Posted on 02/03/2006 1:14:01 AM PST by leadpenny
I triple dog dare them.
I'm sure they got the idea after reading the book, "HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE."
You don't sound like you get it. He wasn't comparing Baptists to muslims, he was comparing these filled-with-hate idiots to muslims. That they call themselves Baptist doesn't make it true, nor does anyone believe it.
I think we need to call in the Crips and the Bloods. He he he.
<< You don't sound like you get it. >>
One of the recurrent problems an intelligent and resonable man faces when he engages in banter with room-temperature-IQd thicker-than-two-planks morons and other no-neck tongue-chewin', babblin' idiot savants is that they simply "don't get it."
And then spend the rest of their lives projecting their inability-to-reason-based-ignorance on to the intelligent man.
However, whatever else you do with the rest of your life, do not, in the way you remain in the dark about what I said the other day, become flustered by your inability to understand what I am saying here.
There is Absolutely no risk of your even once being faced with the problem I'm talking about.
Let alone on any kind of recurring basis.
Blessings - Brian
Update:
http://theintelligencer.net/
Local Soldier, Matthew Hunter, Laid to Rest
By BETHANY A. ROMANEK Staff Writer
WEST ALEXANDER — The life of Sgt. Matthew David Hunter was celebrated by family and friends Saturday at the West Alexander Presbyterian Church.
A Valley Grove native, Hunter, 31, was killed Jan. 23 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his dismounted patrol during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq. Hunter was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.
The Rev. Jeri Lynn Bouterse, pastor of the church, talked about Hunter’s many accomplishments from 4-H camp to serving in the military.
“Everyone I have spoken to has shared how much Matt loved God’s creations,” Bouterse said. “The way to know someone is to listen to stories of those whose lives he has touched.”
Throughout the service, it was made clear Hunter had a passion not only for people, but also for animals. In one of the last letters he wrote to his mother, he asked her to send veterinarian supplies in order for him to take care of animals.
Hunter was well known for actively helping others, his enormous sense of humor and his positive outlook. Friends and family all agreed he would go above and beyond to help anyone at any time.
“Matt rose to the occasion over and over again in his life,” Bouterse said. “One way he did this was to serve his nation ... in the Army. He knew about running and not growing weary. He was a servant. If the job had to be done, he did it and that is the characteristic of a true leader.”
Edward Gunter, a friend and fellow service member of Hunter’s, spoke about the times they shared. “I had the honor in the service of working with Matt,” he said. “He is what I call a ‘can-do person.”’
Gunter told a story about being in Korea with Hunter and asking him to babysit his Siberian husky dog. He said that Hunter took such good care of the dog that people would stop Gunter when he was walking it and ask, “Why do you have Hunter’s dog?”
“We had great plans when he returned from Iraq to do some hunting and fishing,” he said. “I still will and he will be by my side with every fish I catch and every deer I shoot. He will be right by my side.”
Gunter went on to say that Hunter wanted to be a soldier more than anything.
“Matt said ‘I have great news. I get to go to Iraq.”’ Gunter continued, recalling a conversation between the two. “He said for 10 years he trained to do that. He was doing what he loved. He died doing what he loved.”
Matt Paree attended Wheeling Park High School at the same time Hunter attended. Paree spoke about his days at Park as an underclassman and remembers the first person who went out of his way to make him feel welcomed — Matthew Hunter.
“I have fond memories of Matt,” said Paree. “The class of 1994 was the year the freshman moved into the high school and as anyone is when starting a new high school I was looking to fit in. I was in fourth period jazz band and Matt sat in front of me. One day I was walking out of class and he struck up a conversation, he was being genuine.”
Paree also said that Hunter was a big fan of Hawaiian-style shirts and wore them no matter what people said or thought.
A letter written by West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin also was read during the service.
When the service ended, mourners drove through the small town of West Alexander. A handful of men, women and children gathered on the sidewalks carrying American flags as the funeral procession passed.
At the entrance of the cemetery, one women stood carrying a sign that read, “Thank you Sgt. Matthew Hunter.”
This goofball (Fred Phelps) is a disbarred lawyer, con man, alleged murderer (his stepdaughter Debbie Valgos) and all-around lunatic. He is about as Christian as the idiots burning down Embassies in their jihad against cartoons.
Either Phelps didn't show or he did and the "Intelligencer" chose not to report it.
Sunlight is still the best disinfectant.
According to WTRF-7 in Wheeling, the Phelps crew was
escorted from the scene by Pennsylvania State Police
almost as soon as they arrived in West Alexander.
WTOV-9 in Steubenville didn't mention the whackjobs in
their story at all, and neither station showed any
footage of them.
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