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 like Luna.
I like Luna, too. I’d love to drift about, apparently clueless, letting people know what I really think ...
Tonks didn’t have to wait six months for her hair color to change.
I like the fact that the History of Magic professor is a ghost, having died in his position and simply continued teaching post-death. It reminds me of the archivist at the North Carolina History department in Wilmington library who said the archive is supposed to be haunted by researchers who died before they found everything they were looking for.
My hair changes by itself according to season.
Mine grows steadily whiter.
Nick is my favorite ghost although this is probably just because John Cleese plays him in the movies.
I liked the plot with the Grey Lady and the Bloody Baron in the last book, although it was almost entirely dropped from the movie.
Well, le sigh. Time to get Bill up so he can practice for Mass ... a set of sad Mexican songs in honor of Soraida’s late mother, Salome. We should probably distribute packages of tissues around the sanctuary, because everyone will be crying.
Tonk and Nearly Headless Nick are my favorites, though Hagrid runs a close third.
It must be time to read them again, as once again, I’ve read everything in the little “trading” library we have. I read “You Only Life Twice” last night and realized I haven’t seen the movie since it first came out - 1960-somthing... It was all new to me! LOL!
Face, you once mentioned your preference for using natural remedies. What do you use for aching joints besides ice? (Topical and enteral.)
Right now I use Celadrin Cream, which I got on iherb.com, but while I was working, I used Icy-Hot. The drawback with that is that the odor was LASTING! This cream loses it’s odor about the time it begins to work (within five minutes) so by the time I need more (about three hours) I don’t mind using it again.
White willow bark capsules are also good (aspirin is the man-made version of this) and they don’t upset your stomach. You can get them on iherb.com as well.
Let me know what you use and how it works. Not everyone gets the same benefits from the same medicines, but remember that these are herbal remedies, and do not work like man-made. It may take longer to see results, but the results are longer-lasting.
Hair? You have hair?
Why, back in the old days we only had twigs and bark to decorate ourselves, but we liked it!
I’m thinking of covering my gray with a light red...nothing brassy...just classy! I’ll keep thinking of it until I decide, and then we will see about having a photo taken.
(Won’t THAT be something!)
Yes. I propose using a scene still from the new John Carter of Mars movie for background.
Not something to distract from the important object, but just enough to set the stage for proper context.
Speaking of which (witch?), why isn’t Peeves in any of the movies?
Catpuppy would vote for blue...
That’s just WRONG!!!
Grumbling rugs don’t care where they go or how much mess they make. They’re like iguanas.
I’m going to give up my cable TV entirely. The few stations they have left me with are sappy, leftist and come in snowy or with no sound, or both.
And as soon as I can afford the new phone and the tether, I will get rid of Cox entirely. But don’t get me started...
We can’t subscribe to satellite TV because they no longer want the dishes attached to the eaves, so it looks like I will have to get my TV on the ‘net.
And, might I add, I loathe, detest and abhor DST?
It’s a really mild day, with temps headed for the upper 70’s, and although there is a wind from the SW, it isn’t excessively ugly as the last week has been.
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