Concerned that I didn’t give the buttoned-up Christian business man’s group that hosted Dino Rossi in Tacoma today a fair shake after they denied the News-Tribune’s Niki Sullivan access to a Rossi appearance and thus the ability to do part of her job, I decided to check out their national website. Nothing too unusual. Biblical inerrancy combined with a multi-level marketing approach to religion, plus plans to proselytize the known universe (or at least the top 100 cities in the country, anyhow.)
You know, the usual type of far right Republican-Christian symbiosis they’ve perfected. But nothing political going on, no-sireee. They’re charging $210 per table to meet the GOP candidate for governor just because he’s a swell guy.
But I can see now I was being unfair. Their slogan is “A movement of men,” and I think these screen shots pretty much show just how unfair I was being.
Not that there’s anything wrong with being well-dressed.
Is loving boys part of their program? Do they go around with the ACLU’s business cards in their wallets?
I must say that the two good Christian boys in the picture captioned “Relationships” do indeed look as though they are in one.
Not that there is anything wrong with that.
(snicker)
Hey wingnuts — buzz off! I’m a propagandist. Bashing wingers is what I do. If you don’t like it, GFY.
Yikes! The guy on the right needs to ‘Butch it up’ a bit. The guy on the left is cute though. No wonder women don’t get into these meetings. Woof! :)
HappyHeathen:
Butch it up? No. I think not.
He’s just wrong. Cheap $15 haircut, baggy t-shirt, too-skinny legs for those shorts. Yuck! Yuck! Not with a blindfold and a full body condom!
I’m an appearance-positive guy. You have the body you have, and you just need to know how to work it.
We’ll get him up to see Miss Jasmine on the Hill to do something about that hair, get him into some slacks and a nice Italian dress shirt, and I’m sure he’ll be perfectly presentable!
That tool Rossi had a brain-turd. His transpo. platform isn’t backed up by any facts. He’d spend Sound Transit’s excess taxes on paving up into Cascade Range valleys. The Bush-War-Of-No-End is being waged so asphalt suppliers can get rich off Rossi’s spending plans.
Those “ribbons of concrete” Rossi wants to lay down? Fuckin’ petro-based. Bite me Dino.
LOL it’s the man boy love assn in support of the liar – Dino the dinosaur Rossi!
Back in 1996, when I was running for something or other, I went to a really early morning prayer breakfast sponsored by some Christian business group in Tacoma. The event was well-attended, and I saw both Democratic and Republican candidates and office holders there. I don’t recall whether any female candidates were there, but my female opponent was not there.
I have no idea whether this Christian Business Men’s Connection (or whatever CBMC stands for) is the same organization or a successor organization. In any event, it seems a bit different than the group I spoke to 12 years ago so early in the morning. The group I spoke to had a policy of letting all candidates give a rather brief blurb of a speech. I seriously doubt they would have focused on one candidate, as CBMC is doing, and used that as a fundraising technique.
I must say that the two good Christian boys in the picture captioned “Relationships” do indeed look as though they are in one.
Not that there is anything wrong with that.
(snicker)
05/21/2008 at 6:26 pm
Well we know that they’re not liberals because they would be ass fucking in the picture.
(snicker)
(Roof)
Welcome to Jesus Incorporated!
It almost looks like something The General would’ve come up with. If it wasn’t real, it’d be hilarious. But instead……..well, it’s still pretty funny. Their lost cause in support of a lost cause.
No wonder I’m an agnostic married to a neopagan….
Hey Richard!
So, if Dino does get any of that $210 per table money how does this play with the PDC?
@9: Of course, that probably means they’re Republicans… bang each other bareback in some bathroom, then go out and beat the crap out of gay men walking on the street after patting each other on the back about being good Christians.
This could get interesting if the campaign that wasn’t a campaign (at least not to start with) takes political money from a group that isn’t a political group.
We also have Human Life of Washington, the group heading up the opposition to I-1000, trying to say that they should be able to hide their donors list from the public.
The right is getting downright curious.
http://www.thenewstribune.com/.....68913.html
This could get interesting if the campaign that wasn’t a campaign (at least not to start with) takes political money from a group that isn’t a political group.
You mean kinda like how guvmint unions who shouldn’t be political extort money from its members and give it to the dems??? You mean that kinda of interesting???
@15
If the Republicans would stop selling the working class down the river maybe we’d give them some cash too.
If it weren’t for republican taxpayers you wouldn’t have any cash to begin with. Its much easier to switch employers than to switch guvmints. Of course with Eyeman around its a little bit more of an even playing field in Washington state. roof roof.
re17: Must you keep banging the same drum constantly?
re 17:
“If it weren’t for republican taxpayers you wouldn’t have any cash to begin with.”
Republican taxpayers gave me the cash in my pocket? WTF does that mean? Republican ‘taxpayers’ would steal the pennies off a dead Irishman’s eyes.
“If it weren’t for republican taxpayers…”
That’s odd. I thought it was part of modern-day Republican orthodoxy that taxes were for “the little people,” and that real Republicans were freeloaders. I thought that was why Grover Norquist keeps pushing infanticide (abortions, no; drowning actual babies, cute metaphor).
So, who are these alleged Republican taxpayers? I thought if you were too poor, or too ethical, to hire accountants and get every deduction possible and minimize your taxes, they’d kick you out of the party.
9 JBD
And with Republicans it’s ass fucking in secret. Don’t tell your wife.
Neutered Dog @ 9
Well we know that they’re not liberals because they would be ass fucking in the picture.
Larry Craig is a liberal?
[ex] State Rep. Richard Curtis is a liberal?
@17: Eyeman (hahahaha), that idiot who is an admitted liar and is in the pocket of the BIAW is your hero?
You are more gulliblke than I thought – poor idiot dog thinks Eyeman is doing things for canines…nope, Eyeman works for his paymaster, the BIAW (and doesn’t give a crap about the taxpayers unless they are rich and financing him- that is just lip service).
@23
Eyeman must be “throwing a bone” to the dog. That is why the dog loves him so much.
Those shirts are no surprise. The Biblical inerrancy/multi-level marketing approach to religion (cult) is all tied up in accumulating things and then branding them with Jesus.
But of course, all this is required by Biblical teaching…
@9. Jane Balough’s Dog
Sorry, I’m not gay enough to join the Rethugican party.
JaneTheDog almost sounds sorry the boys aren’t going at it. Probably prefers the LarryCraig wing of the GOP approach where they ride the poll in the public restroom.
I don’t have any prior knowledge of this group, although I’m a bit surprised that I haven’t heard of it before.
But I don’t see anything wrong with such a group per se, and I won’t ridicule them for attempting to focus on the goals as stated on their website. After all, evangelism is an integral part of the Christian religion, otherwise known as the “great commission”. To say that Christians can practice their faith without trying to convert others is to deny them a central tenant of that faith.
Besides, I’m a firm believer that religious faiths which meet the spiritual needs of the people will prosper, and those that don’t will fail. To quote a portion of scripture, “By their fruits ye shall know them” (King James Translation, of course). If their fruits are hypocracy, if their “God” is the accumulation of wealth, if their sacrifices are the lesser among us, then they will suffer the consequences. If they humbly try to meet the spiritual needs of the people, then they will prosper as a ministry.
As I’ve stated before, I DO have a problem with mixing religion and politics. I don’t think it’s good for the church. It creates seperation and division instead of a welcoming atmosphere. It ties the church to a party or candidate, and men are ultimately flawed beings, when the church should be focused on God.
“By their fruits ye shall know them…”
Oh, I think that the separation of church and state is bunk. The state should absolutely control all religious institutions, and monitor them for compliance with the goals of the government! Fortunately, Republican policy is advancing us towards this noble goal!
First, you get the Churches closely associated with a party in power.
Second, you dole out money in the form of cash to Faith Based Institutions.
Third, the churches become addicted to the cash! They are then obliged to support the party in power.
Fourth, the government starts to demand that the churches change their beliefs and practices in order to comply with government policy. If they want the cash, they will comply.
Final optional step: declare religions that do not follow government policy and do not get government funding illegal! Whoo hoo!
Sadly, separation of church and state makes this desirable goal impossible.
Boy, you right-wingers (see @9) sure are obsessed with teh buttsecks….
After all, evangelism is an integral part of the Christian religion, otherwise known as the “great commission”. To say that Christians can practice their faith without trying to convert others is to deny them a central tenant of that faith.
Well, it is a central tenant of my faith to tell anyone trying to evangelize me to “fuck off.”
T @ 32: Feel free to do so, that is indeed your right as an American.
S @ 30: Actually, I’m beginning to think that perhaps we should do away with the charitable tax exemption & contributions deduction entirely. Churches on both sides of the political spectrum are having too much trouble navigating the “no advocacy of politics or laws” provisions, and IRS enforcement can be selective (as recently evidenced under the Bush administrative). And donations to churches as part of tax strategy are intwining both church and donar with questionable motives. Perhaps it is best for churches to forego the exemption and take the consequences, and the relative freedom from governmental interference, which comes with it.
Of course, I’m cutting my own throat when I say that. My charitable donations are at about 15% of my income, with more not reported (gifts of goods or services which are either not deductable or too much trouble to document). Giving up that tax deduction would result in a substantial increase in my taxes. But I’d be willing to do it if it was better for both the church and the government.
28:
If that’s the case, then Joel Osteen is clearly the Antichrist.
Oh, ok, that’s where that whole squeeze ’em to see if they’re ripe thing came from?
Well, then, I’ll say it.
Looks kinda gay to me.
Not that there’s anything wrong with sucking another man’s cock or boinking him in the ass.