For Whom The Bell Tolls
Sep 10, 2010 General
A church in Manayunk, a neighborhood in the northwestern section of the city of Philadelphia PA, has had a complaint filed against it because its bell is too loud. The church that has been there for longer than any of the residents has a huge bell that tolls during the day. Someone complained that the church is violating noise laws for the town.
Christians became enraged at the thought of the church being told to stop ringing its bell and threatened violence if the city goes through with the process of fining the church. Army Generals complained about the Christians and their violence and how it might increase the danger to US troops serving overseas. Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, and Hillary Clinton all weighed in asking the town not to take further action that could inflame Christians and INTERPOL has issued a global warning to 188 member countries that violence against innocent people is likely to increase if the church is sanctioned.
OK, the last paragraph is complete nonsense. Those actions were in response to a Florida pastor’s plans to burn the Koran and the anticipated (and threatened) violence from the Islamic adherents to the religion of peace.
In reality, the church has toned down the bell over the years by reducing the number of times and frequency that it is rung and is looking at ways to reduce its sound level. It will be interesting to see how this plays out because churches are not mentioned in the list of noise producers covered or excluded and it has been there for around a century, long before noise restrictions were enacted (and long before the people who enacted them were born).
I wonder why a person would move to where a church bell makes loud noise and then complain about it.
In any event, it will be interesting to see how this plays out because there is a favored religion (cult) in this country that has very noisy calls to prayer five times a day. Muslim Mosques do not care about noise when they have the call to prayer (something Obama described as one of the most beautiful sounds) and though there is no mosque mentioned in the town one has to wonder if the town would have gone after a mosque for noise violations and if the Muslims would have felt disrespected and started making threats and participating in violent acts.
Look at how the Muslim world got its collective sheets in an uproar over some unknown pastor and his plan to burn Korans at his small church. There were protests around the world and threats to do harm to our soldiers (I would relax the rules of engagement and eliminate that threat) and this is not the first time.
Now we even have the Imam of the Ground Zero Mosque saying that they have to build the mosque there now or there will be violence. More threats.
This will happen more and more as Islamic groups demand things and then threats are made when they do not get their way. Every time we give in or they get their way after a threat then we will be a little weaker.
Fortunately, it looks like the pastor called off the Koran burning and did it in a manner that looks like a mutual agreement.
Now let’s see what happens from here.
Sources:
INTERPOL
ABC News
Westboro Baptist will do it
Cave Canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
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Tags: church bell. manayunk, Muslims, philly, violence
A Short Round Up
Dec 2, 2008 Political
The City Of Brotherly Love
A worker at a K Mart was shot by the angry boyfriend of a fellow worker and is in critical condition. A man and a female employee were arguing at the store and when the other employee intervened he was shot. Some people are animals and should be locked away or exterminated. But, I must say that it does not surprise me that it happened in Philly. This is the place where people were intimidated at polling places on election day by a couple of Black Panthers, one of whom was carrying a night stick. My Way News
Fred Thompson Has A New Video Out On The Economy
Fred Thompson has a great video out that explains the economic situation and how we got here as well as the “plan” for fixing it. He says that we are being told to do more of what got us into trouble and equates it to telling a fat man that in order to lose weight he has to eat more doughnuts. You can see it at Fred Thompson PAC.
Harry Reid Does Not Like to Smell The Commoners
The New Capitol Visitor’s Center opened way off schedule and way, way, way over budget (gee, government over budget, who would of thought?). The area will allow people to wait inside while awaiting a tour of the building. Harry Reid is happy with the center because now he won’t have to be bothered with all the smelly tourists, you know, the people who pay his salary and who he is supposed to work for. Harry said that in the Summer when people are waiting outside they get all smelly and then when they come in he can smell them. The government spent $621 billion so that Harry Reid would not have to be bothered with the smell of the peasants. DC Examiner
Bill Clinton To Fill Hillary’s Seat?
If Hillary Clinton is confirmed as Secretary of State (she will be confirmed but I hope they ask her really tough questions about her past and she gets treated like she treated Bush nominees) then the Governor of New York will have to appoint someone to take her Senate seat until the next election (in 2 years). There are plenty of names in the hat but Governor David Paterson needs to be careful that he does not crack fragile egos when he makes the selection. There are a lot of people who want that seat and his selection will tick all but one of them off. He might just select Bill Clinton to fill the vacancy. None of the others can say they have more experience than a past president (maybe as much as). I am not sure Bill would want it because it would keep him tied to DC. He likes to jet around the world and spread his seeds of Hope across the world. He might take it though because the Clintons have never really worked in private industry (if you count what they did as experience then it was very little) and they always want a government job. They are part of the elite. Right now I am sure Chelsea is boning up on all she needs to know to run for some office so that she can get her gubmint job. Why not, she already helped screw up the financial world. If he does get it, it will probably be the first time Bill filled Hillary’s seat since Monica…CNN
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Tags: clintons, crime, fred thompson, Harry Reid, philly, smelly tourists