#3 Snarkster. the bishop of El Camino Real has the stole to match that oven mitt pointy hat!
http://www.ststephensgilroy.org/news.html
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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.
What a hoot! At least this is some compensation for having to listen to this egomaniac whiner yet again.
"IBV groin ... protection.”
Now, why would he want that?
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
#2—I’d think he would want the rear protection, wouldn’t he?
Another absolute must read by Red Stick rant:
Unified Useful Idiot Theory. Confirmed.
Great investigative blogging.
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.
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.
#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
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[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.
Does it come with an airbag? Oh, wait....
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?
#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…
[10] Scuba Steve:
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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, yes, but did you not see the look of lust in the eyes +VGR?
#14 BillK,
All you really need now is an Oven Mitt!
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”)
Beautiful! Perfect! Thank you for that quote, Alice Linsley.
"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
Sasha--try decaf
Don’t forget the optional CANON RESISTANT armour plated SUV
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.
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.
"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.
"Yesterday a dog growled at me as I crossed the street”
CliffG: I particularly enjoyed this line.