Pablo Fanque and Mona Goldwater cancel the "2,000 Bible bonfire on a bed of American flag kindling" counterdemonstration after Dr. Terry Jones/Dove suspend their Quran burning party

They appear to be out of cell phone range at the moment, but Pablo and Mona left me a lengthy voice mail yesterday afternoon from "somewhere near Memphis," where they had just learned that the Quran burning in Gainesville, FLA had been cancelled. They had clearly been "celebrating" their apparent triumph.

You may remember that early in the week, Pablo loaded up a pickup with 2,000 Bibles, and fifty American flags ("for kindling") and began barreling toward Florida to mount a serious, and quite possibly, dangerous confrontation.

"a counteroffensive against the crackers, ass-clowns, and pinheads who are about to torch a stack of Qurans." - Pablo Fanque (All This Is That National Affairs Editor)

Pablo and Mona

Midway through the voicemail, Mona Goldwater took the phone and told me, slurring even more than Fanque, that they were drinking at a rest stop just outside of Memphis, and giving away their large stock of Bibles and American Flags to surprised fellow travellers.  "We'll sleep here overnight and get back on the road to Seattle at first light.  We did it! I mean, I get that it wasn't us alone, but I don't think even that publicity-whore Terry Jones wanted to see our Quran and American flag bonfire."

Two articles from earlier in the week on the Fanque/Goldwater road trip and demonstration:

Pablo Fanque, Mona Goldwater, and company on the road to "Burn a Koran Day" at Dove World Outreach Center in FLA


I plan to light up 2,000 Bibles on a bed of 50 American Flags in Florida on September 11th

"Dr." Terry Jones.  Bookburner

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Pablo Fanque, Mona Goldwater, and company on the road to "Burn a Koran Day" at Dove World Outreach Center in FLA

By Pablo Fanque
All This Is That National Affairs Editor


Update from the flyover states.  Yes, we're on the road to Gainesville, FLA, as we mentioned, with a cargo of 2,000 Bibles, 50 American flags, and a gallon of kerosense.  As we mentioned here yesterday, we are heading to Gainesville, to the Dove World Outreach Center, where we perform a kerosene and Bourbon-fueled counter-demonstration during Dr. Terry Jones' planned "Burn a Koran Day" festivities. 

We made good time.  This morning we are Little Big Horn, and stopped to stretch at the battlefield where General Custer met his end.  900 miles down, and 2,000 to go to hit Gainesville!

We were stopped by the police just outside of Billings, Montana.  We had a burned out tail-light.  The state patrolman took an unusual interest in the bed of the pickup truck, raised the tarp, and saw the Bibles.

"What are these for?"

"We're going to give them away in Florida."

"Why would you do that," the trooper asked, "Isn't that a long way to go to hand out Bibles?"

"Officer, there isn't a law against interetstate transportation of Bibles, is there?"

"Get out of here, and get that light fixed at the next stop."

Today we hope to make it as far as Paducah, Kentucky.  Bourbon Country.

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