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nightscanner59

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25. On a recent stay in the Pueblo/Colorado Spings area...
Sun Jul 12, 2015, 12:18 PM
Jul 2015

I was never so glad to see the Welcome to California sign and asked if I had any fruits and vegetables. The only fruit I smuggled in was myself. This echoes one of the cliche' things I heard ad nauseum about my living in the land of fruits and nuts. There were presumptive "facts" spewed at me about my life out there where they boink on the beaches and have daily orgies. Gee, I sure wanted to know where this place is, sounds like fun. But alas, these presumptions are coming from people who have never even set foot in my home state.
But since I wanted to go out one weekend evening to a local gay club in the Springs, it was notable the picket sign holding bunch at the driveway took a picture of my license plate as I drove in.
I found this interesting. A bar patron asked me if that happened, and explained this was Focus on Other People's Family collection of information. According to this person, I'm now on their "people going to hell" list.
Truly my experiences there with the antediluvian "conservatives", including the one who shot his wife to death then commited suicide two doors down on my brief visit did make things interesting if nauseating. The hateful bumper stickers on hundreds of oversized pick-em-up trucks, and one who even scratched mostly illegible Obama-hate into the paint on his tailgate did not cease to astound. I could hardly find radio station I could stomach. country-god-country-top40-country-god-country.
I was glad to conclude the business with my parents demise and leave the area behind in my rear view mirror.

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The kid needs a civics lesson. Mz Pip Jul 2015 #1
He has the same credibilty as Car Dealers using their kids in ads. ZERO! olegramps Jul 2015 #23
Conservatives need to stop exploiting children Scootaloo Jul 2015 #2
+100 SoapBox Jul 2015 #22
Notice he doesn't mentions.... Delver Rootnose Jul 2015 #3
Someone needs a foot up his ass shenmue Jul 2015 #4
This from the crowd that gets all charged up when 14-yr-olds write books xfundy Jul 2015 #5
The Right will STILL be harping about "Obamaphones" 20 years from now.. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 #6
Prediction: he'll be marching in a Gay Pride Parade within a decade MNBrewer Jul 2015 #7
Yeah, I look forward to the eventualy TlalocW Jul 2015 #13
Probably Christian conservative homeschooled so education will never meet him Person 2713 Jul 2015 #18
Fuck you, kid. Iggo Jul 2015 #8
From "Focus on the Fuckery" Phlem Jul 2015 #9
He repeats what they tell him very well eom LiberalElite Jul 2015 #10
Already a total tool for this bullshit / hate group Person 2713 Jul 2015 #19
Focus on the Family working hard as a hate group to indoctrinate children into hatred and RKP5637 Jul 2015 #11
Home Schooled? yuiyoshida Jul 2015 #12
An unlimited source of belly laughs! Elmer S. E. Dump Jul 2015 #15
Bagger bible thumpers aren't exploiting him they're 'trainin him up' to be the next James O'Keeffe Monk06 Jul 2015 #14
I never cringed so much in a few minutes. Elmer S. E. Dump Jul 2015 #16
Focus on your own damn family. mac56 Jul 2015 #17
Unfortunately Thespian2 Jul 2015 #20
Sorry guys, I only made it to 0:45 jmowreader Jul 2015 #21
Welcome to Colorado Springs' home-schooling bubble. Gumboot Jul 2015 #24
On a recent stay in the Pueblo/Colorado Spings area... nightscanner59 Jul 2015 #25
I was there once for an Astronomy-thing. I thought it was like "Deliverence" without the trees. BlueJazz Jul 2015 #27
I guess I am smarter than a fifth-grader lame54 Jul 2015 #26
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