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Friday, August 19, 2011

Two Wingnuts To Watch

I like to think that this blog is kind of an “American Idol” for wingnut columnists, in that we give these eager unknowns a chance to strut their stuff for you, the Paula Abduls, Simon Cowells, and generic other guys of the Internets. So, judges, allow me to present two new wingnuts for your consideration.
First up is Marsha West, ”a freelance writer specializing in Christian worldview” who is ”currently writing a series of children’s books for homeschoolers” when not penning columns for Renew America.  I believe that with a lot of work (and a lot … of ellipses), Marsha could be the Kaye Grogan of her generation (whatever one that may be). Today she will be singing an a cappella version of “Radical feminism: The kiss of death.”  Take it away, Marsha!
As a result of the feminist movement there are no gender-based role differences in many marriages. Wives wear the pants in the family, husbands show little or no leadership and are often wimps, and children are unmanageable. Is this what God intended for the family?
NO!  God is strongly anti-pants for women!
No.
See, I told you! I can read God like a book.
The Bible teaches that the husband is to lead, provide for, and protect his family. The wife is to help her husband by managing the household and taking care of the children. Children are to be raised with discipline and love. That’s God’s way. Today’s children are train wreck.
Plus, they don’t write very well.
They’re undisciplined, disrespectful and, frankly, as lazy as a Sunday morning. Sadly, this is the rule not the exception.
We should just reinstate the draft, lower the age of military service to 12, and ship all the lazy, sassy, little bastards to Iraq.  That would fix their wagons!
Obviously something has gone terribly awry. Distinctions in masculine and feminine roles, ordained by God as part of the created order, have been blurred.
And this causes kids to be as rude and gumptionless as a mess of chittlins.
Men have become un-masculine, thus unattractive to women; women have become un-feminine, thus unattractive to men.
And now nobody wants to have (heterosexual) sex anymore — which is actually a good thing, since all the kids resulting from it have turned out to be such disappointments.  But still, there are those Victoria’s Secret models — they are reportedly attractive to men, n’est-ce pas?
Granted, some women have a feminine appearance. But don’t let that fool you. In the blink of an eye, females spew obscenities that would make a bull rider blush.
And a potty mouth on a woman ends sexual attraction faster than a June bug mating with a centipede in a crocodile patch.
Which brings me to the latest trend among teenage girls. I’m not talking about body piercing, tattoos or electric pink and green hair fashions. I’m talkin’ street fights. I’m talkin’ knock down drag out hair pulling fisticuffs caught on cell phones and distributed on the Internet. (Watching girls’ exchange body blows is not recommended for the feint of heart.)
Recently, an older gentleman with a feinting heart was rushed to the hospital with chest pains after watching a video of Lulu Robinson smacking Rita Sanchez.  However, it turned out that his heart was just faking it, which really annoyed his doctor.
Standers by, both male and female, fervently root for their favorite girl to win. Most self-respecting females would find it humiliating to have their bruised and battered faces plastered all over the Internet. Oh contraire! Today’s girls think it’s cool to kick butt.
I think you can now see why I believe that Marsha could be the new Kaye — but there can be only one, so I think the two women should duke it out to decide which one gets to wear the crown.  The loser gets to take on radical feminism for the world championship.
Now we will hear from James Lewis, a columnist for “The American Thinker.”  His piece is entitled “The Left’s identification with murderous aggressors,” and it’s every bit as nutty as it sounds.
Psychiatry is familiar with an odd syndrome called “identification with the aggressor.”  It’s sometimes called the Stockholm Syndrome, after the behavior of air passengers taken hostage by PLO terrorists at the Stockholm Airport in 1973, who, when they were rescued,  came out singing the praises of their murderous captors.
And speaking of oddness, when you click James’s link, it says that, “The syndrome is named after the Normalmstorg robbery of Kreditbanken at Normalmstorg, Stockholm, Sweden, in which the bank robbers held bank employees hostage.”  But I guess that’s just another lie told by the liberal Internets –it seems that only James dares to reveal the robbers’ covert PLO affiliation, and to tell the world about the secret airport hidden under the bank.  Either that, or James is doing some Instapunditing and linking to stuff he hasn’t read.
Recently we saw the same human oddity when two Fox News reporters were kidnapped in Gaza, and forced to convert to Islam at the point of a gun. After his freedom was bought (at a reported cost of millions of dollars), reporter Steve Centanni told the world that:
“I hope that this never scares a single journalist away from coming to Gaza to cover the story because the Palestinian people are very beautiful and kind hearted. The world needs to know more about them. Don’t be discouraged.”
“Kind-hearted” and “beautiful” are not the first words that come to mind to describe kidnappers who were quite ready to murder Steve Centanni only a day before. 
So obvious Centanni was suffering from some kind of Leftist syndrome, for any sane person (or conservative) would have denounced all Palestinians (and probably all Arabs) as murderous savages after such an experience.  That Steve Centanni didn’t only proves that liberals hate America, or something.
Anyway, let’s skip James’s attempt to diagnose the Left with battered wife syndrome, and go to his central thesis: that liberals are terrorists themselves.
To make things worse, the Left itself is ruthlessly aggressive against conservatives, democratic individuals who happen to disagree with them. There is a true persecutorial viciousness in the Left’s attacks on Republican presidents, from Herbert Hoover to Dwight D. Eisenhower and George W. Bush. Emotionally, these people want to destroy those who defy their demands. Almost all the assassins and would-be assassins of American Presidents since JFK have been Leftists, starting with Lee Harvey Oswald. So their rage is not exactly harmless.
We could discuss such Leftist would-be assassins as “Squeaky” Fromme and John Hinckley, but I think it’s more important to identify all those successful Leftist assassins of American Presidents since JFK.  You start.
Most of the time the Left just aims at destroying conservatives’ careers and public reputations - as they have tried to do with ferocious fury in the cases of Scooter Libby, Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, Don Rumsfeld, Ann Coulter, Tom Delay, Rush Limbaugh, and numerous others.
So, it’s OUR fault that Ann Coulter has a bad reputation?  (And why did we kill all those Presidents since JFK, but gave her a pass?)
They are driven by paranoid rage: They are in fact the aggressors. But when it comes to assaults on their country, the Left blames the victims. The most militant Leftists seem severely damaged psychologically. The recent suicide by the militant lesbian President of UC Santa Cruz may be only the tip of the pathological iceberg.  
Yes, militant lesbians may soon be jumping out of building by the thousands, once the the Left’s Titanic of mental health hits the pathological iceberg of, um, clinical depression.
Many radical Leftists seem to suffer from a basic twist in character. They constantly confuse aggressive and defensive actions by their own country, on whose freedom and protection they depend every hour of the day. They constantly indulge sworn enemies of our freedom and well-being. They constantly push for government actions that seem plausible on the surface, but which inevitably hurt the very people they are supposed to help. It happens over and over again.
When I was young I thought the Left was just confused, but now I’m increasingly drawn to the idea that there is a deep, if unconscious, malevolence at the bottom of the history of disasters inflicted by those people. They are dangerous.  
After all, American Leftists are the ones who kidnapped Patty Hearst and made her shoot Israeli athletes in Munich. (If you don’t believe it, look it up yourself.)  So beware, BEWARE!

Yes, militant lesbians may soon be jumping out of building by the thousands, once the the Left’s Titanic of mental health hits the pathological iceberg of, um, clinical depression.

Oh My God. LOL
You just made my day. Seriously. And it’s only 2 AM.
And a potty mouth on a woman ends sexual attraction faster than a June bug mating with a centipede in a crocodile patch.
I was going to say something witty, but I’ve decided to just let myself be distracted by this sublime image. Thank you. It was worth reading nutjob West, who thinks no one is having sex anymore, the sluts.
Don’t you love it when a raging paranoid loony accusing liberals of being raging paranoid loonies. Or as Kaye Grogan Lite would say, “the left are acting like a raging paranoid loony.”
The Bible teaches that the husband is to lead, provide for, and protect his family.
I’m sure there’s any number of men out there that would be happy to do this, but under a Republican economy, it’s nearly impossible for their wives to be stay-at-home moms – they really need two wage-earners. Or more. So, sorry, lady–your precious Republican’ts created this whole, ugly situation.
Granted, some women have a feminine appearance. But don’t let that fool you.
Yeah! Damned transvestites!
Watching girls’ exchange body blows is not recommended for the feint of heart.
But, if it’s a couple of boys smacking the crap out of each other with crowbars and baseball bats, that’s A-OK!
And, James Lewis was such an enormous idiot that I don’t even know where to begin… so, I won’t.
If her malapropic style of writing is the product of our public education, it is little wonder Winger West is homeschooling her kids.
As for Idiopundit Lite: a paraphrase -
When I was a youngster, I thought conservatives were just hypocrites, but now I’m increasingly drawn to the idea that there is a deep malevolence at the bottom of the history of disasters inflicted by those people. They are stupid and dangerous.
Thank you for this hilarious post. I would never even know about these nuts if it weren’t for you…
And I second the kudos for the June bug/centipede sex in a crocodile patch image.
Priceless. I’ll be laughing all day!
I can sympathize with madam west, having had a few ex’s pull the old “feint of heart” on me.
I also suggest some of that ‘ol home schooling for madam west, concentrating on basic spelling skills.
Yeah, I caught that thing on the Stockholm Syndrome incident right away too. Who knew that there was an airport in that bank? BTW, You need to fix your link.
So I guess Marsha West’s husband was busy and he ordered her to write a column in his stead on how women need to cede control to men. Right?
Correct me if I’m wrong–I was educated in a previous century–but shouldn’t someone who “specializes” in Christian worldview be, like, aware, if not fully conversant, with the fact that something on the order of 50% of Christians in this country would strongly dispute that characterization of gender roles? I mean, you’re a specialist. You should acquire the basic knowledge before moving on. If I’m riding an elevator with a plastic surgeon and I have a heart attack, I hope he’d start CPR, not an emergency liposuction.
“Watching girls’ exchange body blows is not recommended for the feint of heart.”
She stole that apostrophe from Marie Jon’!
Which brings me to the latest trend among teenage girls. I’m not talking about body piercing, tattoos or electric pink and green hair fashions
Those are truly some troubling trends. It’s getting hard to cope with the shocking aspects of girls’ lives in 1995 and/or 1979. And don’t get her started on that Biblically unfeminine dance craze, the Charleston.
Y’know, every comment I leave here anymore winds up in moderation. And I never use scatological language or imagery, so it really blows donkeys.
I did what now?
Oh contraire! Today’s girls think it’s cool to kick butt.
Oh tempore, oh mores!
Oh, shit.
Sorry DR. I installed some new anti-spam software, and like Colossus: The Forbin Project, it’s still learning the ins and outs of our curious human ways. In other words: Blowing donkeys = good. Liposuction = bad.
Obviously, it’s all Norbizness’ fault as usual. Someone should tell him.
They constantly indulge sworn enemies of our freedom and well-being
I must confess. Yes, it is none other than I, the sworn enemy of well-being. You must begin to suffer from a vague, free-floating anxiety. You must suffer from holes in your sox, lint on your jacket, sticky mashed potatos and flatulence. You will find the batteries dead in your remote control, the halogen buld dead in your living room lamp, and the bedroom clock insouciantly blinking 12:00.
As the sworn enemy of well-being, I can only say BWAAA HAAA HAAA HA….
mikey
(tseowb)
“Blowing donkeys = good. Liposuction = bad. “
Scott, it’s a good thing you aren’t working for the Edwards campaign.
I’m going to be looking forward to more of Marsha West’s work, if this bit is a representative sample. I love the way she mangles the language: “feint of heart,” “standers by,” and “oh contraire” have a special piquancy and zing that make plowing through the rest of her drivel worth the slog. She just grabs the English language by the throat, drags it down to the floor, and chokes the life out of it. Kinda like that girl-on-girl violence she deplores…
Is “Oh contraire” anything like “Oh, Calcutta”? I hope so, because I’d rather see nekkid people than a catfight anyday. It’s obvious General J.C. Christian’s Inner Frenchman needs to visit this lady, toot sweet. (That means pronto.)
And a potty mouth on a woman ends sexual attraction faster than a June bug mating with a centipede in a crocodile patch.
Yep; comedy gold right there.
I was thinking wouldn’t it be cool if Marsha West looked like Marsha Brady ? Gravitas…
God is strongly anti-pants for women!
Hmmmmm….and to think I stopped going to church. At least now I can crawl along the pew and look up skirts…
Scott, it’s a good thing you aren’t working for the Edwards campaign.
Pah, Edwards is a longshot. I’m holding out for a call from Harold Stassen.
I can’t get over that Mr. Lewis is using the supposed Stockholm syndrome of Fox journalists and the ruined reputation and career of Tom Delay(et alia) to prove leftist mental disorder. What a surfeit of example when Duke Cunningham’s tearful post-conviction apology would suffice to prove the lunacy of the left on both counts.
the militant lesbian President of UC Santa Cruz
Not to quibble with simple issues like fact-checking, but the woman’s title was Chancellor, not President.
And I do so love her championing of those defenseless and virtuous victims, Ann Coulter, Tom Delay, and Rush Limbaugh, against the evil and unkind criticisms from the left. They surely do need it, don’t they?
Oh, I always forget what treasure is hidden behind the links! I actually read her column, and it’s even more fun than the exerpts!
What’s her convoluted point, actually?
We’ve become unattractive to one another because of blurred gender roles, and yet we’re slutting like crazed weasels?
Watching girls’ exchange body blows is not recommended for the feint of heart.
As for watching girls exchange body shots, my doctor advises against it until my pacemaker is fixed.
Come to think of it, is this business of ‘exchanging body blows’ refer to some new way of snorting coke? I’m hopelessly out of date with what the young people are saying these days.
Quick nurse, the defibrillator!
Men have become un-masculine, thus unattractive to women; women have become un-feminine, thus unattractive to men.
This is still my favorite bit, despite its apparent lack of spelling errors.
Yep, we are completely repulsed by each other, yet we continue to force ourselves to have sex. Often. And with a variety of techniques. Because we hate it so.
It’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it.
Marsha West homespins: “They’re undisciplined, disrespectful and, frankly, as lazy as a Sunday morning.”
‘Ceptin a ‘course when they’s busy as a Satiday night.
Your move.
The “FEINT” of heart?!??!?!
‘Marsha is also designer and webmaster of a Christian apologetics website, On Solid Rock Resources.’
The bitch can’t fucking spell, has written several dozen crank letters to newspapers and blogs, and she calls herself a fucking “WEBMASTER”?!?!??!?!!!!
But her gawwwddd wouldn’t like that — she must be a WebMISTRESS, ’cause a “master” must have a penis and– and– PANTS!!!!!!
Dumbass freakazoid fucking housefrau moron cunt.
She reminds me so much of the bug-eyed, histrionic wife of one of those hairspray-addicted pompous old Viagra-poster-child “preachers” who report “urgent news stories” about “satanism” and “the decay of civilization” that come straight the fuck out of WEEKLY WORLD NEWS.
(You know which one that is — that’s the tabloid so cheap, it’s still in BLACK AND WHITE, which is sooooo appropos of the people who believe it…)
JACK VAN IMPE!!! *THAT’S* the pompous old jackass’s name — can’t recall the wife’s name, probably ‘Brunhilda’ or similar — at any rate, if y’all haven’t seen these geniuses at work, you should. They make Marsha look erudite.
And what the fuck is up with that faux-”folksy” bullshit she’s slinging? Isn’t she from fucking ARIZONA?!??!?! Or did she flee the ass-end of Arkansas when Bill Clinton was elected gubner?
And y’know, I read the whole article here, but James Lewis’ part made my brain cringe in such a fashion as to render it basicallly useless for some unknown length of time. Have you ever had your brain cringe? It’s not a pleasant experience, and I don’t recommend it.
BUT — when I saw the name (before I blacked-out upon reading his batshit-crazy fucking conspiracy theories that somehow link libruls to Lee Harvey Oswald) “James Lewis,” all I could think of was a quote from Brother Dave Garland:
“James Lewis? JAMES LEWIS! Gitcherself away from that thar wheelbarrow, you know you doesn’t know nothin’ ’bout MACHINERY!”
And judging from what I could grasp of James Lewis’ “writing,” neither does he — neither the machinery upon which he commits these abortions of the language, nor the very machinery of the English language itself.
Marsha, Marsha, Marsha…
They’re undisciplined, disrespectful and, frankly, as lazy as a Sunday morning. Sadly, this is the rule not the exception.
As an expert in Christian worldview, how would you know that Sunday mornings are lazy? Tsk, tsk. Shouldn’t you be in church, young lady?
Annti, Jack Van Impe’s glassy-eyed, squeaky-voiced, bleached-blonde co-presenter is… “Rexella.” And, no, sadly, I didn’t even have to look that up.
mikey, mikey, mikey- you must use your powers for GOOD. write that down, please; for GOOD only.
Thank you.
(oh, and Annti darlin’- i love Weekly World News, it is what National Enquirer was back in pre-history before they got all upscale- absolutely bugfuck crazy, their writers must laugh themselves sick making up that shit).
Well, I is thinkin’ that we should jes’ march these godless leftists off to wingnut re-education camps where Marsha West can learn ‘em all about the glories of god-ordained marital butt-sex.
I think some people feel that a little folksiness is like a vaccination against the fact that they can’t write. After someone suggests that workin’ a computer is like nailin’ jelly to a tree, readers may tend to be more forgiving about the misused words. In much the same way, people who are crazy may make some weird, deliberate affectation, like, say, carrying a hazmat suit in their motorcade, to give you the impression they’re merely eccentric. Or stupid and incompetent people may make much hay out of their misunderestimatedness, leaving the casual viewer to conclude they really do understand the perception that they’re idiots, and it’s all just part of a big joke.
Of course, that sort of thing is easily seen through by people who vote, for example, or donate money. So really, we only have to worry about it when people like Marsha start talking, and, hey, who can they influence, actually?
FlipYrWhig writes: “Jack Van Impe’s glassy-eyed, squeaky-voiced, bleached-blonde co-presenter is… ‘Rexella.’”
Knew she looked familiar. Daughter of Roxor, nemesis of Chandu the Magician.
They constantly push for government actions that seem plausible on the surface, but which inevitably hurt the very people they are supposed to help. It happens over and over again.
Uh, would that be like holding secretive committee meetings and injecting patronage flunkies into governmental organizations for the purpose of “openness”?
Jack Van Impe’s glassy-eyed, squeaky-voiced, bleached-blonde co-presenter is… “Rexella.”
Sounds like a diarrhea cure.
Probably is.
There is some thing wrong here. Something in Marsha West’s tone… “husbands show little or no leadership and are often wimps… Men have become un-masculine, thus unattractive to women.” This kind of contempt and disrespect for those whom God in his wisdom has has chosen to raise to the exhalted position of husband ia almost–oh, what’s thte word I’m looking for? Feminist! She’s a feminist mole planted inside the conservative movement to promote disrespect and turn good, God fearing Christian women into hairy-armpitted lesbians who refuse to cook a hot meal for their undisciplined, free-love bastard spawn!! We must sound the alarm!!!
Marsha, Marsha, Marsha
Marsha West is the ultimate hypocrite. She herself is divorced and remarried to a man whom was formerly married and now divorced. What a dangerous fraud she is!
Check the craziness she chose for her own.

Friday, January 14, 2011

January 5, 2005 by s.z.


The Party of the Year


Here's the story:
WASHINGTON -- On Inauguration Day, January 20, pro-life and pro-family church leaders from Catholic, Evangelical, Orthodox and Protestant traditions will stage a rare event combining prayers of thanksgiving with partying the night away.

Beginning at 7:00 p.m., Faith and Action, the National Clergy Council and Priests for Life will host 50 VIP guests from around the country at their Victorian-era Capitol Hill row house just a block from the US Capitol. Earlier in the day the group will personally witness the swearing in of George W. Bush to a second term and watch the Inaugural Parade along Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues.
Wow, being inside a Victorian-era row house, watching the parade from the street, and PERSONALLY WITNESSING the swearing in of George!  Could it get any better than this?

But who is invited, you ask?
The soiree will include both ordained and lay church leaders who played key roles in mobilizing their constituencies to turn out an unprecedented pro-life and pro-traditional marriage vote on Election Day.
So, the soiree is for church leaders who were successfully used by Karl Rove to persuade their flocks that unless they voted for George Bush, their marriages would be dissolved in favor of same-sex unions, and their children would be murdered for their stem cells.  I can only hope that following the soiree, the IRS will play a key role in mobilizing the revocation of some tax-exempt statuses.
But let's hear more about all cool stuff that will be happening at this rare event.
Special guest will be Evangelical author and former Time Magazine bureau chief David Aikman who will autograph copies of Man of Faith, his biography of George Bush. The program includes music, food and elegant horse and carriage rides. A heated tent in the building's garden will include a large-screen television so guests can watch the President and First Lady dance at the main ball.
Oooh, it just gets better and better!  A biography of George, horsey rides, a TV so you can watch George and Laura dance -- plus, there will even be heat in the tent!!!
The highlight of the evening, though, will be a special prayer service where guests will offer prayers of thanksgiving for the election outcome and intercession for Mr. Bush and members of his administration as they lead the country during the next four years. Special emphasis will be placed on asking God to give wisdom to Mr. Bush as he selects replacements to serve on the Supreme Court, located immediately across the street.
You know, I'd join them in praying that George gets some wisdom, but I'm NOT going to thank God for "the election outcome and intercession for Mr. Bush" -- because I can't believe that a just and loving God had anything to do with this.

Oh, and instead of praying that Mr. Bush has the wisdom to select good (i.e., anti-Roe Wade) replacements to serve on the Supreme Court, wouldn't it be more pro-life and pro-family to pray that the current Supremes are cured of their ailments, and live long and healthy lives?
Members of the media (on assignment) are invited to attend but must call first to arrange entrance. Contact Dane Rose at Faith and Action, 202-546-8329.
I wonder if I said that I was on assignment from Judson Cox's newpaper, they'd let me attend ... because I can't see many other reporters covering this, and hey, free food and a heated tent!

4:46:50 AM    



A Wingnut to Watch in 2005


I was flipping through the channels and came upon "Scarborough Country" -- the topic under discussion was apparently "Why would a loving God allow the devastation caused by the tsunamis?"  Just then a woman identified as Jennifer Giroux, President of Women Influencing the Nation (WIN), was speaking.  She said, as best as I can recall (no transcripts available yet) that God is loving, but He is also just, and so when we as a society turn away from Him (as demonstrated by our allowing babies to be aborted, not permitting children to be taught about God in the public schools, and taking Christ out of Christmas), we can expect to be smitten.

So, everybody who said "Happy Holidays" is responsible for the tsunamis.  I bet that Bill O'Reilly is kicking himself for not having thought of it first.

I watched a bit longer, hoping that she would explain her philosophy further, but she never did.  But here is my recap of the next ten minutes: 

Scarborough asked Jennifer if God smote the people half a world away for OUR sins.  Jennifer said no, of course not -- but didn't explain why our public schools and our celebration of Christmas would then be relevant to the discussion.  Rabbi Shmuley Boteach called Jennifer a blasphemer who didn't know the Bible.  An atheist said that the secular contributions of money, supplies, and other aid to the afflicted nations were doing more good for the world than than railing about abortion and school prayer.  A white-haired, WASPy-looking woman said that God is a loving God, and that while we can't know why He allowed the tsunamis to afflict these people, at least we are better off than the atheists who have no hope or purpose in life.  Then Tim LaHaye said that God is indeed a loving God, and we have to have faith that all the deaths and suffering served some greater purpose. He agreed with Scar that the Bible predicts that there will be earthquakes and natural disasters as we approach the time of the Apocalypse, but Tim said this doesn't mean that God CAUSES them, it just means that God knew they were going to happen.  Rabbi Boteach called Tim and the white-haired lady blasphemers for believing that God endorses death and suffering.  Jennifer asked the others if they didn't believe that God sends natual disasters to teach lessons to sinning nations -- Tim and the WASP kind of hemmed and hawed, then the Rabbi said that biblical prophets stated this, and Jen was no prophet, so she should shut shut the hell up. Then everybody was talking at the same time, with the discussion between Jennifer and the Rabbi getting particularly animated, and I decided I should get my theological guidance elsewhere.

But the program made me curious about this Jennifer Giroux, the woman who was the first to come up with super wingnutty idea that the ACLU, secularists, Democrats, and all those who don't believe in Christmas are responsible for the tsunamis.

Well, I learned that Giroux is a devout Catholic, and the mother of nine.  She apparently started Women Influencing the Nation in order to counter feminism, to chastise the media, and to give a voice to the "average person" who is tired of Frank Rich saying bad things about the sainly Mel Gibson.
Here's part of a Talon News story about Jennifer and her group:
To help continue with that trend [of people supporting The Passion just to spite the secular critics], an independent website called See the Passion was created by Ohio-based group Women Influencing the Nation (WIN), a conservative Christian alternative to the National Organization for Women (NOW).
"NOW is the absolute opposite of what we believe," WIN President Jennifer Giroux told Talon News, explaining that the See the Passion website is the group's first major initiative.

Giroux, a mother of 9, including a special needs child, as well as a part-time nurse, said she became committed to opposing the extreme feminist agenda through political activism after observing this vocal minority claim to speak for people like her.

"They are not the majority," she contended about groups such as NOW. "We really feel time will tell we are the majority
."
Giroux explained to Talon News that WIN now consists of more than 75 women who are committed to stand for what is right for the sake of their children's future. These women have been literally shocked by the revisionist history being promoted by the radical feminist agenda.
Hey, that would have been a great story: "NOW literally shocks women, using revistionist history hooked up to a giant genator and faulty wiring."
The group cites the latest attacks on Mel Gibson and his movie as an example of this [NOW was behind the attacks on Mel Gibson???] and states that this "has wakened the sleeping giant," referring to Christians.

WIN says on its website that these negative reports from the media have motivated "the millions of us out there who will not stand by silently and watch such destructive forces re-write and distort the passion and suffering of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."
So, Jennifer and her group of 75 speak for the millions who think Mel's movie is really cool despite what NOW said about it, but who don't want to bother joining her group.

But actually, Jen DOES seem to have been given more exposure by that danged liberal media than would seem warranted for a woman whose only weapon is a website and an almost fanatical devotion to Mel Gibson. Media Matters reported that Jennifer was on "Scarborough Country" fourteen times -- and that was just from February-April 2004!  Here's part of their info about her:
According to The Dallas Morning News, Giroux is "a former Republican who followed Mr. [Pat] Buchanan to the Reform Party." The Cincinnati Post reported that Giroux hosted a fundraiser and book-signing for Buchanan for his 1999 book A Republic, Not an Empire -- a book that, as The Philadelphia Inquirer reported, "reignited allegations that [Buchanan] is anti-Semitic." A Republic, Not an Empire was published by the conservative press Regnery Publishing. The following year, Giroux spoke at the 2000 Reform Party Convention in Long Beach, CA.
Hmm, Pat Buchanan is a frequent guest host on "Scarborough Country" (and was the guest host for many of Jenny's appearances).  So, maybe the fact that she used to campaign for Pat explains her frequent appearances on the show.  (Well, that, and the fact that she's an outspoken kook, and so makes for Fox News-esque TV, which seems to be what MSNBC is aiming for these days.) 

[But we find it interesting that Jen hosted a booksigning for a book which some felt was anti-Semitic -- could that be relevant to the Jennifer Giroux story?  Stay tuned for the answer to that and other important questions.]
But for now, here's more about her Reform Party speech in 2000, courtesy of "Network America News":
Jennifer Giroux, long time Buchanan supporter and mother of nine (the last of these about to born later this year) saved the day. Speaking from the heart, she articulated the frustration she and millions of American mothers feel as they are forced to watch the establishment Big Media say that “women” don’t like Pat Buchanan. She spoke for the broad middle “silent majority” of American women – the ones who would put Buchanan in the White House with a fair vote count. She talked of the need for an organization called “WIN” with Buchanan, that is, “Women Influencing the Nation” with Buchanan --- to counteract the 20 or 30 omnipresent Media-approved liberal/leftist women who are passed off as “American woman.”

Jenny Giroux also spoke about all the traditional values that are dear to all the women – and men – who love candidate Pat Buchanan. It was a classic Buchananesque speech. Many in the audience had a tear in their eye, and the rest of the evening Jennifer was approached by well-wishing delegates and Buchanan supporters thanking her for what she had said.

I know she was besieged by well-wishers the rest of the night, because I was (most of the time) close by.

For the sake of truth in advertising, --- now it can be told --- Jennifer Giroux is my little sister --- AND --- she met her husband, Dan Giroux, through the Buchanan campaign in 1992!

Jim Condit Jr.
Director, Citizens for a Fair Vote Count
So, WIN was originally going to be a voice for the millions of women who love Pat Buchanan -- but it apparently didn't come together until Jennifer made it be about Mel Gibson instead (because women just seem to like Mel more than Pat).

But let's learn more about big brother Jim Condit Jr, okay?

Well, it seems that Jim ran for Congress in 2004, on an Independent ticket with a platform based on Constitution Party ideas, Catholic principles, and general anti-media/anti-government wingnuttiness.  Here's the story from Jim's website:
Jim Condit Jr. is a legally qualified candidate in the 2nd District of Ohio. The sitting Congressman is Rob Portman, who is one of President George W. Bush’s right hand men. Mr. Portman can often be seen sitting near President Bush at White House meetings. Jim Condit Jr. is running to win and get his important messages out – regardless that a victory against incumbent Congressman Portman is admittedly quite a long shot.
You have to kind of admire a guy who comes right out and says, "Hey, I'm a loser, but at least I don't sit by George W. Bush." 

But Jim's platform was, well, unique.  It was based on claims that the media and the government are lying to you about 9/11 (which was actually caused by the Jews, not by al Qaeda), in order to help Israel -- because the Jews secretly run our government.  Here are a couple of transcripts of Jim's radio ads.
Are you ready for a SECOND terrorist Attack? Strong evidence indicates that the 9-11 terror attacks were NOT done by Arabs hiding in caves in Afghanistan, but were pulled off by well placed pro-Israeli operatives in our Federal government and military intelligence, using high technology remote control to crash the 9-11 planes into the World Trade Center. All such evidence has been suppressed by ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, and FOX.

I believe that a “Phase II” of 9-11 is now in the planning, a SECOND terrorist attack against the USA or Europe, this time biowarfare or nuclear. The Big TV Networks will again BLAME the Arabs on cue, to trick you into letting your son and daughter be drafted to go and fight and die in a needless war in the Middle east for Israel’s benefit – not for America’s.

Help us prevent a needless World War III. For the full story, go to realnews247.com and click on “2nd Terrorist Attack”, and tell your contacts nationwide to go to realnews247.com – Paid for by Jim Condit Jr. for Congress.

10. Merry Christmas, AND OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!

Many people in the US military believe they are defending our way of life, and our freedom of speech and religion.  But, in fact, in 1991, our Israeli run Congress passed a bill that replaces our system.

Congress now says America's basic laws are the Noahide laws -- laws invented by Jewish rabbis.   Under the NOAHIDE laws, if anyone practices Christianity [such as celebrates Christmas], they will be tried by a court of Jewish rabbis and sentenced to death.   

Sound fantastic?  Read about the Noahide laws in a basic Jewish religious book, the Talmud -- go to Sanhedrin 56 and 57.  

The thought of killing a person for celebrating Christmas is downright un-American. That’s why our US military MUST NOT fight wars for the Jewish state, Israel.

And if you ever wondered why the Jewish Led ACLU is always trying to tear the Ten Commandments down from our public buildings – now you know. They’re preparing the way for with the artificial Noahide Laws.

To find out more, go to realnews247.com and click on "Merry Christmas, and OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!" And E-mail your friends nationwide to go to realnews247.com.  Paid for by Jim Condit for Congress.
So, you can see where Jennifer might have gotten the idea that anti-Christmas people were enough to cause the tsunamis: because soon they would be killing our citizens for celebrating Christmas, as directed by Jewish law -- and that's just not American!  And that's why God smote Asia.

Interestingly enough, anti-Semitism was a big factor on Jennifer's appearance on "Scarborough Country" on December 8th.  Pat Buchanan was the guest host.  Rabbi Boteach was also a guest.  Here are some highlights from the transcript:
RABBI SHMULEY BOTEACH, AUTHOR, “FACE YOUR FEAR”:  But I‘ve got to tell you, Pat, the fact that Christians around the country be offended if Mel Gibson‘s “The Passion” doesn‘t win best Oscar is shocking to me.  First of all, “The Passion of the Christ” was an domination [an abomination?] for Christianity.  It really should win the World Wrestling Federation Oscar for best movie.  It‘s a guy for two hours being kicked, beaten, his blood gushing everywhere.  It‘s just a diabolical, criminal, violent mess. 

WILLIAM DONAHUE, PRESIDENT, CATHOLIC LEAGUE:  I spoke to Mel a couple of weeks ago about this.  And I don‘t think it really matters a whole lot to him.  It certainly doesn‘t matter to me.  We‘ve already won. 

Who really cares what Hollywood thinks?  All these hacks come out there.  Hollywood is controlled by secular Jews who hate Christianity in general and Catholicism in particular.  It‘s not a secret, OK?  And I‘m not afraid to say it.  That‘s why they hate this movie.  It‘s about Jesus Christ, and it‘s about truth.  It‘s about the messiah. 

Hollywood likes anal sex.  They like to see the public square without nativity scenes.  I like families.  I like children.  They like abortions.  I believe in traditional values and restraint.  They believe in libertinism.  We have nothing in common.  But you know what?  The culture war has been ongoing for a long time.  Their side has lost. 
You may have seen that quote previously.  But if not, you now know that William Donahue believes that Hollywood is controlled by secular Jews who hate Catholicism, but like abortions and butt sex.

And here is so more stuff from further into the discussion, including Jennifer's best contribution (which I bolded):
BOTEACH:  I‘m amazed that we‘ve made this a discussion about secular Jews.  I have got to tell you that Bill Donahue, who I otherwise love and so respect, ought to be ashamed of himself, the way he‘s spoken about secular Jews hating Christians.  That is a bunch of crap, OK?
DONAHUE:  Who‘s making the movies? [...] Who‘s making the movies?  The Irishmen? 
[...]
BOTEACH:  Pat, the reason why many Jews—I‘m not among them—are fearful of Christianity is, they‘re tired of Christians saying that we‘re a bunch of Christ killers.  They‘re tired of the lie that we killed Jesus.
[...]
DONAHUE:   I‘m talking about secularists in Hollywood.  They‘re not Rastafarians.  They‘re Jews.  Just pick up any copy of the Jewish...[...] You‘re going to tell me that the Chinese don‘t live in Chinatown, right?  To say that Hollywood is dominated by secular Jews...
 ...is just saying that Hollywood is Jewtown.  Anyway, snip a lot more stuff about secularists and/or Jews in Hollywood, and how secular Jews used to be GOOD, in that they made Song of Bernadette and Going My Day, but now they're just in it for the butt sex.
BUCHANAN:  Jennifer, you want to come back in here.
GIROUX:  I would love to.
All I can say, Rabbi, is, you‘ve got to concede the fact—and it‘s difficult because we all at times in life have to say, I‘m sorry, I was wrong—we cannot go back and make it that the Hawaiians killed Christ.  Mel Gibson and all Christians...
BOTEACH:  What are you talking about? 

GIROUX:  I‘m saying you can‘t rewrite history.

BOTEACH:  Jennifer, you are so ignorant, it‘s embarrassing. 
And that's as close to that classic SNL line, "Jane, you ignorant slut," as you'll probably see this year.
Anyway, I think that Jennifer Giroux is a wingnut to watch in 2005 (her brother Jim Condit, Jr., while just as entertaining, might not be as visible this year after losing the election).
And I think that all of you who caused the earthquake and the tsunamis by not wishing James Lileks a Merry Christmas should be very ashamed of yourselves.

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