WTF???:Prestonwood Baptist Minister Arrested in Sex Sting

Jonny has not yet had time to weigh in with his religious leanings on this forum, but here's a little news item from the Dallas area that have me a little chuckle. Actually, it caused Jonny to laugh diabolically.

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02:24 PM CDT on Friday, May 16, 2008

By TANYA EISERER / The Dallas Morning News
teiserer@dallasnews.com

A Plano megachurch minister was taken into custody Thursday after authorities say he drove to Bryan, Texas, to have sex with a person he thought to be a 13-year-old.

Joe Barron, a minister at Prestonwood Baptist Church, is accused of online solicitation of a minor.

According to Bryan police, Mr. Barron had chatting for about two weeks with the person that he thought to be a juvenile. "The online conversations were sexually explicit in nature," the release said.

On Tuesday, Mr. Barron asked if the girl could meet him in person, police said. Two days later, he made the three-hour drive to Bryan to meet the girl.
Undercover officers arrested him upon his arrival, police said. In his vehicle, police said they found web-cam and headset as well as condoms, police said.
Bryan officers also searched Mr. Barron’s Plano residence where they seized a desktop, two laptops, numerous computer disks and memory cards, police said.
Prestonwood church officials also gave police officials access to his computer at the church, authorities said.

"We are disturbed and saddened by the reports we have heard and we are praying for the Barron family. We are fully cooperating with the police in their investigation," said Mike Buster, Prestonwood's executive pastor, in a statement.

The church, which as 26,000 members and 40 ministers, would not provide further information about Mr. Barron.

DMN staff writer Sam Hodges contributed to this report.

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I know, you think Jonny shouldn't laugh at this story. But I am not laughing at the plight of this pour soul that has strayed from the flock, and I certainly am not amused at the attempt by this dirty old bastard to go nail a 13 year-old. But I always find it good-times when one of these Holier-Than-Thou pricks gets exposed for the piece of shit that many of them really are. The proud members of the Religious Ruling Class always hold themselves out as pillars of society, and Jonny loves it when they are exposed for the hypocrites that they truly are.

This story is only going to get better once the authorities dissect the contents of this guy's computer. You think he might have a bit of kiddie porn stashed away? But at least he has this going for him: It seems that everyone that goes to prison finds a god of some sort, so this guy should be ahead of the game when he hits the jail.

Not to worry, his congregation is praying for him, so everything should be all better. Hey, at least he wasn't Catholic, right?

WTF???:Man's Leg Found In Smoker To Be Returned;Buyer Of Smoker Had Wanted To Keep Leg

This story is from last year, but somehow Jonny missed this little gem when it was Breaking News. Jonny has a very puzzled look on his face.

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MAIDEN, N.C. -- A South Carolina man who mistakenly lost his amputated leg when it was sold in a barbecue smoker at a public auction will get the appendage back, authorities said Wednesday.

John Wood, of Simpsonville, S.C., had been battling to regain custody of the leg from Shannon Whisnant, who found the leg in the smoker he purchased at an auction of Wood's belongings last week, WXII-TV in Greenville, N.C., reported

Whisnant had said he wanted to keep the leg if Wood wasn't willing to pay to get it back. The leg was being kept at a funeral home, the television station reported.

Whisnant said he previously charged people to look at the severed leg.

"It's mine, I want it back, I have a receipt," Whisnant said Tuesday.

He said that if Wood cared about the leg, it wouldn't have been left behind in the smoker.

Wood's leg was amputated three years ago after an airplane crash. He had been keeping the leg so it could be cremated with him when he dies.

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So just to make sure Jonny has the facts straight:

1. This guy had his leg amputated, and then he stored it in his BBQ smoker? What condition was the leg in that he was saving? Was it a complete leg covered in decaying flesh, or was it just bones? Was it somehow preserved or stored in some sort of container, or was it just loose leg parts?


2. He sold his smoker at auction, and he didn't realize, "Oh yeah, I need to take my leg out of there first."?


3. The guy that bought the smoker actually wants to KEEP the leg?


4. The guy that found the Cracker Jack Surprise in his newly-purchased smoker was CHARGING people to look at the leg?


5. People were actually PAYING to look at the leg?


6. Are we really witnessing a custody battle over a severed leg?

My nominee for the best quote EVER is the guy who found the leg in his new smoker saying "It's mine, I want it back, I have a receipt." Jonny laughs his ass off when he pictures some bitter, angry old guy (kinda like Jonny) angrily waving his receipt and asserting his claim to another guy's smelly, decaying severed limb.

We live in a STUPID world, folks.

Jonny out. ♥ Love you long time.