This Weak's Noose





Nathan "Let's Make a Deal--with the Constitution" Deal



The Gov'nuh released a statement over the "Bibles

removed from all Georgia state parks and cabins as a

result of complaints" non-issue. It should have gone

something like this:

"I have done prayed and prayed, and in the truest

heart of little sweet an' innocent baby Jesus' shed

blood, I cain't for the life of me figure why folks can't

have the Good Word in their rooms! So to help save

the lost souls who pay money to stay in state-run housing,

I have reinserted the Lord's Laws back into those rooms!

And until such time that a special committee can meet

(when Hell freezes over,) to determine what needs to be done

(since having religious documents supported by the state's funds

is a complicated, hard-to-figure issue beyond my pay grade,)

that is where I intend them to stay! Cuz next to the Lawrd, my

word is Law! (Well, actually, since it's all interpretation, my

word is the same as his 'word,' so..)

Thank goodness there's no other issues this week to

distract me from my work on The Lawrd's payroll!"

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The 47% Speak

JUST SAY "NO"

TO

'ROMNEY & RYAN"

in 2012...

BECAUSE "R & R"

IS THE LAST THING
WE NEED!

LET'S PUT
AMERICA
BACK TO WORK!

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A New America?

Driving to work last Wednesday morning, the

day after the second Presidential debate, I made

myself listen to the ridiculously out-of-touch pandering

of the red neck hosts on local country radio station.

In an unprecedented act of brutal torture, I listened to

a second country station, and, for good measure, a

religious station. (I like to keep abreast of what The Enemy

is thinking and saying at all times.)

Post-debate rhetorical insanity was fever-pitch,

with calls for prayer and fasting, demands for a

"Come to Jesus" meeting for the nation, angry

rebuking for the President to stop lying (say Wha!?!?)

and for the wronged Mr. Romney to 'justifiably' grab

up the President by the lapels and teach him a lesson.

Threatening/boasting/peacocking that "once you

toss someone around the room and shove a microphone down

their throat, they'll be less likely to talk smack about you again."

Isn't it interesting how deceitful the supporters of a deceitful man are?

Joe Biden was insulted for his pro-choice stance;

"So basically he believes it's murder (Catholic views) but he's

willing to let people do it." and on and on.

(Actually, he has conviction, but is smart enough to know

that his beliefs will not apply to every other person in

the country--a concept lost of fanatical conservatives.)

So is all this an unveiling of a new America developing,

or simply a reveal of what's been with us all along--

well-concealed and covert?

The violent-minded threats against the President

(from everyone from commentators to radio hosts to Tag Romney)

are obvious for their true nature. No, no white President would

have threats of physical violence made against him over the

airwaves without consequence...believe that.

There is no more 'respectfully disagree,' but rather

an automatic jump to a thuggish threat?

Doesn't matter that the President's statement was

true, and that Romney is untruthful (a fact his

followers are either ignorant to or unconcerned with,)

but the message here is clear; any excuse to lose civility

is embraced.

These folks are looking for an excuse to have a

violent uprising...and if it doesn't occur naturally,

they're going to invent one.

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Unicorns, Jabberwockies, and Southern Hospitality...Oh My!

(Carol Burnett as 'Eunice')

When did being Southern become

(erroneously) synonymous with sweetness, kindness,

and a hospitable nature?

("G.C.B." gets it right!)

People from all over clamor for the lovely nature
of 'those wunnerful Southerners...o filled with hospitality.'

Well, we're filled with something all right....
more akin to beans and hot air!



(The caricature in action.)



It's a B.S. Fest down here; a sub-nation of

shuckers and jivers and con-artists and frauds

and errant little boys and ne'er-do-wells.

But as long as we're smiling and slapping

folks on the back, it's all good, I guess!

(The reality laid bare.)

Yup, Jethro's pressing the flesh and story-telling
with a lost Yankee, chatting it up while the meth
lab is running, the stolen copper is stored in the back yard,
the moonshine is hidden away, the abused kids are
in the house, and the dog on a 1-foot-long chain is
out-of-sight.

 So, either the South has the best PR team (and source of

con men and charmers) the world has ever seen-- in which

case, can't we at least have something to show for it? That 'rise

again' nonsense has been a long time coming!--or the

world is full of a bunch of naive/stupid people who are

itching to be made fools of.

(Or maybe a little of both?)

As an insider, take it from me--all that 'impressive'

sugary magnolia honey-pie saccharine bullshit is

less than skin-deep. If superficiality were a

nickel, we'd all be millionaires.

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Not-So-Secret Service

Yup..the Secretion Service scandal...

the old Secret Cervix.

Gotta be careful of any group with the initials "S.S."

So here's the deal;

There is no real story here.

Rather, the idea that all of the behavior 'outed' is

anything new under the sun, is a complete fiction.

This is the big leagues; Good Old Boys Network on

a grander scale. Big, tough, macho, Type A personality

dudes doing dangerous, stressful work, and the culture

is one rife with sex, drugs, violence, and instability

as a result. Just like it always has been.

The military, police, secret service agents, spies,

and others--even high profile big guns like sports

super stars and musicians and movie stars--they

get a surreal sense of reality doing what they do.

Guns, long days, pressure; need an outlet.

I'm not excusing it, but it definitely is the prevailing

mentality that the excesses used to unwind are in

fact an acceptable trade-off for the services provided

by these people. That's a cultural excuse;

"Boys will be boys."

And it's a tale as old as time.

The spin is that after such a hard job, the BMOC's

are pent up and need a release....that they deserve

to 'blow off some steam.' It's par for the course.

And there's an entire network of accommodations and

apologists in place to make sure that such regularly

occurring events like drunken orgies and drunk driving

accidents and assaults and prostitution use and

rapes and murders get swept under the rug, all

neat and tidy. (Tail hook scandal? Alan Schlinder murder?

Pat Tillman? Military rapes covered up? Ah hell...just go to

Military Corruption FMI)

No, the story here is that everyone is pretending

that this is new or news....that it is a political failure

on behalf of the President (hmmm...how convenient!)

and that this is something that only would have happened

on his watch.

Which tells everyone what they need to know

about the timing, the intention, and the level of

attention being focused on this matter.

The big deal here is discovery. Transparency

(well, sort of) in a world normally filled with

control and containment and pay-offs.

I know several politicans and CEOS who have

no problem creating a black eye for the country

and the office, as well as damaging the sense of security

for the President, if the outcome is that their man might

get in come November.

Where's that story in the mainstream media?

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