As I was perusing newsprint to lay down under my cat's litter box, I saved one local paper in our house from such a fate. It's an issue of "Lake Chatter," our local Lake County free newspaper, from the week of April 20, 2009. Because of the timing of its release, this particular issue's front page story was about local TEA Parties.
On the front page is a picture of someone identified as Nancy Marra of Mayfield Village holding a sign that says (I shit you not) "Taxation without Representation." Apparently the democratically elected President of the United States does not represent representation. Perhaps we should develop a system on a smaller scale by which states can be individually represented in legislative decisions. Oh wait, idiot, that's what the democratically elected Senate is for. Is that not enough representation for you? Perhaps we should go to an even smaller scale, dividing the whole country up into districts from which representatives are drawn in order to decide on legislative decisions. Guess what, you clod, that's the House of REPRESENTATIVES. However, thank you for giving me the opportunity to use the word "clod."
Even better than that is when you open up the paper to read the rest of the column. There is yet another big picture of someone identified as Curtis Early of Willowick flying the Confederate flag - you know, the flag of a nation that led us into one of the bloodiest wars we've ever fought - and holding a sign that says (again, I shit you not) "The South Succeeded Over Taxes." I don't even know how to address this. First of all, anyone who flies the Confederate flag is an idiot in my book. Secondly, did he misspell seceded, or is he honestly of the impression that the Confederacy, a nation that hasn't existed since 1865 and lost a war due (in part) to its inability to continue to fund its army represents a successful nation? Either way, dude, since when is the Confederacy - a nation built on the idea that racism is awesome - a model for brilliant governance?
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Bender: "Oh God, get a room!"
Couple: "This is our room!"
Bender: "Then lose some weight!"
Hey, Josh...come over to my blog and read "On The Homefront... Another bitchin' rant" to see YouTube videos of the misinformed idiots (not all were idiots who attended) at two Cleveland events. I heard a lot of Limbaugh-ish quotes and when the interviewer asked these people what they meant they changed the subject quickly (cuz they were clueless idiots). Also listen to the audio clip of El Rushbo talking about homeless people having cell phones.
ReplyDeleteIt's scary out there!
The link: http://cynde-fromhomelesstohomeowner.blogspot.com/2009/04/another-bitch-rant_3857.html