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Red Stick Rant On “The Gene” Bulletproof Vest Collection
Thursday, May 8, 2008 • 12:58 pm
On the chance that you may have missed this comment by Cliffg, I'm posting it again. As usual when Red Stick is on a tear, beverage warnings apply.
Bishop Gene Robinson, Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire, has signed a multi-year deal with They Work, Inc., a nationally known maker of bullet-proof vests, to develop a special clerical line of vests.

“I’m just a country Bishop,” said Robinson, “But I’m getting threats all the time. Yesterday a dog growled at me as I crossed the street, so you can never be too careful. You must always keep your guard up.” Bishop Robinson says he has no idea what’s been causing the rise in anti-clerical threats since 2003, but says he is happy to work with TW, Ink. “Of course I will have something to say about it in my next book,” he said.

The ‘Gene Collection’ will initially offer three options: a vest in “Simple Country Bishop Rose” for Bishops, one in “We’re Doing A New Thing Black” for parish priests, and a made-to-order “Color of Sunrise” for special church occasions, such as depositions. More color options are being considered, including an all-weather fabric for serving outside, which currently code-named ‘Lambeth.’

Each vest will come with a detachable fragment-resistant clerical collar, and will be able to attach the standard US military IBV groin and shoulder protection. As an option on the Bishop’s vest, the groin protection may be attached to the rear in order to cover their posteriors. This will be known as the ‘Beers attachment,’ and will come in especially handy when explaining what happened at House of Bishops meetings.

Comments:

What a hoot!  At least this is some compensation for having to listen to this egomaniac whiner yet again.

[1] Posted by evan miller on 05-08-2008 at 01:18 PM

"IBV groin ... protection.”

Now, why would he want that?

[2] Posted by FrVan on 05-08-2008 at 01:33 PM

And now offering the special Oven Mitt Kevlar Vestments and Pointy Hat, Presiding Barrister Edition. It is guaranteed to stop Orthodox Theological Potshots of any caliber.

the snarkster

[3] Posted by the snarkster on 05-08-2008 at 01:34 PM

#2—I’d think he would want the rear protection, wouldn’t he?

[4] Posted by gppp on 05-08-2008 at 02:45 PM

Another absolute must read by Red Stick rant:

Unified Useful Idiot Theory. Confirmed.

Great investigative blogging.

[5] Posted by robroy on 05-08-2008 at 03:08 PM

Perhaps the collection could include the “Mac-Iyalla Arm Protector” to deal with the ever-present threat of syringe attacks.

One can’t be too careful.

[6] Posted by hanks on 05-08-2008 at 03:19 PM

Perhaps the collection could include the “Mac-Iyalla Arm Protector” to deal with the ever-present threat of syringe attacks.

One can’t be too careful.

[7] Posted by hanks on 05-08-2008 at 03:22 PM

#5 robroy...very enlightening and tragic!
#3 Snarkster. the bishop of El Camino Real has the stole to match that oven mitt pointy hat!
http://www.ststephensgilroy.org/news.html
Scroll down to see smile

[8] Posted by One Day Closer on 05-08-2008 at 03:27 PM

[5] Robroy:

I can’t claim credit for the info on Rachel Corrie.  Chris Johnson over at Little Green Footballs is where I heard about her.  He is the one that kept up with the story, and from where I got some of my links. (The rest were Google.) All I did was put in one place and connect the dots with +KJS.

If y’all are not reading Little Green Footballs, you should be.

SAPI plates save lives!

[9] Posted by cliffg on 05-08-2008 at 03:34 PM

Does it come with an airbag?  Oh, wait....

[10] Posted by Scuba Steve on 05-08-2008 at 04:29 PM

re: #8 by One Day Closer

Is it just me or does the bishop look like she is headed to a Mardi Gras parade or some goofy sorority initiation?

[11] Posted by Daniel on 05-08-2008 at 05:20 PM

#4
No, No, He cannot cover that area, after all that is what he talks through...Oh, dear, I’ve sunk to a new level of low even for me…

[12] Posted by FrVan on 05-08-2008 at 05:24 PM

[10] Scuba Steve:

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now THAT was funny!

[13] Posted by cliffg on 05-08-2008 at 05:35 PM

I will need one of those vests because I have gotten death threats for my refusal to accept the new episcopal religion.  Or maybe I’m a liar or perhaps schizophrenic.  OK, I need either a bar of soap to wash out my mouth, power antipychotic drugs, or a bulletproof vest.  Hmm.  If anyone reading this can help, perhaps you can tell me which I need based on the information presented.  I remind you that I have not presented anything less than Bishop Gene presented to Matt Lauer.

[14] Posted by BillK on 05-08-2008 at 05:36 PM

#14, yes, but did you not see the look of lust in the eyes +VGR?

[15] Posted by FrVan on 05-08-2008 at 05:38 PM

#14 BillK,
All you really need now is an Oven Mitt! smile

[16] Posted by One Day Closer on 05-08-2008 at 05:53 PM

St. Augustine wrote that we ought not “to be moved by the consideration that many consent unto the devil, and few follow God; for the grain, too, in comparison with the chaff, has greatly the defect in number. But even as the husbandman knows what to do with the mighty heap of chaff, so the multitude of sinners is nothing to God, who knows what to do with them, so as not to let the administration of His kingdom be disordered and dishonored in any part. Nor is the devil to be supposed to have proved victorious for the mere reason of his drawing away with him more than the few by whom he may be overcome. In this way there are two communities—one of the ungodly, and another of the holy—which are carried down from the beginning of the human race even to the end of the world, which are at present commingled in respect of bodies, but separated in respect of wills, and which, moreover, are destined to be separated also in respect of bodily presence in the day of judgment. For all men who love pride and temporal power with vain elation and pomp of arrogance, and all spirits who set their affections on such things and seek their own glory in the subjection of men, are bound fast together in one association; nay, even although they frequently fight against each other on account of these things, they are nevertheless precipitated by the like weight of lust into the same abyss, and are united with each other by similarity of manners and merits. And, again, all men and all spirits who humbly seek the glory of God and not their own, and who follow Him in piety, belong to one fellowship. And, notwithstanding this, God is most merciful and patient with ungodly men, and offers them a place for penitence and amendment.” (“Of the Co-Existence of Good and Evil in the Church, and Their Final Separation”)

[17] Posted by Alice Linsley on 05-08-2008 at 05:56 PM

Beautiful!  Perfect!  Thank you for that quote, Alice Linsley.

[18] Posted by Floridian on 05-08-2008 at 06:26 PM

"Yesterday a dog growled at me as I crossed the street”

Don’t forget the Kevlar gaiters. You can’t be too careful about those dogs.

And speaking of Kevlar, why not complete the outfit with a pair of Kevlar snake pants?

Rattlesnakes have, admittedly, become rare in New Hampshire. But the pants could ward off an assassin armed with the Bulgarian Umbrella.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgarian_umbrella

[19] Posted by Irenaeus on 05-08-2008 at 07:53 PM

[comment deleted—personal attack & inappropriate comments]

[20] Posted by Sasha on 05-08-2008 at 07:54 PM

Sasha--try decaf

[21] Posted by Going Home on 05-08-2008 at 08:10 PM

Don’t forget the optional CANON RESISTANT armour plated SUV

[22] Posted by Dave B on 05-08-2008 at 08:43 PM

Akh, Going Home:  I don’t drink coffee, period!  That’s what mental troubles (ADHD, Asperger’s, depression, anxiety, paranoia) can do to somebody!!…

[23] Posted by Sasha on 05-08-2008 at 08:44 PM

Tried to post this above (#6/7) but doesn’t look like it worked:

Perhaps the collection could include the “Mac-Iyalla Arm Protector” to deal with the ever-present threat of the syringe attack.

[24] Posted by hanks on 05-08-2008 at 08:49 PM

Re; [19]

Don’t forget the Kevlar gaiters.

No, Irenaeus, he doesn’t need those.  We do, for all those Lefty ankle biters.  They don’t really hurt or cause you any real harm; they’re so just annoying. 

Unless you get one with a Lawyer.  Then I’d recommend you back away slowly and contact your local pest-control expert.

[25] Posted by cliffg on 05-08-2008 at 10:22 PM

"All the bullet-proof vests of the world won’t save this creep when it comes time for him to leave this world--- and go straight to HELL!!!” ---Sasha [#20]

Sasha: Sounds like you’re looking forward it.

Join me in prayer for VGR before you go hog-wild on Schadenfreude.

[26] Posted by Irenaeus on 05-08-2008 at 10:47 PM

"Yesterday a dog growled at me as I crossed the street”

CliffG: I particularly enjoyed this line.

[27] Posted by Irenaeus on 05-09-2008 at 10:35 PM

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