Chucktshoes

I've got one of the Scott models gathering dust in my shed.

So are you saying I shouldn't get a kukri?  :rofl:

Those quotes are from Megan Phelps-Roper, his grand-daughter who left the church in 2012. At the time she gave many interviews disavowing the church's message and expressing remorse for the damage done and the people hurt.

They left out the part where he was a pro-union Democrat who contributed to Al Gore's campaigns.

I watched the events unfold with a sense of detached interest. I initially supported our actions in Afghanistan, but over time grew to realize that there was a definite element of blowback involved in 9-11. Our decades of interventions in the internal affairs of other nations birthed and nurtured that hatred of us in the M/E and elsewhere. The blood for the events of that day stains the hands of the US government as much as they do any terrorist.

[quote name="tnguy" post="1127414" timestamp="1395327006"]Anyone else remember when the media used to ridicule conspiracy theorists?[/quote] Yeah, I do. Then we started getting proven right. It's a bit harder to dismiss us these days.

No reply necessary. I never expect anyone to agree with or even condone some of my more extreme positions. This is the part of the conversation where most folks tiptoe backwards out of the room. :stunned: :leaving:   Nope. You might want to go unlike that comment before folks think you possess a similar level of depraved indifference to the existence of other people that I do. :hat:

There are a few places in this country that I view to be a cancer on this nation and NYC is one of them, Chicago, San Francisco, LA and Washington D.C. are others. If tomorrow they were turned into smoking craters, I wouldn't give a damn except to be happy that they could no longer export their terrible, terrible ideas to be foisted upon the rest of us.   ETA: It isn't that I necessarily want something to happen to those cities (with the possible exception of DC) it is just that if I had my druthers I would live out the rest of my life without hearing a single mention of any of those cities ever again.

Yes, you do have to drill out the internals. The light colored section still has to be drilled/dremeled out. It just gives you a easy to use visual marker of what material needs to be removed.

No I didn't. ;)

[quote name="Randall53" post="1127161" timestamp="1395277722"]My hunch is this plane has become a weapon of Al Quida and will show up again loaded with explosives, or with explosives and a huge amount of radioactive material, thus being a dirty bomb beyond anyone's wildest dreams. The target? It's ALWAYS NYC.[/quote] We can only hope, can't we? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

[quote name="Mike.357" post="1126786" timestamp="1395202224"]seems the Golden Jew ( that is not a pejorative) found greener pastures. Good for him. [b]I have a couple of Bruce stories. My favorite is one of him at a breakfast benefit here in Knox. His line was " hmm, Jewish dilemma, free bacon." As he pulled some strips onto his plate.[/b] There is no way UT was going to ever bring him back, There is no circumstance for that to happen. I feel for Martin. The guy has done a stand up job for the program and should not have to tolerate the crap that had gone on in relation to Pearl.[/quote] I hate UT, don't pay much attention to sports in general and I have no idea what the Bruce Pearl heartache was about. All that aside, that line makes me like the guy. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

You must have the agents of Burn A Toddlers First confused with people who give a shit about what the law or Constitution says.   If the BATF were to go on Maury, it would look something like this:   [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwIExmtkrNM[/media]

[quote name="TrickyNicky" post="1126452" timestamp="1395165702"]Oh yeah, it's a thing. Bronies they call them and they take all kinds. Brother in law is a veteran, works on an oil field, eats raw meat and drinks beer and lives boobies. Also loves MLP.[/quote] Like I said, it's a great show!

[quote name="JPS" post="1126407" timestamp="1395161628"]OK. I stand corrected... Kinda.[/quote] Screw y'all! It's a good show. :lol:

[quote name="TMF" post="1126392" timestamp="1395160262"]I have a daughter and read the My Little Pony books to her. I've also been known to be decorated with Sofia the First stickers and sing the song from Frozen to her when we FaceTime, and I'm not afraid of being made fun of by anyone who sees that. But I'm not a 9 year old. Anyone who doesn't try to empathize with the world a 9 year old boy must brave as he receives his position in the pecking order of a barely evolved troop of chimpanzees is allowing their own personal issues with societal norms and gender roles get in the way of common sense.Perhaps we'll live in a society soon where little boys can act like little girls and not be made fun of and be picked on by their peers, but until then it is doing great harm to your kid to use them as a social experiment to prove how progressive a parent you are.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk[/quote] I wasn't addressing that part of it. I pretty much agree with what you said. I just don't think 9 is too young to stop protecting the kid from the harsh reality that the world is full of assholes and sometimes our actions will attract them. The lesson I was taught when I was growing up was that I have two choices. I could alter by behavior to avoid drawing bullies it I could toughen up and learn how to deal with them. The second option is the better one as sometimes no matter what you do, the assholes will find you.

[quote name="Capbyrd" post="1126380" timestamp="1395158757"] 3. And most importantly...WHO CARES that he likes MLP. Tons of grown men do. All you dad's that want your little boys to grow up and be manly men...do y'all get upset when a girl is a bit of tomboy? Its a double standard and really only exists because you are afraid that your son might have the gay.[/quote] :wave: I ain't skurred. I live watching My Little Pony : Friendship Is Magic with my little girl. It is a great show that is full of a lot of good lessons. I'd go as far as to say that some folks here would be well served by watching and learning from it.

[quote name="tnguy" post="1126293" timestamp="1395151762"]Hey BATF, Matthew Bracken writes fiction, not manuals.[/quote] I know, right?!

Agree to disagree.   The point isn't aimed at him, or even necessarily at those few members of his family that were part of his church. The point is aimed at everyone else. The point is to provide an example of what the Church really is. The point is to show what Christ's love is really capable of in our broken selves.

The plot thickens, and gets murkier. http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2014/03/foghorn/ares-armor-search-warrant-sheds-light-reason-atf-raid/

[quote name="RobertNashville" post="1125840" timestamp="1395073481"]I don't know but a large crowed gathering to jeer at and disrupt his funeral would certainly be a little poetic justice I would think. Then again; I find disrespecting a funeral to be a pretty disgusting thing to do regardless of who is being buried so I don't plan to do so.[/quote] I think the best, most poetic and Christian response would be to have folks gather with signs proclaiming forgiveness for him as we are called to love all and most especially our enemies. The correct answer to his hatred isn't more of the same in return, but love in abundance.

[quote name="TankerHC" post="1125839" timestamp="1395073436"]If I'm wrong i will be the first to admit it. I was wrong. Thought you were insulting me personally. My apologies. I was completely wrong. Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk 2[/quote] I'm sorry as well. Reading back through it I could have been more clear exactly what I was taking issue with.

[quote name="TankerHC" post="1125818" timestamp="1395071141"]Seems you have already risen to that "hubris" with "[color=rgb(40,40,40)][font=helvetica][size=3][background=rgb(247,247,247)]I only pray that he can find the peace in the Father's arms"[/background][/size][/font][/color] [size=4][color=rgb(40,40,40)][font=helvetica][background=rgb(247,247,247)]That would also show some certainty. Fact is, I honestly do not care a whole lot about Fred Phelps except for the fact that he has done things that no one will know wheth[/background][/font][/color][/size][color=rgb(40,40,40)][font=helvetica][background=rgb(247,247,247)]er or not he will ever pay for.[/background][/font][/color][color=rgb(40,40,40)][font=helvetica][background=rgb(247,247,247)] [/background][/font][/color] [color=rgb(40,40,40)][font=helvetica][background=rgb(247,247,247)]I heard a Priest say "All animosity ends in death, even for Despots. When they are gone, it was and no longer is. It doesnt matter what you, I, or anyone else think's or say's, they can no longer do anything and neither can you, or I, or anyone else. [/background][/font][/color] [color=rgb(40,40,40)][font=helvetica][background=rgb(247,247,247)]His family and followers who continue to carry out his douchbaggery are a different story altogether. [/background][/font][/color][/quote] I think you read too much into and misinterpret my words. I do pray he finds peace in the Father's arms, I pray all people do. That doesn't make it so. I don't get to decide who does and doesn't, I'm not God and thank God for that. I'm far too mean and spiteful to be a just and good one. That was my whole point from the beginning. None of us are qualified to state with any certainty who is going to be given eternal life or death. The only person whose salvation I have any input on is my own and even that is questionable how much input I really have.

[quote name="TankerHC" post="1125796" timestamp="1395068078"]Apparently God can do that. Depending on what your Religion is he will either be Accepted into Heaven, Sent to Purgatory, sent to hell, get his virgins, live with the souls of Animals, and about 100 different other things. Mine says he will end up in Hell. [/quote] It wasn't God's certainty I was questioning.