Arizona GOP Embarrasses the State Again, is it Thursday Already?
Posted by MichaelGroff on October 16, 2015 | Filed under Podcasts, Uncategorized
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Perhaps we need one of those signs erected at the various points of entry into the state, “Welcome to Arizona, the Grand Canyon State – Days Since a local politician has said something stupid: 0”. The good news is we would never need to make a second column for double digit days, because just like checking your mail or taking a shower, it’s a daily given that a politician in this state will utter something asinine.
This time it’s former Arizona GOP chairman Randy Pullen that decided to open his e-mouth and insert e-foot. During the DNC Debate on Tuesday night Pullen, like many others across the country, was live tweeting the event. However, unlike most others, Pullen arrived at an interesting conclusion when the issue of crime and race was brought about.
Yes black lives matter. The best way to end the slaughter of young black men is to take guns away from blacks as they are the main killers.
— Randy Pullen (@RPullen) October 14, 2015
As you can imagine the reaction to the tweet was overwhelmingly negative, especially once various news and blog sites caught wind of it. Some branded the tweet (or Pullen himself) racist, while others debated the validity of the notion that blacks are the “main killers” of other blacks as was asserted.
Whether or not Randy Pullen is racist is another topic for another day. In fairness, Pullen’s assessment that most black murder victims were killed by black murderers is technically correct. The FBI Statistics on the matter are congruent with this statement; An overwhelming majority of murders committed by young black men involve other black individuals.
So if his statement is true, then why would it be considered racist? Pullen leaves out some other details such as the fact that white murder victims are killed primarily by other white people. Mysteriously, however, Randy doesn’t seem to want to take away guns from whites. Maybe we should give him the benefit of the doubt as you are only allowed 140 characters. We’ll eagerly await his undoubtedly insightful follow up tweets.
Come On, Try Not to Sing Along With This Catchy jingle…
If you watch any daytime TV then you know that it’s only a matter of time before you’ll encounter the landmine that is feminine hygiene commercials. Most of them are fortunately forgettable but if you live in Sweden you might just be walking around town singing, “Drippity Drop, Drippity Drop, here comes my period… Hooray for periods!” Pretty infectious tune, huh? Well wait until you see the commercial!
23 Year-old Alex Hermansson, who is one of the hosts for Swedish television channel Barnkanalen, is seen strumming on a guitar in the video before manoevering four dancing tampons dressed as kings and pirates.
He sings that periods are “something that happen to girls sometimes” and advises that others should be “a little extra kind” to those who are menstruating… good advice Alex. On the heels of such tremendous artistry and an obviously winning ad campaign we just ask that you never be allowed to make a commercial ever again, thanks. Yuck.
Opposite Day: Westboro Baptist Church Tells Kim Davis to Sign Marriage License for Gay Couples
The aphorism, ‘even the blind squirrel finds a nut once in awhile’, seems to be applicable here. The same religious group that protests at the funerals of fallen soldiers, terrorist attack victims and those slain in mass shootings has turned their ire in an unexpected direction. Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, the woman that infamously and illegally decided to temporarily deny signing marriage licenses for homosexual couples may become the next to be picketed by the controversial church.
In a post on their website the church group outlines their numerous grievances with Davis,
As it happened, the Supreme Court of the United States, fulfilling their destiny, made same-sex marriage the law of the land. The duty of all mankind is to OBEY the laws of God and the laws of man. Enter, Kim Davis. Rowan County Kentucky Clerk, with high-dollar salary and digs, she acquired, ONLY after she took an oath to uphold and defend the constitution and the laws. Kim claims that she has lived in proud sin for many years, divorcing and remarrying, not one time or two times, in fact you need a score card to keep track. Her lawyers, being smooth talking fellows say that all that was before her call to salvation two years ago when her current mother-in-law died.
Nice, tidy, cleaver, but no cigar!
… That man that Kim Davis is living with and calling her husband, IS NOT! Her husband is Dwain Wallace, who she married when she was 18-years-old. It does not matter how many years you pile on, it was adultery at the beginning and it was adultery in the middle and it is indeed adultery today!
…And then it gets weird, Westboro says that Davis is living in sin and since doing so is what has lead our world (and nation) away from God that she should reap what she sews and sign the marriage licenses of same sex couples,
If Kim Davis received mercy from God and grace, as she claims, she would, with all due haste put her sin away. She would mourn for her sins, and in a show of great mercy, she would be busy apologizing to the fags for enabling them, and she would, with all diligence, give those perverts a marriage license.
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The Supreme Court, in the providence of God, and for the punishment of this nation, has declared that same-sex marriage IS the law of Doomed USA. So DO IT!! You asked for it, you begged for it by your disobedience and refusal to receive correction or instruction, so take it and like it!
Just note Kim Davis … God will NEVER have Same-Sex Marriage, but he does not require YOU to disobey to deal with this nation. As these words are typed, the nation faces relentless, never-seen fires in the west and hurricane force never-seen flooding and storms in the east. AND, God sends the shooter again and again. God has HIS weapons in HIS armory, so Kim Davis needs to HUSH and OBEY the law that she helped bring about.
The convoluted logic here, as you would expect from Westboro, is a bit hard to overcome, but they seem to feel that Kim Davis should sign marriage licenses as she is a sinner and a part of the system that allows sin. Of course, Westboro is quick to continue to insult homosexual individuals in the same tirade that they so vociferously excoriate another for their sins, but at least that aspect of hypocrisy is fairly standard practice for the bigots at Westboro.
This entire story is like a manure frosted pastry with a creamy, delicious center of irony served over a continuously beaten, dead horse. Perhaps this is the one time where two wrongs, at least inadvertently, make a right?
Back to the Future Part II Told Us This Would Happen…
The Chicago Cubs are eight wins away from doing what very few thought was possible… except for a handful of die-hard fans and Bob Gale, the screenwriter of Back to the Future II. In the film, Marty McFly (played by Michael J. Fox) races from 1985 into the future (2015) and, among other events, finds that the Chicago Cubs have won the world series.
When discussing the scene in particular Gale recounts, “Being a baseball fan, I thought, ‘OK, let’s come up with one of the most unlikely scenarios we can think of,’ ” he told Chicago’s Daily Herald. “Back in the day, seeing the movie with an audience, that always got a laugh.”
Well who is laughing now? But before we anoint Bob Gale the next Nostradamus, it should be noted that the Cubs still have to win the National League Championship Series with the New York Mets before they will face either the Kansas City Royals or the Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series. On the other hand, the hoverboard is already in existence… kind of… so maybe the ‘lovable losers’ from the north side have a chance at ending that 107 year drought.
Also On This Episode
- You Can’t Win Even if You Play: The Illinois Lottery will only honor tickets with winnings of $600 or less until such time as a new budget is approved.
- Netflix announces an upcoming price hike aimed at incentivizing users to not share their passwords.
- The IRS plans to spend over $140,000,000 to upgrade their computers FROM Windows XP to Windows 7… and you wonder why it takes so long to get your refund.
- Question: What’s worse than having AIDS or cancer? Answer: A pharmaceutical company that raises the price of the medication needed to treat said ailments by more than 5,000%.
- It’s Not Just Pharmaceuticals That Consumers Abuse: Supplements cause over 23,000 hospital visits a year according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
- Johnny stops by the studio to fill us in on what’s been happening in his life; Spoiler Alert: Issues public service announcement to not get married. Of course, the usual illuminating insights we all have come to know and love from Johnny!
October 18, 2015 at 12:08 pm
5 episodes in a row? Truly a sign of the apocalypse to come.
Love them all Mike! Hope you’re back for good!