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Random Things of the Day
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06.12.08Random Thing of the Day: Ultimate Christian WrestlingI don't have anything prepared during finals week, but this was just too hilarious to pass up. First there was Bibleman, the fundamentalist Christian superhero. Now meet Ultimate Christian Wrestling, the fundamentalist Christian wrestling federation. Seriously though - I may not be any connoisseur of wrestling, but these people are pretty good; they even have the chairs-and-ladders-being-used-as-weapons thing down: Now all we need is a fake plot with a powerful and amoral wrestling industry mogul to turn this into a man-drama.
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05.18.08Random Thing of the DayThe 15-or so voters have spoken, so here it is, the FOX piece I was referring to. Warning - only cynics and masochists need press "Play" This is a FOX Opinion News Network documentary propaganda piece featuring Newt Gingrich that appeals to their right-wing audience and runs through all the talking points of why church and state should be joined at the hip. They never mention specifically what kind of religion the US should adopt, but it's pretty obvious by looking at the logo. [poll id="4"]
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04.26.08“Church Attendance is Up, and Evil is Down”Yes, there is a superhero named Bibleman, who is shown from time to time on Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN). And fortunately for cynical masochists like myself, there is a full episode up on Google Video. Premise: Cypher (Bibleman's African-American sidekick) stops a bunch of homosexual thugs from burning a bunch of Bibles. Because burning Bibles is way more evil than murder or genocide. Bibleman, Cypher, and Biblegirl then join forces to defeat the "Wacky Protester", a liberal college atheist who has an evil plan to turn all the world's children to atheism. Because nothing could be more evil than ...
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04.21.08RTOD: Friends of God[youtube]8KwpkzaVjzw[/youtube] This is from an HBO documentary called "Friends of God" by Alexandra Pelosi (daughter of House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi). In other news, that Whitefro at 5:26 may be the scariest thing I've ever seen - it's far worse than that of the painter guy who used to be on PBS.
