Posted on 10/06/2007 4:13:53 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
No, I'm NOT being metaphorical nor am I kidding. If I wasn't having so much fun laughing at Ronnie Earle, I might even wish that it weren't true.
Evidently Travis County DA Ronnie Earle - who is once again back in the running for most politically-driven DA in the nation now that Mike Nifong has been disbarred - is involved in this New Age, "re-discover your masculinity" cult called the ManKind Project. That's according to the liberal Houston Press. And boy does this outfit sound scary.
Forty men at a time strip down and do tribal dances and beat cooked chickens and such.
This is the DA, you might remember, who is conducting a politically motivated witch hunt of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. I know that it has nothing to do with the (non-existent) legal merits of the case against Tom DeLay, but then again Ronnie Earle's case against Tom DeLay doesn't have anything to do with the law, either. It's all about liberals' attempt to criminalize free market conservative politics. Kind of like what Putin has done in Russia.
So...please join me in mocking this sad excuse of a District Attorney and sad, sad excuse of a man.
Ronnie Earle, as if we needed any further proof, you're a real whack job.
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
This sad clown somehow or other took one of the GOPs superstars completely out of the game on NOTHING and the GOP let him do it. How in the world did that happen? You’d think a real GOP president would have immediately issued a blanket pardon for ANYTHING Delay might have been accused of by Earle and said something like “Ronnie, if you want to go after a Texas Republican, come after ME, and let’s see what happens.”
It was a state case, nothing the president could have done although it was BS from the start.
Thank you, I caught both this thread and the Houston Press thread.
A person who runs a very good CCW course is in the Sherif’s office.
I will call him Monday and see what he thinks.
“Men sitting naked in a circle discussing their sexual histories while passing a wooden dildo called The Cock;”
Bizarre illustration at the link: http://www.houstonpress.com/2007-10-04/news/weekend-warriors/
Whale Rider. Loved the movie.
Choking chickens?...maybe just “pulling pullets”.............
Looky...;0)
On page 7 this thing is 9 pages long these are pagan rituals and this Ronnie Earl has remove Tom Delay as Majority whip!
http://www.houstonpress.com/2007-10-04/news/weekend-warriors/7
Several days after Ralph Scinto buried his son, he began flipping through The ManKind Project’s Houston membership roster, filled with names, phone numbers and addresses. Suddenly, he saw an address he recognized. It was a Roman Catholic church. As a Catholic himself, Ralph was stunned. Michael’s entire family then began searching all 2,904 entries on the 2005 list to find out who it was that belonged to this secretive group.
They discovered that dozens upon dozens of priests, ministers, therapists, heads of companies, doctors, lawyers and people involved with addiction rehabilitation all had at one point attended The New Warrior Training Adventure.
“We said, ‘Oh my God,’” recalls Kathy Scinto. “We couldn’t believe it. All these people who belonged were in powerful positions. And they all deal with vulnerable people who could be convinced to go to this thing. It was really scary.”
Kathy Scinto then went to speak with a priest who was initiated the same weekend as her son.
“I asked him, ‘If I told everyone that you were dancing around naked, what do you think people would say?’” she recalls. “I asked him, ‘How can a Catholic priest who is supposed to serve God go into the woods and do these pagan rituals?’ He said he was invited to attend and that he doesn’t have anything to do with it anymore.”
The Press contacted several priests who were on the roster, all of whom declined to comment, referring questions to the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. Bishop Joe Vasquez then issued a statement condemning the organization. In an e-mail, he wrote that the archdiocese became aware in late 2005 that priests were members of The ManKind Project. The then-archbishop, Joseph A. Fiorenza, “was concerned that elements of The ManKind Project and its New Warrior Training weekends seemed to reflect a New Age philosophy and were not in harmony with traditional Roman Catholic belief and practices,” Vasquez wrote. “Archbishop Fiorenza issued a letter in January 2006 asking priests to refrain from being actively involved in the group or promoting” it. Vasquez says the current archbishop, Daniel N. DiNardo, maintains the same stance as his predecessor.
Mel Taylor, president and CEO of The Council on Alcohol and Drugs Houston, a publicly funded organization providing resources to people adversely affected by drugs and alcohol, is listed as a member. He did not return phone calls requesting comment; however, attorney Wade Quinn, also a member, speaking on Taylor’s behalf, said the Council has no connection with the activities of The ManKind Project.
However, some therapists and addiction specialists actively recommend the organization to patients and clients.
and my minds eye is blind.
Well, this is just silly. Why would anyone want to ruin a perfectly good cooked chicken?
Heffinks! I thought this “Iron John” s**t had it’s day back in the early nineties. I interpreted it as just another boomer self-indulgence.
In my day,( I must be gettin old), we called it spanking the monkey. We usually didn’t do it in a circle and certainly didn’t dance in a circle. We usually didn’t tell others about it and would be mortified if we made the papers. I’m afraid to click on the links, there may be photo’s. I would think this might help Delay in his trial.
Can’t really reply for having a good friend used as meat by a local DA seeking higher office. There really should be a separation there to spare powerless citizens from these power-mongering bastards using ruthlessness as a step toward governorships.
You can’t fix “stupid”.
Not in Austin.
Dimwit Donkey Does Chicken Dance or Dumb Ass Beats Dead Chicken.
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