Quran-burning" Fla. pastor is Cape Girardeau native, ex-classmate of Rush Limbaugh

[bushisanidiot]

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/af07ac96-bcf9-11df-be26-0017a4a78c22.html

"Turns out Rev. Terry Jones, the leader of a tiny Gainesville, Fla., congregation who is making considerable headlines with plans for a Islamic holy book-burning tomorrow, is from Cape Girardeau.

He graduated Cape Girardeau Central High in 1969. Another member of the class of '69? Radio talker Rush Limbaugh.

The connections have been made only in the last couple of days -- just a little bit less time than Jones has been famous.

Perhaps the first to piece it together was Ken Steinoff, also a Cape Central grad (1965), who runs Capecentralhigh.com. He tracked down the preacher's yearbook photo.

Steinoff noted that Limbaugh used to be the Cape's most famous export. Now -- for this news cycle, at least -- it is Jones. And while he's taken some grief for connecting the two famous grads, Steinoff said he was struck by the coincidence.

<snip>

Jones has little connection to the Cape today. And he seems to have little support among preachers in his hometown. In a letter to the editor published today in the Southeast Missourian, a preacher and five others asked Jones to reconsider his plan."

Coincidence?

[lpbk2713]

1. Good find.

Now the pieces all start to fit together.


:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[bushisanidiot]

7. Thanks!

.

[BrklynLiberal]

2. hmmmm. wonder if anyone has checked the water supply there?

[qb]

3. There was definitely something in that water.

:scared:

[thereismore]

11. Who was their history teacher and how many nazis has he/she spawned? nt

[Brother Buzz]

14. That was my first thought

[no_hypocrisy]

4. A clear case of Rush Envy.

[global1]

5. Has Rush Weighed In On This Quran Burning Issue Yet?......

I haven't seen any quotes attributed to Rush regarding this issue.

Just another coincidence I guess.

[spartan61]

6. They sure will have a great time

comparing notes at their next high school reunion.

[Turbineguy]

8. He'll start a trend

Looking for Famous Assholes who were in High School with me.

[noel711]

9. And, like Rush, his education stopped there.

Does this man have any advanced education,
any bona fides to his claim to be 'clergy'?

Or did the HOly Spirit descend, and set his own
books on fire?

[LeftinOH]

10. Well- here are the pics of the two classmates from hell:

-and-

[Gin]

12. we should forever link the two together every time rush is talked

about...his other brother

[bushisanidiot]

16. They could be "blood brothers" for all we know.

like minds..

[pintobean]

13. On the bright side

There were some good looking girls in that class.

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[tanyev]

15. Yikes! I lived in a little town a few miles away from Cape Girardeau in 1969.

We went shopping there all the time.



*shudder*
:scared:

[mitchum]

17. Maybe he contributed to the anal cyst

[TexasObserver]

18. figures

[trumad]

19. LOL---it's the school my wife went to--

but she's much younger.

[11 Bravo]

21. They doubtless sat beside each other in "White Studies" class.