Here's a birthday kitteh! Did you get a truck?
Posted on 03/02/2012 9:17:36 AM PST by Short Bus
Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona is bound and determined to make sure we never forget the embarrassment of the birther movement. Most of us would love to put that ugly little racist blip in our history -- a time when conspiracy theorists and fools alike accused President Barack Obama of not being American. But Arpaio, a sheriff in Phoenix, Arizona, just won't give it up.
Can we say beating a dead horse, people? Sometimes it seems like certain politicians just do things to help out Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, and Bill Maher. After all, how else does anyone explain Arpaio's inane and insane assertion that Obama, a man who produced his birth certificate last year, isn't American?
See his ranting [here].
"Forgery or fraud may have been committed," says Arpaio. Ooooh no! Are ghosts and goblins real, too, Sheriff Arpaio? How about the Loch Ness Monster? Do you go visit old Nessie on your days off from enforcing the laws of Arizona?
In all seriousness, this is vile racism plain and simple. In a place like Arizona, it's no surprise -- after all, many politicians there (including Arpaio) hold rather Draconian views on immigration -- and it's disgusting. And it's getting old fast.
For all you doubters for whom book learning was apparently a challenge, here are the facts: President Barack Obama was born in Honolulu on August 4, 1961. He has produced both a certificate of live birth during the 2008 campaign and the long-form certificate last year. Neither has been disproved.
So why is this still going on? Arpaio seems like a joke, but, according to Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt, Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney doesn't think so. Yesterday LaBolt tweeted:
Romney has called Arpaio for his endorsement, his aides called "weekly" and Arpaio was his honorary Chair in 08.That's embarrassing. The fact is, most people agree Arpaio is a few cards shy of a full deck, but here we are still talking about him. Is this an alternate universe? Why am I guessing this guy is the type of person who stays at parties hours after they have ended asking for more chips and guacamole? Dude, the party is over, the ship has sailed, and you are beating a dead horse.
Sadly, there aren't enough cliched ways to say IT'S OVER to make it any clearer to this guy.
I know Bob. They tell me I have to get my ears tested too.
Well, I have drill tomorrow, and I don’t know when I’ll be able to check back in.
I leave on Sunday to head to training.
So in case I don’t get to check back in between now and whenever I get back in..
See everyone on the flip side!
Mind the bunnies.
Give ‘em heck!
No possums in people’s drawers now, y’hear?
Knock them dead Darks!
Good night everyone.
Give it your all, sweetie, and contact me if you’ve got time to spare and need something to do. We’re only 2 hours or so from your training locale.
I’ll send you real-world contact information by FReepmail.
Best of luck to you, Darks!
I remember when Irish_Thatcherite would call him “Stephe.” Makes sense, phonics-wise, but it sure looks funny to Americans. Robert Stephen Baden-Powell (Lord Baden-Powell, as he became, founder of the Boy Scouts) was called “Stephe” as a boy, and I was able to tell DP that it was Brit-speak for “Steve.”
Kick ass, take names... We’ll still be here when you get a chance to come back...
Thanks for the info “Tax-Chi “ : )
Drill, baby, drill!
No fact is completely useless ...
I had my Cub Scouts out doing Sneaking this evening, because it’s an important Scouting skill. We pretended it was dark, and they had to try to get past the leaders in the woods without being heard. They tried really hard, but we could hear James’s pants cuffs rubbing together, and I could feel the boards move when a boy tried to cross the bridge. Very interesting exercise!
Baden-Powell got the idea for Boy Scouts when he had boys trying to creep through the lines during the siege of Mafeking in the Boer War.
DP thinks the house you couldn’t use is amazing - we’re fond of wine ... - and only about 3 times our current monthly payment, too!
Of course, he’d earn more in California than in the chicken-farm-scented suburbs of slightly-depressed Charlotte.
“Baden-Powell got the idea for Boy Scouts when he had boys trying to creep through the lines during the siege of Mafeking in the Boer War.”
That IS interesting.
He got the idea for the Boy Scouts during the war, that it could be a means for preparing youth for military service. However, when he returned to England and began trying to build the concept, he found that there were many boys who needed an organized program of character-building with committed adult leaders, and the pre-military idea was rather left behind.
The “Indian” themes - India-Indian, in Britain, and American Indian in the US - bring in some of the possible military skills, but they’re also a Coolness Factor, and give a framework for teaching outdoor/survival skills. There’s much more Indian-stuff for the little boys in Cub Scouts than for the Boy Scouts (11 and up) in the current program.
Beautiful baby. I think she rates a case of Guinness. I’ll start drinking it on Saturday.
;-o)
I really enjoyed my Cub & Boy Scout years!
I’m celebrating your upcoming Birthday with a cigar and a fond wish, Stephen.
Except that the cigar, the match, and the celebration are imaginary.
The wish is genuine, though. Happy Birthday!
Here's a birthday kitteh! Did you get a truck?
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