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.
Good night!
Back in The Day, we slept (in the summer) on Dad’s tarp, under the Rocky Mountain Sky. Of course, that was when Skipper-the-Dog borrowed my glasses on the “No-Return-Plan” until my mother said: “SKIPPER! You go find her glasses NOW! And don’t come back without them!”
He brought them to me (I was 12 years old) dropped them at my feet, and groveled.
Our town was too small for Girl Scouts...
That’s all I need to know! (HUGS/KISSES!)
I hope you are feeling better these days.
My son was here a few says ago. The grandsons thought Hoover Dam (Transformers, the “All Spark!”) was the most awesome place they had ever been!
Silent Gypsy must have moved to Habitat B.
Well, it is quieter there.
Habitat for Snoozing?
Each Hab, the Flying Castle, Habitat One — (”Are We There Yet?”, and Habitat Two — (”He’s Touching Me!”), is eight hours different from its neighbor’s time zone.
One person’s Eight O’Clock in the morning is someone else’s Midnight.
We slept outside in Missouri, when I was quite small. My brother told me raccoons would come out of the cornfield and get in bed with me!
Thankfully, my brothers were “on to bigger and better things,” when my favorite sib and I slept on the tarp.
(Brothers are SOOOO silly!)
In Asia, somebody’s early afternoon.....the next day!
That was almost a haiku!
In Asia, it is
Someone’s early afternoon
The next day for us
It's like the feminine "Stef", as a short form for "Stephanie".
Happy Birthday Stephen!
We need higher boots as we age. I think it's because the amount of manure we have to go through in life seems to get higher every year.
I had only the one.
It looks like you should say it “Steffie.”
LOL!!
I like yours better : )
Are you getting new glasses?
In but two places,
Do morning and evening,
Meet in the same sky.
The North and South Pole,
While one is always daytime,
One is left in night.
YO!
OMG i want to go to that sight. Hoover Dam. I have been to many sights around the world not that one yet.
Dad was in Army so have been to many places when I was younger.
Had a friend email me photos of Hoover Dam of recent. Just awesome.
I have been feeling real good physically of late. Been able to snow blow the yard in 20 minutes last time. Only had 6 inches of wet snow at the time.
I am so happy stig is keeping you company!! ***HUGS***
Maybe that’s the British infuence, but my female highschool friends said Stef. Kind of like Cath, for Cathy or Catherine.
Canadians call Tim Horton’s Donuts’ “Timmies”. But we pronounce it “Tim-ees”. Most Canadians also think we have a major city called “Torawno”, but I think they’re wrong.
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