Archive for February, 2015

Hey, They Said He Was The Smart One. They Never, Ever Said He Was The Honest One.

February 12, 2015 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized

Remember Jeb and the email dump?  And that he did it for the sake of transparency?

Well, not so much.

It seems that Ole Jeb forgot to include emails of his lobbying for Bacardi in exchange for campaign contributions.

In 2002, one email exchange following Jeb’s helping Bacardi’s guy arrange meetings at the Departments of Commerce and Treasury.  Bacardi had been in a long trademark fight with a Cuban rum maker.  Bush was there to help Barcardi.

imagesSix days later, on Feb. 26, Rodriguez Marquez wrote Gov. Bush again to thank the governor for his “invaluable support regarding our problems at Commerce and Treasury.”

“Thank you, Jorge. I hope it all works out,” Bush replied two hours later.

The next day, Bacardi-Martini donated $10,000 to the Republican Party of Florida. On Feb. 28, Rodriguez Marquez and his wife gave a total of $1,000 to Jeb Bush’s re-election campaign.

Neither the Bacardi chief’s thank-you email nor Bush’s reply was posted on jebemails.com.

And that’s just one example of many that were redacted from his email dump.  He didn’t have time to redact other people’s social security numbers but he did have time to redact his own dirty hands.

There’s nothing wrong with Bush lobbying for Barcardi to his Dad and idiot brother.  Taking $50,000 total in campaign contributions for himself and the Florida Republican party in direct exchange for it just ain’t right.

Yeah, But There’s A Simple Explanation

February 12, 2015 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized

Why won’t Republican candidates acknowledge evolution?

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Because they did not evolve.  Their family tree doesn’t divide.

Crazy thought of the day

While a 2014 Pew Research Center poll found that the number of Republicans who believe in evolution has gone down over the past five years, with 43 percent now saying that human beings have evolved, down from 54 percent when the same poll was given in 2009.

Hey, that alone proves that Republicans are evolving downward.

Thanks to Irene for the heads up.

Takes One To Know One

February 11, 2015 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized

Remember that I told you about Mark Hiles, the guy who plead guilty to whacking his wife, giving $700,000 to Dan Patrick and Greg Abbott and that in return, they put him on important advisory committees and practically crowned him King of the Inauguration Ball?

While I was typing that story, I kept typing Gov. Rick Perry instead of Gov. Greg Abbott.  I laughed to myself that old habits die hard.  Hell, I’m still putting 2014 on checks.

Come to find out, I wasn’t forgetful.  I was being a damn psychic.

Mark Hiles gave Rick Perry $200,000, but he’s not giving it back.

Abbott and Patrick are donating the money he gave them to a women’s shelter.

Not Rick.  No, siree.

I guess it takes one crook to love another crook.

Thanks to Alfredo over at the Dairy Queen for the heads up.

And They Say He’s the Smart One

February 11, 2015 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized

Jeb, y’all.  Not the brightest light on the Christmas tree.

He released every damn email ever to sent to him and posted them online for “transparency.”

“In the spirit of transparency, I am posting the emails of my governorship here,” a note on Bush’s website says. “Some are funny; some are serious; some I wrote in frustration.” Some also contain the email addresses, home addresses, phone numbers, and social security numbers of Florida residents. The emails are available in Outlook format, and can be searched on the web at Bush’s website.

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Some of the other information was personal.  No wait, not some, a lot.

I guess we know where he stands on privacy rights.

Latest update:

Researchers are now poring over the email dump for personal information. It appears Bush’s team, and perhaps Florida state government, will have lots of work to do if they want to purge the data from the records — and some explaining about how this happened. It’s more than a few bits of personal information.

Oh dear, that couldn’t be cheap.

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Thanks to Elizabeth for the heads up.

Y’all, It Just Get Creepier and Creepier in Arizona

February 11, 2015 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized

So now folks in Arizona who are on a state senate panel have decided that there’s part of the United States that they don’t like and it’s the United part.

Declaring state law to be above all others, a Senate panel voted Tuesday to both block federal gun laws they believe violate the Second Amendment and punish the city of Tucson for enacting its own restrictions.

They also agreed to bar state and local governments from helping any federal agency that collects metadata like phone and email records without a warrant. Any official who cooperated would be forever barred from holding public office.

I think they just seceded.

But, for God’s sake, let’s not stop there.

And if that isn’t enough, the same committee declared that county sheriffs are supreme, meaning they can arrest federal officials — including police — who try to arrest someone or seize property without first getting their consent. And county attorneys who refuse to bring charges of kidnapping for arrests done without the sheriff’s permission would be subject to prosecution themselves by the state attorney general for “official misconduct.”

Oh yeah, because they don’t have no crazy damn sheriff’s in Arizona, right?  Hell, Sheriff Joe Arpaio is smarter than any of those cotton-pickin’ G-men.

The folks who are trying to pass this claim that they should be allowed to pass laws that their constituents want.  Yeah, well, I think George Wallace tried it.  Didn’t work.

Here’s what I think.  As long as President Obama is in office they want state rule.  The minute they have a Democratic governor in Arizona, they’ll want city rule.  The minute they get a Democratic mayor, they’ll want … get off my damn lawn rule.

Thanks to Bunny for the heads up.

Oh Missouri? Firm Yet?

February 10, 2015 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized

Congressional Republicans didn’t know how to repeal Obamacare.  Lord knows they get extra points for trying, though.

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Manly Mike Moon

Along comes Missouri Republican State Rep. Mike Moon.  Mr. Moon has a new tactic to try to repeal Obamacare.

A resolution now pending in the Missouri House, calling on the state’s congressional delegation to “endeavor with `manly firmness’ and resolve to totally and completely repeal the Affordable Care Act . . . ”

Moon says that the “manly firmness” line comes from the Declaration of Independence.  Funny how that stuck out in Moon’s mind.

Apparently, no one took the shovel away from Moon so he kept digging.

“It is just like going to war,” Moon told the Columbia Tribune. “You want a soldier to fight like a man. If a woman is in the trenches, you want them to fight like a man, too.

“It was not meant to downplay their womanhood at all,” he added. “We just want them to know, every man and lady who is representing us, that we are demanding, as citizens of Missouri, that Obamacare be repealed and make it clear we don’t want a replacement.”

Honey, the hole he dug is so deep that you can hear Chinese people talking on the other end.

I have been told that they’re having a ball with it on Twitter but I’m afraid to look.  But, someone sent me Missouri Senator Clair McCaskill’s tweet.

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She also added that there’s nothing manly about taking away health care from people.

Thanks to Mike for the heads up.