Interesting thing about Terry Jones, the koran-burning preacher: born 1951 in Cape Girardeau MO.

[Hannah Bell]

Terry Jones (born in 1951 or 1952<9>) has been the senior pastor of Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville since 2001.<10> In 2010 Jones published Islam is of the Devil, a polemic denouncing Islam as a violent faith.<10><11>

He attended Cape Girardeau Central High School in Missouri where he graduated in 1969.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Qur%27an-burning_controversy#Pastor_Terry_Jones



Same class as Rush Limbaugh.

Rush Hudson Limbaugh III; born January 12, 1951; Limbaugh graduated from Cape Girardeau, Missouri Central High School, in 1969.


See also: Limbaugh family

Rush Hudson Limbaugh III was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, the son of Mildred Carolyn "Millie" (née Armstrong) and Rush Hudson Limbaugh, Jr. His father was a lawyer and a U.S. fighter pilot who served in the China Burma India Theater of World War II...

His uncle, Stephen N. Limbaugh, Sr. is a Ronald Reagan-appointed federal judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. His cousin, Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr., is currently a judge in the same court, appointed by George W. Bush. Rush Limbaugh, Sr., Limbaugh's grandfather, was a Missouri prosecutor, judge, special commissioner, member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 1930 until 1932, and longtime president of the Missouri Historical Society.<3> The Federal Courthouse in Cape Girardeau is named for Limbaugh's grandfather.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_Limbaugh

[Tumbulu]

1. wonder who else was in that class...(nt)

[Hannah Bell]

3. i guess it's old news. interesting.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/09/who-knew-terry-jones-and-rush-limbaugh-were-high-school-classmates/1





The high school website is up with photos from their 1969 yearbook, and comments from classmates.

It also notes that Jones was a pitcher for the Tigers baseball team.

http://www.capecentralhigh.com/students/koran-burn-terry-jones-rush-limbaugh/

[Hannah Bell]

6. Rush Limbaugh Never Let On He Went to School With Pastor Jones

As you may have heard, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh and Terry Jones (you know, the Gainesville, Fla., pastor who threatened to burn Korans on 9/11) graduated from the same high school in Cape Girardeau, Mo., in 1969.

On Friday, Pastor Jones was all over morning TV and continued to go back and forth on whether he would be burning any Korans on the ninth anniversary of the terrorist attacks.

Interestingly, Limbaugh referenced the Pastor Jones story on two recent occasions. But according to transcripts, he never disclosed their shared past. Instead, Limbaugh referred to him simply as "the preacher," "the guy," or "the Gainesville pastor."

On Sept. 8, Limbaugh asked listeners of his popular radio show: "By the way, has the ACLU weighed in yet on the Gainesville pastor who wants to burn the Koran? Why not? I mean, if the ACLU would be consistent they'd move in there and defend this Gainesville pastor's right to burn the Koran."

On the other hand, isn't it a bit odd that Limbaugh would discuss this story on his nationally syndicated radio show and yet not at least disclose that they went to school together? This wouldn't have been an indictment. He could have said, "Folks, I went to school with this guy, and he wasn't this crazy back then."

....it's possible that Limbaugh honestly didn't realize this was the same Terry Jones, but that's unlikely. Cape Girardeau, like many Midwestern towns, is a small, tight-knit community. The Limbaughs are like royalty there...

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:DY-OrJoG0oIJ:www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/10/rush-limbaugh-never-let-on-he-went-to-school-with-pastor-jones/+terry+jones+rush+limbaugh&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com


Rush responds:

On Friday morning, I wrote about Rush Limbaugh having gone to high school with controversial Pastor Terry Jones yet not mentioning it when discussing the story on his radio show.

Friday afternoon, Limbaugh took to the airwaves to explain:

My high school was like 2,000 people. Do you remember everybody in it? Look, if this guy's name happened to be Ennis Slobodnik, then I would remember it, but how many Terry Joneses are there out there? This guy is in Florida to boot. He's not in Missouri. He didn't have a mustache. I'll tell you who this guy was. This guy was a pitcher. He was a left-hand pitcher. I remember him not from school. I don't ever remember seeing him in school. Not denying it, had to happen, but I don't remember it. We were in the Babe Ruth League together, which is the next stage after the Little League.

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/11/rush-limbaugh-how-many-terry-joneses-are-there-out-there/


how many were in the class, i wonder? jones' picture is on page 130 of the yearbook, limbaugh's on page 132. the pictures are large. doesn't appear to be a 500-person class.

i think limbaugh's "2000 kids" includes the jr high.

[pintobean]

10. Indeed

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9111118

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9110567

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http://upload.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9119820

[CanonRay]

12. Rush looked like an asshole even then

don't you just want to smack that smirk off his face?

[glinda]

2. Is Rush funding Jones family to pay for their Law degrees? Quite a

coincidence to have so many lawyers and judicial positions between the two of them.

[Hannah Bell]

4. aren't you thinking of the phelps family?

[madamesilverspurs]

5. Is that banjo music?

[freshwest]

8. Paddle faster!

[Raine]

7. Geesh I thought he was at least 10-15 years older than that

time has certainly not been kind to his face. I guess it's the evil on the inside showing on the outside. :evilfrown:

[sabrina 1]

9. Interesting, thank you for the information.

[Hannah Bell]

11. kick

[Electric Monk]

13. k&r

[madinmaryland]

14. Interesting. Is there a connection or just a coincidinky?

I would doubt that the Jones family hung out with the wealthy limbaugh family. There is definitely elitism in the limbaugh family. I suppose Jones could have been poisoned by the elitism and hatred of oxyrush. :shrug: