Eh, WBC doesn't give a shit that the family is Catholic - after all, Elizabeth Edwards wasn't, nor are plenty of the soldiers' families whose funerals they cannibalize. They care that it's a way they can get more attention.

Also, thirding the sub-human sacks of shit part.

Okay, I tried to read the WBC Wikipedia page to figure out what, exactly, their deal is, and I started to become almost physically ill.

Daniel, sorry about your day yesterday.

Steph, glad you spoke up. You're, too, in my thoughts.

They are about...hate.

I tried to read the WBC Wikipedia page to figure out what, exactly, their deal is, and I started to become almost physically ill.

Yeah, um, don't do that.

Shouldn't they be too busy celebrating that there's one fewer Catholic in the world?

No, their raison d'etre seems to be protesting that God hasn't gotten rid of enough of "those" sorts. "Those" meaning people not like them. IE, nearly everyone.

They are baffling in their batshit insanity. One wonders how they manage to transport themselves from place to place.

Sewers.

Okay, I tried to read the WBC Wikipedia page to figure out what, exactly, their deal is, and I started to become almost physically ill.

If you're gonna look at that page, scroll down to the bottom and the "counter protests" section. It's by far the best (and least horrifying) part of the article. Some of the examples are actually pretty awesome.

I would like to report for the record that a garden spade is a highly inadequate tool for driveway shoveling. I finally just cleared off the end, which is always the slipperiest.

DCJ, glad to hear you and the new truck are okay. I'ma send out more car~ma! It's not helping yet!