Monday, July 03, 2006
Is Steve King INSANE? (aka "That's what I thought.")
I guess I’m going to have to follow the same advice I keep dishing out to everyone else who says...
“Oh, I don’t get involved in politics...”
or
“I don’t pay attention to politics...”
or
“Politics don’t concern me...”
And my response is...
Me: “Oh, I thought you had kids.”
Them: “But I do.”
Me: “Then politics DO concern you. You’re ALREADY involved, whether you know it or not. You’re just letting OTHER people make some of the most important decisions concerning your kids.”
or
Me: “Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t know you somehow manage to never get sick...or don’t have to worry about a job or gas to get there or health benefits like the rest of us...because if you DO, then politics DO concern you, and you’re ALREADY involved...and you know by now who’s making some of those most important decisions that concern YOU.”
Okay, so I’m not really that undiplomatic. And I’ve really only put it in those specific words to one person, but it was a sister so I could get away with a small crack in my diplomacy methods.
The fact is, I live in Iowa. Western Iowa to be precise. Iowa’s 5th congressional district to be exact. And here, there’s just no ignoring or getting around what our toothpick-chewing illiterate country bumpkin congressman is doing to embarrass ALL his constituents (oh yeah, democratic and republican alike) day after day and week after week and month after month and year after year.
Okay, so I have a new favorite bookmark. You know, the one I "might" have mentioned a time or two ... that one at www.KingWatch.org where King Steve is really getting the royal treatment. (Oh sure, blame me for a lame pun, but it's not like the Kingmeister knows what a pun is, anyway. He probably thinks it has something to do with football.)
I’m not on any kind of blood pressure medicine, so I always have to be careful when I start talking about King or start reading those articles on KingWatch.org. I mean, those folks have done their homework so well I could read for hours, but then again...that blood pressure thing.
So, I tried to ignore the KingWatch.org site for a while and read what else folks have to say about our favorite bigoted congressman, and what do I run across? That our favorite martian from Planet Kiron thinks the solution to our immigration problem is for Americans to HAVE MORE CHILDREN. You know, because it WOULD REDUCE THE NEED FOR IMPORTED LABOR. (Oh boy. I can hear Redd Roxx now...."It's the big one! I swear, it's the big one!"
I swear on a stack of Bibles, folks, I am NOT making this up. He really supports this lunacy he calls his “fertility plan.” (You know, even though I have absolutely Nothing against people without college degrees, it's really starting to piss me off when it's 2006 and an uneducated bigot can still pass himself off as a congressman and won't take the time to educate himself on matters of POPULATION GROWTH!) I mean, IS HE INSANE?? And, doesn't Congress have one of those programs where King could at least "work" on some college courses during his tenure? I'd bet his buddies would even help pay for classes just so he'd quit embarrassing them (again, democrats and republicans alike) with his 4th grade math and 6th grade grammar and pre-Civil War racism.
So, as I'm trying not to get addicted to KingWatch.org, I head on over to the Des Moines Register where I read Jane Norman's article “King says immigration views based on ‘rule of law,’” and Jane says, “There are Iowans who have great distaste for King and his views.”
You think?! There you have it, folks. The GREAT UNDERSTATEMENT of the decade.
And if you can stomach it, take a look at “Who Really Stalled the Voting Rights Act Renewal?” You may want to have a paper sack handy. I wouldn’t recommend using the same one you went running for after reading about King’s involvement with cockfighting.
Then again, who am I to be dishing out such advice?
Answer: An informed Iowa voter who will be voting for Joyce Schulte, OUR next 5th congressional district representative!
Isn't it about time we elected someone who REALLY represents Iowa values?
“Oh, I don’t get involved in politics...”
or
“I don’t pay attention to politics...”
or
“Politics don’t concern me...”
And my response is...
Me: “Oh, I thought you had kids.”
Them: “But I do.”
Me: “Then politics DO concern you. You’re ALREADY involved, whether you know it or not. You’re just letting OTHER people make some of the most important decisions concerning your kids.”
or
Me: “Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t know you somehow manage to never get sick...or don’t have to worry about a job or gas to get there or health benefits like the rest of us...because if you DO, then politics DO concern you, and you’re ALREADY involved...and you know by now who’s making some of those most important decisions that concern YOU.”
Okay, so I’m not really that undiplomatic. And I’ve really only put it in those specific words to one person, but it was a sister so I could get away with a small crack in my diplomacy methods.
The fact is, I live in Iowa. Western Iowa to be precise. Iowa’s 5th congressional district to be exact. And here, there’s just no ignoring or getting around what our toothpick-chewing illiterate country bumpkin congressman is doing to embarrass ALL his constituents (oh yeah, democratic and republican alike) day after day and week after week and month after month and year after year.
Okay, so I have a new favorite bookmark. You know, the one I "might" have mentioned a time or two ... that one at www.KingWatch.org where King Steve is really getting the royal treatment. (Oh sure, blame me for a lame pun, but it's not like the Kingmeister knows what a pun is, anyway. He probably thinks it has something to do with football.)
I’m not on any kind of blood pressure medicine, so I always have to be careful when I start talking about King or start reading those articles on KingWatch.org. I mean, those folks have done their homework so well I could read for hours, but then again...that blood pressure thing.
So, I tried to ignore the KingWatch.org site for a while and read what else folks have to say about our favorite bigoted congressman, and what do I run across? That our favorite martian from Planet Kiron thinks the solution to our immigration problem is for Americans to HAVE MORE CHILDREN. You know, because it WOULD REDUCE THE NEED FOR IMPORTED LABOR. (Oh boy. I can hear Redd Roxx now...."It's the big one! I swear, it's the big one!"
I swear on a stack of Bibles, folks, I am NOT making this up. He really supports this lunacy he calls his “fertility plan.” (You know, even though I have absolutely Nothing against people without college degrees, it's really starting to piss me off when it's 2006 and an uneducated bigot can still pass himself off as a congressman and won't take the time to educate himself on matters of POPULATION GROWTH!) I mean, IS HE INSANE?? And, doesn't Congress have one of those programs where King could at least "work" on some college courses during his tenure? I'd bet his buddies would even help pay for classes just so he'd quit embarrassing them (again, democrats and republicans alike) with his 4th grade math and 6th grade grammar and pre-Civil War racism.
So, as I'm trying not to get addicted to KingWatch.org, I head on over to the Des Moines Register where I read Jane Norman's article “King says immigration views based on ‘rule of law,’” and Jane says, “There are Iowans who have great distaste for King and his views.”
You think?! There you have it, folks. The GREAT UNDERSTATEMENT of the decade.
And if you can stomach it, take a look at “Who Really Stalled the Voting Rights Act Renewal?” You may want to have a paper sack handy. I wouldn’t recommend using the same one you went running for after reading about King’s involvement with cockfighting.
Then again, who am I to be dishing out such advice?
Answer: An informed Iowa voter who will be voting for Joyce Schulte, OUR next 5th congressional district representative!
Isn't it about time we elected someone who REALLY represents Iowa values?
