Who cares what I think about Moqtada Al-Sadr's enclave going nuts over Buddy Christ? It's time for a new feature of TBIFOC called Ask The Cats!
Iraqi Shiite residents of Baghdad's Sadr City expressed anger yesterday over a picture of a grinning Jesus they mistook for a Shiite holy figure that appeared in the area after a joint US-Iraqi operation. Residents found a picture of "Buddy Jesus" from the 1999 film "Dogma" posted in the streets, accompanied by a badly photocopied pamphlet bearing a crude approximation of a US military crest and outlining a US "plan" to subjugate the neighbourhood. "That picture abuses our Imam Mahdi and his holy character, and mocks our sacred figures," said resident Abu Riyam, apparently mistaking the satirical movie still of Jesus for one of Shiite Islam's historical imams, whose images adopt a Jesus-like iconography.The grinning, winking model of Buddy Jesus giving a thumbs-up sign appeared in the comedy film as a fictional attempt by the Catholic Church to present a kinder and more accessible image of Christianity. "If it wasn't so serious it would be funny," said a coalition spokesman, Major Will Willhoite. The pamphlets outlined a so-called plan to discredit the militias in the sprawling Baghdad slum of two million people, a stronghold of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr.
What do you think about Moqtada Al-Sadr's enclave going nuts over Buddy Christ?
 Nardo: Buddy Christ didn't come down to earth to give people a case of the willies. He was a booster! |  Piper: I'm sure that the Kurds are just thrilled at the prospect of forming a state with these reactionary nutbags in it. |
 Frisky: Here's two Roger Clemens bobbleheads. Someone tell the Italians that they're meant to mock Romulus and Remus, adopted babies of the she-wolf and founders of the city of Rome. |  Audace and Ruse: COOL bobble heads, Frisky! Did you get to go to the games when these were given out? |
does your cat think? |
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Comments (3)
"We represent He who is called I AM!"
"Ok, that's it. You;'re outta here."
Posted by mojo | October 3, 2006 10:31 AM
Posted on October 3, 2006 10:31
Vaguely reminicent of the Bangladeshi protestors with pictures of Muppet Bert, from the old Bert is Evil website.
Posted by radishthegreat | October 3, 2006 11:27 AM
Posted on October 3, 2006 11:27
whoa, I just about had a heart attack when I saw the headline. My husband posted a shopped Buddy Christ last week. http://signaleer.blogspot.com/2006/09/where-do-they-get-these-editorialists.html
Posted by maggie katzen | October 3, 2006 12:41 PM
Posted on October 3, 2006 12:41