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Mojave Cross torn down by vandals
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Posted on 05/11/2010 8:51:11 AM PDT by GeronL

The 76-year-old Mojave Cross war memorial in San Bernardino County's High Desert has been torn down by vandals, just days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the religious symbol could remain -- at least temporarily -- on public land.

Sometime Sunday night, the cross was taken down from its perch atop Sunrise Rock in the Mojave National Preserve, according to Liberty Institute, a group that represented veterans groups and caretakers of the cross in the recent Supreme Court Case.

"This is an outrage, akin to desecrating people's graves," said institute president Kelly Shackelford. "It's a disgraceful attack on the selfless sacrifice of our veterans. We will not rest until this memorial is re-installed."

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: aclu; antichristian; antitheism; atheistsupremacists; cross; democrats; leftwingextremism; liberalbigots; liberalism; mojavecross; unamerican; vandals; whatgoesaround; willcomearound
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To: RedMDer

The park service isn’t going to pay to rebuild it, you can bet on that.


61 posted on 05/11/2010 9:23:50 AM PDT by GeronL (http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
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To: raisin
Hallelujah! That deserves a repeat.

November can't get here soon enough.

62 posted on 05/11/2010 9:23:51 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (Integrity, Honesty, Character, & Loyalty still matter)
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To: FormerACLUmember

Christians are the new Jews, and we have actual Fascists running the country, who think the Constitution of The United States is a “Fundamentally flawed and defective document”..

History is repeating.

IS ANYONE PAYING ATTENTION???


63 posted on 05/11/2010 9:24:35 AM PDT by tcrlaf (Obama White House=Tammany Hall on the National Mall)
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To: NormsRevenge

strange timing

didn’t Kagan argue the governments side in that court case?


64 posted on 05/11/2010 9:24:41 AM PDT by GeronL (http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
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To: MrB

we have a small group of people in this country dictating how life should be to the majority and it needs to stop

while the far left have always been intolerant and bigoted it has got worse since hey got their far left loon man in the white house supported by the chicago thug machine

this crap has to stop and the media needs to be called out in and protested now as they are aiding and abetting the far left fringe lunatics


65 posted on 05/11/2010 9:24:46 AM PDT by manc (WILL OBAMA EVER GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY OR WILL HE LET THE MEDIA/THE LEFT BE FOOLED FOR EVER)
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To: GeronL

What? No national news story??


66 posted on 05/11/2010 9:24:59 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: FormerACLUmember

Or the ROP?


67 posted on 05/11/2010 9:25:52 AM PDT by 353FMG
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To: Buckeye McFrog

thenn lets get talk radio, bets groups etc to donate infact the vets groups need to demand bozo replace it seeing as he can spend billions on crap and far left loon groups


68 posted on 05/11/2010 9:26:43 AM PDT by manc (WILL OBAMA EVER GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY OR WILL HE LET THE MEDIA/THE LEFT BE FOOLED FOR EVER)
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To: GeronL

Find them. Nail them to it. Use them as a warning to others. This IS desecration, no other way to put it.


69 posted on 05/11/2010 9:29:17 AM PDT by OCCASparky (Obama--Playing a West Wing fantasy in a '24' world.)
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To: skeeter

Any Limbaugh listeners??

Someone could call and try to get his call screener to get Rush to bring this up??


70 posted on 05/11/2010 9:29:55 AM PDT by GeronL (http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
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To: GeronL
Anybody know for sure how big the cross is?

AP says 7 feet
CNN says 6 feet
NPR says 8 feet

There is mention of the cross being made from metal.

71 posted on 05/11/2010 9:30:33 AM PDT by upchuck (If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face -- forever. "1984")
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To: skeeter; All

This story makes me so mad...and sad.....I will bet that national news will NOT cover this story!!!


72 posted on 05/11/2010 9:30:53 AM PDT by NewsBee
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To: All
The group needs to replace the cross with one like this: Libtards can't rip it down then.
73 posted on 05/11/2010 9:32:11 AM PDT by freedomwarrior998
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To: manc

Great idea of getting Vets groups to spearhead getting the cross replaced.


74 posted on 05/11/2010 9:32:26 AM PDT by NewsBee
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To: GeronL

Build it 100 times larger.

FU lefties...


75 posted on 05/11/2010 9:33:22 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Excusaholic: MeCain lost to Jr., RINO endorsements are flying, & you live at 2012 Denial Blvd.)
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To: freedomwarrior998

Well, that outta do the job!


76 posted on 05/11/2010 9:33:49 AM PDT by 444Flyer (We shall not be moved.)
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To: GeronL
Libs love courts as long as they rule their way.

When they don't they simply ignore them.

77 posted on 05/11/2010 9:33:49 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: GeronL

BTW, this was definitely a SSS moment.


78 posted on 05/11/2010 9:34:02 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Excusaholic: MeCain lost to Jr., RINO endorsements are flying, & you live at 2012 Denial Blvd.)
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To: historyrepeatz
Wouldn’t surprise me if the Government gave Special Ops orders to go out and remove it.. with the help of a Blackhawk helicopter.

Wouldn't surprise me if that order was given and it also wouldn't surprise me if the order was ignored by all parties. SF goes places where GOD is their only companion and their only hope. They wouldn't take something like that in a casual manner.

I also have to chuckle at the idiots who did this awful thing. Because one day, they're all going to be standing in front of the God of the Universe and HE is going to be asking some very pointed questions. Answers are going to bring some eternal consequences.

79 posted on 05/11/2010 9:34:39 AM PDT by ExSoldier (Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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To: Josh Painter

That’s a good point. :(


80 posted on 05/11/2010 9:34:47 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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