Ms. Griffin Update

She had her first court appearance. Nooga.com reported on her statement (which I've quoted after the jump in case it cycles away), and Jesus' General has even given her some commiseration and suggestions:

More recently, there was the incident at the Mexican grocery where you were arrested for teaching the store owners a lesson in American history. Yes, I understood what you were doing even if the police didn't. They called it theft of a Mexican flag, but we both know you were teaching them about Manifest Destiny, the belief that God commands white Christians to free brown people from the burdens of property ownership.

Now, I don't know what you're going to do next, but I'm wondering if you couldn't apply the tactics you employed in the Mexican grocery incident to gathering better information about homosexuals in Rhea county. Specifically, I'm thinking that you could break into every house in the county during the night to see if the occupants are engaging in homosexual acts. That way you won't have to depend on what they report, you can see it with your own eyes. And if they're brown, you won't have to leave empty handed.

On another topic, I'm posting this from the new crib at last! We haven't been able to get the cable switched over yet, but fortunately a neighbor has an open wi-fi network, so I'm mooching off his connection at the moment (whatever gets me whooshing my way through the great tubes of the internet...). Whee!


Ms. Griffin's statement:

"After the Rhea County Commission meeting the 18th of July, I was traveling toward home from the meeting and passed the latest innovation to the city of Dayton - a Mexican grocery store. Plastered with Spanish, it irked me to see that there was such a monstrosity right in the heart of our little town.

I went into the store and a young man sat there and could speak no American at all. I looked around and saw a small Mexican flag stuck to the back door. Seeing this effrontery, I tore it off the door and left. Of all the nerve! It was not stolen; it was an act of war! I have no respect for this kind of force.

The next day or two I saw they had put up another, LARGER one in the front window. I went to a lot of trouble calling the property assessor's office to see who owned this building, which was formerly Roger's Drug Store. I was finally given the name of a Mexican and calling this number, heard one which I assumed was a Mexican speaking Spanish answer the machine and leaving some unintelligible message. I then said in so many English words that I didn't appreciate their having a Mexican flag in downtown Dayton and asked them to remove it.

A day or two later, I had a call from the City Police Officer who asked me if I was the one who removed the flag. I said yes. He then said words which I value more than much silver - he said, "I knew you would tell me the truth." Where in this vain and wicked age can you find people whose word is their bond and the police officer would say, "I knew you would tell me the truth." It was a special blessing.

At any rate, days went by until today, August 8, 206, I received a call from Chief of Police Chris Sneed who told me there was an arrest warrant waiting for me at the jail and I needed to come down and sign some papers. The papers included booking me for theft, vandalism and violation of civil rights (!). After I was fingerprinted, I was allowed to bond on a $5,00 bond and put down $512.0 to save me from jail.

The hearing is today. It is an honor to suffer for your country's sake, even if it is in a Culture War and an insidious invasion by people who think we are helpless little pigs who have no defender. They are wrong. I have a Great Defender. His Name is Jesus Christ the Righteous, the One Who was with Daniel in the lion's den, and the One Who stood by Charles Finney and a thousand hosts of preachers and Christians who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake.

If there is anyone out there who knows how to reach the Mexican Consulate, would you be so kind as to send this to him for me.

TO THE MEXICAN CONSULATE:

Of all the nerve, your people come into our town, speak Spanish, put up their alien flags and expect us to take it laying down.

If all the officials are cowards, if all the businessmen are lawless capitalists, and all the people helpless under cowardly, unpatriotic leadership, I will do what I can as one individual to show my displeasure and love of my country.

You can be sure the inactivity on the part of veterans and patriots is no sign of love for your effrontery or that their hearts are not grieved and broken. They just wait for the Lord to execute His Wrath as He did in avenging the death of Davy Crockett."