Re: Nominations Open for LOONY THEIST 2003

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
 "\"Clayton Driving His Temple Into The Money Changers\"" 
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> Ok, my fellow godless heathens....it's time to start the nominations for..
> 
> THE FOURTH ANNUAL "PUT YOUR DOGMA ON A LEASH" AWARD FOR THE LOONY THEIST OF
> THE YEAR
> 
> Here's how it goes.  In the four categories I supply the first three
> nominees...traditionally the top two winners from last year in that category
> plus a new comer.  Since last year's winner for Usenet Loony "Lani Girl" has
> been almost totally silent this year and the nominees have to be active
> loonies to qualify, I just take a step down and the second and third place
> takers from last year get the nod.  It is then up to all the atheists,
> agnostics and other godless types to reply to this thread with their
> nomination in each category.  No seconds are needed.  At the end of the
> nomination period I will pick the ten in each category most deserving
> (hopefully there will be at least ten in each camp) and you all get to vote
> on who you think deserves this great honour the most.  Now for some strange
> reason my newsreader has been deleting the posts of several a.a. regulars
> for no reason...Rubikonov and Doug Berry among them...so if you think your
> nomination may not have gotten through to me, you can email them to me at
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> 
> Ok...the first nominations for each category are....
> 
> THE USENET LOONY THEIST OF THE YEAR
> 
> Georgann (last year's runner up)
> 
> Pastor Frank (last year's third place and 2001's winner)
> 
> and this year's new comer has made a huge impression in his first few weeks
> in a.a. as one of the most disgusting and vile pieces of pathetic,
> hypocritical fundamentalist shit....
> 
> derng

You seem to have all of my 'favorites' here, but maybe Melchizidek 
deserves a nod. Melchy posts some pretty weird stuff.

> 
> 
> THE REAL LIFE LOONY THEIST OF THE YEAR
> 
> John Ashcroft (last year's winner)
> 
> George W. Bush Jr (last year's runner up)
> 
> and the newcomer...well not really a new comer but has really thrown himself
> into prominence this year with his kooky, rock defending crusade
> 
> Judge Roy Moore

Fred Phelps, or any of his clan.


> 
> 
> THE LOONY THEIST GROUP/CULT/ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR
> 
> The Government of Israel/The Palestinian Liberation Organization and it's
> various splinter groups  (group winners from last year)
> 
> The Nigerian Muslim Community  (last year's runner up)
> 
> and just going in a slightly different direction
> 
> The Publishers and Staff of "World Net Daily"

Easy. The Roman Catholic church.

> 
> 
> and now the new category, three events I think represent different types of
> theistic insanity
> 
> THE LOONY THEIST EVENT OF THE YEAR
> 
> Roy's Rock: The Ten Commandments Rigmarole
> 
> The War In Iraq: The "Look at me...I'm Just Like My Daddy" Crusade
> 
> and to prove that the Islamic world hasn't let us down this year
> 
> The Bombings on Civilian and UN Targets in Iraq

The Great Fundy Hissy Fits over the US Supreme Court's ruling on 
sodomy and the Massachusetts Court's ruling on gay marriage.
> 
> 
> 
> Ok people...get nominating.  The nomination period lasts until Xmas Day.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>
-- 
John Hachmann,  aa #1782
  
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