04/17/2006
Howard Stern on Rosie O'Donnell's gay family cruise: "It's so, like, kind of beautiful, and she put together this cruise where they could all be together and not feel so abnormal all the time and be goofed on, and I thought it was great... I gotta hand it to the broad. She did a good job, and she did a good thing for people. You know. And at one point, they pull into, like, The Bahamas, and there's a religious group protesting them, and – it's pretty upsetting...But Rosie was like very, very cool about it, and you see her working with these kids, and it was, you know, hey – you can goof on her all you want, but she's doing more than most. She's doing something for people."
This week's Entertainment Weekly provides a glimpse into the new Bill Condon Dreamgirls production: "There will be four new songs, including an '11 o'clock number' for Beyonce titled 'Listen' and a paean sung by [Jennifer] Hudson called 'Love You I Do.' Frets Condon, 'They'll be saying, 'He changed this, he changed that.' I mean, that's what I would say.' The studio reps are betting critics and award balloters won't sing the same lament."
Think Progress: New Bush policy — all gays should be celibate.
Up for air: Lake monster surfaces in Argentina.
Fallwell vs. Falwell: Supreme Court declines to hear case brought by Reverend Jerry Falwell claiming that the Fallwell site, which criticizes Falwell's views on gays and lesbians, is an infringement and could "confuse" web surfers.
Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist anti-gay gang of haters inspiring a reassessment of picketing laws. Shirley Phelps-Roper: "They can pass all the laws in Christendom, but they can never stop us from telling them that God is punishing them. If they interfere with our capacity to cause America to know her abominations, we have no choice, we have to sue them."
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Hey, Shirley Phelps-Roper: NO ONE CARES!!!
The only people you can get to go to your church are your own family, cousins, etc. Don't you think that if your "message" was having any impact that you would have an influx of new members?
Listen, I have no problem with you practicing whatever wacko, moonbat version of Christianity that you choose - but keep it to yourself and leave the rest of us alone.
I cannot wait until Fred Phelps dies so that I can come and picket his funeral. I will be carrying signs like: "GOD HATES IDIOTS" and "GOD HATES STUPID PEOPLE", or maybe even "GOD HATES FRED PHELPS" with a picture of him burning in hell. Hopefully any laws that are enacted to limit your ability to infringe upon FUNERALS will have a glaring exception for your own family.
Won't it be wonderful to see thousands of anti-Phelps signs as you are there at the graveside trying to pay respects to your father/grandfather/whatever?
BTW, thanks so much for doing so much work to make America a better place for gay people. Your hatred and ignorance have done more to promote our cause than almost anyone else. Mainstream Americans don't agree with you on your views and simply won't tolerate your "protests". Get a life, eh?
Posted by: Jonathon | Apr 17, 2006 4:59:22 PM
Hit the link on Falwell's site and flood him with email, it may cause his site to crash, if not it will piss him off.
Posted by: patrick nyc | Apr 17, 2006 5:23:05 PM
I doubt that the inbred Phelps family will ever announce Fred's death until weeks after he's been planted.
Meantime, I hope the Bush twins are keeping their legs crossed. Does anyone in th epress ever ask?
One of Jeb's sons was once busted by the police for having sex in his car, as I recall. Another Bush family value shot to hell.
Posted by: hadassah weinreb | Apr 17, 2006 8:02:00 PM
Andy
No comments on the Sopranos on Sunday night?
What did you think?
I thought Tonys scene with Melfi was great.
Posted by: Clay | Apr 17, 2006 8:23:13 PM
kudos to Howard Stern
he has always been a friend of ours......
I saw Rosie's special on HBO...and stern's speil (spell check) is right on the money
Posted by: jimmyboyo | Apr 17, 2006 8:36:52 PM
hey towleroad, surprised you had nothing to say on last nites Sopranos episode... it was so up Towleroad's alley. Personally I was disgusted...
www.popmuse.com
love to hear your thoughts???
xx,
popmuse
Posted by: PopMuse | Apr 17, 2006 8:49:36 PM
I thought Vito's(is that the gay guys name?) trip to see a romanticized world he would loved to have been a part of was really heartbreaking especially so since we all know how it will end.
This lock ness thing doesn't even look real. Come back when you have video.
Posted by: Chad Hanging | Apr 17, 2006 10:04:42 PM
Fred Phelps: I don’t know how much of this is true being Wikipedia, but it is interesting. I have always wondered how he funds his frequent trips since it is mostly an inbred "church".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rev._Fred_Phelps
Posted by: David | Apr 18, 2006 8:06:50 AM
Andy -- did you google cryptozoology after last night's episode of Penn and Teller's 'Bullshit'? They had a promo for next week's ep. that will debunk all of the monster myths. Great show if you haven't seen it:
http://www.sho.com/site/ptbs/home.do
Posted by: Stephen | Apr 18, 2006 9:48:10 AM
David, from everything else I've read about Phelps over the years that Wiki is a pretty accurate consolidation of his life history. Filthy, dirty man.
Posted by: Chad Hanging | Apr 19, 2006 5:30:26 PM
Here is Shirley Phelps contact information. When you find the time, I strongly encourage you to give her a call and let her know your thoughts. If you don’t then who will?
Shirley Phelps-Roper
c/o Phelps-Chartered
P.O. Box 1886
Topeka, Kansas
66601-1886
info@phelpschartered.com
(785) 233-4162 tel
(785) 233-0766 fax
www.phelpschartered.com
Posted by: Jay | Jun 14, 2006 2:30:38 PM