Jesus weapons
19 January 2010 by Stardust
Sneaky bastards! A video from ABC News explains the latest indirect fundie proselytizing tactics:
ABC News – Secret Jesus Bible Codes on U.S. Military Weapons
and this
Michigan defense contractor is putting Bible codes on their weapons which Mikey Weinstein, president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, says, “could give the Taliban and other enemy forces a propaganda tool: that American troops are Christian crusaders invading Muslim countries.”
WASHINGTON – Combat rifle sights used by U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan carry references to Bible verses, stoking concerns about whether the inscriptions break a government rule that bars proselytizing by American troops.
Military officials said the citations don’t violate the ban and they won’t stop using the telescoping sights, which allow troops to pinpoint the enemy day or night.
The contractor that makes the equipment, Trijicon of Wixom, Mich., said the U.S. military has been a customer since 1995 and the company has never received any complaints about the Scripture citations.
Because not many know about it, you fucker!
“We don’t publicize this,” Tom Munson, Trijicon’s director of sales and marketing, said in an interview. “It’s not something we make a big deal out of. But when asked, we say, ‘Yes, it’s there.’”
Because if you did “make a big deal out of” it, many tax-paying citizens and secular organizations DO have a problem with it. And soldiers who know about it and disagree are afraid to speak up:
Weinstein said he has received complaints about the Scripture citations from active-duty and retired members of the military. He said he couldn’t identify them because they fear retaliation.
19 January 2010, on 5:44 pm
Although I live in the UK,I think I’d like one of these:
http://www.roflposters.com/Browse.aspx?id=680763
not a chinese knock-off.
God on a gun? It’s like the crusades again……. oh, I see. It IS the crusades again.
Damn!
When will people learn? You can’t convince folks by killing their families..
19 January 2010, on 11:27 pm
See, now I’m curious just what verses they’ve been using.
19 January 2010, on 11:46 pm
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
[Just for a fun reminder?]:
http://www.jabberwocky.com/carroll/jabber/jabberwocky.html
And…
Quoth the Raven?:
“WTF!”
Just how far down the rabbit hole are we, anyway?
Some heads really need to roll on this kind of shit; but will they?
Face it, folks, we live in a world where, from top to bottom, the seriously delusional are…
and have always been…in charge.
Personally, I see very little hope that that’ll change; at least very soon.
20 January 2010, on 12:02 pm
What they are saying in Cairo about this
America’s “Biblical Guns” in Iraq
20 January 2010, on 8:44 pm
Funny, but I was under the impression that the Muslims believe they are fighting a continuation of the Crusades, so this should be nothing new to them. What we have here is the very narrow separation between the state and the church in America coming to bare. A majority of Americans believe we are a Christian nation otherwise why do they fight so vehemently whenever it is suggested that we remove “In God We Trust”, or the Christian Cross from graveyards. Men and women if this country overwhelmingly can be seen at any one time with the Christian cross hanging around their neck. It is obvious that the Muslim nations think they are fighting a Crusade against Christians and of course non-believers. Don’t you think this is a Christian, Muslim war? If not what is it?
22 January 2010, on 11:35 am
Chalk up one for the forces of rationality! The folks who make the sights announced this morning that they will no longer put the religious references on their products. The victories don’t come often enough so let’s take a moment to celebrate this one.
22 January 2010, on 3:29 pm
OK…It’s Friday, and…
“I feel a blab coming on…”?
[see below for an old, reminisent, title related YouTube song link]
Bad news, in my opinion; but not surprising…
yesterdays “Supreme Joke” decision regarding so-called Corporate “free speech”, that in essence allows our govt. to be FURTHER bought and paid for by ultra-greedy fucktards.
Of course, in particular, we can thank those ‘lifetime gig’ idiots like the totally delusional Scalia and Thomas, et. al…the same fucktards who handed the govt. over to the Bush-wack crowd in 2000…for treating Corporations just like average individuals.
Again, religion, if only indirectly, poisons EVERYTHING.
The Good News?…
as Brooklyn Boy pointed out, above (I just noticed on arrival)…
at least a sign of SOME rational thinking:
>Petraeus calls gunscope inscriptions “disturbing”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100122/ts_nm/us_usa_security_gunscopes_1
Not disturbing enough, however, to initiate completely canceling the contract with the delusional retarded company that’s been sucking at the insanity trough for some two decades. For a bit more on that….
From The Detroit News: http://www.detnews.com/article/20100119/POLITICS03/1190392/1025/POLITICS03/Wixom-firm-s-military-gunsights-include-biblical-references
’snip’
“…Many who are interested in guns and Trijicon sights have been aware of the codes for years and owners have traded info on the codes on the Internet. A video posted months ago on Youtube.com makes a point of highlighting the code JN8:12 — John 8:12 — found on one Trijicon sight. The videographer, from the so-called “Fun Gun Gear Reviews,” called it a “neat side note” that the company’s owners were Christians. “For those of you who are not Christians, well, get over it,” he said.
A company employee told ABC the practice began under its founder, Glyn Bindon, a devout Christian from South Africa who was killed in a 2003 plane crash in Alaska.
The company has provided millions of dollars worth of sights to the military over the years, according to defense documents. In 2005, it was awarded a $63 million contract to provide 104,000 sights to the Marine Corps. The contract also created a potential sale of another 800,000 sights for a total purchase of $660 million….”
In a strange way, IMO, the latter story portends even MORE strange shit, when coupled with the former. This country, I think, is in serious danger of an ever more rapid drift towards Dominionist Xtian Theocracy.
Considering the number of current “C Street” (’The Family’) fucktards we STILL have continuing to roost in the Senate; plus the dumbass SCOTUS decision, watch out, now, for what might happen in the not too distant future regarding things like Women’s right to choose and the further erosion of other privacy issues.
The more progressive Dems, unfortunately, just can’t seem to grow a spine, no matter what! We really need, IMO, a truly independent, rational, totally NON-religious (freethinking?), Third party; which…I know….most probably ain’t gonna happen; at least in my lifetime.
[feigns Photo-shopping a down-loadable, printable (pdf), "SCOTUS Voodoo dart board" called:
"Die, baby, Die!"]
And speaking of darts…just for some “old laugh” relief?…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXb_E6X6__0
And, for anyone interested in nostalgia, here’s that above mentioned song link:
“Judy Garland – Overture/I Feel A Song Coming On” (in the days (ca. 1964) when there were STILL, somewhat numerous, rather consistent, LIVE broadcast, high paying, Staff Orchestra, Studio musician gigs!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO-nUVl_A1g