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 morning, y’sll!
Face, I feel the same way. It took me eons (paperwork).
Losing weight is a bear. Prayers up.
T-c Cute, fluffy fish?
NnB One of our cats has what look like thumbs. His brother has seven toes on one front paw and six on the other (his nn is “Shotgun.”) They could both qualify (theoretically, at least) as potential mitten wearers.
TT It must be really crowded inside your head.
Have a great day, y’all! (If I don’t say that and someone has a crummy day, it’ll be my fault. I’m sorry about the ozone layer.)
Busy busy busy, but I will insist on having a nice day!
What a relief. It’s a heavy burden, but somebody’s gotta carry it.
Boy, you’re gonna carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
Boy, you’re gonna carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
Oh, to be sure, to be sure.
And with that, your favorite ‘Face is heading off to bed.
See y’all tomorrow!
The ozone layer surrounds us and protects us. Nature creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we ...
It's a powerful ally.
G’night, y’all!
LUV dat ozone!!
With chicken!
Yeah....Ozone-Chicken Surprise!!
(Andy Rooney voice)
Did’ja ever notice that Dorothy wanted to go “Over the Rainbow”, which is exactly where you might find Ozone,
and that she ended up in a place called Oz?
I mean, she could have seen a road sign on the Yellow-Brick Road that said, “Oz Zone: Speed 15 MPH”.
You know what I mean?
(/Andy Rooney voice)
But what’s it good for?
Ozone prevents powerful ultraviolet radiation from reaching the surface of Earth.
Supposedly, losing the ozone layer, or having a significant "hole" in it, would be catastrophic for living things.
See Wiki's second sentence here.
AH! Rooney Tunes!
Oh, could he sing, then?
I never joined him at the barbershop quartet......
I don’t see him as the sort who could harmonize. Too egotistical.
I never liked Rooney.....he wouldn’t like me either : )
Leftists don’t really like anyone. I don’t know if that’s a cause or an effect, though.
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