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Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:46 PM EDT
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TAMPA — Police say a man named God was arrested near a Tampa church for selling cocaine. Authorities began investigating God Lucky Howard in April, and he was arrested on Saturday. Police say he sold the cocaine to undercover detectives in his neighborhood. When officers searched his home, they reported finding another 22 grams of cocaine and a scale.
Jail records show Howard was charged with several counts drug possession and distribution, which include increased charges for being within 1,000 feet of a church, a school and public housing.
He was being held on a bond of $86,500.
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{"commentId":2032025,"authorDomain":"kingmarty"}
Just the headline made me laugh.
Thanks for this.
{"commentId":2032025,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"kingmarty"}
- 4 votes
#1 - Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:57 PM EDT{"commentId":2040905,"authorDomain":"EnemyRaidz"}
Best Headline Ever... But really though this goes to show that the war on drugs is going too far. Even God is being hindered.
{"commentId":2040905,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"EnemyRaidz"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2032086,"authorDomain":"ilpala271"}
God...Lucky...Howard?
I can't stop laughing.
{"commentId":2032086,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"ilpala271"}
- 7 votes
#2 - Mon Jun 23, 2008 5:04 PM EDT{"commentId":2032144,"authorDomain":"fawnshore"}
I think we're all missing the larger ramifications of this story...it is irrefutable proof that God exists.
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- 25 votes
#3 - Mon Jun 23, 2008 5:12 PM EDT{"commentId":2032162,"authorDomain":"kingmarty"}
Who would have thought he was slinging rock in Florida?
{"commentId":2032162,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"kingmarty"}
- 18 votes
{"commentId":2032218,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
God really does work in mysterious ways.
{"commentId":2032218,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
- 23 votes
{"commentId":2032737,"authorDomain":"sphinx"}
Who would have thought he was slinging rock in Florida?
Gives a whole new meaning to that "stone disobedient children" rule.
{"commentId":2032737,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"sphinx"}
- 21 votes
{"commentId":2034305,"authorDomain":"adventurebooks"}
God certainly looks bigger than I imagined. And what the heck is going on? I always thought he preferred wearing white to orange.
I probably should not have looked upon his face, though. When I came downstairs from my office, our bookkeeper said my hair had turned white.
{"commentId":2034305,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"adventurebooks"}
- 8 votes
{"commentId":2035908,"authorDomain":"PamelaDrew"}
Who wants to bet George Carlin is kicking off his performance on the other side, with this story?
{"commentId":2035908,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"PamelaDrew"}
- 16 votes
{"commentId":2036466,"authorDomain":"spiffie"}
Gives a whole new meaning to that "stone disobedient children" rule.
Either that, or now we know that Ted Haggard really was doing God's work.
{"commentId":2036466,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"spiffie"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2037084,"authorDomain":"kingmarty"}
Apparently the burning bush is no longer an effective means of getting his point across.
{"commentId":2037084,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"kingmarty"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2037805,"authorDomain":"babin"}
har - and by burning bush does God really mean smoking the reefer?
Why couldn't this have been Crack. We all know Crack is funnier than coke. I'd love to see that headline. God slings crack outside of Church.
Times are hard people, even God is down on his luck.
I want to know who turned God in? WHO's The JUDAS in this one??
That's one guy I don't want to rat out.
God probably knew he would be betrayed: In 7 days you will turn me in for selling crack. I still love you brother...
Man this could go on forever...
{"commentId":2037805,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"babin"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":3284066,"authorDomain":"barkatthemoon2008"}
{"commentId":2032555,"authorDomain":"reggiek"}
I've seen the evangelists on tv sayin that god really needs your money.....I didn't know he was in such bad straits that he needed to start sellin rock! Wonder how good the product was.....they should have interviewed some of the customers to see if god's product is as good as his word??? I'd hate to see god out there sellin bad product....I wonder if you get hit by a lightning bolt if you invade his turf....and what happens if you try to rip him off.....Too bad Carlin passed away...he could have had a lot of fun with this....
{"commentId":2032555,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"reggiek"}
- 7 votes
#4 - Mon Jun 23, 2008 6:08 PM EDT{"commentId":2032650,"authorDomain":"judoka61"}
Police say a man named God was arrested near a Tampa church for selling cocaine.
He's into everything these days.
{"commentId":2032650,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"judoka61"}
- 6 votes
#5 - Mon Jun 23, 2008 6:19 PM EDT{"commentId":2033158,"authorDomain":"celestina"}
Diversification is important, and the bottom fell out of the plague market.
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- 14 votes
{"commentId":2033184,"authorDomain":"renesis"}
I can see that the name is funny but I think this is an irresponsible and irrelevant story for the AP to print and to appear as the top story anywhere but "Odd News".
Then again, maybe I'm just grumpy today.
{"commentId":2033184,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"renesis"}
- 7 votes
#6 - Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:41 PM EDT{"commentId":2033543,"authorDomain":"insert"}
You're completely correct. This doesn't belong anywhere other than Odd News, at least until it becomes "Man named God accused..."
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":2034185,"authorDomain":"eastmdsnguy"}
I work for a church and think it was the "God Lucky Howard" damn funniest thing I've read all day.
{"commentId":2034185,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"eastmdsnguy"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2037843,"authorDomain":"babin"}
Don't be a sour puss.
{"commentId":2037843,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"babin"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2039468,"authorDomain":"caroaber"}
I agree. This is one for the police blotter. So what, he's got a funny name?
{"commentId":2039468,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"caroaber"}
{"commentId":2033571,"authorDomain":"justinpm"}
What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us?
Just a stranger by a church
Trying to sell some blow.
{"commentId":2033571,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"justinpm"}
- 17 votes
#7 - Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:30 PM EDT{"commentId":2033635,"authorDomain":"wgblackmon"}
How could anyone be so stupid as to name their child 'God'? They must have been on drugs.......some strange things have been happening in Florida lately - let the GOP have it - Gods on their side after all.
{"commentId":2033635,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"wgblackmon"}
- 2 votes
#8 - Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:38 PM EDT{"commentId":2033995,"authorDomain":"SuperUnspecial"}
Plenty of people named Jesus
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":2034182,"authorDomain":"justinpm"}
Well, Jesus was a dude. Regardless of whether you think he is the son of God. God is a supposedly supreme being. So generally you don't name some one God, lest you think he might be. Selling coke outside a church, probably not God.
It comes into question though. The big G usually means the one and only, so can you no longer refer to God that way? Do you have to call him The God?
{"commentId":2034182,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"justinpm"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2034793,"authorDomain":"agapelove"}
The word God is a title. However, the one true God has a name.
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":2034854,"authorDomain":"sphinx"}
God is a supposedly supreme being. So generally you don't name some one God, lest you think he might be.
Meh, it's only marginally more special than naming your kid after an Apostle. Then again, his middle name is Lucky, so he clearly crosses the Maximum Name Karma Threshold.
{"commentId":2034854,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"sphinx"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2034977,"authorDomain":"wukong"}
This is also proof that Adam and Eve were black since God made man of his image from dirt that was probably not pale if it were rich enough for the Hood of Eden. It also makes sense that "Jesus is a black man" since he was fathered by one.
{"commentId":2034977,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"wukong"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2035049,"authorDomain":"judoka61"}
{"commentId":2033678,"authorDomain":"tlusher"}
I dont think he is as lucky as he thought he was....
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- 1 vote
#9 - Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:43 PM EDT{"commentId":2033766,"authorDomain":"arghawon"}
A whole new twist to "Religion is the Opiate of the Masses".....
{"commentId":2033766,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"arghawon"}
- 12 votes
#10 - Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:54 PM EDT{"commentId":2033802,"authorDomain":"dreadspydr"}
Damn, this @!$%# is wack... How can they arrest god!
{"commentId":2033802,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"dreadspydr"}
- 1 vote
#11 - Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:57 PM EDT{"commentId":2033921,"authorDomain":"geejay"}
Imagine being named God.
I'm just imagining my boss, in a meeting..."well, God said...."
{"commentId":2033921,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"geejay"}
- 4 votes
#12 - Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:11 PM EDT{"commentId":2033990,"authorDomain":"justinpm"}
That would be pretty sweet.
{"commentId":2033990,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"justinpm"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2034071,"authorDomain":"geejay"}
I'm off to sell this newsvine page on ebay. Forget Jesus on toast, I have God's own image!
{"commentId":2034071,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"geejay"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2037867,"authorDomain":"babin"}
I wonder what this guys girlfriend says about his bedroom antics.
"Gurl, peep this...I was in bed the other night and God..."
And yes the accent is ok, he was selling crack.
{"commentId":2037867,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"babin"}
{"commentId":2033935,"authorDomain":"Rixar13"}
Where did you think all the Evangelists donations went? Must test the product to ensure it's good rock....?
{"commentId":2033935,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"Rixar13"}
- 2 votes
#13 - Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:12 PM EDT{"commentId":2034252,"authorDomain":"Griff69"}
I gotta meet his parents...
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- 7 votes
#14 - Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:52 PM EDT{"commentId":2034814,"authorDomain":"iaersa"}
Second that one!
{"commentId":2034814,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"iaersa"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2034874,"authorDomain":"sphinx"}
That reminds of the Jim Gaffigan quip about what the Pope's parents would say at a cocktail party:
"What does your kid do?"
"He's a doctor. What does your kid do?"
"He's Pope."
I think this trumps that by quite a large margin:
"What does your kid do?"
"He's Pope. What does your kid do?"
"He's God."
"... what he do?"
"He sells crack."
"..."
{"commentId":2034874,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"sphinx"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2036905,"authorDomain":"bluesbasscat"}
Talk about laying some heavy expectations on a guy. . . . . .
{"commentId":2036905,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"bluesbasscat"}
{"commentId":2034533,"authorDomain":"newsblog903"}
Maybe he'll make it to the Oprah show instead of doing jail time. About time he explains himself.....
{"commentId":2034533,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"newsblog903"}
- 1 vote
#15 - Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:28 PM EDT{"commentId":2034810,"authorDomain":"amazingsdj"}
Does this mean that OMG is now OMCD?
(Oh My Coke Dealer)
{"commentId":2034810,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"amazingsdj"}
- 3 votes
#16 - Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:11 PM EDT{"commentId":2034999,"authorDomain":"oneburn"}
God is black? Sweet!
{"commentId":2034999,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"oneburn"}
- 2 votes
#17 - Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:43 PM EDT{"commentId":2035318,"authorDomain":"reggiek"}
Yep...looks like god is a homey.....I wonder if he likes rap more than gospel?? I hope he doesn't start his own gang? Like the crips or such....well I guess he already has one...called the catholic church....
{"commentId":2035318,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"reggiek"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2035077,"authorDomain":"geejay"}
FREE GOD!
{"commentId":2035077,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"geejay"}
- 10 votes
#18 - Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:55 PM EDT{"commentId":2035160,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
FREE GOD!
crap...another MSNBC born again christian....opps...just jonesy...sorry !
{"commentId":2035160,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":2035163,"authorDomain":"regbarc"}
Looks like God could stand to lose a few pounds.
{"commentId":2035163,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"regbarc"}
- 6 votes
#19 - Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:07 AM EDT{"commentId":2035544,"authorDomain":"newsblog903"}
God has been eating too much manna from heaven.
{"commentId":2035544,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"newsblog903"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2035174,"authorDomain":"newsblog903"}
God's true name??? God spelled backwards is Dog whatever that is supposed to mean....
{"commentId":2035174,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"newsblog903"}
- 1 vote
#20 - Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:09 AM EDT{"commentId":2035453,"authorDomain":"LAUHAL63"}
God is gonna need a lawyer.
{"commentId":2035453,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"LAUHAL63"}
- 3 votes
#21 - Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:54 AM EDT{"commentId":2035482,"authorDomain":"reggiek"}
I wonder where he will find one...word is that all the lawyers went to hell???
{"commentId":2035482,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"reggiek"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2035688,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
Whoa....This happened in Tampa ! The Cult Scientologists are located not far away in Clearwater, could this be the first appearance of their secret God from Xenu ?
{"commentId":2035688,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2036597,"authorDomain":"mock"}
Satan is a good lawyer.
{"commentId":2036597,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"mock"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2038083,"authorDomain":"LAUHAL63"}
In court: Do you swear to tell the whole truth so help um...er...uh...yourself?
{"commentId":2038083,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"LAUHAL63"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":2035700,"authorDomain":"eiselmerle"}
JUST CRAZY. THIS GUY IS SOMETHING ELSE. HE IS GIVING GOD A BAD NAME
{"commentId":2035700,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"eiselmerle"}
- 1 vote
#22 - Tue Jun 24, 2008 1:49 AM EDT{"commentId":2035901,"authorDomain":"justinpm"}
Sounds like a terrible Bon Jovi song.
You give God, a bad name!
You're selling blow, man don't play that game!
YOU GIVE GODDDDDD, A BAD NAME!
{"commentId":2035901,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"justinpm"}
- 8 votes
{"commentId":2035740,"authorDomain":"fromyview"}
Why on earth is this story on the front page of Newsvine?
{"commentId":2035740,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"fromyview"}
- 1 vote
#23 - Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:01 AM EDT{"commentId":2042610,"authorDomain":"judoka61"}
God knows..
{"commentId":2042610,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"judoka61"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2036053,"authorDomain":"smormah"}
where a story like this is possible? only in God's own country..
{"commentId":2036053,"threadId":"297164","contentId":"1602931","authorDomain":"smormah"}
#24 - Tue Jun 24, 2008 3:41 AM EDT{"commentId":2036117,"authorDomain":"malcantro"}
Can't wait to see is God makes bail. Holy holy holy!
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