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[ggamer]

"Save our land, join the Klan" has a nice ring to it. But it's just not as good as "Don't be stupid, be a smarty, come and join the Nazi Party".

Yes I would like a video of a klan member saying "I was born in Duseldorf and that is why they call me Rolf"

[Helgoland]

Wait, where's that from? I'll always seize an opportunity to make fun of Düsseldorf!

[Descan]

Springtime for Hitler, Helgo. I'm surprised you don't know.

[Sheb]

Link

[palsch]

I think you're reading too much into this, what we have here is a presidential candidate that, despite being a governor, has struggled to get enough name recognition to get more than a couple percents of the votes in a overcrowded primary, and is ready to shout any amount of insanities to get his name in the papers.

Off the top of my head, Jindal was an up-and-coming Republican back after Obama's election, expected to have a good chance against him in 2012. They gave him the response to Obama's first State of the Union to increase his name recognition and national profile.This went poorly and to widely negative responses. About a year later he wrote himself out of the 2012 race.

I don't see his position as having improved all that much. Not much positive national press I'm aware of, and his local approval has been dropping. The last major media story I recall him being involved in is when he claimed there are no-go zones in London due to Muslim immigration, basing it on a vaguely worded Daily Mail article. So he has international ridicule going for him.

Link

New version including the full song. Low quality unfortunately.

[Helgoland]

oh God the woman with beer boobs

[Sheb]

Helgo, hide that erection NOW!

[Graknorke]

Beerection?

[Jopax]

So I'm not sure if this would be more appropriate here or in the sad thread: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/07/16/79-year-old-retired-reverend-set-himself-on-fire-to-inspire-social-justice/

[Graknorke]

So I'm not sure if this would be more appropriate here or in the sad thread: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/07/16/79-year-old-retired-reverend-set-himself-on-fire-to-inspire-social-justice/

It's sad that it probably won't end up achieving much, as well as that he's dead. If the media can't drum up some controversy over it then they won't care.

[Rolan7]

Wow.  I assumed he was going to be conservative but still far braver than that church shooter.  Turns out he even had a good agenda.  He deserves a lot more media time than that coward got.

[Putnam]

*shrugs* If they did, it's an overstep that's been performed repeatedly in the past (read: It almost certainly isn't.). The court decision is precisely in line with several other similar cases that have included stuff under the 14th's protection.

I think it's a problem with the dumb way it's been reported. "Gay marriage now legal in America" suggests that a new law was made. Better phrasing would be that it is illegal for any level of government in the U.S to make gay marriage illegal, since the Supreme Court found that the 14th amendment includes that right under it.

...Which doesn't make as good headlines, I guess.

[Baffler]

So I'm not sure if this would be more appropriate here or in the sad thread: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/07/16/79-year-old-retired-reverend-set-himself-on-fire-to-inspire-social-justice/

It's sad that it probably won't end up achieving much, as well as that he's dead. If the media can't drum up some controversy over it then they won't care.

Don't be so sure about that. Some random guy lighting himself on fire has started big things before.

[ggamer]

Six Churches have been set on fire in the South, with three being confirmed as cases of arson.

That's three church communities without a place of worship because people are fucking stupid. Luckily noone was hurt, but these churches have suffered losses in the tens of thousands of dollars, and I know from experience that churches don't operate on huge margins. Pray for these people, or at least keep them in your thoughts if that's your move.

[Rolan7]

That's infuriating and also kind of a relief.
I was afraid it'd be a bunch of atheists.  But no, of course it's a bunch of racists pretending like they have any real grievance.  What a bunch of dangerous morons.