Gotta Love Jesus. And the South.
October 10th, 2007Thanks reader Kent for sending this in. o
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October 11th, 2007 at 7:01 am
The only appropriate response from Jesus would have been lightening. If only the reporter had backed-up just a little… THWACK.
October 11th, 2007 at 7:36 am
I don’t know how the reporter kept from smacking this guy in the face. “Tell me that Jesus loves me ONE MORE TIME. See what happens.”
It’s fun when people wrap their mental illness up in a nice religious blanket. Keeps it good and warm.
October 11th, 2007 at 8:52 am
Holy Jesus Christians are SCARY!
October 11th, 2007 at 9:13 am
Matts, that couldn’t have been Salt Lake. We don’t have any black people here.
October 11th, 2007 at 9:32 am
i would have smote him with the microphone.
October 11th, 2007 at 10:21 am
I just couldn’t watch the entire performance. As others have said above, I should have pulled this card long ago: “young man, why did you break into the Utah State capitol wearing nothing but your socks?”…”Officer, do you know that…(etc)?”
October 11th, 2007 at 11:14 am
Jon, Jon, Jon, (shaking head sadly), that is not the South. That is definitely hardcore Midwest Jesus loving. I mean, Ashcroft is from Missouri, if you get my drift.
I’m in the South and Deb on the Rocks is correct–in the South, the official would have been talking football more than Jesus (of course, Jesus would have been mentioned as in– “And that winning touchdown you made your senior year,son– sweet Jesus that was beautiful! Now let’s all git home.”)
The South has its problems, but we don’t hold a light to the Jesus lovers in the Midwest. That’s where those crazy anti-abortion/ anti-gay protesters come from that travel all over the country to hold up appalling signs about God’s pissed-offness at sinners. These guys are scary crazy. Must be all those howling winds on the plain.
October 11th, 2007 at 11:27 am
I’m with Amanda. This guy was trying to whip out his Jedi Master powers.
*waves hand* “Did you know that Jesus loves you?”
Wow! I just totally forgot what important social and economic issue I was trying to get an answer from you regarding. That’s amazing. Yes, I do know that Jesus loves me. I’m so happy I decided to talk to you, Mr. County Executive. You just made my day.
Seriously. This guy took some conflict management course that told him to repeat some innocuous phrase over and over rather than get mad or confrontational with unwanted conversations.
What an ass. This is exactly why every person who is able should be registered to vote and vote asshats like this out of office.
October 11th, 2007 at 1:56 pm
Not to be a wonderkiller, as I wouldn’t want to diminish the hilarity and ridiculousness of that clip, but I was digging around Mr. CrazyPants’ background trying to figure out exactly how big a religious whackjob zealot he is. Turns out? Huge.
But… I’m pretty sure that clip is about 6 years old, as the facility was completed in 2001 and Mr. CrazyPants is no longer County Executive.
But I’m still going to try to work it into everyday conversation the next time I screw up or have to explain myself.
October 11th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
At the end of the segment I thought Elliott was going to say, “After all…Jesus loves you.”
My word.
October 11th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
Speaking of Jesus and the south….
http://www.horsesass.org/?p=3554#comments
October 11th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
nothing like a little backwoods evangelism.
elliott smith is a rockstar. this is the reason why he’s owned the “you paid for it” segments for years. didn’t miss a jesus-lovin’ beat.
as a native st. louisan, i’ve gotta pipe in on this little argument. missouri, as a whole, is not part of “the south.” even the more rural areas are of a completely different makeup than the south… all the religious zeal with less hospitality and bitter tea.
geographically speaking, st. charles county is mostly north of st. louis county and city, so the missouri river argument doesn’t work either. i think most st. louisans would prefer to mentally separate our city from screwy suburbs like this, but suburban sprawl is working against us.
we’re not all bible-toting crazies. some of us worship a higher power.
his name is pujols.
October 11th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
Jillbot, as someone that’s lived his entire 38 years in the Pacific Northwest I find it odd that there is even an argument to be made.
October 11th, 2007 at 8:21 pm
Michael, hurray, it’s about time someone brought the dang hippies into this.
October 11th, 2007 at 11:40 pm
Kent=”reader”?
C’mon now…dude plays bass in three bands with you (dating back to ‘88!) and you call him a “reader”?
October 11th, 2007 at 11:49 pm
patatomic: blow me. You are inching close to trolldom. Kent didn’t tell me he needed a bigger spiff. Kent?
Generally, links get this treatment regardless of how long I’ve known somebody or how many times we shared a bed or a band in the sordid past.
October 12th, 2007 at 8:36 am
Jillbot: Missouri is a southern state.
As someone who grew up in Iowa, 4 miles north of the Missouri border, I can tell you that Missouri is definitely considered to be part of the South. Missouri was a Southern State, which is part of the reason that the locals didn’t like the Mormons living there, because the Mormons didn’t believe in slavery, and slavery was still legal in Missouri because it was a Southern State. The US wanted to keep a sort of equilibrium between the number of slave states and the number of free states, so they invented this line and had to decide whether or not Missouri was actually “Free” or “Slave”… and Missouri came out as “not Free”… technically part of the South.
People in Iowa talk like normal midwesterners. People in Missouri have a distinct Southern accent, distinct backwoods characteristics, and a distinct penchant for talking about (or for) Jesus.
October 12th, 2007 at 8:43 am
Evidence for my claim:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_states
Also, I just wanted to make it clear that I am not a Mormon– I’m an Ex-Mo. No evangelism here.
October 12th, 2007 at 9:53 am
ummm…i almost never comment here but seriously, WTF!?!
October 12th, 2007 at 11:45 am
@blurb
As for your offer, no thanks. I’m a vegetarian.
And yes…very proud to troll. Maybe if you’d write something a)interesting or b)thought provoking.
; )
October 12th, 2007 at 11:52 am
patatomic, how’s this for thought provoking: Utah was a slave territory?
And you SUCK.
October 12th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
Wow, first off, as a native yet transplanted St. Louisan, I can tell you that St. Charles is not only another city. Its another world. One we do not identify with as one of our own because frankly, the evangelicals combined with pre-fab homes and bad fashion just don’t make it an attractive place.
Also, no, Missouri is not the South because it’s north of the Mason-Dixon line.
Finally, I love Jon’s site and his wife, Heather’s. So thanks for keeping them going!
October 12th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
Hey Joe Ortwerth, Jesus loves you.
As for me, I think you need to have your meds dosage re-evaluated. Or maybe get a real job.
Just one non-reporters opinion….
http://boskolives.wordpress.com/
October 12th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
I *heart* blurb
October 12th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
Couple of points - this is in MO, not exactly, the south.
The reporter is that stations “investigative” reporter that consistently harasses the local civic leaders, (which should happen, actually,) however, he sometimes comes off as less than a true journalist and more of a sleaze slinger.