News from Lincoln
Yesterday on the road my little Ipod to tape deck converter crapped out and I was only getting the left channel on my stereo. Needless to say, this was highly vexing especially since I was listening to some old Credence which was mixed with a really severe stereo image: drums at right, guitars at left etc. So I switched off the old Ipod and started listening to Iowa radio. The main story I kept hearing about on the news was the funeral for a Lincoln native killed in Iraq which happened earlier today. The funeral wouldn't be such a big deal--tragic obviously, but not fodder for talk radio--except that Fred Phelps of www.godhatesfags.com fame, and his Westboro Kansas Baptist Church flock have come up with the idea that IEDs are killing American soldiers as a form of vengeance because America loves fags, and are picketing the funeral. This logic is built on two (wacky) interdependent syllogisms:
first,
(1)God hates fags
(2)America is at war to protect fags
(therefore) God is at war with America
and second,
(1) God shall smite his enemies by the sword
(2) Improvised explosive devices are the 21st century sword
(therefore) God shall smite his 21st century enemies with IEDs
Here's a picture
So obviously these guys suck, and nobody wants them around. I mean fags make this rockin' world go round, Right? Well, enter their awesome counterpart the Patriot Guard Riders. Here's a story about them from CNN.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/21/funeral.motorcyclists.ap/
and here's a sweet picture:
These guys are the sort of dudes all Americans can get behind. They're motorcycle riding veterans who ride from military funeral to military funeral to honor the fallen soldiers and to drown out Fred Phelps, not with a counter-protest, but just by being patriotic and participating in the funeral services. Also, they wear biking leathers (possibly a little pro-faggishness?). They were talking to some of these guys on Iowa radio and they sounded like perfect gentlemen. They only go to funerals at the request of the family, and the families ask them to rev their motorcycle engines to drown out the the Fred Phelps crowd. What's super rad about all this is that on the average a hundred or more of these Patriot Guard dudes roll to any funeral they are invited to, whereas the hatery-types can usually only draw like five or six people. Anyway, that's the news.
first,
(1)God hates fags
(2)America is at war to protect fags
(therefore) God is at war with America
and second,
(1) God shall smite his enemies by the sword
(2) Improvised explosive devices are the 21st century sword
(therefore) God shall smite his 21st century enemies with IEDs
Here's a picture
So obviously these guys suck, and nobody wants them around. I mean fags make this rockin' world go round, Right? Well, enter their awesome counterpart the Patriot Guard Riders. Here's a story about them from CNN.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/21/funeral.motorcyclists.ap/
and here's a sweet picture:
These guys are the sort of dudes all Americans can get behind. They're motorcycle riding veterans who ride from military funeral to military funeral to honor the fallen soldiers and to drown out Fred Phelps, not with a counter-protest, but just by being patriotic and participating in the funeral services. Also, they wear biking leathers (possibly a little pro-faggishness?). They were talking to some of these guys on Iowa radio and they sounded like perfect gentlemen. They only go to funerals at the request of the family, and the families ask them to rev their motorcycle engines to drown out the the Fred Phelps crowd. What's super rad about all this is that on the average a hundred or more of these Patriot Guard dudes roll to any funeral they are invited to, whereas the hatery-types can usually only draw like five or six people. Anyway, that's the news.
posted by John G at 1:39 PM
1 Comments:
Answering provgressive:
(1) I am not exactly blogging while hiking, but blogging when i go into various towns along the trail to resupply my foodstores.
(2)No, but a lot of the little towns have internet cafes or something like that because there are constantly backpackers coming and going along the trail.
(3)No, in fact, I think some people bring blackberries on the trail, which is obviously dumb.
(4) This post was about what was happening in Lincoln, Nebraska, where I stayed while driving to Dallas, Tx from Providence, RI. My parents live in Dallas.
(5) Fags/Anti-Fags are IEEE 802.11 wi-fi compliant, so yes. obviously.
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