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onebadclam
06/26/09

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I actually attended a Bircher meeting shortly after the Branch Davidian mess. Not out of idealism, rather a local AM radio talk host was a big supporter and I figured it had to be good for a laugh. It turned out to be the same boring stuff - Federal Reserve, the UN, BATF, etc. The only entertaining part of the rather dry lecture was the opening invocation given by a Reverend in attendance.

"Dear Lord", he began in his calm ministerial tone, "we beg you to lift the scales from the eyes of those who serve as our public officials. Let them awaken to the evil influences around us and further serve Your will." This elicited a few quiet expressions of agreement from the respectful audience.

"And if they refuse to see then SMITE THEM, LORD! CAST THEM INTO THE FIERY PIT, FOR THEY ARE THE ENEMY OF YOUR PEOPLE AND SERPENTS IN YOUR LAND!", he concluded, his beet-red face scrunched up in spiritual intensity. The crowd erupted in rousing applause and hoots, with many shouts of "AMEN!"
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The Lone Scout
06/26/09

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First of all, it's zombies that we should be worrying about. Secondly, even if the U.S. were to depart the U.N., we would need to keep the U.N.'s headquarters in the U.S. so that we can easily eavesdrop on members' communications, recruit counterintelligence resources, and so forth. (Why do you think we campaigned so hard to have its HQ here in the first place?)
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The Lone Scout
06/26/09

@The Lone Scout: (Reminds me of the adage, "Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.")
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meerkat
06/26/09

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These guys had a table at a street fair I went to last summer. It was the only booth that had no one anywhere near it. Not that there might not be a sympathetic audience in Westfield NJ, but who would want to take a chance on their neighbors seeing them cozying up to the lunatic fringe?
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BookishLookish
06/26/09

@meerkat: Bowcraft Amusements on Route 22 in nearby Scotch Plains was owned by Birchers for like forever. They have always had a nice welcome place among the crypto-racist Big Whites of wealthy suburbia.
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meerkat
06/26/09

@BookishLookish:

Seriously? Somehow that "clean all-American fun" image just took on a whole sinister aspect.
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BadUncle
06/26/09

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On the 99 between Bakersfield and Fresno, a farmer parked an 18-wheeler on his land at the edge of the freeway's shoulder, and painted across it "US out of United Nation's NOW!" in angry red, white and blue. Hard to think the same area gave us Buck Owens and the Buckaroos.
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nirreskeya
06/26/09

@BadUncle: I've seen similar out on (the?) 58 near Mojave / California City.
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onebadclam
06/26/09

@BadUncle: Those used to be ubiquitous in northeast Texas. You can still find some but they are no longer on the city limit signs with the Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club seals.
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BookishLookish
06/26/09

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Wait, since when did Birchers let in Catholics?

Back in teh 1970s my uncle beat the shit out of a Bircher who called him a "lousy kike." My uncle was arrested and we thought there was going to be a trial, but I think some, er, pressure was put on the beatee to not testify.

Jersey.
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Wrapitup
06/26/09

@BookishLookish: You know your uncle is God right? Seriously, from now if I'm in any trouble, I'm praying to your awesome uncle.
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BookishLookish
06/26/09

@Wrapitup: You could do worse, sweets. South Ward of Newark did not fuck around.
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Mymoustache
06/26/09

@BookishLookish: One of the best pics I've ever seen is in the office of an old jewish solo practitioner with whom I used to share office space. It was a black and white of him in the 60s smacking the crap out of some guy at a neo-nazi rally. I always told him he was really irish!
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BookishLookish
06/26/09

@Mymoustache: Old civil rights peeps are the jazzy jam. That was more my mom's side; my uncle is on my dad's side and he ran with an Irish gang growing up in the 1950s. Not much marching, more like mean streets, but no tolerance for bigoted nonsense either.
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The Lone Scout
06/26/09

@BookishLookish: Appropos of nothing, BL, I just wanted to let you know that my company's cafeteria (excuse me, cafe) served lemon squares today, and I bought one. Just to mediate some inner conflict. Carry on.
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El Matardillo
06/26/09

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I have no problem at all with registering Communists and not firearms. After all, firearms can't vote.
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mmstk101
06/26/09

@El Matardillo: Nice.
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Wrapitup
06/26/09

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Yes, what a marvelous fucking paradise we live in now thanks to the munificent Old World Order. As I type this on my special diamond-studded velvet keyboard, a sexy blonde angel just scratched my ass with a golden-handled mink brush. Mmm. Also the Old World Order gives the best mani-pedis. With complimentary Ferraris!

And how new can this New World Order be if it goes back 200 years?
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TheUptightMidwesterner
06/26/09

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Does Michelle Bachman know about these folks? This type of sheer lunacy would simply cause her heart to explode.
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VeeKaChu
06/26/09

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One of my favorite songs from my toddler-hood in the early 60's (it's what I get for being born to liberal-intellectual bohemes)-

+ Watch video

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onebadclam
06/26/09

@VeeKaChu: Holy crap! That just fired a bunch of long dormant cells in my brain. I remember this song, even growing up in the ultra-conservative Dallas of the '60s.
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Ohcaptainmycaptain
06/26/09

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I oppose New Order.
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Smitros
06/26/09

@Ohcaptainmycaptain:

It's okay, really. They're just Joy Division with a makeover.
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Wrapitup
06/26/09

@Ohcaptainmycaptain: How does it feel...?
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kneetoe
06/26/09

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But can you find me anyone who DOESN'T oppose the New World Order?
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Unsolicited Advice
06/26/09

@kneetoe:

They were telling me about soma and free love? Seemed pretty cool. Plus, uniforms!
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johnny_carsick
06/26/09

@Unsolicited Advice: i do hope they offer a form-fitting tan number with green trim. and a jaunty cap.
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Mama Penguino
06/26/09

@kneetoe: Is that why they haven't had an album out since 2005?
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