Billboard in WV: "Anti-God is Anti-American. Anti-American is Treason."

[BurtWorm]

http://www.democrats.org/a/2005/12/lamar_discourag.php#comments002425

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...remember? They turned down your billboard 48 hours after they received the artwork and 24 hours after the contract was signed. You might recall they did so because they deemed the ads "negative," and they don't run negative ads. Accept, it would seem, in special circumstances:

[derby378]

1. The only traitor I see here is Rev. E.F. Briggs

Looks like Comrade Briggs would deny some of his fellow Americans their freedom of speech.

[BurtWorm]

5. The billboard company itself turned down an ad from Democrats

for being too negative. :eyes:

[Ladyhawk]

37. Same company? n/t

[wtbymark]

2. hey rev

fuck you and yea...sure...bring it on

[mmonk]

3. Isn't time to tell these people

to go to hell and the politicians that create the hatred and the bogus "religious" war here at home.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

4. Anti-Corrupt Administration is not anti-American... it is a patriots

duty. Offer not valid in all 50 states or occupied territories in the middle east... your mileage may vary.

[Deja Q]

6. The coward simply can't start shooting people? Needs to goad them instead?

What a filthy jackass.

[Straight Shooter]

7. The Rev. Briggs has the numbers 666 in his address. n/t

[IChing]

8. So the "lunatic" is saying that the moon influences behavior what is he an

astrologer also? Isn't that an anti-god belief?

[IDemo]

9. Did you know the toothbrush was invented in West Virginia?

Because if it had been anywhere else, it would be called the "teethbrush".

Sorry, but state bashing seems to be the thing to do on DU tonight. Had to do it.

Next?

[The2ndWheel]

10. Somebody studied

their highschool algebra.

Therefore, Anti-God is Treason. Lock me up nut jobs.

[Orrex]

11. And antimacassar is a slipcover

What's their point?

[Rocknrule]

12. Gee, God, Bush, America, and the Republican Party are one and the same

[AnnInLa]

28. In algebra,

If a=b, and b=c, then it follows that a=c.

So if Anti-God = Anti-American, and Anti-American = treason, then I guess to be Anti-God is treasonous? Is that in the Constitution?

[jonnyblitz]

13. "attention: lunatic atheists and their lawyers" LMFAO!!

:crazy:

[Sydnie]

14. Well boys and girls, we have his address right there ... what are we

waiting for? Time to tell him that America isn't mentioned in the bible, isn't it?

[A Simple Game]

23. America isn't mentioned in the bible.

Nooooooo!!!111! Tell me that's not true. Next you will tell me that the Constitution wasn't taken word for word from the bible.

What's a poor agnostic to believe these days?

Wait, being agnostic, I'm safe. I'm not anti-God, I'm not for God, I'm neutral. I'm like the Switzerland of religion.

I'll be ok now, don't worry about me.

[Sydnie]

39. LMAO!

I should have thought about that. Glad you're strong enough to hear the truth.

Wonder if the good Rev is as strong? :rofl:

[asjr]

15. The pure as the driven snow Rev. E F. Briggs is

promoting himself. It will backfire on him.

[beyurslf]

16. Thank god it is only the"lunatic" atheists, and not us sane ones too!

[PatrioticLeftie]

17. What horrendous logic.

Why do they support warmongers?

[bunkerbuster1]

18. Please, someone who's registered to post, FIX the TYPO!

Post in there so they notice.

it's kinda embarassing: "Accept, it would seem, in special circumstances..."

Should be "Except," of course.

[Gman]

19. This guy is begging for a gunfight

he wants a civil war. He wants to shoot and kill someone. And he has Rev. in front of his name. What a nut.

[kevinbgoode]

20. Looks to me like Lamar should be sued big time

obviously, the company favors one religious belief over another. And this one is definitely anti-American and against the Constitution.

I hope some legal group gets this information.

[Warpy]

21. Gee, he just called all the illustrious ancestors

of people in the south traitors! Somehow, I don't think everybody is going to read the good reverend's billboard in quite the same way.

It's just dying for a can of spray paint, isn't it?

[bluestateguy]

22. Q.E.D. Anti-God=Civil War

Could they share their peer reviewed data set that cofirms that finding?

[gtar100]

38. The Rev would turn cross-eyed if you asked him that

Could they share their peer reviewed data set that confirms that finding?


It would go right over his head (but not really a high bar to cross I imagine).

It never ceases to amaze me the mentality of some people. I can only imagine the torture going on in his own mind to actually believe in such an angry, ugly god.

[Oversea Visitor]

24. Mad guy

Show me the American Constitution that say this.

Anti American are people who dont accept that Americans are from different faiths all able to live in harmony.

Anti Americans are people like the above who beleive that they are Americans because of their religion. :puke:

Who the fuck give him the right to put Rev infront of his name.

Disgusting treacherous bigots, full of hate of others.

[jarnocan]

25. Such hatred!

and of course the idiotic assumption that not beleiving in 'their' religion means someone is evil or anti-American. These are some very hateful and even dangerous people. I wish someone would post the e-maill addy of that hypocritical company that said they would not allow negative messages- actually not hard to find I guess.
I am sure they only support "Christian" religions too, but hopefully most Christians are not this idiotic or hateful.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

26. One of the sickest and most warped things I've ever seen

That is absolutely unreal...

[Ioo]

27. I am embarrassed that this is in West Virginia (My State)

:(

We have BLUE GOV

2 BLUE Senators

2/3 BLUE Congress People

We went to Bush twice.

[Arkana]

29. I do hope "Rev." E.F. Briggs gets plenty of mail

detailing to him exactly what the Constitution says about the separation of church and state.

[Cha]

30. And God is not a

vengeful Freak like you, rev(sic)briggs.

[MountainLaurel]

31. Briggs is batshit crazy

I'm from the same town, and he's been doing these billboards for years now. I see them everytime I go home to see my folks. This one combines a few of his favorite themes: abortion, atheists, peacemongers, homosexuals, etc. He's older than dirt, and lives in a nursing home. The bridge across Monongah is named after him; now I've got even more reason to be nauseous when I cross it. Oh well, I'll have to take the 'rents dogs and encourage them to piss on it every 10 feet (which one of them tends to do anyway).

For a little more about the good father:

http://www.thedefender.org/comment.html

[BurtWorm]

44. Thank you for that background.

:toast:

Long, long ago when Republicans were all rich and guys like Briggs didn't vote, this kind of paranoid vitriol was almost a quaint reminder of why we have a First Amendment, despite all its eccentricities. Unfortunately, now that these nuts think they own the First Amendment, it's become atrophied from disuse.

[Fovea]

32. Note to the good reverend--

Fascism stops a thinking brain.

[Ilsa]

33. And why hasn't this stupid thing been egged and tomatoed? eom

[MountainLaurel]

42. Because few in that area would object

To those sentiments. I should know; I spent 17 years of my life there.

[Initech]

34. Wow, that's a hell of a slippery slope they're using!

And it makes them look absolutely fucking ridiculous!

[jarnocan]

35. Lamar Outdor advertising Contact info

http://www.lamar.com/main/contact/
Kevin Reilly Jr. [email protected] President
Sean Reilly Outdoor Division [email protected]
[phone]
[phone] FAX

Theresa Doran [email protected] Gen. Information
http://www.lamaroutdoor.com/main/contact/ several local offices are listed in WV.

here is a letter you can sign concerning Lamar turning down the Dem's "Shame on Jean Schmidt" sign in Ohio http://www.democrats.org/page/s/lamar

[jarnocan]

36. and their 800 # for outdoor advertising is

Lamar Outdoor Advertising
Phone: 1-800-23-LAMAR This hateful message really implies a lot, and I think we have a right to know exactly what their intentions are.
I am checking on info on this church? Ok from what I could gather this nut has been a priest for over 70 years, so he is very old, and I wonder - a PO box -perhaps it wasn't the church actually-just an old senile nut.
But the Lamar people should know better- the sign is hateful, and does not compalin about a specific incident.
I am surprised in a way- because- some folks- like my own mom (Southern Baptist)- a long time ago, actually beleived all the Catholics were going to hell, sometimes folks just don't get it- even when they have been at the other end of bigotry.
Oh well good night.

[DinahMoeHum]

40. That billboard needs the mustache-painted-on-babe treatment.

How about an arrow after the Rev's name and a word like "SHITHEAD" across the rest of the board??

:evilgrin:

[Endangered Specie]

41. mmm, free toilet paper

[and-justice-for-all]

43. Here is a link with other Info...

http://democrats.org/a/p/billboard_company_rejects_your_ads.html

[jarnocan]

45. the sign is down

I called the toll free * and the Lamar spokesperson I spoke with said the sign was removed- by someone else (perhaps the community)and he agreed that the sign never should have been posted-and they were going to remove it, but it was laredy down, the man who contracted for the sign is 92/oh 97 years old-see above note-looney tunes geezer.
I told him that I respected that his company did agree the sign should come down. I still signed the above linked petition of course.

[MadHound]

46. Hey Reverend, you idiot, read your history

If you do, you'll find that America is not a Christian nation, as passed into law, and written by our forefathers. The following was written into the 1797 Treaty of Tripoli: "As the Government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion;" This treaty, with this wording, was passed by both houses of Congress, and signed into law by John Adams. The passage itself was written either by Washington or Adams.

I hate fundy idiots who are ignorant of our history.