"Splitters!"
The Joke:
Klan holds rally at Gettysburg
Sun Sep 3, 11:39 AM ET
About 30 Ku Klux Klan members proclaimed hatred for blacks, Jews, gays and Latinos as they stood behind barricades at the Civil War battlefield where Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address.
Gordon Young of the World Knights of the Ku Klux Klan also called Saturday for the U.S. to pull its troops out of Iraq and use them to patrol the Mexican border to stop illegal immigration.
The World Knights obtained a permit in July for the two-hour demonstration. The National Park Service granted it under the group's First Amendment rights to free speech.
Several groups counterdemonstrated. Park Service spokeswoman Katy Lawhon said there were no major incidents; one man was cited for entering a restricted area carrying a rainbow flag.
The Punch Line:
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Confederate re-enactors from Virginia protested the Klan's adoption of the Confederate battle flag as an emblem and its claim to be a continuance of the Confederate cause.
"These guys don't stand for anything I stand for," said Tim McCown of Jefferson, Md. "And it's time we disengage our flag from what they stand for."
Representatives of the national Sons of Confederate Veterans also came to protest the Klan's efforts to identify with the Confederacy. In a nearby park, churches and other groups held a Unity Day rally.
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And the explaining-the-reference bit from “The Life of Brian” courtesy of this site...
BRIAN: Are you the Judean People's Front?
REG: Fuck off!
BRIAN: What?
REG: Judean People's Front. We're the People's Front of Judea! Judean People's Front. Cawk.
FRANCIS: Wankers.
BRIAN: Can I... join your group?
REG: No. Piss off.
BRIAN: I didn't want to sell this stuff. It's only a job. I hate the Romans as much as anybody.
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REG: Right. You're in. Listen. The only people we hate more than the Romans are the fucking Judean People's Front.
P.F.J.: Yeah...
JUDITH: Splitters.
P.F.J.: Splitters...
FRANCIS: And the Judean Popular People's Front.
P.F.J.: Yeah. Oh, yeah. Splitters. Splitters...
LORETTA: And the People's Front of Judea.
P.F.J.: Yeah. Splitters. Splitters...
REG: What?
LORETTA: The People's Front of Judea. Splitters.
REG: We're the People's Front of Judea!
LORETTA: Oh. I thought we were the Popular Front.
REG: People's Front! C-huh.
FRANCIS: Whatever happened to the Popular Front, Reg?
REG: He's over there.
P.F.J.: Splitter!
6 comments:
In a related story, the Alabama Christian Coalition, under fire for financial dealings with Indian casinos and you-know-who, is looking to split from the parent organization and will be announcing their new name this fall. (for real.) My suggestion? Liar, liar, cross on fire.
spot on DG.
Excellent use of a Pythonian allegorilogical script. :-P
gave me a laff this morn - which I need, after a few too many Holy Handgrenades last nite.
skunqesh,
All wisdom comes from Python.
All else is commentary.
Henry Holland,
:-)
Blue Gal,
:-)
jeez, surprised Sen. George Felix Allen (R-Macaca) wasn't in the picture
Henry: (BIG smileface) but, that's not the Montgomery, Ala. bunch; that's the Gettysburg chapter; some of their best friends are ignorant peckerheads, but with dark skins. :o)
Interesting blog. I'm always interested in anything to do with the civil war, especially in the area of Bartow County, Georgia. I'm an active member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV).
Regards,
SCV member
Stiles-Akin Camp #670
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