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Palin's church damaged in suspicious fire
Fort Mills Times ^ | December 13, 2008 | RACHEL D'ORO

Posted on 12/13/2008 1:47:55 PM PST by abb

Gov. Sarah Palin's home church has been badly damaged in a suspicious fire.

Larry Kroon, pastor of the Wasilla Bible Church, estimates damages at more than $1 million to the church.

Kroon declined to say if the blaze was politically based or directed at Palin, the failed Republican vice presidential candidate.

Kroon says the fire broke out Friday night while a small group of women were working on crafts. They were alerted to the blaze by a fire alarm.

Kroon says he was called and by the time he got to the church, smoke was pouring out of the building. Sprinklers kept the fire from spreading beyond offices and classrooms.

Authorities are not immediately commenting, but Kroon says he's been told the fire is being investigated as a crime.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: alaska; arson; church; kroon; larrykroon; palin; palinattacks; pastor; pds; pms; ratcrime; sarahpalin; vp; waronsarah; wasilla; wasillabiblechurch
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1 posted on 12/13/2008 1:47:57 PM PST by abb
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To: abb

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/matsu/story/621988.html
Suspicious fire at Valley church causes estimated $1 million in damage


2 posted on 12/13/2008 1:48:29 PM PST by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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Nothing to see here, move along...


3 posted on 12/13/2008 1:49:13 PM PST by Mojave (http://barackobamajokes.googlepages.com/obama_funny)
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To: abb

Words fail me...


4 posted on 12/13/2008 1:50:34 PM PST by Guenevere
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To: abb

Kristalnacht


5 posted on 12/13/2008 1:52:53 PM PST by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: abb

Obama’s fault


6 posted on 12/13/2008 1:53:05 PM PST by bikerman
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To: abb

Remind me when the old media last referred to Gore or Kerry as “failed” candidates.


7 posted on 12/13/2008 1:53:26 PM PST by Interesting Times (For the truth about "swift boating" see ToSetTheRecordStraight.com)
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To: bikerman

Probable hate crime


8 posted on 12/13/2008 1:55:54 PM PST by Knute (Tell me again ONE good reason I'm living here in Wisconsin??)
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To: abb

What a shame. I hope it wasn’t political. Liberals are sure capable. Maybe PETA thought animals were being tortured there...


9 posted on 12/13/2008 1:56:25 PM PST by Marysecretary (.GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL)
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To: abb

Obama: How can we take the heat off this investigation and focus the media attention somewhere else?

Rahm: Uh, give me a minute.


10 posted on 12/13/2008 1:57:12 PM PST by Phoenix11
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He said Sunday services are currently scheduled to be held at Wasilla Middle School.

oh, boy.......that'll set off the ACLU....

11 posted on 12/13/2008 1:57:15 PM PST by tioga
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To: Knute

Is that possible again a church perceived as white or directed to conservatives or Republicans?


12 posted on 12/13/2008 1:58:09 PM PST by svcw (Great selection of Christmas gift baskets: http://baskettastic.com/)
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It’s OK...the lavender mafia can attack Mormons for supporting prop 8 and the MSM and assorted politicians will be silent. Burn a church? No big deal. It’s open season on people of faith.


13 posted on 12/13/2008 1:58:41 PM PST by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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Well, there goes another black church. Oops, uh, wait...


14 posted on 12/13/2008 1:59:22 PM PST by calenel (The Democratic Party is a Criminal Enterprise. It is the Socialist Mafia.)
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To: abb

Those Prop 8 loons really get around... Did they make it all the way to Alaska?


15 posted on 12/13/2008 2:01:07 PM PST by GipperGal
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To: abb

Practice run for the Obama Reichstag Fire?


16 posted on 12/13/2008 2:03:19 PM PST by Loyalist (It is my privilege to extend a laurel and hardy handshake to our new...president.)
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To: Mojave

Yeah but there could be foot prints in the Snow.


17 posted on 12/13/2008 2:03:33 PM PST by Rappini ("Pro deo et Patria.)
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To: Guenevere

“Words fail me...”

Me too, except Sarah is not ‘failed’.


18 posted on 12/13/2008 2:05:02 PM PST by JavaJumpy
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Oh, my. The media spent a lot of time spewing hate speech about this church, and now I think we see the result.

Bad enough in itself, but possibly a portent of what we can expect under Obama’s rule.


19 posted on 12/13/2008 2:05:46 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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In a written statement McAllister said Palin, “told an assistant pastor that she apologizes if the incident is in any way connected to the undeserved negative attention the church has received since she became a vice presidential candidate on Aug. 29. Whatever the motives of the arsonist, the governor has faith in the scriptural passage that what was intended for evil will in some way be used for good.”

http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=9516339


20 posted on 12/13/2008 2:05:55 PM PST by Mojave (http://barackobamajokes.googlepages.com/obama_funny)
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