The Christian Civic League of Maine's Mike Hein calls Pam's House Blend: "a leading source of radical homosexual propaganda, anti-Christian bigotry, and radical transgender advocacy."
He is "praying that Pam Spaulding will "turn away from her wicked and sinful promotion of homosexual behavior."
(CCLM's web site, 10/15/07)
Ex-gay "Christian" activist James Hartline on Pam:
"I have been mocked over and over again by ungodly and unprincipled anti-christian lesbians."
(from "Six Years In Sodom: From The Journal Of James Hartline," 9/4/2006, written from the "homosexual stronghold" of Hillcrest in San Diego).
"Pam is a 'twisted lesbian sister' and an 'embittered lesbian' of the 'self-imposed gutteral experiences of the gay ghetto.'" -- 9/5/2008
Peter LaBarbera of Americans for Truth Against Homosexuality heartily endorses the Blend, calling Pam:
A "vicious anti-Christian lesbian activist." (Concerned Women for America's radio show [9:15], 1/25/07)
"A nutty lesbian blogger." (MassResistance radio show [16:25], 2/3/07)
Pam's House Blend always seems to find these sick f*cks. The area of the country she is in? The home state of her wife? I know, they are everywhere. Pam just does such a great job of bringing them out into the light.
--Impeach Bush
who monitors yours Bevis ?? Just thought I would drop you a line,so the rest of your life is not wasted.
Security details at Barack Obama's rally Wednesday stopped screening people for weapons at the front gates more than an hour before the Democratic presidential candidate took the stage at Reunion Arena.
The order to put down the metal detectors and stop checking purses and laptop bags came as a surprise to several Dallas police officers who said they believed it was a lapse in security.
Dallas Deputy Police Chief T.W. Lawrence, head of the Police Department's homeland security and special operations divisions, said the order -- apparently made by the U.S. Secret Service -- was meant to speed up the long lines outside and fill the arena's vacant seats before Obama came on.
"Sure," said Lawrence, when asked if he was concerned by the great number of people who had gotten into the building without being checked. But, he added, the turnout of more than 17,000 people seemed to be a "friendly crowd."
The Secret Service did not return a call from the Star-Telegram seeking comment.
UPDATE: There is a 500+ comment thread about the security issue over in a recommended diary at DKos, and perhaps the most interesting aspect about it is early on there is explicit banter about whether the diary should be on the recommended list, as if discussing the subject "aloud" is prudent. There is actually sane discussion downthread, including individual accounts of what kind of screening did or didn't occur at other Obama events people attended, as well as the level of Secret Service capacity for a landmark presidential race.
Tsk tsk-ing Jack Douglas of the Star-Telegram for reporting on the matter or calls to quash discussions in the blogosphere about the article gets to the heart of the true discomfort and fear people have -- contemplating potential outcomes of a security breach. I think it's safe to say that screening tens of thousands of people at these rallies is a huge undertaking. It's newsworthy -- and pretty easy to confirm if so many people were able to pass through without being screened in any way, shape or form.
I can't imagine what it would take for 17,000 people to be adequately screened, but that's for the professionals to evaluate. And that's precisely why it's a story if a law enforcement official at a large presidential candidate rally publicly questions how security was being handled to a reporter. Discussing it isn't going to stoke the crazies - they are out there, have always been out there, and the vitriol, not surprisingly, is rising.
Last month, Barack Obama discussed the security issues (and other matters) with Brian Williams in this video:
The Obamas have placed their lives in the hands of professionals that should be doing their jobs -- so that the Obamas don't have to think about security when campaigning. Excusese such as the crowds are too large, or that they look "friendly" simply cannot be tolerated.
