A Very Stupid 40th Podcast
Our next podcast will be our 40th. It will be taped this Sunday, and Josh and I wanted to give you a heads up on what will be happening.
We have been thinking about what to do for our 40th podcast and something kind of fell into our laps that is quite appropriate to mark such a grand occasion. A little luck, a fortunate turn of events and some consistent legwork by Josh has landed us a very controversial and interesting guest.
On our next show, Josh and I will be locking horns (and I mean that possibly quite literally) with Shirley Phelps Roper, spokesperson of GodHatesFags.com. This group is famous for their multi-colored signs declaring such things as "God Hates Fags" (of course), "You're Going to Hell", "Too Late to Pray", "God Hates You", "Thank God for 9/11" and our personal favorite, "Your Pastor is a Whore".
Shirley and her group have recently garnered national attention for their newfound passion of picketing the funerals of American soldiers who have died in Iraq with signs that say, "Thank God for Dead Soldiers". Recently Shirley appeared on CNN and Fox News declaring her Christian beliefs that God rejoices everytime a dead soldier dies in Iraq. Hmph.
Seriously, can you think of a better way to celebrate our 40th episode? It should be full of stupidity for everyone involved. I just hope we make it through our planned hour with her before Josh's head explodes.
We have been thinking about what to do for our 40th podcast and something kind of fell into our laps that is quite appropriate to mark such a grand occasion. A little luck, a fortunate turn of events and some consistent legwork by Josh has landed us a very controversial and interesting guest.
On our next show, Josh and I will be locking horns (and I mean that possibly quite literally) with Shirley Phelps Roper, spokesperson of GodHatesFags.com. This group is famous for their multi-colored signs declaring such things as "God Hates Fags" (of course), "You're Going to Hell", "Too Late to Pray", "God Hates You", "Thank God for 9/11" and our personal favorite, "Your Pastor is a Whore". Shirley and her group have recently garnered national attention for their newfound passion of picketing the funerals of American soldiers who have died in Iraq with signs that say, "Thank God for Dead Soldiers". Recently Shirley appeared on CNN and Fox News declaring her Christian beliefs that God rejoices everytime a dead soldier dies in Iraq. Hmph.
Seriously, can you think of a better way to celebrate our 40th episode? It should be full of stupidity for everyone involved. I just hope we make it through our planned hour with her before Josh's head explodes.
posted by Steve at
5/04/2006
10 Comments:
I want to hit her. Already.
She was on Hannity & Colmes recently. Check it out.
In addition to their sites godhatesamerica.com and godhatescanada.com they also have a site called godhatessweden.com. That makes me proud, if they hate us, Sweden must be a good country.
This sounds like it's going closer to 4th of July rather than an April fools prank. Good luck. I hope you don't expect to change the mind of an insane person. I would suggest that you bait her. Try to get her to go beyond the insanity that she's already espoused. See if you can get God to strike her dead on the spot. I'll pay for the clean up!
This should be revealing to say the least. I've never heard anybody from Phelps' group interviewed before. I just can't imagine what good can come from them having an outlet for their garbage. It will expose more people to their nuttieness, but at the same time they might think they're actually having an impact because people are finally paying attention to their "truth".
i agree that they're fucked up in the head as well. and i also want to hit her.
either way, bring it on, my pretties.
*misses your podcast like a light bulb waiting in a dark room* ;)
dang, you guys got a groupie. : )
make sure that she knows that King James was gay. that should be an interesting fact.
oh, maybe ask her what the definition of "pharisee" is?
find out how much money they spend on signs and advertising and then how much they spend on the homeless and poverty?
find out what color Jesus was?
why do they thank God for september 11th? that doesn't make much sense. oops . . .sorry, used "sense" and "action of the Phelps' group" in the same sentence.
Curious. I'd be fascinated to hear if their rhetoric is meant to be taken literally when they say things like "You're going to hell" , or "Too late to pray." I'd also be interested to hear her take on the ironic hypocrisy of their protesting against the military who die to protect her right to free speech.
If you guys could ask a few of those questions, I'd love it!
Wow! You guys are up there with CNN! If you ever need an interview with a non-controversial, no-named person, just let me know.
The thing that seems missing in all the Westboro rhetoric is Jesus. They appear to take their whole message from the Levitical texts, but nowhere attempt to reconcile the law to Christ's message of love. I think my question would be "What about Jesus?"
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