"Bee serious, Hank !"
Posted on 01/12/2008 11:58:31 PM PST by County Agent Hank Kimball
I'll admit it: I've been critical of Mike Huckabee. Since learning of his record as Governor and of his statements since, I've harbored the opinion that he is more or less McCain Lite - every Democrat's favorite Republican. I've listened to him talk about banning smoking, about federally subsidized art programs, and about the need for federal action to fight "global warming," and what I've thought I heard was the consumate nanny-stater.
When he accused our president of having an "arrogant bunker mentality," and said we should close down Guantamnamo, I heard words that might well have been spoken by Nancy Pelosi. And when he called opponents of illegal immigration "nativists" and "racists," I heard the type of rhetoric I expected to hear from La Raza - or so I mistakenly believed.
When Huckabee used traditional Democrat class-warfare rhetoric, railing against "corporate greed," I erroneously suspected him of being a not-so-closeted leftist. I'm now ashamed to admit that his record of massive tax increases in Arkansas only served to magnify that suspicion.
Like many others, I was misled by his pardon of over a thousand convicts, many of whom were violent felons. In those pardons I saw a mushy-headed 60's-style liberalism in which an a priori belief in unlimited forgiveness overcame good, reality-based judgment.
How could I be so wrong?
I have Freeper MrArbitrage123 to thank for my conversion. In this tour de force posting he convinced me that I was wrong in my opposition to Huckabee.
What convinced me? His argument that most Americans are just too stupid to understand the benefits of capitalism? No, though that was special.
Was it his astute trashing of such conservative non-entities as Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham? Not really, though as a conservative it was difficult not to agree that those folks have no real role in the conservative movement, and should be marginalized at all costs.
No, it was something else. While others have been going on about such subjects as immigration, abortion, federalism, taxes, etc., ONLY Mr. Arbitrage had the perspicacity to discern what is TRULY the most important issue facing our imperiled nation: The great Honeybee Holocaust of 2007
I quote Mr. Arbitrage123:
"On top of that (an impending depression) we have out of control oil prices, a policy of burning food as a fuel 'alternative' causing further escalation in food prices, a drought in Georgia of biblical proportions and while most people have no idea, 2/3 of the honey bees have been mysteriously dieing off causing potentially devastating inflation in its own right."
How could I bee so blind? It all ties together - and only Huckabee has had to vision to see it! Global Warming, cigarette smoking, the Georgia drought, federally subsidized clarinet lessons for illegal aliens - and of course, the beleaguered honeybees.
It's all so clear when you look at it through the prism of Huckabism. I wish there was some way I could go back and retract all those terrible things I've said about Huckabee. Alas I cannot, and you cannot begin to imagine my anguish.
I now gaze up at Huckabee's enormous face. Many months it has taken me to learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath those bushy eyebrows. O cruel, needless misunderstanding! O stubborn, selfwilled exile from the loving breast! Two tears are trickling down the sides of my nose. But it's all right, everything is all right, the struggle is finished. I've won the victory over myself.
I love Mike Huckabee.
Hank
Maybe. But it can be deserved. And it can be fun.
Hank
Marianne, definately!
what about all of the criticism of Mitt supporting the gay agenda in Mass.?
Man, I GOTTA get a high-speed connection.
Dial-up here...can’t really do vids.
Hank
I wonder if the Huckster is planning on doing to the National Republican Party what he did to the Arkansas Republican Party?
Excellent!
"Bee serious, Hank !"
If the world gets wild and scary count on me to be right there
You're so extra ordinary sweet like maraschino cherry We grew up and we got married
Now look at those three little Huckleberries
Mmm
Mmmmmm"
Both!
I AM serious. Well, not serious, exactly.....I’m more like earnest....No, not Earnest - my name’s Hank! Who is Earnest?..............
Yeah, who did Jonathan Swift think he was?
Great tag!
Hank
Please do not post a humor piece without using the correct date...4/1/2008.
I find your knowledge of Gilligan’s Island trivia . . . . . highly . . . . . . disturbing. (But thank you for increasing my knowledge by posting the video.)
The 3rd one is Mrs. “ Lovey “ Howell
You can take all the tea in china
Put it in a big brown bag for me
Sail right around the seven oceans
Drop it straight into the deep blue sea
Shes as sweet as tupelo honey
Shes an angel of the first degree
Shes as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like honey from the bee
You cant stop us on the road to freedom
You cant keep us cause our eyes can see
Men with insight, men in granite
Knights in armor bent on chivalry
Shes as sweet as tupelo honey
Shes an angel of the first degree
Shes as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like honey from the bee
You cant stop us on the road to freedom
You cant stop us cause our eyes can see
Men with insight, men in granite
Knights in armor intent on chivalry
Shes as sweet as tupelo honey
Shes an angel of the first degree
Shes as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like honey from the bee
You know shes alright
You know shes alright with me
Shes alright, shes alright (shes an angel)
You can take all the tea in china
Put it in a big brown bag for me
Sail it right around the seven oceans
Drop it smack dab in the middle of the deep blue sea
Because shes as sweet as tupelo honey
Shes an angel of the first degree
Shes as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like honey from the bee
Shes as sweet as tupelo honey
Shes an angel of the first degree
Shes as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like the honey, baby, from the bee
Shes my baby, you know shes alright.....
Hank
You got to read this 2 or 3 times to “ GET IT “ ..... it’s thick with sarcasm... read between the lines.
And the dog killing: almost worse than what his son did, torturing and killing a poor dog, was his attempt to get the arrest covered up, and when it didn't happen the way he wanted, he fired the head of the state police. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEVmdOj2TOg
I'm sorry but if my son deliberately killed a helpless pup, I'd be VERY concerned about what he would do in the future, as it is known to be a stepping stone for murderers to start with small animals. One thing I would NOT do is to use my authority to cover up such a heinous act.
both
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