Randi Rhodes nailed it. Our problem isn't Christianity. It's FRISTIANITY

[Beelzebud]

Anyone else hear her? LOL

Fristianity. That is what I'm calling this right-wing theocratic movement from now on.

My problem isn't with people of faith.

My problem is with Fristians!

:)

[patrice]

1. Fristians do business at church. They worship Mammon.

Tax the f-ing churches.

[ArkDem]

15. Is Mammon the god of breasts?

[patrice]

28. Goddess. A golden calf with teats.

[Teaser]

2. It's a great tag.

Hope we use it a lot.

[TaleWgnDg]

46. Indeed. Fristian is a great tag. And welcome to DU, Beelzebud !

[Beelzebud]

79. Thanks for the welcome!

[quiet.american]

3. Brilliant n/t

[FreedomAngel82]

33. I like it

Cause it's true. I say to use it. :D

[rocktivity]

4. "Religious McCarthyism" is good, too.

:headbang:
rocknation

[Beelzebud]

6. Wow you're good. Sen. Dick Durbin (IL, D) Just said that on cspan 2!

He just said religious McCarthyism was on the rise with the current republican leadership.

:)

[Initech]

27. I like Religious McCarthyism better

I mean, when you think about it, Bill Frist is no better than McCarthy with his "Kneel before Zod" approach.

[FreedomAngel82]

34. Frist can be

our version of McCarthy. Boy I can't wait till the asshole is gone.

[Tyler Durden]

5. We should all use FRISTIAN whenever possible...

Look what it did for "SANTORUM!"

[Democrats_win]

8. also Fristian Toadies.

one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : SYCOPHANT
synonym see PARASITE

[patrice]

30. Very smart. I agree. I will do this.

[indepat]

7. Fristianity: the bastardization of Christianity for political partisan

purposes that are wholly antithetical to virtually every precept of Christianity/Christian doctrine.

[doublethink]

9. The Theocratic Jihad ......

They are not Christians ..... peace. :)

[Inland]

10. Instead of a fish, a cat is the symbol of Fristianity.

Not this cat, though. This cat knows Fristian sacrifice rituals.

[HockeyMom]

20. If you don't give a damn about animals,

you won't give a damn about human beings. If you look at the history of the Jeffery Damors (and I knew a woman who went to school with him), etc., you will see they had a history of abusing animals as kids. I give you Frist, and even GW (frogs). Rest my case.

[FreedomAngel82]

35. LOL

Cute.

[jean]

36. the Fristian cat symbol will have little x's for eyes, don't you think?

[Inland]

44. Crosses for eyes. And a big beatific smile. nt

[chomskysright]

93. what Frist said about cat-killing in The Atlantic Monthly:

"But my experiments were brought to a halt when I lost my supply of cats. I only had six weeks to complete my project before I resumed my clinical rotations. Desperate, obsessed with my work, I visited the various animal shelters in the Boston suburbs, collecting cats, taking them home, treating them as pets for a few days, then carting them off to the lab to die in the interests of science. And medicine. And health care. And treatment of disease. And my project.

It was, of course, a heinous and dishonest thing to do, and I was totally schizoid about the entire matter. By day, I was little Billy Frist, the boy who lived on Bowling Avenue in Nashville and had decided to become a doctor because of his gently father and dog named Scratchy. By night, I was Dr. William Harrison Frist, future cardiothoracic surgeon, who was not going to let a few sentiments about cute, fuzzy little creatures stand in the way of his career.

In short, I was going a little crazy" (pg 130)

Frist, William. Transplant New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1989.

[Jo March]

102. That is so scary

That needs to be sent out to every animal rights group out there. We need to make sure that PETA and all sorts of groups like that know what this man did.

I emailed this to a friend of mine who does animal rescues and she was outraged - and she had never heard this before.

[Inland]

107. "Treating them as pets for a few days."

He actually got to know his victims first before dispatching them. Even his desire that nothing get in the way of his ambition doesn't explain that additionally bit of creepiness.

[UrbScotty]

11. I am a Christian, not a Fristian.

:D

[AlCzervik]

13. oh you have to make a bumper sticker out of that!

good on you.

[proud patriot]

14. See now I like that

:D

[WorseBeforeBetter]

104. I came up with "Just Say No to Fristianity" but like...

yours better!

[supernova]

12. Hee Hee. I wonder if Randi has been reading DU

reading us argue over what to call these idiots. :-)

Fristians. I like it!

[slestak]

16. I love it!

Much less cumbersome than "christo-fascist zombie brigade".

[BattyDem]

17. I was in the car when I heard that ...

and I was CHEERING Randi! If any other drivers were looking at me, they must have thought I was having a nervous breakdown or something, LOL! :D

[SalmonChantedEvening]

18. Fristian = Faustian

You made the deal Senator.

Pay up.

[kohodog]

19. The Fristians aren't happy that the rapture has been DeLayed!

If I'm not mistaken, I think a caller coined it and she ran with it. The Fristians are trying to implement their moral crusade but we must make sure it backfires.

We used to laugh at these people. I'm not about to become afraid of them. We only need to expose them for what they are: self serving small minded hateful idiots.

[bvar22]

24. You are correct.

Fuck the Fristians!

[stray cat]

21. I love it and agree with it completely

[Zynx]

22. I LOVE IT!

Great stuff.

[Joey Liberal]

23. Conservative Evangelicals = Fristians

Yes, I hear Randi Rhodes today on my computer. I thought it was great.

[dalloway]

25. Fight Theocracy...

with Democracy.

There's a bumper sticker for ya.

[reality based]

26. Fristo-Fascists, Fristian Right, Jesus Frist

It works pretty good.

[patrice]

29. Fir$t Fri$fri$tarian$

[jean]

37. Fristian Pharisee. . . "Dobson is a Fristian Pharisee!"

O8)

[Shredr]

31. Brilliant!

Hilarious. I didn't hear her say it, but it sounds like something she'd come up with.

[Cleita]

32. Yes, that was a great new name for

whom we are dealing with, isn't it?

[thebigidea]

38. cut to 2009, where "FRISTFUCKED!" is on the bestseller lists...

[Maat]

39. "Don't De-Lay, become a Fristian!"

Sorry, that's what my hubby just said.

[manxkat]

40. OH RANDI, MY QUEEN!

Fristianity is a great way to label these people. Slams Frist whilst labeling and framing these so-called "Christians" as complete fakes. Randi truly is the goddess of talk radio.

[explodingsun]

41. www.fristianity.com

I registered it, who wants to play with it?

[Inland]

Pastor Explodingsun!

Welcome to DU!

I suggest a separate thread asking for proposition for your 95 Theses of Fristianity.

[explodingsun]

49. www.fristianity.com

Thank You Brother.
I will attempt to start this in order to glorify our Lord, Bill Frist.

[Inland]

50. In his name. Amen. nt

[explodingsun]

51. Uh-oh

I cannot start a new thread due to my newbie status. Can you start it and I will join in?

[Inland]

89. Use this link

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3544118&mesg_id=3544118

[Tyler Durden]

53. better get started...

You're already getting hits. Before you know it, you'll be a GOOGLE BOMB!

[explodingsun]

55. fristianity

Thank you brother, with the help of all of us, www.fristianity.com can become a glorious temple to our Lord, Bill Frist. Amen
Send me ideas and I will have the website up tomorrow!

[Tyler Durden]

56. You get something up, we all hit it, instant GOOGLE BOMB

Would that be a bitch? I would pay money just to see the look on that rat bastard Frist's face.

Wish I did web stuff. Hey make sure you link to Betty Bowers, Kiss Hank's Ass, etc. They always make the freepers piss blood.

[explodingsun]

60. fristianity

amen, your words are like gold from the mouth of angels!
May paid for passage be upon you, forever and ever, amen.
Rev ExplodingSun

[johnfunk]

62. Bless you, Rev. ExplodingSun

Spread that supply-side, no-filibuster, "Hello Kitty" gospel of Bill Frist! Halleluja! Halleluja!

[explodingsun]

64. www.fristianity.com

You are truly enlightened and are welcome in the church. Amen.
In this holy place, we supply-side our love of Lord Bill Frist, and filibuster the secular hedonists that seek our downfall.
May you find an envelope under your pillow tonight, and use the
credit card within to share your love of our Lord Bill Frist. amen.

[Bryn]

88. Very Funny..hahahaha

I love it!! I will visit for fun.

Welcome to DU :hi:

[chomskysright]

94. here are some contributions for www.fristianity.com:

1.FRIST FAMILY OWNED /OWN HOSPITAL CORPORATION OF AMERICA/ COLUMBIA: THESE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO TRIED 'GET' FRIST RE: ETHIC PROBLEMS:

The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR), a non- profit, non-partisan consumer education and advocacy organization, urges an immediate Ethics Committee investigation into Senate Majority Leader 's personal and financial ties to the HCA hospital chain and to its subsidiary malpractice insurer Health Care Indemnity (HCI), with specific focus on the conflict of interest inherent in Frist's advocacy for recent legislation to limit hospital and malpractice insurer liability. We believe this conflict should disqualify Senator Frist from involvement in any legislation concerning liability limits benefiting hospitals and malpractice insurers, and can no longer be overlooked.Majority Leader Frist's Senate financial disclosures reveal that he, and his wife and children, hold millions of dollars in HCA stock. Documents filed with the Senate Office of Public Records at the end of the year 2000 indicate that HCA stock worth at least $10,150,000, and up to $30,350,000 or more, was transferred into Frist family blind trusts in December, 2000. The trust agreements note that "the assets initially contributed by him (Frist) to this Trust are concentrated in the stock of HCA, the Healthcare Company," and reveal that trustees were specifically relieved "from any obligation the Trustee might otherwise have to diversify the investments." At least $1,125,000, and as much as $2,320,000, in HCA stock has been contributed to the trusts since December, 2000, while just under $625,000 has been sold.

***********Despite the "blind" moniker for these trusts, these disclosures reveal to the public, and importantly to Frist himself, that the family's fortune rests upon the welfare of HCA. The "blind" trusts prohibit Frist from managing his investments, but they do not stop him from knowing what they consist of.*********

HCA hospitals and doctors, as well as its malpractice insurer, HCI, will benefit from any cap on damages in medical malpractice cases. The insurer's risk would plummet while profits soared if a cap to limit the company's losses were imposed nationwide. However, these gains pale in comparison to those which hospitals and insurers would accrue under legislation

***********Senator Frist has recently advocated. S. 2061 and S. 2207 would lead to direct financial gain for hospitals and their insurers. If Senator Frist were to lobby for a direct appropriation for HCA it would not provide a greater benefit for the company, because a liability limit will pay off indefinitely.**************
Full Text (1406 words) Copyright U.S. Newswire Apr 6, 2004

[chomskysright]

95. So, we got HCA ownership & 95.3 BILLION fine re: overbilling Medicare

Full Text (576 words) (Copyright (c) 2000 Los Angeles Times)
The former Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. has agreed to plead guilty to 14 charges of criminal conduct and pay criminal fines and damages of $95.3 million, part of the largest government fraud settlement ever reached by the Justice Department, federal officials said Thursday.
The company, which operates 200 facilities in 22 states, including eight hospitals in California, settled a five-year federal investigation by acknowledging massive overbilling of the government's Medicare program.

[chomskysright]

96. we got Frist refusing to recuse self re: HCA/ Columbia mess...

which was followed by FTCR, the CA watchdog group:


Frist Malpractice Legislation Boon for Family's Hospitals, Conflict Requires Majority Leader's Immediate Recusal, Says FTCR

item 3:

FTCR: Frist Puts Family Wealth First in Malpractice Debate; Fails to Address Call to Recuse Himself From Damage Cap Vote
U.S. Newswire. Washington: Jul 7, 2003. p. 1

[chomskysright]

97. voted against funding Medicaid:

http://forum.truthout.org/blog/story/2005/3/18/11719/9579

<http://forum.truthout.org/blog/story/2005/3/18/11719/9579> drop Veteran's health care
Republicans Allen, Burns, DeWine, Ensign, *******Frist, Hatch, Hutchison, Kyl, Lott, Lugar, Santorum, Snowe, Talent and Thomas voted against $2.8 billion for veterans health care and $2.8 billion for deficit reduction. That’s a commercial.

voted against funding Medicaid
Republicans Allen, Burns, Ensign, ********Frist, Hatch, Hutchison, Kyl, Lott, Lugar, Santorum, Talent and Thomas Voted against restoring $14 billion to Medicaid and establishing a bipartisan Medicaid commission. That’s a commercial.

[chomskysright]

98. voted against farmers and education:

voted against restoring Community Development Block Grant Programs
Republicans Allen, Burns, Ensign, *********Frist, Hatch, Hutchison, Kyl, Lott, Lugar, Santorum, Snowe, Talent and Thomas (funny how the same names keep coming up) voted against restoring $1.9 billion in cuts to the Community Development Block Grant Program. That’s a commercial.

voted against Vocationa Education Act (which helps people get jobs who are disabled or have been unemployed)
Republicans Allen, Burns, DeWine, Ensign, **********Frist, Hatch, Hutchison, Kyl, Lott, Lugar, Santorum, Snowe, Talent and Thomas voted against $7.46 billion for the Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act and deficit reduction. Commercial.

voted against education and deficit reduction
Republicans Allen, Burns, Ensign, **********Frist, Hatch, Hutchison, Kyl, Lott, Lugar, Santorum, Snowe, Talent and Thomas voted against $4.75 billion for education and $4.75 billion for deficit reduction. Commercial.

voted against increasing Pell Grant (allowing people to move through college)
Republicans Allen, Burns, Ensign, ***********Frist, Hatch, Hutchison, Kyl, Lott, Lugar, Santorum, Talent and Thomas voted against restoring $5.4 billion to education program cuts and increasing the maximum Pell Grant award to $4,500. Commercial.

voted against agricultural programs
Republicans put the bricks to farmers: Allen, Burns, Chafee, DeWine, Ensign, **********Frist, Hatch, Hutchison, Kyl, Lott, Lugar, Santorum, Snowe, Talent and Thomas voted against restoring $2.8 billion to agriculture programs. Midwest commercial.

[chomskysright]

99. voted against family planning:

voted against family planning
Republicans Allen, Burns, DeWine, Ensign, **********Frist, Hatch, Hutchison, Kyl, Lott, Lugar, Santorum, Talent and Thomas voted against a resolution supporting $1 billion for family planning programs, such as teen pregnancy prevention. Moral values hypocrisy commercial.

[chomskysright]

100. The Presbys,w/social conscience,his church, have called him on the carpet:

http://www.pcusa.org/101/101-social.htm

Social Issues
The General Assembly: Affirms.....its responsibility to speak on social and moral issues ....Reminds the churches that their duty is not only to encourage and train their members in daily obedience to God's will, but corporately to reveal God's grace in places of suffering and need, to resist the forces that tyrannize, and to support the forces that restore the dignity of all men as the children of God, for only so is the gospel most fully proclaimed;


from NY Times this past Friday, April 22, front page:

Religion at issue in judicial fight
by David D. Kirkpatrick and Sheryl Gay Stolberg

"....Among those scheduled to speak in the conference call is the Rev. Clifton Kirkpatrick, a top official of the Presbyterian Church U.s.A.

"One of the halmarks of our denominations is that we are an ecumenical church," Mr. Kirkpatrick said in an interview on thursday. He also said

Elected officials should not be portraying public policies as being for or against people of faith......"

[explodingsun]

106. fristianity

chomskysright has been named by our Lord, Bill Frist, as
"The Keeper of the Knowledge".
All shall bow in his presence and marvel at his Lord given skills.
He will also recieve an extra allotment for office supplies from the church. amen!
Rev ExplodingSun

[sellitman]

42. Don't you get circumcised at a "Frist"?

:rofl:

[Inland]

48. Yes, and Frist does the procedure

by looking at a videotape in his Washington office.

[benddem]

43. when the Fristians rewrite

the bible...they will eliminate the commmandment "thou shalt not bear false witness." Frist lies through his teeth every time he talks.

[TexasProgresive]

45. Ahm a born-agin

Fristian Fundamentalist Facist! I like that aliteration.

[explodingsun]

54. fristianity

To believe in Bill is to be set free, to take his name in vain, as you have done, is to invite a tax audit. Thus sayeth our Lord, Bill Frist, amen.

[DS1]

47. It's gonna take off like Joementum. It sucks. You're going to get a lot

of blank stares, because few people are as politically active as both DUers and FReeps.

[explodingsun]

52. fristianity

The Church of Fristianity welcomes all believers, and admonishes
any doubters. Thus sayeth our Lord, Bill Frist. Amen.

[ms liberty]

57. The First Commandment:

Honor and reward thy corporate partners above all others.
The Second Commandment:
Lieth and pander to thy willing and ignorant children so they might know better than to think for themselves.

[explodingsun]

59. www.fristianity.com

Blessings from our Lord Bill Frist. amen.
You have recieved divine inspiration, and your words become the first 2 commandments at our under construction Holy temple
www.fristianity.com
welcome sister!
Rev ExplodingSun

[DS1]

61. Jesus, I mean Bill that was fast!

[explodingsun]

65. fristianity

The Lord, Bill Frist, moves in mysterious ways. amen
Rev ExplodingSun

[ms liberty]

69. I Thank You Reverend Father...

And can I have an AMEN!

[explodingsun]

72. fristianity

AMEN, my most holiest of fristians.

[Jo March]

91. Welcome to DU, Rev Exploding Sun!

Nice to have you! Quick work on that URL!

:hi:

[carpetbagger]

58. Fristian it is!

Destructionist Fristianity.

[lonestarnot]

63. oooH I like this! Freak Fristianity!

[explodingsun]

76. fristianity

just keep saying, "oooh". Lord Bill Frist rewards all that
knoweth how to please him. Amen.
Rev ExplodingSun

[Tyler Durden]

66. HOW FUCKING COOL! IT'S A SIGN FROM BOG!!!!

Just went back to www.fristianity.com for the 5th time (gotta build that GOOGLE BOMB!) and not only has Rev. Explodingsun started building the temple, but a popup of a NAKED WOMAN offering me free chat with sexy teens popped right up!

IT'S A SIGN!

[explodingsun]

74. fristianity

Yes brother, your devotion will bring you many more such gifts, blessed be!

[AuntiBush]

67. More like Fristianity Insanity!

At least I can nail it down now. Thanks Randi!

:hi:

[AuntiBush]

68. Forgot to say "HI & WELCOME!"

:hi: Welcome to DU!

[Beelzebud]

70. Thanks. :)

I'm still shocked the first thread I created, made the front page. :)

I think I have found a new home on the internet.

[explodingsun]

71. www.fristianity.com

You are now known as Beelzebud The Divine, and will always and forever be revered by the Church Of Fristianity.
Rev ExplodingSun

[Beelzebud]

73. ROFL! I'm honored! :)

:)

[EST]

75. And now, we need the "Anti-Frist..."

And how 'bout a porn site, featuring the mortal embarassment of those who have been caught fristing? Jeebus farking frist, are you in trouble, now!

[explodingsun]

77. www.fristianity.com

You shall be struck down! so sayeth the Lord, Bill Frist. amen.

[Jo March]

101. I love the 7th commandment

7. Thou shalt appear as Christians , and mingle among
them, until called upon to act by our Lord, Bill Frist.
(this commandment is also known as the "Look Christian, Think Fristian"
commamdment, and is one of our most powerful tenets, amen!)
-Rev ExplodingSun


Look Christian, Think Fristian! :rofl:

[explodingsun]

105. fristianity

You are hereby blessed, and the world will now know you as
"Arnheim of the 7th Commandment"
Glory Be!

Rev ExplodingSun

[Jo March]

108. Where is your site? Why did they take it down?

I saw nothing offensive on there! I am very mad!! Jihad!!!

[Merope215]

78. Thou shalt not steal

except from the poor among thee.

That should be some Fristian commandment...whichever number we're up to now. Beelzebud and explodingsun, welcome to DU! And good on both of you! :toast:

[ms liberty]

84. Just checked, it shall be #6:

And here's #7:
Disenfranchiseth all who are against thy will, so they might never know justice.
and #8:
Honor not the (formerly) sacred documents, for they speaketh only of secularity and promise liberties to the undeserving.

I was filled last night in my sleep with the words of our Lord Frist
and I share these with my brothers and sisters:

YEA, tho I stride through the minefields of logic and reason, I will fear NO retribution from the masses; for mine is the power through my Master the Dubya and his Arch-Angel Rove. Their Holy Media protects me and serves me, and the handmaidens of K Street assist me in my sacred quest for absolute power.

[Jo March]

92. Welcome to DU, ms liberty!

:hi:

Glad to have you and your inspired words.

[deacon]

80. lol, a great label and fitting for the now defunct once GOP as they

officially become The Theocrats.

[MontageOfFreedom]

81. Maybe this is because Frist is not exactly a christian saint? n/t

[moggie]

82. Dunno

It's cute, but it ties the problem to a here-today, gone-tomorrow politician, when in fact it's deeper than that. Frist jumped on this band wagon, but he didn't start it, and it will still be rolling after Frist is nibbled to death by angry cats.

[Albert Cirrus]

83. Randi is awesome

I heard it too, Randi is the best!!!!!
I'm the anti-Frist!!!!!

[DistressedAmerican]

85. Christianinty Breeds Fristianity! It It Still The Core Problem!!!

[Dob Bole]

87. not really...

How does "Love your neighbor as yourself" breed that kind of crap?

If that's true, then atheism breeds Stalins who kill 5 million Jews, and Islam breeds Bin Ladens.

Either there are other factors at play, or your charge should be carried out to its logical conclusion.

[stray cat]

103. People breed people it is still the core problem

Radical republicans are people. People breed people Since people are the problem - lets get rid of all of them!

[stlsaxman]

86. Campaign Film for 2008-

"Passion Of The Frist" produced by Mel Gibson!

Soon to play in a RNC near you!

[Jo March]

90. Awesome post! Welcome to DU!

I am very happy that we have found a new name for these folks who use the mantle of Christianity to promote very non-Christian ideals.

Again, welcome to DU!

:hi:

[LondonReign2]

109. Fristianity is good, though I prefer

...Hypochristians