc and crimes, and murder these people would have a fast chance of who directed the show. They are going to keep running their collective mouths until God Himself is going to tire of their stupidity.

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    • Taquoshi
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 2:41pm

      They are becoming increasingly irrelevant, so they have to interject themselves into situation in order to attract attention. They are a bunch of bitter, angry has beens, whose fifteen minutes of fame was up a long, long time ago.

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    • Dr Vel
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 6:19pm

      midwesthippie “…some fine christians…”

      Leave it to the mindless hippie to speak with no knowledge.

      Hippies sucked in the 60′s and nothing has changed with you since.

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  • john vincent
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 10:36am

    The questions are often asked: ‘Is not God angry with the mischievous acts of man?’ Does He not then display his wrath? Does He not use people to kill others? Loaded queries to be sure and worthy of a little thought.
    -is not God angry? Yes, but He is reserving his anger
    -does he not display his wrath? yes, but only in nature (earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, hailstorms)
    -does he not use people to kill others?

    No, and this is where most so called christians go astray and rant like idiots. The depraved acts of man (lying, stealing, adultury, pride, gossip, murder, etc) create enough mischief without GOd’s help. God does not approve of cold blooded killing. This is not the time to discuss capital punishment; thats another issue, but saying ‘God approves’ of this killing is the utmost absurdity.

    GRACE is God’s marching order for the day, and his patience with meting out anger in no wise diminishes his anger; he is simply withholding, and for any man to step in and ‘hasten the day,’ as it were, and say he is acting in God’s stead is a fool. The murder of Sikhs, Jews, Poles, Italians, whatever, whoever, is contrary to GOd’s mind, and a disgraceful opinion and interpretation of God and his word.

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    • AndYetItMoves
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 11:01am

      ‘God does not approve of cold blooded killing.’

      There’s a group of people called Amalekites that can apparently attest to the contrary. Oh, and the entire world population at the time of Noah’s flood, but I guess I’m splitting hairs. Good thing none of these events actually took place.

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    • john vincent
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 11:17am

      andy-
      you are like a horse with blinders-
      men run unsent- mans impulse is not God directed.
      read the post again, TODAY is the day of GOd’s patience; if He acted on his anger my friend, you and I would be toast, plain and simple.

      You need to get a grip on what sin is, who GOd is, and how vile man is. TODAY the so called Amalekites have the right to life, as do you. The flood is GOd’s business. God is patient TODAY.

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    • encinom
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 3:16pm

      Didn’t God cheer on as Samson committed genocide because he was fooled.

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  • skiz
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 10:34am

    These idoits dont know who God is! God is LOVE not HATE! Where they get confused is….take the Chick-Fil-A story for instance. The gay and lesbian community think that Chick-Fil-A is all about hate because they give to pro-family groups. That’s NOT hate, that is standing up for your religous beliefs, BIG DIFFERENCE! If Chick-Fil-A would not hire or serve gay folks, THAT would be considered hate. The gays are just as confused as these Westboro clowns are. Know JESUS and know the TRUTH!

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    • HorseDancer
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 11:52am

      ” they give to pro-family groups”

      Really? Because their donations have been to groups against marriage equality. “Against” is the key word there.

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    • encinom
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 3:18pm

      Deny fellow Americans a basic civil right is love and not bigoted hate. Strange definitions you have for these terms.

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  • hauschild
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 10:24am

    Be thankful these people can “still” express an opinion.

    I fear that soon that freedom of speech in its entirety will no longer be an option in America. It will be morphed into whatever is the prevailing sentiment of the majority at any point in time. Think it won’t happen here? It’s already happened in Europe and Canada.

    So, as painful as it is to hear comments such as these, we have to remember “why” they’re allowed to be expressed.

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  • RRFlyer
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 10:15am

    If YOU PEOPLE would stop commenting on these reports, Maybe the blaze and everyone else WOULD stop reporting it. They only report what people want to hear, and when you make all these comments they assume you want to hear it.

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  • historyguy48
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:53am

    Blaze please stop giving these fools what they want, exposure! They aren’t news, they are fools dressed up in the fabric of religion.

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  • RED-DAWN
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:52am

    One of the problems I see with asking GOD to send another shooter is, you may not be too pleased with where he sends them!

    Careful what you pray for, you just might get it…..

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    • GardenoftheGods
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 1:00pm

      I’ve long believed the same thing…Be careful what you pray for, you might just get it!. Westboro proved just how stupid & evil they are (imho) when they protested 30,000 people getting out in the community and serving those in need. If that’s wrong (in their eyes), I don’t want to be right!

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:33am

    Their very words show the truth of where and how they stand in the world; on the day of judgment they will have a reconing to explain before God, and I wonder how much sympathy they will be shown in turn for trying to condemn so many?

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  • Kilmerfan
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:29am

    WBC does not represent Christianty they do not know God and God does not know them. God had nothing to do with all of this it is more the Devils dept.

    WBC does Satans work.

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    • Marine25
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 2:53pm

      Westboro has now been called, on this thread, liberal, atheistic, democratic, pro-choice, a bunch of lawyers and now satanic.
      Religious folk are the picture of hypocrisy.

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  • EqualJustice
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:27am

    Extremists on BOTH sides will try to perpetuate the hate and blame. Westboro has nerve calling themselves Baptists. THEY ARE NOT even part of that church. Bunch of brainwashed haters and I feel sorry for their pathetic souls. God help them.

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  • McNamara
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:26am

    Stop with the news coverages of these weenies. If they are going to be somewhere to protest, just have a bigger counter protest. Make them irrelevant. Thier time will come.

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  • barber2
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:20am

    Am sure the atheists in the Obama White House will find them useful tools for disrespecting all religious people. . These jerks can now be targeted as “ examples” of all religious groups and probably the Democrats will then try to tie them to the Tea Party. Read an article today wherein the Communist Castro government made reference to the ” ultraconservative North America Tea Party .” Any doubt that the international Left works together in propagandizing ?! Communist Castro’s Cuba talking about the Tea Party and branding it ” ultraconservative ? ” Yes, guess the Tea Party’s goal of limiting government control and spending is a BIG CRIME to a Communist ! Wonder what Axelrod and Reid will create to distract the electorate and the media this week ? Stay tuned…

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  • ToddH
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:14am

    I grew up with preachy hellfire & brimstone father and brother who were just like these guys, so I kinda like them. After 20 years of hearing what a “sinner” I was for every little thing, how I was going to Hell for listening to rock music & especially when I stopped going to church, it wasn’t until this family hit the media scene bigtime that the 2 biggest religious fundamentalist/hypocrites in my life finally saw it fit to put a mute button on all of their self-righteous condemnation and judgment.
    Now they both sleep in on Sundays too, & they don’t speak of “God” and “Hell” anymore. Funny.

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    • trinklefinder
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 11:22am

      Fire and brimstone is fine, distorting the written Word of God is not. Nowhere in The Bible does God talk about hating sinners. It talks about hating wrong paths, hating wickedness, hating iniquity, hating divorce, hating evil, but nowhere does it talk about God hating the actual sinner (like the Westboro cult believes) . I’m glad I grew up in a non-denominational church that taught me how much God loves me, how much God loves us, how much God loves sinners…..so much that he sent his son, so that we may have eternal life with Him.

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    • objectivetruth
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 2:32pm

      God answers prayers in mysterious ways.Rejoice in your freedom.Sounds like you earned it.

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  • pdw
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:13am

    Maybe they will start taking their meds before they all have heart attacks??

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  • Countrygirl1362
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:08am

    Thank you for showing us there is a lower form of life than a politician.

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    • AndYetItMoves
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:24am

      American Christians? Yeah, no kidding.

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    • TMink
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:45am

      Actually Andy, these folks are not Christians. Christians are recognizable by the love in their hearts. These haters say that God does not hear the prayers of the wicked, which is horrible doctrine! Christ said he came to save the wicked! These folks are not Christians, they are wolves in sheep’s clothing.

      Trey

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  • Abraham Young
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:06am

    It’s ludicrous to believe that Westboro Baptists represent Christianity. It’s hard to see how even they believe they are. They behave like a group conspiring to defame Christianity.

    Doctrines of devils are not quite the same thing as the doctrine of Christ. We know what the Westboro Baptists teach, and it isn’t Christian.

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    • AndYetItMoves
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:25am

      They’re simply more devout than you. Most American Christians subconsciously understand that their religion is incompatible with civil society, so they pick and choose which doctrine to follow. These guys just haven’t figured it out yet.

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  • progressiveslayer
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:03am

    The WBC cult is just like the warmer cultists,a group of people filled with hate and rage,lunatics all.
    I’m still waiting for the WBC cult members to protest a funeral of the cripps,bloods or ms13,they haven‘t done it yet so it means they’re not stupid just lunatics.

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  • let us prey
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:02am

    Who gives a rip what these folks say? The left hates them, and they drive the left insane. Freedom of speech, and this still is America for the moment.

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  • starman70
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:02am

    Although not a Baptist myself, I truly thank GOD that this group of religious nuts DON’T represent the feelings of the Southern Baptists or the majority of other Baptist churches. Their message is truly abhorrent to any true Christian, no matter which denomination you belong to.

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:57am

      STARMAN70, The Westboro group assumed the name Baptist with no permission from any of the Baptists whatsoever. The members may have come from a Baptist church, but they are more or less a bunch of lawyers from a single family along with other supporters than anything else. The use of the term ‘Baptist’ is essentially stolen or at the very least misused.

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  • RJJinGadsden
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 8:59am

    For all of you who thought that ENCINOM’s previous posts on this subject have vacuous, and simply stupid, now the Westboro idiots raise an ugly head…

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  • justangry
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 8:57am

    You all really should stop giving these freaks their 15 minutes. Nothing they have to say is even worth listening to.

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  • willingtoupe
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 8:57am

    Like Paster Zimmerman’s Sermon stated to all of his clinging antipathist followers on Fox Christian News network, it was all Gods will.

    Hallelujah

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  • Slowman101
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 8:53am

    Well, what do you expect from a total bunch of radical wack jobs? All of those people at WBC need to be locked up.

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    • barber2
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:23am

      Bet they will get a ton of publicity in Obama’s Lap Dog Media. Jessie Jackson will probably be staging another one of his “ domestic terrorism ” speeches in Wisconsin like he did in Colorado – both a big battle ground states. Stay tuned…

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  • kickagrandma
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 8:44am

    Has anybody thought of moving this group to an extremely hot and sandy locale?

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    • Gorp
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 8:50am

      Would 6 feet under in Death Valley be too extreme? That’s hot and sandy. I’m just asking.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 10:50am

      I think God will handle that…in the next life.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 10:48am

    God doesn’t send shooters.

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