What next? Goat entrails? Or one of Granny Clampette's "mystic beetles"?

[CatWoman]

Ministers Say They Blessed
Seats Ahead of Alito Hearing
By JUNE KRONHOLZ
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
January 5, 2006 7:20 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Insisting that God "certainly needs to be involved" in the Supreme Court confirmation process, three Christian ministers today blessed the doors of the hearing room where Senate Judiciary Committee members will begin considering the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito on Monday.

Capitol Hill police barred them from entering the room to continue what they called a consecration service. But in a bit of one-upsmanship, the three announced that they had let themselves in a day earlier, touching holy oil to the seats where Judge Alito, the senators, witnesses, Senate staffers and the press will sit, and praying for each of the 13 committee members by name.

"We did adequately apply oil to all the seats," said the Rev. Rob Schenck, who identified himself as an evangelical Christian and as president of the National Clergy Council in Washington.

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB113649645107138940-Ku05eyOWs5xFbqD33aaAarliwqo_20060112.html?mod=blogs

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

1. Bwahahaha...good subject line!

:rofl:

[yorkiemommie1]

2. crazy

batshit crazy.

[SpiralHawk]

3. Actually, sacred oils

are highly effective in petetrating the ethers and opening conduits to the spirit realms.

But when they are used in an Attack of Spiritual Imperialism (imposing their wills on others without clear consent), then the partition in the ethers can admit only inimical FORCES.

These Christo-Fascist jokers may think they are doing something Holy, but it is just low-grade Black Magic in the final analysis. It is wrong to try and manipulate the ethers and the forces and the entities as they are doing.

It amounts to just another form of occult Skull & Bonery.

Dark Shit, 'n stuff.

[SpiralHawk]

7. Jesus 'healed using cannabis oil'

Jesus 'healed using cannabis oil' (The Guardian)


Edited on Sat Jan-07-06 07:25 PM by IChing

Duncan Campbell in Los Angeles
Monday January 6, 2003
The Guardian

Jesus was almost certainly a cannabis user and an early proponent of the medicinal properties of the drug, according to a study of scriptural texts published this month. The study suggests that Jesus and his disciples used the drug to carry out miraculous healings.

The anointing oil used by Jesus and his disciples contained an ingredient called kaneh-bosem which has since been identified as cannabis extract, according to an article by Chris Bennett in the drugs magazine, High Times, entitled Was Jesus a Stoner? The incense used by Jesus in ceremonies also contained a cannabis extract, suggests Mr Bennett, who quotes scholars to back his claims "There can be little doubt about a role for cannabis in Judaic religion," Carl Ruck, professor of classical mythology at Boston University said.>>>snip

"If cannabis was one of the main ingredients of the ancient anointing oil _ and receiving this oil is what made Jesus the Christ and his followers Christians, then persecuting those who use cannabis could be considered anti-Christ," Mr Bennett conclude
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,869273,00.html#article_continue

[Blue-Jay]

8. "petetrating the ethers and opening conduits to the spirit realms"

Why would a "sacred" oil work better than , say, Crisco?

And! What makes a particular oil "sacred"?

[SpiralHawk]

9. Qualities

not quantities.

Qualities.

[Blue-Jay]

11. I apologize if I'm being obtuse, but

that answer didn't really explain anything to me.

[SpiralHawk]

15. Spirit Birds sing only for those who will listen

As the obtuse and enigmatic SAGES of yesteryear were wont to say...

[Blue-Jay]

16. I guess that's the best answer I'll get.

I'm going to go outside and listen for some dragons singing barbershop quartet standards.

[Cats Against Frist]

55. LOL!

I like to use a mixture of baby spit, motor oil and sex lube in my own rituals. It might attract the dragons, if you leave it in a saucer, in your garden.

:rofl:

[SpiralHawk]

62. When it comes to enigmatic, Blue Jay

Nothing can top Ye Olde Metaphysical dictum:

"Those who say don't know; those who know don't say."


Your fellow traveler in the realm of Quantum Mysterium (LOL), SH

[Blue-Jay]

47. Hey. Nice edit.

Spirit Birds always trump dragons, eh?

[RandomKoolzip]

49. LOL! n/t

[eppur_se_muova]

37. Q: What makes a particular oil "sacred"? A: current spot market price

You didn't think ** supporters are familiar with any other kind of oil, did you?

edit for spelling, or lack thereof

[theHandpuppet]

53. Holy Crisco, Batman!

Actually, I think Extra Virgin Olive Oil might be more appropriate in this case. }(

[Straight Shooter]

21. You got it.

It is counterproductive to perform a ritual and claim it's for the higher good, when within your heart you seek power over others. It is not the action; instead, it is the intent which is perceived and responded to by the Universe.

Damn, I want to run into those chambers with burning sage and do some heavy-duty clearing.

[Castilleja]

26. That was my thought as well

The same as performing magic. What a strange story. Oh well, may the consequences of their deeds return to them soon.

[Vincardog]

36. Intent is critical. We can all intend the chambers be clear now.

What ever you send out comes back to you seven fold.

[Sydnie]

4. Seems they are going to be paying for a great deal of

dry cleaning! How did they get access to that room? I saw that they had blessed the doors, but why would that room be open to them?

[annabanana]

5. they are insane

turning the chairs into fetishes like that...

[MrModerate]

6. They only went this route when . . .

Their exorcism of Ted Kennedy had no effect whatsoever.

[stevedeshazer]

10. They OILED their SEATS??

Butt...butt...oh never mind. :crazy:

[eppur_se_muova]

40. LOL! Trying for a "Charles Atlas tan" ? (oooold joke) nt

[EST]

12. Hmmm-anthrax in the oil?

[Tace]

13. Aye Yie Yie -- "Applied Oil To All The Seats?"

This is just too rich. I don't even know where to begin.

[Moochy]

14. Great so they will all slip off their chairs?

:wtf: True Zealots lube up their sitters.

[Dunvegan]

17. This is bat-sh!t crazy.

I demand access to bring in people from my ethnic/spiritual background, that is, Native American, African and Celtic Druid shamans, to the Abramoff, DeLay and Cunningham trials.

And...while I've got those holy guys together, I also want access for them to the People's House at 1600 Penn. Ave. so we can do some REAL spiritual cleansing.

Last stop: Crashcart's undisclosed bunker locations.

Can't wait to see the sacred water sprinkled on Cheney...because there is no doubt (like matter intersecting anti-matter) that if anything good touched Crashcart he'd immediately start simmerin', steamin', and turning into a slime puddle while shouting, "I'm melting! I'm melting! All my beautiful wickedness destroyed by a Democrat! What a world...what a world...szzzzzzzpt."

[Olney Blue]

18. I feel secure knowing that ANYONE can gain access to ANY building downtown

:banghead:

[Blue-Jay]

34. Ya know, that's an excellent point.

Why were there nutters allowed access there in the first damned place? You can bet that if they were brown-skinned folks, they'd have been arrested,

[KittyWampus]

19. How'd they get in there the day BEFORE? It's a matter of National Security

I want to know how they got in the day before.

Who let them in.

[greiner3]

67. Maybe the fucking x-tians were lying?

May their god, or monster, get them for that. On the other hand, if some fundie let them in, would that make the fundie holy? :rofl:

[demnan]

20. So when people sit down

they will get stains on the seats of their clothing. When they stand up it will look like they all pissed themselves. What a blessing!

[KittyWampus]

22. This is Black Magic & It WILL Bite Them In The Ass. Bush's SOTU Speech

after 9/11 included them leaving some seats empty for the 9/11 dead.

At the time, I predicted that doing so would open Bush Cabal up to Higher Energies trying to cleanse the system.

And come to find those 16 words Bush uttered ended up biting him ferociously in the ass.

This is the same.

These assholes are playing with fire and will get burned... but this time I think rather quickly.

[madrchsod]

23. they are just plain fucking crazy

[Dunvegan]

24. Help vote this up...Recommended...

I really want to know how they got access too.

Do they already have full clearance and badges? If so, for what time span?

Who authorized them that night access?

You can't let private citizens have this sort of access...were they submitted to extensive background checks? How do you know that there isn't a right-wing terrorist in the gaggle that could booby-trap the room in some cockamammy idea of "God's Werk?"

Who in Washington can answer this physical security access question?

Looks like a job for (ta-da!) Conyers-Man!

[benddem]

25. I would be highly p/o'd

it the GD oil stained my clothing. Are these guys NUTS???? or what?

[LizW]

27. If I wrote for the Daily Show

There would have to be a joke about this. I can just visualize a fake clip of Alito standing up to be sworn in and having a big oily stain on the seat of his trousers.

:rofl:

[leftofthedial]

28. how the hell do these snake oil peddlers

gain access?

what if it was poisonous oil of terror?

or extract of anthrax?

I vote for the goat entrails, FWIW.

[spun_in_montana]

29. Im not sure what is more odd-

the anointing of the "seats" or those little cats "winking" at me... :)

[CatWoman]

30. the cats only leave fur balls behind

can you imagine what they would look like mixed in oil??? :wow:

[ohio_liberal]

31. Gargoyles! Psychics!!

Everything is Darksided!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

Did they rub it on Jeff Gannon's head for good luck?

[eppur_se_muova]

42. Uh....double entendre intended? nt

[SpiralHawk]

54. LOL

Gannon -- the male prostitute who (according to the official Secret Service records) visited the Bush white House over 200 times. Mighty peculiar.


Hmmmm - I beleive he was annointed with Snake Oil...

[Ikonoklast]

56. No, not snake oil, not holy oil....

....it was Astroglide.












Sorry, had to.:evilgrin:

[TreasonousBastard]

32. Isn't the spreading of an unknown substance...

in a government building an act of terrorism these days?

I daresay anyone but a deranged fundagelical trying such a stunt would be on the way to some PATRIOTic dungeon as we speak, never to see the light of day again.

For actual Christians oils, waters, incense, and other such things have their place, but only when asked for and never snuck in unannounced.

[melody]

33. I suggest some Voudoun practitioner sacrifice a chicken n/t

[Gregorian]

35. Lemmings!

When Alito is not confirmed, Republicans will all begin following Bush over a cliff. God knows they already are. Well, at least those 40% we keep hearing about.

It's lemmings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Berserker]

39. Once while I was installing a roof on a church

I looked over the edge and the what ever he was was sprinkling holy water on a new car. I am sure that that car was very protected because if god knows that holy water was sprinkled on it that fucker is protected and I am sure it is still going strong.

[eppur_se_muova]

38. "We did adequately apply oil to all the seats"...

...Good, they were starting to squeal something nasty. Oops, my mistake, that was Abramoff.

[Critters2]

41. What the hell

is the "National Clergy Council"? And why haven't I gotten a membership app?

(Maybe cu'z I say things like "What the hell is the National Clergy Council?")

:shrug:

[Maraya1969]

43. Well to quote the Bible, (I think) whatever man means for evil God

means for good. In other words maybe these oils will smack some sense into these people. Some oils are supposed to bring "Clarity" which is definitely needed.

What would they do if someone was outside burning a black candle with Judge Alito written on it with the belief that this ritual would assure that be not be approved, (meaning not that they were trying to make him dead or anything like that). Bet that person would go to jail. But it is really the same thing just different religions and different rituals.

[dweller]

44. Oil that is,

black gold, Texas tea.

prolly supplied by Exxon/Mobil


ya'll come back, y'hear.
dp

[Beam Me Up]

45. Reality is bifurcating epistemologically.

The world is turned upside down.

Bigotry has assumed the role of riotousness.

This is what happens when appearances become more important than substance. Indeed, what happens when no one knows what "substance," as moral character rather than easy rhetoric, acatually is.

How long before the curtain is rent?

[hunter]

46. So, if someone's butt happens to catch on fire at the hearings...

...do we blame it on God or the devil?

[madeline_con]

48. Was securtiy on break? n/t

[noamnety]

68. I'm sure anyone can just "let themselves in" (nt)

[Peter Frank]

50. Well, I guess that if the seats were blessed...

...all involved should feel the holiness coming up through their butts.

[satya]

51. ROFLMAO! nt

[Peter Frank]

52. .

;)

[opihimoimoi]

57. So what happens when the Nom slips off his chair and becomes a quad?

[TheBaldyMan]

58. if he's that good a lawyer he can sue their butts for a pile of cash n/t

[Olney Blue]

63. Guess he'll call of them nasty Democratic lawyers!

[Hekate]

59. I demand equal time for "the other people" represented here

The article is creepy, but all your posts are a hoot.

I'd really like to see what the Repubs and security forces would make of a convocation of Wiccans, Shamans, Druids, Asatru, Kahunas, and Tribal Elders ritually cleansing the seats of power and the doors and chambers thereof. Without permission or security clearances.

Hekate

[BlueEyedSon]

60. People like that are in the majority these days. America is doomed. nt

[spanone]

61. These guys should be in the nervous hospital. Sik-fuks.

[progressoid]

64. Oy vey!

[depakid]

65. and these "ministers" need to obey the law

I sure hope someone's making a list for the IRS in the event the Dems ever retake the executive.

It's long past time that these psuedo-christians are called to account for their behavior.

[greiner3]

66. Great;

Just what the process needed. More superstition and myth building for the masses.